The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-13
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
8EoRoIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE

Bold Robbery at Valdosts-Fell to tn
Bottom OF a well-Negro Cut in {
Fight at Brunswiok-Leg Crushed IL
a Planning Mill.
GEORGIA.
A literary club has been organized at La
Grange.
CT. Goode. late Of the Columbus Ledger
has assumed charge Of the city edltorshlI
Of the Americas Times.
The South Georgia Holiuess Association
will hold their fall meeting In Mckae, be-
ginning Monday night, Oct q.
There are two applicants for positions on
the police force in Americas (brothers) who
measure feet ~ and feet inches re-
spectively.
Henry Haggins, a colored switchman,
working In tue yard at Jesup, had his arm
badly torn and Uroken while cJupll ig cars
Friday night DR.. Tutea attended him.
While engaged in running a cotton gin at
Draketown, about ten miles east Of Buch-
anan, Thursday, J. W. Biggers had his arm
caught III the GIN and was 50 badly injured
that he died next day.
The third session of the Georgia Chau-
tauqua, to be held at Albany In March next,
promises TO be even more interesting and
Instructive than the preceding terms a
brilliant programme has been arranged.
The people few miles south Of Lake
PARK, LoWndes county, are excited over a
phosphate find. The bed is supposed to
cover sixty acres. 1t Is three feet from the
surface and three or four feet deep, and
of high grade.
A thief entered the house of Ranse An
drews, colored), at Fort Valley Thursday
- a. .kfl ND
the pistol from under his head and put it
on the mantle piece, and took also So and
putin his pocket.
Nathan johnson, who lives near Flat
Ford, Bulloch county, went turkey-hunting
the other day, ana killed three of George
McElveen's turkeys, thinking them wild.
But he paid for them, and asked neighbor
McElveen and wife to dine with him.
Friday at Brunswick negro named Tom
Bailey painfully cut James Long, also a
negro. The difficulty occurred at Pelican
vile. The negroes had just left the new
docks, where they had been at work. The
difficulty originated about paying for two
glasses of beer.
S. V. Willard Of the northern part of
Morgan county, while in Madison last Sat-
urday lost S31 IS. While buying string
of fish at Torbert's store, he was leaning
act, he believes, some one stole the money
out of his hip pocket
A Mr.. Eastman, operator OF one of
Swinden & Co. Is planning machines in Balm
bridge, was painfully hurt by Il broken
pulley falling from overheard on and pain
fully MASKING his fOot-one or more bones
being broken. DR.. Morgan was called, who
set the broken bones and dressed the
wounded member.
At Griffin Friday, two ladies, sisters of
B. c. Randall, drove up town between 2
and 3o'clock, hitching their horse in front
OF Mitchelrs art gallery. After an absence
OF only few minutes, they returned and
found, to their establishment, their convey
ance was gone; and it is still gone with not
the slightest trace as TO where 1t is gone,
or WHO carried it Off.
ID. j. Earrell was the victim of painful
accident last Friday at Cochran. He was
assisting in some carpenters work be-
ing done on bis house and in moving about
on some loose plank stepped on the end of
one which extended over the sleeper. The
plank tilted. throwing him violently on his
right side against sleeper aud fracturing
one of his ribs His injuries have been
very painful, but he is improving and
thinks In few days he will be at his post
again.
Tuesday last while the Misses Whitaker,
whe reside on Rodgers street, Valdosta.
were away from home attending the funeral
of their sister, Mrs Allen, some unk own
party entered their residence and robbed it
OF the money, jewelry and other valuables.
trunks and bureau drawers were ransacked
aud their contents scattered over the house.
In addition to the money stolen, the thief
secured several pieces Of jewelry valued
very highly as heirlooms Entrance to the
house " as made through a window which
the thief managed to unfastep.
Tom Whitman (colored) had his leg
crushed and mangled in a horrible manner.
Thursday, at Lyadon's planning mill at
Athens. He was moving some heavy lum-
Der when huge mass Of it became dis
lodged and fell upon his leg. IL crushed
and fractured the bone about midway be-
tween the ankle and the knee He was
carried to his home in East Athens and Drs.
Lyndon and Kinnebrew summoned. There
will probably be no necessity of an ampu-
tation unless modification SHOULD ensue.
and the doctors are not apprehensive of
this.
Last Friday evening, at Jesup, S. d. Sur
rency, while gone to supper, left col
ored boy, named Aaron Ashley. in
charge of his shop. AS soon as Mr..
Sufrency was gone Ashley and another
young negro, Robert jackson, ransacked
Mr.. Surrency's trunk and took $40 in money
from it. Mr.. Sur ency soon discovered his
loss and had Ashley arrested. Ash
ley then said that jackson had the
money. Deputy Marshal Slater arrested
jackson and the money was found con-
cealed in his stocking. He was at once
lodged in jail. Monday preliminary hear
ing was given and the amount of their
bonds fixed at $500. jackson got out on his
bond, but Ashley, who was unable to give
bail, is in the county Jail,
Fort Valley Leader: Monday morning a.
we drove into Perry we were PAL ed to Sc,
our county treasurer applying himself dill
gently to the work of street scavenger
The first thought was that this public
official, in his Astounding city pride, wa.
determined that our court house towr
should present a neat and comedy appear
ance, at least on the first day of court; bu
this idea was found to be unusual when on in
Quiriug it was learned that this Heretofore
orderly and law-abiding citizen had allowet
his feelings to break over, and had com
mitted some little violation of municipal
law, and, having no private funds on hand
would not draw on the comfy treasury TO
the amount of a small fine, and concluded
to work out the sentence.
La Grange Reporter: An accident tina
came near having a fatal termination oc
Cured at R. L. Harris, near Long Cane
one day last week. While Mr.. Hart wa
waiting for a man to clean out his well, hi
little brother Henry begged to be lowere
into the well, which is fifty or sixty fee
deep. MIR. Hart finally yielded and place
in lor