The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-24
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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Shell Game at Americus-The Young
est Member of a Medical Society in
the World.
GEORGIA
c. Fl. Lsauin, a well-knowl isweler OF
Macon, died Saturday.
Stephen Cooper (colored,, OF Mitchell
county is the father of thirty-seven chill
dren.
Four bales Of cotton and shed belonging
to Walter Mershol vera destroyed by fire
Wednesday near Sharon.
Oliver Morton, a well known citizen of
Jones county. died at his residence, about
ten miles from Macon. Friday.
Ex-President Cleveland will pass through
A tlanta this morning en- route to New Or
leans. He will stop Two and half hou S in
Atlanta
1t is reported that when IL was learned at
Fort Gaines that State Senator Hill had
voted against Gordon the crowd burned
him in efigy.
An admirer Of Gen. Gordon in Washing
ton, as soon as the news of his election
came, sent him the following telegram:
Observation-Disclosures.
DR.. T. A. Rooney of Acworth has retired
from the postoffice, his health being bad aud
his duties as postmaster too arduous. Capt.
r. NJ. Mitchell succeeds him.
George Hill Ccolore1) was shot and killed
during war dance at negro supper, near
Elm, Warren county, a few nights ago. Ben
Cody (colored) is under arrest for ths shoot
ing.
A row occurred on the Georgia railroad
train between Augusta AMI Macon Friday
night. Knives and pistols were broug It
into the fracas, and one party was badly
cut
ID ,oF ~
Milledgeville next Thursday, to take part
in the ceremonies attendant upon laying
the cornerstone Of the girls industrial
school.
Three masked men waylaid II. S. House
of Acworth and robbed him OF $40. He
was attacked by them on the public high
way, but does not know who the guilty
parties are.
On Thursday night thief entered the
residence of Col Tom Hardeman, in Vine
vile, suburb of Macon, and stole several
articles of value, together with some cloth
ing ana money
DIR. t. B. Pitcher, formerly of Warren
ton, who on the night of July 5, shot and
killed B. F. Peguss of Minnsola, Tex, has
been acquitted by the failure of the grand
jury to indict him.
J. w. Black of Washington had an arm
horribly lacerated by machinery a day or
two ago. In the same town, Calvin Harris
had leg and foot badly cut, and Henry
Blachard (coloreD had his fingers almost
cut off in an elevator.
Charles S. Chapman of Birmingham,
Ala, employed by the Domestic Sewing
Machine Company, took a room at a hotel
at Richland last Sunday suffering from q
surgical operation. He died Tuesday. Kind
hearted strangers had the remains buried.
The cells Of the new jail at Camilla are
made of sheet iron Albert Johnson, the
negro awaiting sentence for the murder of
Marshal Castleberry, drives away the hor-
rors of the night by beating on the walls as
on drum All through the night the dis
NAL serenade is heard all over town.
Thursday T. J. Moore, ST., living about
three miles south of Griffin, on the Zabulon
road, had the misfortune of losing his gin
house and twenty bales of cotton by fire.
The fire was caused by q match, and spread
so rapidly that everything in the gin was
lost. The loss will aggregate about 81 500.
Last week little Lillian Goodwin, the 3
year-old daughter Of Mr.. Goodwin of Ca
milla, was standing before the fire, when
her gown was soon in a blaze. With re-
markable presence Of mind her 6-year-old
brother Teddie jerked off his coat and
wrapped his sister in it, extinguished the
fire and saved her life.
A valuable mare belonging to Capt. r.
IL. Hardaway of Newman, was shot by
some careless or malicious person on Tues
day night last. The animal was grazing
in a pasture near the mineral spring when
shot. and its condition was not discovered
until next morning. The ball entered lust
above the shoulder and inflicted a wound
that may result IN death
Sylvania Telephone: Last Thursday
night the store of Mr.. Bruno Pfeiffer in
Sylvania was discovered to be on fire about
7:3O o'clock 1t caught from the burning
out OF a chimney, sparks dropping into
some rubbish IN Fireplace in the store and
catching to the mantel and some lumber
piled near it in the room. But for the
timely disco very, the business part of the
town would now be in ashes
z. 7. Burdett, the night watchman of
West Point, who had boarded the west
bound train at l o'clock Friday morning in
search Of criminal, in attempting to iump
from the train as it was passing from under
the car shed struck ones of the brick
pillars of the shed and was knocked back
under the car and the wheels of the last
coach ran over one of his legs, grinding it
all to pieces. He died few hours later
Atlanta Journal: Other states are ar
ranging to make creditable exhibits at the
worlds fair in Chicago, in 1923. and IN
less the present legislature of Georgia acts
upon 1t at this session ian adjourned SEES
sion IN 1871 being considered uncertain as
yeti it may be too late to secure desirable
space and gather such exhibits as will cred
itably illustrate the state. The matter
should certainly be given due consideration
at this session.
Sparta IShmdelite: On Wednesday even.
ing last the gin house belonging to A. ].
McCray. together with large lot Of cotton
and cotton seed, was burned. There were
about twenty-seven bales of cotton in and
under the house when the fire was discov
cred, the most of which was burned. Among
the sufferers were J. NJ. Hood. Charles
Hood, Homer Williams, Mr.. Minton. Wal
ter Garrett, Tom Grimes, Mr. Hester aud
others whose names we could not learn.
There were about fifteen bales burned and
ten to twelve that were badly damaged.
The fire was first discovered under the pin
in the NOTES and it is thought came from a
match. Mr.. McCray's loss will foot IN
$1,000 or $500. No insurance.
AT Americus, Friday. two unsuspectiup
rustics lost 1920 and $40 respectively. bY
the walnut shells game, worked by fakir
following circus. The modus operandi
or the game is as follows: The bean. which
was not bean at all, but piece OF compo-
sitlon which is very adhesive, was nut
down; and the walnut shells, the ONLY
thing genuine about the trick, were also
put down, one Of them covering the bean. y
Then came the rapid shifting OF the shells
while the "beanN durine, tha ,,rooo,. -