The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS or TIE Two STATES
TOLD II PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD II PARAGRAPHS
Commodore Gerry's Wife Causes a
Sensation ct Eotel Bon Air-Citizsns
of Chauncey % wage var on Illegal
Liquor Selling 4 Macon omcer's
Useless Chase After z BOy.
GEORGIA.
Hamilton, q Tennessee horss-drover. whose
friends feared he had met with foul play il
this state. has arrived home safe.
The body Of tee young sailor who was re-
Gently drowned at Union island was recov-
cred and buried at Darien last week.
II Is reported that negro was killed by 4
white man at Chipley Saturday Accord
ing 70 the rumOr the white man acted IN
self-defense.
4 semi-annual convention Of the Coffoe
County Sunday School Association viii be
held at Roberts church on Saturday and
Sunday, April u aud Is.
Columbus IS making great preparations
to receive and enteTtain the Georgia Teach
ers' Associat on, which meets there during
the first week of next May.
A. Barnett, a New YORK millionaire. and
the largest handkerchief manufacturer il
the world. formerly lived in Columbus, and
was manager Of the boat lines there.
The teachers Of Macon and adjoining
counties met at Moltezuua Saturday and
organized an association to be known as the
Southwest Georgia teachers association.
J. A. Cheaves, section foreman of tie
Georgia Southern and Florida railway at
Unandilln, was struck and instantly killed
by a piece OF wood thrown from the engine
Of the southbOund freight train south Of
Unandilla Saturday.
A cyclone passed over the southeastern
part OF Dougherty county Saturday. A.
the place of a. ]. Jles, near Hardaway, it
blew down ali the outhOuses, and took off
the top of Mr.. Jiles' residence. It visited
several other places in the nel ZhbOFhOod Of
Hardaway, and did considerable damage to
fencing and outhouses.
The Gainesville cotton factory, which has
been in the hands Of a receiver Tor two or
three months, is about t. be put in good
shape again by the stockholders. They
decided to-day to issue ten-year bonds
bearing per cent. interest. payable semi
annually, for s20, 00J, pay off the indebted
ness and run on. BY this means they feel
confident that the factory will be saved.
A meeting Of the citizens of Chauncey
was held Saturday for the purpose Of devils
ing plan 70 rout the "bliud TIGERS Reso-
lutions were passed asking the mayor and
council TO dismiss their present marshal and
TO rid the town Of its greatpest. Chauncey's
notorious bear penn was really den Of
tigers. Mayor Mulin promised that, with
the cooperation of the citizens, he would
break them up.
At Columbus Saturday, as Officer Well
born was walking his heat near the Empire
stables, on First avenue, g negro man ap-
preached him and pointed out a boy who
was standing in a shadow near . wall As
the man beckoned TO the officer the boy
turned and took to his heels The officer.
without waiting for an explanation. fol-
r-al. f..11 1oF&
of three or four blocks succeeded in catch
ing the boy. The man who had first an
preached soon appeared and explained that
he was the boys father and wanted to
thrash the boy, who had escaped from him,
and was guilty Of no other offense The
officer Yves breathless from his chase and in
no good humor, as can be Imagined. The
boy was released and this old man run
in for disorderly conduct.
Waycross Reporter: Shelton Powell. a
young white man, while running raft on
the Ocmulgee river in Coffee county last
Monday afternoon, was shot from ambush
by unknown parties. He was just finishing
dinner and had raised cup of coffee to his
lips, when his companions were startled
at the sharp report Of a rife, at the
sound OF which Powell fell face for
ward on the raft. He was taken in
boat and his wounds examined The ball
went through MS arm, entered his left side
passed entirely through his body, and
lodged near the surface on the right side.
AT last accounts he was breathing heavily.
and it was thought he would be dead in a
few hours. MIR. Powell was witness in the
celebrated case of the state VS.. Clements
Bros, robbery, and it is said they had
threatened taking his life, consequently sus-
picion points to them.
Athens Banner Waterman. The news
reached Athens Saturday that there are two
wild negroes at large in jackson county.
just above Harmony Grove. Their names
are not known, but their father, Milledge
Bennett. was a respected old darby who
was very comfortably of in this worlds
goods. He lost his mind in his old age, and
not more than fortnight ago was carried
to the asylum raving maniac. His two
children, boy and girl, have always been
half wild and half crazy. When their father
died they took TO the woods and have been
there In wretched style ever since. They
suffer no one to approach them, always run.
ming away. They have an ak, pistols. and
a vicious bull dog with them, and it is said
the dog Is as venomous in his onslaughts
against mankind as a wild tiger. The
negroes live upon parched corr and such
game as they can kill during the day. and
sleep In little shanty built in the reIaotest
1orest In the neighborhood. The negroes
for miles around are terrified almost u
death, and are speaking Of organizing 6
band to capture the wild "coons.n
One of Commodore Gerry's daughter,
was taken seriously i'll early this winter
and while at dinner party in New Yorl
the commodore told friend that he wa,
looking for place in the south where bt
could take his family for the winter. II,
was told Of the Hotel Bon Air at Augusta
and several weeks ago he arrived in Augusfs
with his family, and his servants. and hi,
horses and carriages. The Gerry family
lived as if they were in their own home. anc
had little or nothing to do with the othel
guests of the house. One evening last
week, how ever, the ladies of the
party entered the public parlors to lister
to the music. Immediately some ladie
from New York introduced themselves
Not satisfied with that, they brought up ali
the other guests in the room and introduced
them. If Mrs. Gerry was bored, she showec
no signs of it. and was as pleasant as posi-
BILE. The next day, when the ladies' VIII,
had done the introducing met the Gerr,
party and tried TO renew the acquaintance
they were met with stony stare of abso
lutte forgetfulness. Then there wa
row, and in one short ininut
''those dear Gerrys" became absolute mon
sters Of purse-proud arrogance. A rumo