The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Nay hecOVer-A Chll1 oaQIyiScaiQed.
A Negro 1o7 Years Old Enumerated
in Wilkinson County-Dr. English of
waycross Acquitted.
GEORGIA.
N. B. Glover of Macon died Tuesday.
The census gives Americas about 6.OOO
people.
The Georgia Dental Association is in SEES
sion at Gainesville.
Ben Adams, Jr., and Miss Mamie Nc
Como were married at MilledgeYille Mon
day.
Miss Winnie Davis passed through At
lanta Tuesday night on her way to her
home at BeauvOir, Miss.
A child of Mrs. John Harris of Columbus
was badly scalded Tuesday by the upsetting
Of kettle of boiling water.
DIR. Willis F. Westmoreland has been
unanimously elected professor of surgery
for the Atlanta Medical College.
On Sunday evening Mr. Harris barn
near McDonough, was struck 10y lightning
during heavy storm and burned with the
contents.
E. j. Tbadlock, who shot J. A. Reep at
Waynesville Tuesday, passed through
WaycroSs Tuesday night aud has not been
captured.
Ed Marcus (colored) accidentally shot and
killed John Robinson Ccoloredl at Macon
Tuesday. Marcus picked 10 a loaded re-
volver and 1t was accidentally discharged.
Hon. L. Q. c. Lamar, a judge of the
supreme court of the United States, arrived
In Macon Tuesday and is stopping with
son-in-law Of his wife, X. A Parke Of Vine
Vile
The Oldest inhabitant of Wilkinson
county found by the enumerators is old
man Bill Fountain (colored), at the county
poor house. His age is returned at l07
years.
The present water supply of Macon is
about 2, 500, 900 gallons daily, but the supply
is inadequate TO the demand, especially in
very warm weather. An increase of 300,-
600 gallons has been arranged for.
The defect in the requisition for Collins,
the man charged with hiring negro to
murder Mrs Collins, at Plainville, has been
corrected. An officer has gone after Col
Inns, who is in Jail at Shelby, N. e.
There is a movement on foot at Athens TO
utilize the water power of the Oconee to
generate electricity capable of furnishing
light to the city, running any number of
electric roads. running all the machinery in
Athens, etc.
At a meeting tomorrow night the At
lanta Post No. l of the National Association
of Stationary Engineers will elect delegate
to the regular annual convention of the ma
tional association which convenes in New
York on Sept. l.
An invitation has been mailed to Capt.
John l.. Hardeman by the Glynn County
Confederate Veterans Association request
ing the Floyd Rifles Of Macon to join the
veterans in the picnic to be given on st.
Simon's on July %.
At Waycross Wednesday the jury in the
case of DIR. A. p. English, charged by Mrs.
Cora Corb with an outrageous assault, rem
dered a verdict of acquittal. 1t is said that
VarflQt
of the citizens of Ware county.
AT Conyers last Friday night Sheriff w.
II. M. Austin, Marshal Bellah and Donald
son Jones captured julius Turner (colored),
VINO was charged with burning a barn at
the Stewart Paper Mills, and who has sue
ceeded in lodging the officers SO long.
AT Griffin about o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, some one applied torch to barn in
North Griffia owned by A. Lower. Before
the flames could be arrested the stable was
reduced to ashes. A negro house owned by
Henry Geiger, near by, was fired from the
former building and completely destroyed
A terrible thunderstorm passed over the
lower edge Of Sumter county Sunday after
noon. and considerable damage was done
both by the rain and lightning. OnK. NJ.
McDonalds plantation, near Sumter City,
lightning struck eighteen large trees near
his house during the storm. A drove of
five fine mich COWS that were grazing be-
meath one of the trees were all killed in
stantly.
The usefulness Of the Macon telephone has
been greatly injured by the electric wires,
and frequently at night the "buzzng" is so
great that it is impossible to carry ON q
conversation. To remedy this trouble
copper wire is now being run in circle
about the city, $50 as to embrace all the
telephones, and it will then be carried out
about three miles from the city and
grounded" SO as to take off the electric
street railway induction.
At the meeting of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association at Fort Valley Wedens-
day the following officers were elected: J.
L Underwood, PRESIDENT Elan Christian,
first vice president; w. U. Kersh second
vice president; w. A Shackleford, record
ing secretary; W. A. Allen, assistant secre-
tary; s. w. Roberts, corresponding sec
Rotary; j. w. Anderson, treasurer The
executive committee is J. L. Underwood,
Elan Christian, s. w. Roberts, U. d.
Irwin. B. F. Perry and Sid Cook. Atlanta
was chosen as the place for the next meet
ing.
The condition of Annie Reed, the young
mulatto woman who was murderously
assaulted at Columbus Monday by Clarence
McElroy, Is still very precarious, but there
is slight possibility that her life may be
saved. A very difficult surgical operation
was performed on her throat Tuesday-that
which gave wonderful relief and aided mate
rally in her breathing. With proper atten-
tion and very careful nursing to prevent
pneumonia from setting in, the physician
considers her chances of surviving greatly
improved.
Two men from Admission, Ala, arrived at
Dalton Wednesday, hauled dray load of
original packages" through the streets and
without any authority Of city or county
began to sell them In pint and quart bottles.
A hasty consultation of the prohibitionists
was had and an examination was made as
to whether they had registered with the
ordinary or city clerk for a business license,
and when 1t was discovered that they had
not, legal process was served on them by
the sheriff and they took dinner with the
Jailer. In the afternoon they gave bond
for their appearance yesterday morning.
State School Commissioner Hook has
long been seeking some method to have the
teachers paid off at least partially in July.
but has not been able to do 80 as yet. there
being no money in the state treasury to the
credit Of the school fund at that period of
the year. Many plans have been advanced
for securing the money J. H. Roberts,
county school commissioner of Burke
county, is the leader of the effort among
the teachers TO bring such infuences To haar