The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Central Railroad over an Ejectment.
A Negro Shot at Rochelle-A Bear
on the War-PAth in Montgomery
County.
There is an effort on foot to organize q
brass band at Dublin.
One of the houses at the Ebert county
asylum was destroyed by fire on Wednes-
day night Of last week. The loss is about
$500.
VIM. Goodman, a colored man, was
found dead in his bed on Wednesday morn
ing at McRae. He had been suffering with
consumption.
1t is said that Bush Lumsden Of Macon is
being pushed by his friends as a successor TO
Secretary r. A. Nisbet OF the Georgia
Agricultural Society.
While a negro named Lilburn Harkin
was working last week at the Guyton ore
bank, near Carriers Mil, a pile of ore fell on
him, dislocating on OF bis hips.
All who have joined the Confederate Vet
Grams Association OF Telfair, together with
those who have not and desire 50 to do, are
requested to be in McRae on Saturday, 18th
inst
Reg. r. B. Bryan, pastor Of the Method
list church at Wrightsville, is very low with
pneumonia. His many friends fear the end.
Prof. NJ. A. Morgan is also sick, but not
seriously.
A fat car standing on the sidetrack at
Rochelle was run into on Wednesday of last
week by a freight train and was smashed.
A negro, who was standing On the car,
saved himself by jumping.
In Bulloch superior court last week
three felony cases were tried, to-wit: State
VS.. E. b. Brannep, arson; state VS.. W. w.
Bird, arson, and state VS.. Wash Burns,
murder, and a verdict of not guilty was
rendered in each case.
AT Columbus, Wednesday, three small
houses on Fifth avenue, owned by n.
Simons. were destroyed by fire. The houses
had just been finished and had not yet been
turned over to Mr.. Simons, so the loss falls
on I. L. Gonzard, the contractor.
A. c. Malphus, who is incsrcerated in
jail at Applng, charged with bigamy,
grew tired Of life and attempted to
take his life on Friday of last week, by
hanging himself from the steps. The alarm
was given by another inmate, and the jailer
came just in time to save him.
At Rochelle one night last week Schofeld
Register lcolored) was shot by al unknown
party while at the house of negro woman
IN the lower part Of town. The shot used
were mostly small and 100 or more took
effect in his arms and breast, two large
ones. however, taking effect in his abdo-
men. His wounds are serious though not
necessarily fatal
On negro excursion from Columbus to
Rlchland Wednesday some negroes pushed
another negro against another named Har-
rison -, knocking him between the car
wheels, which passed across him, mangling
his right leg about half way below the
knee. Drs McKown, Gordy and Shipp
amputated the limb. His other foot aud
the lower portion of his back are broken.
L. B. Lawrence Of Rochelle keeps his
watches hanging on small nail driven into
horizontal Stats, and on one Of those hangs
watch that works to and fro in perpetual
reciprocal motion, without the slightest
connection with anything except the nail on
which it hangs. No cause can be assigned
for its movement. 1t has been known TO
move In this way for three hours at time,
aud it is not known how long it would run
If no one interfered with it.
The people in the vicinity Of Long Pond,
In Montgomery county, were considerably
excited last week by the discovery of a big
black bear catching their sheep. Two of
Willie I. McArthur's clippers were CHIP
ping boxes near the home of John c. Meal
lister, when the bear came out OF branch
near by them and caught a small sheep.
The negroes hallooed at him, and the bear
then dropped the poor sheep and ran Off a
few steps, and then turned and caught the
sheep again. tearing off its foreshoulder aud
ran off with it. The negroes gave the alarm,
and large posse, with guns and dogs. went
IN pursuit Of old bruin, but he could not be
found. Ii is supposed that he came up from
the Altamaha swamp.
Statesboro Eagle: On May 2S a centen-
NAL jubilee will he held at Union Methodist
Episcopal church, near Mill Ray In this
county. One hundred years ago church
was organized at that place, as shown by
Tine mlantes, and century afterward Dos
terity gathers to pay homage to the heroic
past, and rejoice in the brightness of the
present Across swollen rivers and high
mountains, into the borders of civilization.
Pierce, Andrews, and other devout men
spread the doctrines Of Wesley and the de-
scendants Of men and women whose par
ents worshiped in the early days at Union,
VIII meet on that day to celebrate its CEN
tenary. Rev. ]. d. Anthony and other
eminent divines will be present
Atlanta Journal: There are in the state
or Georgia about IS, 200 people who pay
special taxes or license for the privilege Of
selling tobacco and whisky. These taxes
are due on May ], and unless paid by June
i the person selling Is liable to criminal
prosecution and must also pay an additional
tax OF half the original amount. From
present indications it looks like some people
In Georgia will have to pay the penalty of
the additional tax and lay themselves liable
TO prosecution also, as only about half of the
5000 have paid their taxes and not a
month remains IN which to square them up.
Each taxpayer is required to make his re-
turns on form IL, sworn to before some
officer authorized to make oaths
l. B. Story of Buena Vista has brought
SUIT III Macon superior court against the
Central Railroad and Banking COMPANY
for $1,000. The petitioner AYERS that he
was forcibly elected from a train at Ogle-
thorpe by Conductor w. Fl. Kemp. assisted
by several negroes; that he bought ticket
at Fort Valley to Americas, and that he
had conducted himself in an orderly and
civil manner all along. the conductor was
under the impression that Story had bought
ticket only TO Montezuma aud that he was
trying to beat his way to Americas. Story
declared positively that he bad bought a
ticket TO Americas, and boarded the train
three times at Oglethorpe. but was elected
every time. Finally he offered to pay his
way, but was refused by the conductor. 1t
Is thought that Story will make out strong
case against the railroad.
Dublin Post: A man by the name of
Starnicker passed through Dublin one dav
last week on his way home In Burke county
from Empire, where he had been working
on the chain-gang. The story, as we heard
1T. is as follows: Seventeen years ago Henry