The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-14
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE


Death in a Parma store Burned in
Paulding County-A Shooting scrape
Near Dawson.
GEORGIA.
There are 125 guests at New Holland
Springs.
A new school building is among the prob
abilities a. Madison.
John Norton (coloredl. was arrested for
presenting a forged order a. Griffin bank
Friday.
Val Starnes has sold the Madison
MddisoRi1n to c. NJ Furlow, Jr., and H.
II. Furl ~.
Eatonton will soon have a new weekly
paper. 1t will be called the Eatonton Pro
greSire Ne,os.
Mrs witty, wife of the assistant cashier
of the Merchants Bank of Valdosta died
Friday. she had been sick for long time.
An effort is being made TO raise money
enough by subscription and nominal tuition
70 run a public school in Greenvilie the
entire scholastic year.
Two fine mules were burned 70 death in a
barn owned by w. W. Champion, six miles
from Frif1n, Griday. The mules were worth
$500. Mr.. Champion has no insurance.
Prof. G. G. Bond, who has for some time
been filing an important position in the
SCHOOLS at Athens, mas Deeu eitCLeI
principal of the high school at Columbus.
Among the resolutions adopted by the
state dental association at Gainesville last
week was the following: That it is unpro-
fessional to extract teeth gratis preparatory
20 the placing Of artificial SETS
The pear shiUments from Townsville
Friday were heavy, probably the largest of
any day this season. One hundred an d
twenty crates and twenty barrels went by
express on the night train alone.
D. w. Kirkmau has just removed the last
vestige of the first house that was ever built
in Albany. 1t was log cabin, but was
weatherboarded on the outside, giving it
the appearance Of a frame structure.
At the last moment the two sick men
rallied sufficiently to enable the Augusta
Knights Of PythiaS to enter the drill at
Milwaukee. There were forty entries, and
the Augusta division stood eighth in the
score.
The Hcdyune. Charles w. Hollifeld,
proprietor and the Central City Times, the
latter devoted to the welfare of the Afro
American race, have made application at
the Macon postoffice to be entered as second
class matter.
Arlington Banner: l. is reported that
there are a great many deer down at what
is known as the big Pond in Early
county. Several have been killed there
lately, aud a hunter reports that he saw
eight in a bunch one day last week
A special term of Randolph superior
court was held last week at Cuthbert with
Judge Samuel Lumpkin presiding. The
case against Wash Robinson, charged with
numbering Allen Nipples, was tried. The
jury returned verdict of not guilty.
Z. R. Bradfeld's dry goods store was
entered and burglarized Saturday night.
Pal
and Bob Ashford, who are Is and Is years
old respectively. They secured SIS worth
of goods, but we're captured and m1st of the
goods recovered.
The committee t. arrange for the confe1-
crate veterans reunion held meeting at
Dawson Friday, and decided to change the
date from July II TO July 25 A democratic
mass meeting will ba held here on July II,
and the veterans don't want the reunion
mixed with politics.
The census work for Carroll county is
about completed, and from some estimates
already e ished it is estimated that the
county will have a population of over 25.-
900, gain of over 5000 in the last decade
Carroll will, without doubt, be TITLED to
three representatives after the census is
completed
Charlie the 15-year-old son Of Capt. and
Mrs. c. w. Powell, who died in Atlanta on
Lithonia, Thursday. He died from the
effects of an accidental discharge of a gun
held In his owl hands, while he was out
hunting several months ago, and has been
suffering very much since
A negro entered the lot Of J. A. Horsley
at Dawson SATURDAY. night aud attemptei
TO steal valuable Jersey COW. He roped
the COW and tied her while he went 10 a
neighbours house TO borrow an axe with
1Uh ha iuf tof .lo loe
Horsiey heard the noise and went out and
found the COW almost choked to death
Tom Voolfolk, the Bibb county muir
derer. has improved wonderfully within
the past month. Five weeks ago he was
little more than living skeleton and his
speech indicated that his mind was wander
ing. Now he talks as sensibly as any ordi-
nary man, has good appetite and weighs
about $50 pounds, which is nearly as much
as he has ever weighed since his confine-
ment in the Bib county jail.
C. C. Embrys store and contents were
burned to the ground Thursday night At
Embry postotfice in Paulding county. few
miles north of Villa Rlca. The superstition
is that the fire was the work Of an incendi-
airy. 1t has not been long since James w
Reaves mill, near the same place. was
burned by incendiares. Mr. Embry's loss
was very heavy as he had Just received a
NJ. NJ. Mccullough was arrested at Dallas
Texas Friday charged with the murder of
Jack Powell, which occurred in Griffin
Ca, on March Z. Mccullough was recog-
nized by A. Dickinson, a travelling man
formerly resident of Griffin. He notified
the police, who arrested Mccullough in a
gambling house. Mccullough d jes not
deny his deed. He says it was committed in
self-defense. The Griffin officers have been
notified.
Rev. J. A Palmer of Troup county was
struck by lightning Wednesday, and it was
two hours and half before consciousness
could be restored. He will probably re-
cover entirely. The same flash killed a
yearling standing near by Rev. Palmer
was not only stunned by the shock but a
current of electricity struck his head cut a
hole in his hat, singed his hair, ran down
the back Of his neck, then turned to the left
and extended down his entire side into his
foot.
Dawson Journal: On last Sunday night
on Mr.. Nasworthy Styles plantation,
Frank Stubs, negro, was shot in the
neck and shoulder with load of duck shot
by another negro concealed in the darkness.
Stubs was sitting near the door in a neigh.
boris house at the time. The would be
assassin, in making his escape, dropped mis-
hat, which was identified as belonging tc
Beauregard Henderson, who had previously
had difficulty with StubhS