The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THa NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Life at Valdosta-A Man Nearly
Killed by an Infatuated Bull at
Camilla-Two Negroes Shot Down
Near Cochran.
GEORGIA.
Cra(fford Is to have a paper called the
zrZ.
The new Masonic temple at Waycross
will be dedicated Aug. 20.
Many of the Masonic lodges in the state
are holding picnics and barbecues.
Vineville is opposed to annexation to
Macon. In mass meeting the citizens voted
against it.
HI. DuDree and wife, of Sumter county,
held family reunion a day or two ago at
which sixty-two members gathered.
The public schools of Columbus will open
Sept. 90 1t is thought that the attendance
viii be larger than for any previous session
OF the schools.
The Long Pond postoffice has been
changed from j. H. Zauts residence to
Lake Park, and the name changed to Lake
Park. 1t is no longer Long Pond.
During a thunder shower at Lincolnton
lightning struck one Of the oak trees in the
grove of Mr.. T. H. Remsen, which shocked
some of the family for few moments.
Allen Howell Of Camilla was severely
kOT6u D1 du iIluilhieu DuAA Oi u -.
Adridge's place Wednesday morning. Sew
eral gentlemen were trying TO drive him
out of the field when he attacked Mr.
Howell, and would have killed him had It
not been for the prompt work of the others
in killing the animal
G. Ii. Minehan killed Charles Brown at
Brunswick some time ago and fed Thurs
day he re urned, ostensibly to surrender to
the sheriff Sheriff Berrie was abseDt from
Al. - nd ahnr, a
town. meeting old friends and acqueint-
ances and having a good time in general.
He called upon his lawyers and held con-
sultation. The advice given him has not
been asc rtained, but Minehan has again
disappeared.
NJ. B. Council and John II. Walker,
veteran fox hunters of Americas, took
number of boys out into the country TO
show them how to run Reynard to cover in
true artistic style. Near the poor house,
three miles from the city, the party jumped
a big gray fellow, and after an exciting
chase OF an hour, freed him in a hollow log.
The dogs were held back and the fox cap
tured alive. and will form one of the lead
ing attractions in the Rees Park Zoo.
Last Sunday two negroes on Eugene
Whites place, near Cochran, began quarrel.
One became so enraged that he drew his
pistol and fred one shot at his Antagonist
he lived only three minutes. The negro
who did the shooting was named John
Crow aud his victim was Scott Stanson.
After Crow had shot Stanson he was shot
by an urknown party twice, once in the
right side and once in the right hip, and is
also dead.
Considerable excitement was caused at
Rome Thursday by the discovery by two
boys of a box containing the remains of a
inf ,t tIe llrHy int t.fu of
j. A. Bales store and adjoining the Fourth
ward bridge. Louis McArver, a Young
negro man, had abandoned his wife several
months ago, and about June l she gave
birth to child, which was dead. Her hus-
band carried the remains away in box to
bury it. Instead he is supposed to have
placed it under the bridge because he was
too lazy to give the child decent burial.
Gainesville Eagle: Moses Turk cut for
U. G. Bowman poplar tree that measured
AZ feet in diameter at the stump and feet
in diameter 90 feet from the butt. 1t made
six stocks, Is feet long, clear of knots and
windshakes. Every cut had TO be split be-
fore it could be hauled except the lap cut
1t made 1870 feet of square lumber, for
which b. F. Stidham & Bro. paid 81 per
hundred. Counting two years for every
circle IN the stump the tree was S64 years
old. 1t took two yoke of oxen to turn over
pull one-thlrd of it out.
Private Paul Castellanos of the Bruins
wick Light Horse Guards has lust been
tried for insubordation by court-martial
consisting of Lieut.. A. S. Way of the Lib
erty Independent Troop, Lieut.. Col z. 7.
Miller of the Fifth regiment Georgia cav
airy, Capt. G. B. Pritchard of the Georgia
Hussars, and Lieut. j. B. Fraser of the
Liberty Independent Troop, which met in
the Light Horse Guards armory. Lieut.
Way acted as judge advocate of the court
martial. The result of the investigation
will not be announced until Col. W. W.
Gordon, to whom the decision has been re-
ferred. will make it public by informing
Capt. Thomas Of the Light Horse Guards
what the court-martiars decision was.
Skies Masonic lodge, Cherokee Mills,
seems to have had an epidemic of deaths
during the past ten mouths, although there
has been no epidemic of any special form in
that locality. Since last September John
Evans, ST., Lopez S. Connor, r. c. Conner,
w. w. Wooten, l.. B. Hill aud V. Jones
Ellison, all Master Masons of Skies lodge,
have Joined their brethren in the supreme
grand lodge above Besides the above
named six, DIR. j. w. Lovinggood, who died
last December, was fellow craft member
of that lodge. The two last deaths we're
those of l. b. Hill. who died last Sunday.
ana V. Jones Ellison, who died on Monday,
both of whom were buried at Enon grave
yard. near Woodstock, with Masonic honors.
The Macon EUening Ne,vs is informed
that an average Of 25 per cent. increase has
been made in rents in Macon. One tenant
told remarkable tale of how a landlord
forced him to pay the increased rent He
stated that he was informed few DAYS ago
that he would have to pay $500 per
year more for the house in viii he
was doing business. He refused to do
this, giving as his reason that his bust
mess was too small to afford it. "All
right" said the landlord, 81 have another
party waiting for the house, A few days
later the owner Of the house returned with
a certain party. After examining the house
this party said he guessed he would take it.
This brought the present occupant to his
senses, and he went at once and signed
notes Tor the coming year, agreeing to give
the increased rent. The party who visited
this house with the landlord subsequently,
visited two others, with the same result.
Valdosta Times. On Monday last the
early train brought Charles Baker and Jim
jefferson (colored) to town. They came re-
spectively from Dupont and Jasper-but
they had been friends. On Monday they
fell out about woman said to be Bakers
wife. Each man drew his pop, but friends
interfered and parted them. About two or
three hours later in the day they come to-
srafbar again on ctraat in FrN,t 90