The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Surprise.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. G. G. Ford of Worth county died
Saturday.
The Methodist church at Griffin is to be
lighted by electricity.
Murderer Woolfolk's wife has obtained
final decree of divorce.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterians Of
Atlanta are taking steps to build church.
The sanitary carts in cleaning up Column
bus travel about twenty-five miles every
day.
The city council of Americas has ordered
suit brought against the bondsmen of ex-
Treasurer Pitman.
1t is rumored that the Macon Cadets con-
template issuing a challenge for competi-
tive drill with the Atlanta Rifles.
Hon. Walter B. Hill of Macon. and DIR.
w. H. FELTON, of Barlow, may enter the race
for congress as prohibition candidates.
L. M. Ward has become city editor Of the
Macon Telegraph. He has made reputa-
ton as one of the best news gatherers in
Atlanta.
Alfred Green, an employee at Valentino &
Browns saw-mill at Brunswick, had fin
ger on his right hand cut off by planer
Tuesday.
JJs
who was shot by Nose Linton some time
ago, is still in a critical condition, and
may not recover.
The grand council of the Royal Arcanum
will meet in Columbus, at Elks' hall, on
May 81. After the meeting grand banquet
will be rendered them at Wildwood park.
Edward Mitchell, who died on O steamer
between Panama and San Francisco, and
was buried at sea, formerly lived at Albany,
as well as Atlanta. He went to Mexico
originally, to take position under Capt.
Raoul
In Macon county a day or two ago q
farmer named Rider went to the cradle
where his little 2-year-old child was sleep
ing to kiss il before he went to the field to
work, and, finding it lying on its face,
picked it up and found the child dead.
At Townsville night or two ago Mat
tie Johnson shot Alex Cochran just above
the left eye, inflicting painful, though not
a dangerous wound. The police arrested
the woman and lodged her in Jail, where
she now languishes.
Supt. Rees says that every eleven months
the motor men of the electric railway of
Americus make a trip around the world.
The distance of a round trip on the line is
five miles, and in eleven months the motor
driver makes his $4,000 miles,
A strange, coppery brilliancy, says the
Macon Telegraph marked the setting of
the sun on Sunday evening that was re-
marked upon by many. A gentleman who
was at Seven Bridges at the time said he
saw mirage of great distinctness. He
SAID that the river, the trees, and even the
buildings, were mirrored in the cloud S
above with startling effect.
A collision at Tennville Monday was
caused by switch being left open. While
the tie train was turning on the "Y, - train
81 came dashing through to meet train at
No. Is and ran into dead train, service
train No. 3. The engineer did all he posi-
bly, could to stop the train, but could not.
No one was hurt. The engineer and crew
saved themselves by jumping from the
engine. Six cars. one engine aud two tend
ers were wrecked.
Mrs. Winnie Mitchell, a widow lady liv-
ing about mile from Rochelle, has small
leather-covered trunk, which, in all proba-
bility, is $50 years old. 1t has been handed
down through seven generations Ii was
brought across from Europe long before
the revolution full of gold, and was used by
Mrs Mitchelrs grandfather while in service
under Gen. Washington. Mrs. Mitchell
also has bottle which she has kept cam
phor in for more than forty years. The
bottle still has the same stopper in it, which
IS made of paper that her husband put in it
about forty years ago.
Vienna indicator: While out on a fish
ing excursion in Berrien county last week.
G. H. Everett cut three balls out of the
heart OF pine log that must have been
there since the war of 1919. Mr.. Everett
was chipping some kindling wood out of
the heart of an old pine log that was at
least two and a half feet in diameter, and
found these balls firmly imbedded in the
wood near the center of this tree They
certainly had been there for long while.
This tree stood very near the spot where the
first church ever built in Berrien county
was placed, some few of the remains of
which mark the place still.
At Macon, Tuesday, Ed Day, a negro
painter, young man, while infamed with
whisky, cut John Brown, a negro boy, in
three places IN the face and on the head.
Brown works for J. J. Clay. He is a son of
Undertaken John Brown. Day then seized
negro woman named Anna Powell by the
back OF the neck and cut her in twelve diff
ferent places in the back, ON the neck and
on the head. One of the cuts in the back of
the head is very dangerous and may pro-
duce paralysis DR.. Gibson, who is attend
ing her, had to extract portion of the
skull. DE does not think she will die. Day
tried to cut several Others. 4 negro woman
frightened him off with an ak, and he
escaped.
Americas Times: While going home at
late hour night or two ago, Will Clark
met negro carrying a well-filed sack on
his shoulder, who emerged from his fathers
yard Just as VIII was about to enter. Stop
ping the negro, he asked him what he had
in the sack. The negro replied that he had
been to dance, and that the sack contained
his fiddle. This was decidedly fishy. and to
convince himself more thoroughly Mr.
Clark caught hold of the sack. Imagine
bis surprise when the mufied squawk
OF the old family rooster broke upon
the midnight stiffness to the great aston
lshment OF the negro, who instantly
explained to Win that he had
touched the "B" string of the fiddle in the
sack. Will thought that he might have
done 80, but all the same he snatched
pallDg from the fence and before the
negro could escape dealt him a wipe over
the head that laid him out as cold as q
wedge beneath the silver moon. Fearing
that he had killed him. Mr.. Clark fastened
into the house to call his father, taking the
Dag full OF chickens with him. When the
two returned to examine the supposed
corpse they found the negro gone
Americas Times: The first Baptist church
built In Americas stood on the present site
OF Council q McGarrahs warehouse on
Cotton avenue. 1t was a very modest look
ing little frame building, and was located
IN beautiful grove of shady oaks. That
was away back in the days Of 1850 or '5I.
when Americas. was but struggling village
OF few small xUOodap bo,,.Hc n