The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
sHE NEWS OF rds TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


Marrow Escape from Collision OF
Passenger Trains-A Negro Robbed
An Aged Lady OF warreuton Probs-
bly, Fatally Injured "A sumter
County Man Thrown from His Wa
gon.
GEORGIA.
A s. Hough Of Madison died Saturday.
The Athens Banner is stil complaining
Of bad postal service.
Washington expects an atten dance OF 400
strangers on the coming Metho dist confer
ence.
Creditors have closed the grocery store
and billiard room Of J. E. Eimudson of
Abel, Ca,
The messenger boys Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company at Americas struck
tor higher wages Saturday.
The grand jury Of Early county failed to
recommend the re-establishment Of the
county court. as was expected.
Miss Fannie Parham, aged 90 years, Of
Warrenton, was thrown from a buggy by a
runaway horse Monday and fatally injured.
Nearly 800 pupils are attending the white
public schools at Dawson. There are only
about twenty in attendance on the colored
school.
DR.. George l. Clancy will sever his con-
nection as pastor Of the Church of Our
Father at Atlanta after the first Sunday in
November.
While Alex Freeman was on his way from
his home in Schley county TO Americas
Saturday with load of cotton one Of the
mules which be was driving suddenly
dropped dead in the road.
The Central road will soon make another
survey of its grounds in Americas, with a
view Of locating its new passenger depot in
the PARK south Of the present Buildings,
provided they receive encouragement to do
SO from the city council.
Although it has not been decided by the
Glynn Gun CLUB to attend the shoot in At
lanta in body, several of the members in
tend to leave on Oct q for the exposition.
They will enter In all the sweepstakes and
the teams-of-three shoots
At Dawson night or two ago one negro
asked another for cha &c for $40 bill. He
held the bill in one hand while his unsus-
pecting victim counted the change in the |
other. The scoundrel then ran with both |
the blu and the change and made his escape |
in the darkness.
A young negro girl named Hettie |
stephens was carrying dinner TO her father, |
who was working on dock at Brunswic9 |
Saturday when her hat blew off. In run
ming to catch the headgear she fell into the |
bay. Two negro men jumped into the |
water and succeeding in rescuing her.
AT Americas Saturday, as Fred Walker,
gentleman from the country, was passing
the Spring street CT, ssing Of the Central
road in his wagon, on his way home from
the ely, he mules which he vas driving
suddenly became frightened at an approach
ing tram and started off on a dea run
The mules soon became unmanageable and
succeeded IN overturning the wagon a ID
throwing Mr.. Walker out In his fall Mr.
walker struck telegraph post and broke
his right arm. He returned to the city and
had physician set the broken member.
after which he proceeded on his Journey
homeward.
mistaken order came very near causing
a serious catastrophe on the Savannah.
Americus ID Montgomery road Saturday.
Two passenger trains aud one freight tram
were Oh the main line. One of the passen-
ger trains having the right Of way, red
nag was put alongside the track to preve (
a collision. A freight train coming by saw
the red nag and thinking that the signal
was intended for them, took the fllg down |
and got out OF the way. As the other pas
sengcr came en-, having seen no red flag,
collision was barely prevented by the two
passenger trains stopping within a car
length Of each other
Arlington Banner: T. G. johnson cannot
get his pay as census enumerator for the
14S5th, ll40th and Heath districts of Earlv
county. The reason is Mr.. johnson re-
ported only nine deaths for the census wear
ending 1890. he enumerated 1859 inhab-
itants He received a letter from the cen
sus bureau saving that his report
bad been received, but that the number of
deaths were entirely too small; that there
should have been at least fifty, and that
they could not send him his pay when he
had made such great error. The emu
merators received 10 cents for each death
reported, and of course made diligent in
curry as to the number that had occurred.
Mr.. johnson says that nine was the number
that he found in the districts enumerated by
him, and is sorry now he did not take his
gun along and kill few.