The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

OF War Near Savannah-A Marrow
Escape from a Lynching In Lincoln
County-Typhoid Fever Raging II
Oglethorpe County.
GEORGIA.
There Is an inmate of the state lunat1'
Rsylum who imag1nes, IN his insanity, ina
he is a grain OF corn. He will not go int.
the yard, fearing the chickens will eat him
At Macon an electric car, passing alonI
Hawthorne street. ran into and killed
calf that was lying on the track before IN
driver could stop his car or the animal &c
into a place of safety.
J. W. Groover. clerk of Thomas comfy
superior court, has in bis possession lfttl'
calico frock, which his mother made fol
him forty-five years ago. He wore 1t be-
fore he was able to walk
Ex-Marshal John II. Palmer has inst
tuted suit in Talbot superior court sgains
the Central railroad for SIC, 07g.damages foi
injuries sustained IN q wreck on the road
near Geneva about two years ago.
On the roof of Talmadge Bros mill at
Athens there are several stalks Of corr
with the ears full open. The corn GERM
mated from the corn husks thrown on che
roof by the elevator machinery. Several
young stalks are now growing.
There is O negro woman living near
Athens who prepares herself for death every
night, and who is always terribly surprised
TO find herself alive mornings. She wishes
to die in a blue gown, in which she arrays
herself before lying down every night.
Four carpenters at work on a new build
ing at PARROTS station, on the Columbus
Southern road, were injured Friday by the
giving way of the scaifold upon which they
were standing. One Of the men, Dan Doug
lass, was thought TO be fatally hurt at first,
but later in the day his recovery was con-
sidered certain.
George ". Davis of Morgan county has a
white hawk which measures four aud half
feet from tip 30 tip Of his wings. Mr.. Davis
says he had seea the bird In his neighbor-
hood for several years, but had never had
an opportunity Of shooting il before The
hawk was slightly wounded, and MIR. Davis
speaks Of sending it to Grant Park zoo in
Atlanta.
At Deepstep, Washington county, Tues
day, Lit TTawick carelessly shot his sister,
inflicting painful wound, the ball entering
her right breast and passing abound near the
backbone DR.. Peeler was called In and ex-
tracted the ball The girl Is doing well.
Her statement is that the boy was pointing
the pistol at her, swapping at the same time.
He says he did not know the pistol was
loaded.
In two or three sections of Oglethorps
county typhoid fever, in an aggravated
form, is raging almost to an epidemic. In
that section bordering on Broad river and
Clouds creek clsss are quite numerous, and
several families are reported as being Ia dis
tress, every member being down with the
malady. An overgrowth of vegetation last
year, which the mild winter did not kill, is
thought to be the cause.
There's banker in Eatouton who owns q
tremendous mastif, in which he repoSeS
great confidence. He went TO the express
office the other day and received huge pils
Of greenbacks and two sacks of silver. He
could not carry all three of them, so he
shouldered the silver and gave the dog the
roll of money. The big fellow seemed proud
Of his trust as he trotted beside his master,
and brave man he would have been who
tried to rob him. -
The Marine band of Washington win
not be likely to play in the TRACES display
procession at Macon. This, is not BECAUSE
the leader has refused to conDe down, but
because he asks the moderate sun OF 81 100
per day and expenses for his performances
What the expenses will run the sum total
up TO is not known, and the music com-
mitfee has decided not 10 inquire. The
committee, however, will have plenty of
good music on hand at the proper time.
Isaac Colley (coiored) I6 yearsof age. who
entered room in the house of Jack Lane at
Lincolnton few nights ago, In which he,
his wife and daughter were sleeping, had q
narrow escape from being lynched. 1t is
thought by some chat his intentions were
criminal, but he only stole Mr.. Lanes
pocket knife, and this he dropped as he
jumped through the window In making his
escape. On Friday night last six or seven
men, masked, SO the negro says attempted
TO break into tho Jail It IS not known.
definitely, for what purpose, boa, most
likely. had they succeeded in entering, the
negro uould be very hard to find.
Alex Bealer, the Atlanta Journnl,s wide
awake correspondent, while running abous
for political news for his paper the other
day. came across a trough with history.
Nv nat in the world is that thing nailed
mp there fort" he asked of the driver Of the
stage from Morrstown to Tate Snrfnc.
"Thats another sign Co tell the strangers
nobody ever dies in this country. The old
fellers child was took sick, AM he though,
it was gwinter die He bought coffin. bul
the child got " ell He was a ekonomica
ole cuss, so he took the coffin lid an nailed
1t on knot hole over the door. He fixec
up the coffin on four legs an used it for q
trough to water his cows in twill hit fell tc
pieces"
Wotkinsville Enterprise: The sad deasl
of Mr.. Overton, the Baptist minister, recall,
an incident which may account for his sud-
den taking off. For years he has beer
recognized as a man of brains. but few
knew of an incident which probably pre-
vented his coming into more prominent
positions than he has occupied. During the
war, Mr.. Overton was stationed on The
coast near Savannah, and was captured by
federal ship OF war. On board he was
subjected to rough treatment, and wa!
thrust in the hold, where he was confined
for some weeks, not knowing the fate
of friends on shore, and himself In q
position SO far different from any he had
encountered during his gentle life, he suf-
fered unspeakable torture, which was
doubles made more terrible by the heavy
conclusion In the hold of a vessel of war.
This experience was thought by some of
his acquaintance to have weakened his
mind, and it has been suggested that tho
circulation of ugly reports, probably with
out foundation, at time when he was in
the white heat of religious excitement,
completely unbalanced his mind and put
him in q mental state where he was no
longer responsible.
A bakery is soon to be established in Mad.
fson.
Madfsons democratic primary election