The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Near Americus-An Attempt to AS
eassinate Griffin Man.
GEORGIA
The ex-confederate soldiers Of Dodge
county are organizing an association.
Mrs. John r. May was seriously injured
by a runaway horse in West Rome Sunday
afternoon.
The Dade Coal Company is taking more
coal from its mines than at any other period
of its history.
Winter q Ellis of Waynesboro have dis
solved their copartnership by the with
drawal of w. J. Ellis from the business
Ed johnson was found guilty of murder
ing Mr. Miller at Perry Tuesday. The
trial of the other prisoners is in progress.
J.. L. Edenfield and wife were badly but
not dangerously injured day or two ago
by being thrown from buggy at Sylvania.
Rev. Walter R. Dale, the alleged biga-
mist. of Atlanta, is behind the bars Of
Paulding county Jail in default of $500
bail.
The daughter Of Becky Foster (colored)
dropped dead, Saturday, at her home in
East Americas. Heart disease was the
cause.
Hon. J. Hope Mackenzie has ordered
handsome white plume to be presented to
the best drilled man in the Burke Light In-
fantry.
At Columbus Mayor Dozier mas given
Chief Of Police Beard instructions TO enforce
the law strictly against those who sell liquor
on Sundays.
Miss Maud Erdman has been elected
principal of the school at Lebanon, few
miles south of La Grange, and will teach
there this year.
Last week Marshal L. d. Mccormick of
La Grange rendered his resignation, which
was accepted by the council, aad that body
at once elected A. c. Hill to the position.
Some one broke into the negro alliance
store at Eatonton on Saturday night. The
safe was opened, and the contents, which
were $425 p, were stolen. No clew to the
burglary has been yet obtained
Tom Ivey. Russell county negro,
passed through Columbus Tuesday with his
family, composed of a wife and fifteen
children, on his way to Gadsden. He is
still, comparatively, young man.
On Thursday night, Dec. &c, five negroes
were shot on the Willis Young place near
Halcyondale. None Of the wounds were
fatal. A crowd of them got into difficulty,
and general shooting affray followed.
Pinkie O'Spain, a colored school teacher
at Dallas has been arrested, charged with
trying to obtain more money than she was
entitled to by swearing that she taught
more scholars than was actually the case.
D. NJ. Stringer, who was shot by w. E.
Smith, in Gainesville, some three weeks ago,
IS dying from the effects of blood poisoning,
caused by the bullet wound. Smith is
under bond, and is quietly attending to his
store.
AT Macon some time ago John r. VIM
berly brought suit in the United States
court VS.. A. b. and A. II. Small, for
$25, 900 damages for false arrest, imprison-
ment, etc. Monday the case was dismissed
from court.
E. H Dottenheim of Macon, who was Sc
verely injured by slipping up on a banana
peel in Cincinnati, will have to leave on
Sunday next for a hospital in New York
He is suffering very much with his spine
on account of the fall.
Col. Judson S. McElmurray, who made
an efficient assistant clerk of the House of
Representatives under Col. Mark A. Hardin,
is now associated with the firm of G. i.
McEimurray q Co.. under the new firm
name of McElmurray 81 McElmurray, in
Waynesboro.
On Friday night last some one broke open
window of MIR. Jones' house at Griffin,
and fired several shots into the bed where
he supposed Mr.. Jones was sleeping, and
then made his escape without being appre-
hended. Fortunately Mr.. Jones was not
struck by either of the balls.
Little Garfield Beattle, who was so ter
ribly hurt at Atlanta by the accidental dis
charge of pistol in the hands of his brother
Saturday evening, will probably recover
The ball ranged in front of his brain, so that
a wound was inflicted, not necessarily fatal.
but probably disastrous to the little fellows
eyesight.
There is excitement in Bolton over the
killing of Eli Powell by Jacob Young, the
marshal of the town. Powell was on a
drunk at the time, and resisted the efforts
of Young to put him in the lookup, when
the club was used with fatal effect Powell.
after the clubbing, lay all night in the lock-
up without receiving any attention, and
died on the day following.
Judge George w. Gus in of Macon didn't
go to Perry Monday to hold court as it was
presumed that the Hon. A. L. Miller would
be sworn in as judge by the ordinary, and
would preside at the trial of the negroes
charged with the murder of Capt William
Miller. Judge Gustin has put his single
out again for the practice of law. The firm
name is Gustin, Query & Hall.
A fatal railroad accident occurred some
time early Sunday morning on the Central
railroad trestle over Muckalee creek, about
three miles below Americas. The victim
was white laborer who had lived in Amer
acus for about three weeks, and who proba-
bly, met his death while attempting to steal
"a ride upon passenger train, or, in palmer
words, while trying to beat his way.
There is probably no such solid stone
masonry work to be seen in Macon as that
being done at the bridge over the East Ten
nessee road under the Central railroad.
The foundations and wing walls alone will
require 1000 tons of granite, which is
brought from the Stockbridge quarries.
The work will require two or three months
TO complete, and will cost about SO, 900.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Merchants and Mechanics Bank of
Columbus was held Monday, and the fol-
lowing old board of directors was reelected
w. H. Brannon, w. R. Brown. w. l..
Clark, c. A. Redd, and C. E. Hochstrasser.
The directors will elect president hereafter.
The annual report of President Brannon
showed the bank in a flourishing condition,
The Alabama and Georgia Cotton Mills
were sold at Hamilton Tuesday. j. Nj.
Chiffon, the Huguleys, and others, bought
this property for $l30,000. 1t has been in
law for the past year. From Master in
Chancery McLendon, Newman, Ca, thence
to the superior court from Judge Samuel
w. Harris, in every case a verdict has
been rendered favorable to w. Huguley &,
Co.
One Roberts, negro, was bound over to
superior court on the charge of arson at
Sylvanla Monday. A few nights ago he
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