The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

DOOlin-A BLOODY encounter d.
tween BOYS at Millwood-Georgia
Profits in ;he PORK Deal-A Juror
Drowned Near Perry.
GEORGIA
w. c. Murray has been appointed post
master at Wildwood.
More than $4,000 was cleared in Griffin
Saturday on pork transactions.
Mrs A. O'Hara. the mother of Alderman
Michael O'Hara of Macon, died Saturday.
r. w. Martin, son of DR.. w. A. Martin
of Oxford died here Friday of brain fever.
The State Pharmaceutical Association
will be in session at Macon to-day and TO-
morrow.
Capt T. G. Manley, for twenty years
chief of police, is seriously i'll at his home
in East Griffin.
The Southern Georgia Teachers Associs-
ton will hold its next annual meeting at
Montezuma on April 10.
The hotel at Chalybeate Springs will be
opened on June l. under the management
of Messrs Grant & Grant.
Ii is believed that Atlanta will put
100000 in new buildings, sewers and
street improvements this year.
Charles Reeves, the murderer. is not
great way from Darien AID it is thought he
will be captured il time for court.
The hull of the old steamer David Clark
is to be used to carry boards from Darieu
to Savannah. She is now lying at the Da-
rien docks.
1t is understood that two prominent bust
ness men of Macon cleared nearly $4,000
Saturday through the boom in the Chicago
produce market.
1t is alleged that Col z. P. Padgett of
Bailey will sue the express company for
III 10 haCanCa ref al n al
a catfish shipped 70 him with prepayment
of charges.
The county site of DeKalb county will
not be moved from Decatur to Stone Noun
tain. The vote for removal was Oil, and
against removal 1874. 1t requires a two
thirds vote to move.
The state superintendent is now investi-
eating the project of establishing telephone
lines between all the principal cities in Geor-
gia. Athens and Atlanta will be the first
places connected. A five minutes CONVEX
sation over the wire would cost p cents.
Boisy Bailey had his thumb cut off above
the second joint by his engine at Albany
Saturday. The engine the Central SWITCH
was at a standstil on a down grade, when
he reached over to put chock under the
driving wheel, and his finger was caught.
]. T. Hersey, OF Buckley, has the oldest
hand-saw on record. 1t was bought in HI,
by Solomon Owens, who presented it to T.
Hersey in 1913 Since then it has been in
some repair. would be good old saw for
for another century.
Some time during May the fremen Of
Athens will give tournament, in which
companies from all over the state will par
ticipate After the tournament it is an
nounced that the volunteer firemen will
cease their labor of love, and turn over
their machines to paid firemen.
At Griffin Saturday the coroner's jury,
in the case of the infant negro found Fri
day afternoon buried near the pest house,
brought in verdict of death by strangu-
lation, and charged the crime to the
mother, Matte Nelson, sister-in-law of
Laura Nelson and Mack Fryer.
Rev. NJ. G. Austin, pastor of the Meth.
odist church at Duke, received twelve new
members Wednesday night last and nine
more Thursday night, making total mem
bership of forty-three. This is fine snow
ing, as the church was organized only about
three months ago. There is also flourish
ing Sunday school at Duke.
At Americas Saturday, 137 acres of farm
land belonging TO Capt. A. G. Bell was sold
TO Henry Glover for S2,74O This prop
erty is commonly known as the old
Lyons field, and lies on the southwestern
limits of the city oa the line of the Central
railroad. Mr.. Grover proposes to convert
it into melon and truck farm.
The Savannah convention of the Episcopal
church will be held at ST. Andrews church
listers are expected to be present: Revs. II.
+. Lucas, Dean, J. j. Perry. Brunswick
A. G.. P. Dodge, D. Watson VIM, H. Stew
art Martin, ST. Simon's; w. r. McCon-
nell, Sylyania; Charles Fl. Strong, Robb
White and 0. I. Ftzsimmons, Savannah.
At Wildwood Saturday, Metticus and John
Murray, sons of j. A. Murray, and aged
respectively Is and 13, got into dispute
over bride. The younger brother, pro-
curing a single, struck Metticus several
severe blows over the head, whereupon, in
closing in, the older brother retaliated by
sticking knife the full length of the blade
just under Johns left shoulder blade. The
wound is very deep and painful, bleeding
profusely, but it Is not considered danger
Gus.
j. c. Morris, a traverse juror of the su-
perior court, left Perry Friday night for
his residence, five miles in the country, in
an intoxicated condition. Saturday morn
ing his neighbors, returning to court
found his lifeless body lying in a branch
about one mile from his nome. The mule
which he drove had turned out of the road
to drink, and going over a rough place had
jolted Mr.. Morris out of the buggy and into
e4tricate himself The branch was only
six inches deep. MIR. Morris leaves wife
and two children, and was about 40 years
old
Brunswick Times The passengers on the
Brunswick and Western train. due here al
1905, were startled by pistol shot in one
of the coaches at Waycross Saturday morn,
ing, at $40 O'Clock. A brick mason named
Edward Baker boarded the train at Pear
son. with ticket to Waycross. He was
considerably under the influence of whisky
aud before the train reached Waycros,
approached a gentleman named Frazier
and asked him to take a drink. Ate,
some hesitation Mr.. Frazier drank. Jus
as the train was nearing Waycross Baker
asked Frazier to drink again Frazier re
fused. Baker drew his pistol and said
You won't drink with me, then? Well,
will see if ! can't make you.n With thi
remark he leveled the pistol at Frazier anC
fired. Fortunately the ball entered the sea
just beneath where Frazier was sitting A
Waycross policemen were called and Baker
was at once lodged in Jail.
The Dublin correspondent of the Maco,
Telegraph sent that paper the following &C
count of the riot scare at that place SGtur-
day. Last Saturday evening a row oc
Cured between a wuite man and a negro
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