The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Nsrro Prisoner at Macon Claims to
Have Killed Seven Men-A Railroad
Dog-An Attempt to Assassinste a
Woman at Macon and a Similar
Occurrence at Griffin.
GEORGIA.
Mrs R. C. Ewing, wife Of Engineer ES-
Sng of the Central railroad, died at Macon
Sunday.
The Georgia department Of the g. A. z.
viii meet in Augusta on Jan. %, for the
election of officers.
Hon. John Tyler Cooper is very i'll. He
was threatened with paralysis, but the
danger is thought to be past.
The portrait Of the late L. n. Whttle,
ordered by the Macon bar 70 be placed IN
the superior court room, will be unveiled
to-day.
The electric cars at Macon are now run
ming splendidly. The electrical apparatus
is working finely, aud the cars are wen
patronized
There resides in East Macon, near B. 7.
Weeks. a colored woman named Betsey
Clarke, who was large enough during the
revolutionary war 10 make sand bags
Judge CORTLAND Symmes is in the race
for CITY attorney of Brunswick Judge
the other two being Judge Boiling Whit
field and Col. Frank Harris.
On Saturday night last the tax receipts
ut the state treasury were $500, OOO larger
than those of Dec. 81 last year. This in
crease is due to some extent to the Increased
assessment over last year, but it IS more
largely due to the improved financial con
Ciition of the taxpayers of the state.
While John w. jackson, who recently
moved to Brunswick from Sumner, was
going home from church at Brunswick Sun
day night, stray bullet pierced his right
ear, producing a slight wound. IL Mr..
Jackson had not turned his head just at
the time he did the result might have been
more serious, and perhaps fatal.
Richard Mcclellan, a young negro lad of
Sylvania, has just accomplished neat bit
OF detective work. Christmas night the
store Of L. II. Hinton was burglarized, sew
seral hundred dollars worth of goods being
taken. Richard followed the thief out of
town, proved his guilt on him while he was
aboard of train, and had him arrested and
placed in Jail
John Ridgeway of Oconee county com
lnitted suicide Saturday. Mr.. Ridgeway
was a popular young man and numbered
his friends by the score, and the news that
he had taken his own life was a sad surprise
to everybody. He was not thought TO be
burdened with sorrow. The rash act was
done in a fit of dependency. He shot him
self through the head.
The city council of Atlanta passed an
ordinance requiring the controller to
ascertain what amount of money the
marshal and clerk made annually from the
fees of their office. Excellent reasons were
given why this should be done, and the con-
troler started to carry out the law. Sud
denly another ordinance was passed declar-
arg the fist null and void.
Los. Friday night about o'clock, Anna
Bush, 8 white woman living in the eastern
suburbs OF Griffin, was shot in the left side
by an unknown party. The wound was
examined by Or. Collier and found to be
only c slight flesh wound. The woman says
she knows the name Of her assailant, but
refuses to tell it. None Of the clrcum-
stances c0npecte1 with the shooting are
known 70 the public.
Row Dr. Henry Mcdonald Of Atlanta has
recently received a very hattering call from
the Baptist church at Lynchburg, Va, and
on Saturday some of the leading members
of tie Second Baptist church, who had been
hastily called together to consider the mat
ter, found that the call was actually under
consideration by DR.. Mcdonald. They re-
qucsted the doctor to defer action in the
matter until there bad been an expression
OF the sense OF the church.
The mulatto, Josh Ruff, alias George
johnson, alias William johnson. who was
arrested at Macon on the strength of tele-
gram from Crawfordville on Saturday
night, bids fair to turn out an important
catch. The telegram which was received
from Crawfordville asking his arrest.
charged him with arson. Rumors are afioat,
said TO have been started by Ruff himself,
to the effect that he has killed at least seven
nj A IL. l..
only % years old, he must have commenced
the killing business quite early.
Saturday night Mrs. Mary A. Knowles of
Macon heard some one trying to effect a
burglarious en- trance into her house, and on
investigation she eSpied a negro at one Of
the DOORS When the negro observed that
he was discovered he walked off. Sunday
night Mrs. Knowles was sitting in her room,
reading, when she was startled by the re-
port of a pistol and she heard the ball
whistle alarmingly close to her head and
bury itself in the wall opposite. The would
be assassin had climbed upon a fence by
the side Of the house, where good view of
Mrs. Knowles could be obtained, and from
this position fred. Fortunately the ball
missed it mark. A few DAYS ago Mrs.
Knowles remarked at Mr.. Williams store
that her son had sent her $50 for Christ
mas present, and it is possible that some
tried to rob the house, and later endeavored
to kill her.
There is a railroad dog in Atlanta. His
name is Watch. He is a little yellow fee
and he belongs to r. A Glass, hostler
for the Richmond and Danville. 81 tell
you, boys said Mr.. Glass, in speaking Of
his dog, who had just jumped on the en-
CINE, THAT dog has got sense-good, hard
sense. Why, he knows railroad man
every time he sees one. He'll wag his
tail at a railroader every time he meets
him.. like he wanted to say, Hi, john
but he won't even bat his eye at any
other kind of man. Watch loves
an engine, too, and he understands them
jam up He rides with me every day in tbs
week, and whenever the train stops Watch
jumps down and looks ahead to see if the
switch is all right. AS soon as the signal
bell taps he gets aboard the engine in double
quick time, jumps up on my box and lies
there, looking out of the window down the
track. II he was to see a crosstie or any
thing else on the track, he'd bark as certain
as my names Bob, wouldn't you, Watch p
and the dog smiled and wagged his tail. a.
much as to say he'd certainly do that very
thing.
FLORIDA.
The parties who were poisoned at High
Springs have recovered.
Clinton Butler, aged is years, son of Il