The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


tering Difficulty in Getting Rights OF
Way-Row at g Negro Wedding
Negro Boy Accidentally Killed
Sailor Stealing at Fernandina-
GEORGIA.
The recent election for mayor of Lithonia
will be contested.
Several cases Of measles are reported in
Rockdale county.
Columbus will have an art and floral ex-
hibition during the coming spring.
The armament for the Dublin Light In
fantry will be issued within few days.
There is great complaint of the scarcity Of
farm hands in the vicinity Of Columbus.
Gibbs Gardner, formerly Of Augusta, has
been engaged to take editorial charge OF the
Chronicle Of Milledgeville.
At Bremen. Sunday, JEFF Conamore shot
and killed his stepfather because the latter
had corrected him. The young man was
locked up.
SQUIRE John Parker of Henry countyIfell
from a wagon lead of fodder a few days
since, breaking his shoulder and otherwise
injuring himself.
The Bass academy for negroes, between
Sparta and the suburban village Of Dixie,
was burned Sunday night. 1t Is supposed
to have been the work of an incendiary.
While carelessly handling a pistol at
Brunswick, Monday, Leo Isaacs discharged
She weapon. The bail grazed finger, and
the burning powder filed the boys face.
Fortunately he was not much injured.
Receipts of cotton at Americas, aggre-
gate So 1856 bales to date. The cotton
receipts of Dawson up to date have been
1900 bales, and the 1000 notch will be
reached before the season is over. This is
an increase of {, 200 bales over last season.
Rev James Means, a colored preacher of
Washington, is in Macon to solicit subscrip-
tions to the erection of a $500 high school
for colored pupils at Washington, Ga. Rev.
Means and his plans are Endorsed by Gov.
Gordon and other prominent citizens Of
Georgia.
Paul Bones was accidently shot and in
stantly killed near Union Point Saturday.
Luck Vanzlets had the gun in his hand
when the fatal shot was fired. 1t was purely
an accident. Both the lads are colored.
They were each about II years of age No
arrest has been made.
Messrs. Camp and Simons, agents for
patent steam washing machine in McDuffie
county, were put under arrest last week on
complaint of citizens in the vicinity of
Thomson on a charge Of cheating and
swindling. The parties gave bond to APP
pear at the superior court and were re-
leased.
A short time ago the negroes of Dublin,
not TO be behind their white brethren,
organized military company which was
named the Dublin Cadets. Officers we're
elected and everything moved along
smoothly until last Wednesday, when it
was discovered that Norman Hester, cap
tain, and Lewis Kyler, treasurer, had
absconded, carrying with them all the
company's funds, amounting to about s..
A telegram received in Atlanta Monday
from Charlotte, n. c., announced Chal-
mers K. Turner of Atlanta had been found
dead in his bed there early that morning.
No further particulars of his death were
given. Mr.. Turner has a wife and two
children in Atlanta and brother in Blr-
mingham. He was pressman by trade,
and for years was foreman of the press
room in the Franklin printing office.
Monday afternoon at Brunswick, about 2
o'clock, w. Lewis, the foreman at Valen-
tino's planing-mill. narrowly escaped most
horrible death. Mr. Valentino is adding a
second story to his variety works, and in
this second story were placed several cross
ties. Mr.. Lewis was walking through the
lower story when one of the cross-ties from
overhead fell perpendicuiarly. knocking off
Mr.. Lewis hat and slightly bruising his
foot.
There will be a meeting of the South
Georgia Melon and Fruit Growers Associa-
ton at Albany to-day. Questions of vital
Importance to the industry will be consid-
cred, and with a view to securing full
representation it is suggested that the
growers at each shipping point form a local
organization, to be represented OF that
meeting by one or more delegates who will
be able to report the acreage in melons the
past season, the number of cars shipped, a
list of consignees who have sold the melons,
with opinion of consignee based on the re-
turns made to the shipper.
The Macon and Birmingham is expe-
riencing considerable trouble in securing
rights of way. The legislature required the
road to go through Thomaston, but the
route surveyed is distant three miles from
that town. A farmer through whose land the
line is surveyed declined to grant right Of
way, and when the road made application
to the ordinary of Epson county to appoint
arbitrators TO assess the value of the land
the ordinary refused to do so upon the
ground that the road was compelled to &c
through Thomaston, and the land indicated
was not upon the Thomaston route.
Sunday morning, about 10 o'clock. John
Gentry and Miss Henrietta Hill, both of
Phenix City, called at the boarding hou Sc
of Mrs. Duke, on Front street, Columbus.
and were united in marriage by Rev. L. f.
Davidson, in the presence of few friends.
The young couple then departed, and went
to the home of the groom in Girard. An
hour later George Murphy and Miss Leils
Hill of Phenix City also appeared at the
Duke boarding house, and were Joined il
matrimony by Mr.. Davidson. The re
markable feature of the affair was that the
brides were sisters, and, though married ii
the same room by the same minister within
an hour, neither knew that the other con
templated marriage until after both hal
gone through the ceremony.
The condition Of the five men who wer
injured in the accident Saturday on th
East Tennessee railroad, near Westlake. wa
more favorable yesterday than it was Sat
urday night. The three negroes-Brantly
Green and Brewer-will not die. Brantl-
and Brewer were doing very well, and th
condition of Green is fairly good, except hi
broken leg, which gave him considerable
pain. The worst hurt of the four is Con
ductor Jordan. He is paralyze and has t
be moved by others. His recovery is DOS
sible. The remains of Wade Harrell wer
shipped Monday morning TO Stockbridg
for interment. His body was terribly torn
and his limbs completely cut off, He was evI
IDENTIFY mashed by the wheels of the engine
His mangled body presented a horribl
sight.
While double wedding in colored societ
was in progress at Norman Watson's a
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