The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

County-A New Building at Macon
in Danger of Tumbling Down - A
Robbery Near Sandersvilie.
GEORGIA.
A burglar stole $50 from G. F. Thur
moad. who lives near Forsyth, few nights
ago.
Aleck Sage, a carpenter Of Athens, had a
finger mashed oil near the second joint,
Mond V.
It's rumorsd that Capt Clark will resign
the captaincy of the Richmond Hussars Of
Augusta
A regular summer hail storm passed over
Covincton Wednesday afternoon. 1t cause
the mercury 10 fall from IS to So.
The gin house Of Whitfield Flemister, a
"A few miles sou OF Covington, was totally
destroyed by fire one night last week.
Henry L. Britain is still lying in very
critical condition at his home in Athens,
and his friends have but little hope OF his
recovery.
A student at Athens possesses pipe that
was made during the rel n Of James IL 1t
is antique N design. He prizss il very
highly. and wilt not part with it for any
money 1nsideration.
A survey of the water works system Of
Milledgevile shows that 1850, 600 gall ms of
water can be furnished daily by ia ural
gravitation that, the source is seventh mine
feet higher than the highest point in the
city.
On Friday last at Dunn's Chapel. in
Columbia county, Robert Hardin and
Napoleon Notes were the participants in a
shoot & ARRAY in which Mr.. hardin's left
hand was shot to pieces while Mr.. Notes
had his left arm shattered, SO that ampute-
ton will lerhaps bs necessary. A dispute
about debt was at the bottom OF the
trouble
An unknown negro passed worthless
piece of paper money on little daughter Of
Rocca SElvestro, an Italian frui5 dealer at
Macon. on Sunday night. The girl ls but
child, and the negro found it easy to detraud
her. he bill was 81 certificate issued
during the war 10y the Planters and Me-
chanics' Bank Of Dalton, which is worth
less than the average confederate bills.
Fannie Cha nber lcolOred) was tried for
murder at Lawrenceville last week. She
cut Pie ce Wright's head off his shoulders
with razor, on Sept II, at Lewis camps
on the Georgia, Carolina ard Northera
road. She did not deny the killing, but in
sisted that it was done without malice, and
the jury seemed to have agreed with her,
Ss they found ner guilty Of voluntary man
slaughter only.
At Athens Monday two white men became
highly boisterous and unruly in rastAu-
rant Kept by Caroline Thomas. who solicited
protection from the police force. Police
men Kelly and Culp promptly resp 1ndei
and tried to quiet the disturbing element.
The two men defied the officers, one drawing
a knife ard his confederate a pistol. Vita
the assistance of E. S. Edge the officers
disarmed them and lodged them behind
the bars.
W. b. Knight Of Augusta, who was injured
in an accident on the Chicago and Alton
railroad, near Jacksonville, ILL.,, few days
ago, has died from his Injuries. Ths acct
dent was caused by n freight train running
into a sleeper and dr. Knight was scalded.
Ills death occurred at Jacksonville, Ill.
Mr.. Knight was one of the direc,or of the
Augusta Railway Company, aud had left
Augusta but q short time ago for Kansas
City on a visit.
Athens Banner: Capt. r. Ii. Lampkil
says he has not missed praying for over
thirty years, and believes that he will yea
be answered and his innocence for the
cause for which he is convicted established.
Sheriff Weir says his prisoner Is very de-
spondent at times, and is a great Bible
reader, He IS covering the walls of the
Jail with diary Of his feelings. He does
not receive many visitors except his i'm
mediate family.
Mr.. Baer has nearly completed two
story building on Fourth street, Macon.
Its cost is $1,000. p Z. Dennis made the
plans for the building, but MIR. Baer, who
owns the building, decided to supervise its
construction himself. The consequence of
this. it is Gained, that the work was poorly
done, and Mr. Baer has a building on his
hands that is liable to fall down at any mo-
ment. The walls are giving way, aud both
of the side walls have protruded fully ten
inches. The occupants have moved out.
At Griffin Monday as q train on the
Griffin and North Alabama road was back
ing down the Y and across Taylor street, it
ran into wagon loaded with cotton smash
ing the wagon into spHntors and coming
near killing the driver and mules. the
team belonged to J. w. johnson and was
drivea by George n. Shaw, all Of Fa1 cite
cou ~. Mr.. Shaw saw the danger he was
in and jumped from his wagon, receiving a
heavy blow upon his head by the rapidly
approaching train, which cut his scalp two
or more incles. The wagon was 50 com
pletely demolished as to leave the mules
urencumbered, and they rapidly sought
safer quarters.
LaGrange Graphic: DR.. Fl. Fl. Cary,
While en- route TO savannah few days
since, fell into conversation with lady on
the train, and during the talk learned that
she was one of a family of twenty-one
children. He thought that was remark bic,
and was relating the fact to q friend while
returning home. This friend knew of a
large family, too, and laughed at the little
family of twenty-one the doctor was max
ing so much of. The name of the head OF
this other family was Eureleus Slayton,
and he lived in Fayette county. He was
married twice. His first marriage re-
suited in seventeen children, and the second
brought hun eighteen more, or thirty-flve
children in all. 1t is said that all of these
children were living at one time
Sandersvills Progress: Tom Gilmore
Ccolored), Of this place, was waylad and
robbed at the turnpike, nine miles from
Sandersville last Thursday night. Gilmore
had been picking cotton on Silas
Brooks place, and was o. his way to San
dersville with his earnings when he was
overtak n at the turnpike by mulatto,
who walked g short distance with him, and
without warni G stabbed him just above the
left temple with a pocket knife Gilmore
grabbed his assaiant, and in the scuffie
which ensued the mulatto got Gilnore's left
foreiinger 10 his mouth and bit it very
severely. He managed to get his hand in
Gllmore's pocket, aud relieved him of "a in
silver, Gilmore was badly used UP in the
encounter, and believing that secretion
was.the better part OF valor, ne parted com.
pany with the robber, and came on toward
Sandersville, the latter going in the opposite
direction.