The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TAG TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

in the Charity Crane Butchery a
Nacon-A Preacher Held for Bul
glary-An Arm Terribly Mangled Il
a Gin-Fatal Row Among Negroes.
GEORGIA
The Augusta brewery will be enlarge
this fall
DR.. j. G. Armstrong will give a series O
lectures On elocution at Athens.
Mrs. W. S. Tweedell, aged 90, attende
church at Bowdon Saturday and Sunday.
John T. Smith of Bethel community
Emanuel county, recently killed two fine
fat wild gobblers.
Tom Whitemsu CcoloredD had his lei
broken by pile Of lumber falling over OF
him at lumber yard in Athens Wedues
day.
Bill Motion, a negro, was sent to jail a
Athens "Wednesday for stealing a valu
able gold watch from Plumber, a railroad
contractor.
Many of the wells in East Americas have
failed, and the people are put to a great in
convenience in getting enough water fol
drinking purposes.
John Dishman, colored democrat, wal
taken from his house in Ochlochnee and Sc
verely whipped by unknown parties, sup
posed 10 have been negroes.
The Rev. w. H. Patterson, DawsOn's able
and talented minister, has accepted a call OF
his Dawson charge to preac1 to them every
Sund ~ during next year. He now breaches
in Dawson only twice month.
Manager Glover of Glovers opera house.
Americas, is threatened with lawsuit for
damages for permitting an amateur COM
pany to present 1.-The Little Tycoon which
proved to be copyrighted play.
he o1I
Gus darby who has committed so many
robberies recently, was arrested Wednesday
on the same Charge. He broke into Haw-
kins' barber shop Tuesday night and stole Sc.
At Waynesboro Tuesday night the ne
groes on the plantation of j. j. Brinson
got into general row. The cause was
game of cards One negro man was killed,
two probably wounded fatally, and several
Others seriously hurt.
D. H. McCarty of Lexington has a dog
which not only trees the 'possums but
climbs the trees and brings them down. He
was seen to do the like few nights since,
having climbed twenty feet from tho gr Jund
up straight sapling
At Americas Tuesday John Wallace, a
negro. whipped severely Lizzie Rogers, a
worthy and respected colored woman.
After beating the woman the negro escaped
and succeeded in eluding the officers until
he was arrested by Officer Feagain Wednes-
day.
A week or so ago Jackins, Crosby 81 Co..
OF Lawrenceville, furnished negro a mule
to go off and hunt up hands for the railroad
When the negro got to Duluth he sold the
mule to Jim Harrington and boarded an
Air Line train. He has not been heard of
sinc5.
Lloyd Bush. a negro. made desperate
assault on j. A. Norton of Boston a that
place Tuesday. Bush, armed with plane,
knocked Mr.. Norton down. The negro was
arrested, and Sheriff Hurst went down from
Thomasville and landed him in jail, charged
with assault with intent to murder.
Some miscreant shot and killed a fine
Jersey heifer belonging to DR.. ~ B. Drewv
at Griffin Tuesday. The beast was worth
500, and was In the pasture with the other
cattle on his plantation, a few miles from
town. This is the second COW Dr. Drewy
has lost in this manner in the past twelve
months.
Dublin Post: Plenty OF open cotton and
no hands Is the general complaint through
out the county. There are numerous plan
tations on the outskirts of the town bios
soming with cotton 50 fully matured that
the fields at a distance look as though thew
were covered with snow, aud not a picker
to be seen.
The remains of the Swedish chemist.
Edward Sandstrom, which are said to have
turned to stone after being embalmed in an
undertaker's establishment at Atlanta. have
been taken to Sweden. His young wife.
who came all the way across the Atlantic to
take his body home, followed it on its way
thither Wednesday. The strange corpse
will be Inferred at Stockholm.
A heavy damage suit was compromised ae
Atlanta Wednesday. G. s. Bowen was
badly hurt in the yards of the Central rail-
road more than a year ago. Two fingers
of his right hand were cut Off, and
Bowen brought suit for $780, 900 damages
He employed W. Nj. Bray and Albert
Cox, and yesterday they effected a settle
ment. and Bowen received S2,250 for his
injuries.
ID. F. Marshall, who runs q steam ginnery
below Walkersville Wednesday, got his
right arm caught in gin, and all his fin
gers were completely severed from his hand
and his arm terribly mangled- Albert
Ward. who was standing near the scene of
the accident, grabbed the belt running the
gin and by a superhuman effort stopped 1t.
thus saving Mr.. Marshall's life. 1t was
daring and dangerous act, but he escaped
unhurt. Mr.. Marshall was Immediately
removed to his home near by. and Drs. d.
M. White and Henry Hodges summoned to
his bedside These physicians dressed his
arm, but grave fears are entertained as to
his recovery.
Another arrest has been made in the
Charity Crane murder case at Macon.
Josephine Daniels, making four in all.
Bessie Jones has made confession in Jail
and gives the whole story-at least her side
of it She says that herself, Charity Crane.
Turner Solomon and Josephine Daniels
were out walking near the college, and
that Charity was drunk, and that she and
Solomon were cursing each other. Solomon
asked Bessie to hold one of Charity's hands
while he held the other. At a signal they
grabbed her, and Josephine Daniels cut her
throat. Besse's story is that she did not
know why Solomon wanted her hands held.
They are all negroes.
Swainesboro Pine Forest: r. Smith. or
Railroad Smith," as he was known, was
arrested last week for larceny from the
store of +. B. Boyd. a merchant near Still
more. DE gave bond for his appearance here
at oountycourt on the following Friday, but
was arrested near Davisboro by Deputy
Sheriff j. s. Kemp, who was taking a pris-
oner to j. H. Jackson, who is in charge Of
the county chain-gang Smith was trying
TO make his escape and had not Mr.. Kemp
have passed through the nsgro coach for
some purpose, where he ;Smith) had hid
himself he would have gotten away. He
was brought back, tried and found guilty.
The fine and cost lawyer fees excepted
amounted to $l03. Smith had plenty of
money to nav his fina