The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Congressman Stewards Son Hurt
The Piedmont Exposition Company
working to Secure Two Conyen-
tions-A Telegraph Operator in a
Bad Predicament at Dawson-The
State Military Encampment
GEORGIA.
Marion Taylor's residence, near Cuthbert,
was burned a night or two ago.
Col. s. H. Hawkins of Americas and his
daughter have started from home on trip
TO Europe.
Walter Stewart, son of Congressman
Stewart, fell from bicycle at Griffin, Tues
day, and dislocated his arm.
J. C. Poe and his sons James and Will
lam, all of Pike county, have been ARRESTED
on charge of Illicit distilling.
The alliances of Ebert county and the
Fifteenth Georgia regiment are TO have
big reunion at Elberton July 10.
The triplets born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Goodwin of Newman, few days ago,
have been named Red, White and Blue.
W. F. Combs, business manager of the
Macon EUening NelCs, has invented a
printers stick that bids fair 70 replace all
others in use.
Willie Pool, a 12-year-old boy, who ran
away from his home at Macon, was found
taken back to his home.
At Newman, Tuesday, Charles, the 9-year-
old son of Col b. T. Thompson, fell from
a tree and was SO seriously injured that he
may die from paralysis.
DIR. j. A. Hunnicutt, popular Athenian.
has been selected as a trustee OF the Lucy
Cobb Institute He fills the place made
vacant by the death Of John N. Newton.
Wiley Patrick, an old and well known
citizen of Spalding county, is lying near
deaths door at his home near Double Cabins.
He was at one time member of the legis-
lature.
Linton Potter, who was indicted at Daw-
son six years ago for murder, has just been
arrested at Admission, Ala, and brought
back to Georgia. He was a constable, and
endeavoring to arrest the negro when he
killed him.
The Dawson Guards received order Tues
day from Col. Wright, commanding the
Seventh Georgia Battalion, to attend the
encampment at Augusta. The company
had decided not to go, but the above order
will reverse that decision.
An effort is being made by the Piedmont
Exposition Company to have the cotton
spinners Of the country hold a convention
at Atlanta this year, which is the centen-
NAL of the industry on this side of the
Atlantic. An effort is also on foot to have
Tue uaUlOUdl convention Oh
held in Atlanta during the exposition.
The Augusta Chronicle proposes edito-
rally that Macon and Atlanta take the 8 tate
encampment as the occasion, aud Augusta
as the place to settle the question of the
championship of Georgia by a prize drill
next week between the Southern Cadets
and the Atlanta Rifles. The paper wants
Macon and Atlanta each to back their
favorites with purse of 81 200, aud Au-
gusta to supplement it with $500, making
$500 TO be drilled for.
When the train from Atlanta, due at
Columbus Tuesday night, was about five
miles beyond Waverly Hall, and within a
short distance Of trestle, the wheel of the
tender broke, throwing it from the track
and carrying the engine with it. All the
coaches were derailed and the track some
what torn up, but fortunately none of the
passengers were injured Henry Harris,
the fireman, jumped as the engine was going
over and badly injured his foot. The engi-
neer escaped.
A dispatch from Dawson to the Macon
Telegraph says: "Mr. Singleton, telegraph
operator at the Central depot, was to-day
arrested and jailed here for skipping a
board bill at Albany. Singleton seemed
very much taken back at the arrest, and it
was with reluctance that he finally con-
sented to accompany the police In few
minutes after he was lodged in Jail the
through freight due here at o'clock arrived
and was compelled to halt on account of not
having orders to proceed. Mr.. Flurnoy,
roadmaster, was on the freight, and with
MIR. Pierce, assistant depot agent, went to
the authorities and gave bond for Singleton
to appear Immediately after dispatching
the necessary orders. While in the care Of
the railroad officials Singleton made several
attempts at escape but without success"