The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA
A cavalry company is being organized at
Jesup.
Athens is to have an electric motor line
before fall.
Pulaski superior court will convene on
Monday next
There is man in Athens who eats two
chickens at meal.
The state council OF the Knights of
Pythias meets in Rome on May 20.
The Episcopalians are trying to buy
church lot on Prince avenue. Athens
Toe Dalton Guards, by invitation, will
attend the memorial exercises at Rome on
May 20.
Mrs. Harry F. Dunwoddy, wife of a
prominent young lawyer OF Brunswick,
died Friday.
George Penn (coloredJ is in Jail at Elber-
ton for attempting to outrage white girl
aged IL years.
j. R. Lacey of New Rochelle killed ISL
rats a day or two ago. They weighed
fifteen pounds.
The heirs of the late j. II Powell OF
Griffin have just received $3.50 from in
surance policies on his life.
Miss Pearl Willis, Oldest daughter of Maj.
Willis of the Curtis house at Griffin, died of
measles Thursday morning.
Gov. Gordon wants his staff to accom-
pany him to the unwilling Of the Lee mons
ument at Richmond, Va, on May 20.
A. H. Shaver of the Albany Nelos and
Advertiser was married to the daughter of
Judge McCord of Conyers Thursday.
1t is now reported that there was no truth
in the story that negro committed
criminal assault on q white woman near
Resaca day or two ago.
Rev. Mr.. jacobson, former rabbi of the
congregation Of Beth Israel at Macon, and
who is now In San Antonio. Tex, has been
, called to take charge of congregation in
Pittsburg, Pa.
At Irwinton Thursday the Messrs. Bleu0t,
attorneys for Rogers and Hart, the sus-
pected Toomsboro burglars, moved to have
, the indictment quashed. The motion was
: sustained by the Judge.
Puss Nelson (colored) charged with being
accessory to the murder of child found in
the old cemetery at Griffin some weeks ago,
had hearing before j. P. Hammond, N
P., Thursday and was discharged.
DIR. Myers of Trion, Floyd county, who is
a well known and popular physician of that
section of country. was accidentally shot in
/ the chin the other night. No one knows
/ where the shot was fired from, or who by
McRae Enterprise: On Sunday night,
NJ
at Camp 6, on the Dodge road, was blown
{ down, killing mule belonging to the CON-
pany and horse belonging to j. I. Moore
Benjamin Whitehead, who claimed TO be
a representative Of the New York World,
stole pistol and box of cartridges from
, the office of w. III. Barrett, Jr., Tuesday
! evening, at Augusta. he was sent to the
chain-gang.
A letter just received at Macon from Rev.
S. S. Sweet is dated at Venice, Italy. He
is very much improved in health. From
that famous old italian city he will 60 to
: Carlsbad, Germany, and expects to return to
: Macon by June 81.
DR.. Holmes, who killed Allgood at Rome
recently, was hanged in effigy at Trion
few nights ago. A gallows was erected
by the side of the railroad, near the depot,
and there, in full view of the excursion
, from Rome, hung the labeled body. The
work had been done in silence, the gallows
being put together with screws
The lawsuit that has been pending for
nearly nineteen years between the Messrs.
Drawdys and Mr.. Littlefield at Jesup has
at last been settled by Ii. w. Wbaley, W.
T. Wilkins and Ben Milikin buying out both
parties. These gentlemen have bought the
Jesup house and store house and land ad-
Joining for the purpose of erecting a fine
brick hotel.
One of the original citizens of Macon.
Israel +. Brown, who left the city in 1885,
has been heard from. A letter dated at
New London, Conn, was received from hin,
this week by bis niece, Mrs Jozette Brown,
who lives in Macon. Although he is now in
his 6lst year, the letter written by him is
beautifully engrossed with pen, and is as
handsome as if done by copperplate. He is
a brother of the late Judge E. Z. Brown,
who built the Brown house.
1t is said that the enumerators of the CEN
sus have been selected for Macon aud Bibb
county. 1t is reported that DIR. Roland B.
Hall has been made chief enumeration, and
that his staff is Co be as follows: William
+. A. Ryder, L. s. Smith, B. o. Lumsden. w.
F. Bartlett, e. o. Ellison and Theodore
Jennings for the country, and A. A. Subers,
j. w. Blakschear, H. r. Lumsden, Cicero
+ e. Long, William w. Henderson, Louis s.
Bates, Erasmus Bullock, John Hs-Edwards,
George L. Henry. W. G. Baldwin and ]. B.
Whitfield for the city of Macon.
The suit of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey for
$4,000 damages against the Macon Tele-
graph was brought in the United States
court The Telegraph objects to this. and
thinks the state courts have proper jurisdic-
tion. In plea filed by the defendants
attorneys 1t is claimed that the plaintiffs
tMr. and Mrs. Harvey are residents of
Georgia. and therefore the suit should be
made IN The state courts. Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey claim that they are both subjects
and citizens of Ireland, and that the United
States court is the proper place for the trial
of the suit.
Perry Home Journal: We are informed
that on last Thursday, May s, that ]. J.
Stripping. while drawing water from his
mothers well for the purpose of cleaning
same. drew from the well a monster that
resembled an alligator very much. 1t had
every resemblance Of young gator, ex-
cept it had a smooth skin, and is spotted
like a rattlesnake, and measures seven
inches in length. Mr.. STRIPPING has this
wonderful monster in large tin vessel.
which he keeps supplied with fresh water.
and says the monster will eat bread or any
thing that he may put in there for it to eat.
Athens Banner: A party in Athens told a
Banner reporter story so horrible in its
nature that We withhold names until an in
vestigation is made 1t is this: Yesterday
morning little white girl, only a child in
age, passed him running and CRYING as if
her heart would break. He stopped her and
asked what was the matter, when the child
replied that her mother had sent her to a
certain man in Athens with instructions to
40 as he said. When she obeyed, the fellow
attempted liberties, against which the inno-
cent child rebened, and fed from his pres
ence in terror. We think there must be
some mistake about this, but it should be
tad