The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-29
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE


from Horse and KTled-A Marietta
Man Robbed on a Train-Lands Pur-
chased in Decatur County by the
Florida Tobacco Syndicate.
GEORGIA
There are four murdsrers in the Bib
county jail.
G.. NJ. Dekle Of Emanuel county will
make twelve bales OF sea island cotton
worth 81 POO. on seventeen acres Of land.
The recent and heavy rain washed out
the dam of the mill of S. Montgomery near
E.laville. The loss is considerable and will
require some time to remedy it.
Toccoa Furniture and Lumber Company,
Incorporated with capital stock OF SIS, 900,
Is now IN full operation, running about
twenty-five hands. The grounds embrace
ten acres.
Claude Mernwether, who shot and killed
John Cordele few days ago, has returned
home, and defies the officers of the law TO
arrest him. The coroner's jury has returned
a verdict of murder. -
Sims, the burglar who was confiasd in the
Folk county Jail at Cedarto wnC and who set
fire 20 the building several days ago. has
escaped by filing the cbaias that bound him.
Dogs are on his trail.
Frank White, d wel-known young man
u
-JLeISfJiy tacerated- Medical assistance was
promptly sought but the arm was SO badly
cut up that amputation was neces 'ary.
The heavy rains which fell in the neigh
borhood Of Covington last week did oonsid-
cradle damage 70 cotton in that section, as a
great deal of it was fully open and in just
such condition as to render it easily in-
jured.
w. J. Conlin, a marble cutter In the en-
ploy of the Blue Ridge Marble Company,
was thrown from a horse and instantly
killed at Nelson Friday afternoon. His
home is in Rutland. VT, and he will be
taken there for burial.
News reached Athens Friday night of a
difficulty in Jackson county between two
white men named Couch and a Mr.. Daley
The fuss was over a bale of cotton. Daley
was dangerously cut and will probably die
His assailant has skipped.
There was a white man on trial at Cal
houn the other day on a charge of disturb
ing public worship. When asked what he
had to say, he declared that he had done
nothing in the world except to join in
singing hymn, for which he was indicted.
The big excursion Thursday 10 Helena
from Americas, and along the Savannah,
Amerious and Montgomery railroad, got
sidetracked at way station on account of
the telegraph wires being down, and did
not get to Helena until an hour after Gov.
Gordon had spoken.
On Tuesday afternoon at Newman, Katie,
the 11-year-old daughter of John Nc
Michael, living four miles south Of town
was bitten twice by a highland mecca
sin. DIR. North was dispatched for, who
applied the usual antidotes, and at last
accounts the little miss was doing very well,
j. I. Goodman, who lives across the river
in Jasper county from Flovilla, had the
misfortune TO get his left arm caught in the
shafting of his steam gin last Wednesday
and so badly mashed that DIR. j. F. Ian
caster and DR.. A. +. White considered it
did very successfully.
Mount de Sales, the well-known Catholic
school, which Is one Of Macons best aud
most cherished educational institutions,
commenced its fall term this week under
most favorable auspices The attendance
of pupils is quite large, and the indications
are that the academy will have one of the
most successful years in its history.
A man by the name of Hubbard was
robbed of $50 Saturday while he was riding
on the train between Marietta and Atlanta
A man by the name of Stevens, who lives
some miles in the country from Marietta.
was arrested and the money recovered
Stevens sat in a seat just behind Hubbard,
and it is thought that he picked Hubbard's
pocket In this way.
The tobacco syndicate of Gadsden county.
Florida, has bought a considerable todv of
choice tobacco lands adjacent to Attapul-
gus creek, in Decatur county, and are nego-
tiating for more. They are perfectly salts
fed now that Decatur county has plenty of
tobacco lands equally as valuable for the
production of Cuba tobacco as any in
Florida or elsewhere and are buying il right
and left. The tobacco interest of Decatur
county will be one of its most important in
few years.
In the election held at Covington We'd
nesday to determine whether or not the
county's indebtedness should be bonded or
paid off by increased taxation "for bonds"
was defeated In consequence of the vote be-
ing too light for legal expression on the
question. Ii was necessary that there
should be $50 votes p)lled, while there was
only 339, $50 for, and SO votes against bond
ing the debt. But for the lncessant rain
the people would have turned out and the
debt would probably have been bonded.
Another opportunity to vote on the ques-
ton will be given at an early day.
FLORIDA.
DR.. Fortuer of Melrose has raised a peal
weighing one pound and three-quarters
Patrick Henry, living in the western
part OF Kissimmee, was bitten bv a rattle
snake last Tuesday, The bite did not prove
fatal