The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
fHE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

ty-An Insolent Circus Advertising
Agent Punished-Negroes Killed by
Trains at Tennilie and Vienna-Ne
gro Riot at jefferson.
GEORGIA.
The Dodge county agricultural fair a
Eastman, Dodge county, begins to-day, an'
will continue two days.
c. W. Collier, who will be the permanent
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association in Griffin. has arrived at hi
post Of duty.
Partridges seem to be more numerous Jhi
year than ever before in Walton county
On last Saturday a covey came within
twenty yards of the Monroe NelGs Office.
''Omaha" will be the name of the metro
polls that will soon be flourishing on t.,
banks of the Chattahoocnee, where the Sa
vannah, Americas and Montgomery road
crosses over into Alabama.
Saturday evening In Columbia county
five miles from Harlem aud fifteen miles
above Augusta, on Pierce Mondays plauta.
tion, Jim Coleman was brutally murdered
by his brother-ln-l law, William Young.
Johnnie Mann's son, Willie, happened to
a very painful accident at COnyers Wedues-
day evening. He was running horse on a
slippery road when the animal fell, break
ing both bones of the young mans leg below
the knees.
Monday, at Griffin, George Aier, a negro
employed at the chair factory of Osborne
& Walcott, in that city, got into diff
Guilty with Mr.. Walcots and knocked him
down. The neg o was promptly arrested
and will be tried for che assault.
An unknown negro, supposed TO be Moses
Christian from Sandy Bottom, Macon, was
killed at Tennille Monday night by the up
passenger train. The supposition is that he
was trying to board the train and steal
ride. His legs were broken and mutllated
by being oun over by the train.
Saturday night the torch was put to one
Of Kelly Scarborough houses, on his plan
tatlOn four miles from Augusta, on the Sa-
vannah road. The building was completely
destroyed. Mr.. Scarborough had to fight
hard to keep the flames from spreading TO
his gin house, but was fortunate in having
his loss covered with $500 insurance. The
fire was undoubtedly of incendiary origin.
The Empire Lumber Company has had in
its employ over $50 men besides convlcts,
and many of them left their wages to
accumulate in the office, thinking the COM
pany perfectly safe. Some of the men had
considerably over 5000. while others we're
only creditors of the company TO the
amount of from $50 70 $50. According to
the law these claims will nave TO be paid
first, and as they aggregate a large sum,
there may not be SO very much left after
they are settled.
Dick Forbes, a colored youth, got drunk
Saturday night at Vienna aud started to a
candy pulling two miles up toe Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad Getting
sick on the way, he sat down on the track,
and, it is supposed, went to sleep. Shortly
fba hot 81
along and ran over him, mutilatlng him
terribly. The north-bound freight coming
along later during the night dragged the
body about fifty yards. where it dropped in
a cow-gap and was found Monday morning.
Athens had somewhat of a sensation
Monday in the shape of two warrants sworn
out against Capt. R. II. Lampkin and K. L.
Reaves, charging them with highway rob-
berry. The prosecutor is j. d. Kelly, a
peddler. 1t created quite stir here, and
the commitment trial was watched with
interest. Highway robbery is a serious
charge, and it had been made against two
citizens Of Athens by a stranger who was
peddling there. At the trial this afternoon
before Justice Fuller the evidence was given
in and the warrants discharged.
Walter Clark got into difficulty the other
day with negro at Smith a Smiths stable
on Third street, Macon. Mr.. Clark bad been
driving team belonging to the stable and
had just brought il in. The negro said
something about the condition of the horse,
Clark called the negro a liar.
and also struck him in the face. The negro
hit Clark with bride, aud Clark drew his
pistol aud shot at the negro The bail did
not take effect. however, but passed be-
tween the Negroes legs. When Clark shot
at the negro, Mr.. Smith, one Of tue pro-
prietors Of the stable, struck Clark on the
head with a plank, INJECTING a severe
wound.
Bridges Smith, Macons popular city
clerk, has been allowed a patent on an in
veutlon which bids fair TO make blm a
Not long ago the versatile
mind of Mr. Smith turned itself to the con-
trivance of a railroad tie which should bid
defiance to the ravage Of time, fire or
weather. He succeeded in devising a tie
which can be bent into the required shape
from fiat sheet of steel cut in particular
way. Something like this has been attempted
before, but as proof that Mr.. Smiths in
veutlon is different from all others he re-
ceived notification from Washington yester-
day to the effect that a patent on it had
been allowed him.
A Snowman representing the Barnum &
Bailey circus met with a severe chastise-
ment Monday from f. 7. Smith at Athens.
The Snowman walked into Mr.. Smiths store
and asked why his posters were not in the
window. Mr.. Lucas, who stays in the
store, replied that If their actions we're not
satisfactory he could recall his compliment
airy tickets. The man then remarked.
- southerners that never keep their
contracts" Ed. Smith, who was standing
near by. demanded a repetition of the
words. The slan did it and promptly he
was kicked from the store He grabbed a
rock but Mr.. Smith knocked him down
and gave him severe beating.
There was quite riot at jefferson Satur-
day night. The negroes were holding a fair
for the benefit of the Baptist church, and
during the night some negro fired pistol.
This attracted the attention of Sheriff
McElhannon and Marshal Daniel, who went
up to see what was the matter. They met
a negro with a smoking revolver, and ar
rested him. He resisted, and general fight
ensued, and missiles flew through the air |:
knives flashed and pistol muzzles were
pointed at several parties. In the melee
Sheriff McElhannon was cut across the
shoulder with razor. Happily, no one was
killed or fatally injured. 1t was with some
difficulty that the officers quieted the dis
turbance.
FLORIDA.