The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Trial of Hall Begun at Macon-An
Old Time Horse Race at Valdosta-
A Boy of Flowery Branch Dragged
by a Horse-A Rat Killing at East
man.
GEORGIA.
Mrs Amanda Waldroup OF Griffin lost
800 while shopping in that city day or
two age.
A man named Wade and a mule were
killed by lightning while blowing in field
near Kingston day or two ago.
The youngest son of Hayne Dodd was
drowned day or two ago while bathing in
the Etowah river, near Kingston.
The Record says the people of Montezuma
are thinking of getting lot of Irish girls
from New York to do house work.
The Rainbow Steam Fire Engine Com
pany Of Rome will take part In the fire.
mems tournament at Marietta June 26.
Burgess w. Smith, son Of City Clerk
Bridges Smith, has gone to Milledgeville as
electrician of the electric light plant at that
place.
A gentleman at Hampton named Grier is
in possession Of the spade that broke dirt
for the Mercer University Building at
Macon.
The wife Of Hon. John B. Goodwin of
Newman gave birth to triplete Wednesday.
All are girls. weighing six and a half pounds
each at birth.
Mrs. Columbus Self, living near Echecon-
nee. Houston county, was breaking some
eggs to make cake, and found one contain
ing three distinct yolks.
Albert johnson (colored), who murdered
Marshal Castleberry Of Pelham, has been
denied new trial by the supreme court,
and will therefore be resentenced to hang
Lowndes county superior court adjourned
for the term Wednesday. The grand jury
adjourned Tuesday at noon. They acted
on forty odd bills, and returned thirty odd
true bills.
The physicians Of Macon have sent to
Washington the mortuary reports. etc., of
their practice covering the year ending
June I, 1890, as ordered by the census
authorities.
j. s. Chapman killed large bird of the
crane genus last Friday on his place in Talia-
ferro county. which measured six feet and
two inches from tip to tip of his wings. 1t
was five feet and four inches high.
Capt. T. A. Clayton has sent In his resig-
nation as agent for the Southern Express
Company at Albany, to take effect June 10.
and has accepted the position of soliciting
agent for the Central railroad, with head
quarters in Macon.
Saturday afternoon swarm Of bees lit
on Frank Hollis soda fountain at Monte
yuma, and broke up his trade for the after
noon. Sulphur fumes routed them after a
while. Several little boys began fighting
them and the bees used their business end
on them.
Wednesday afternoon the corn house.
fodder house, two stables and buggy house
on the farm Of Hub Wicker of Montezuma,
were entirely consumed by fire. The barn
contained rs bushels of corn, 100 bushels
of oats and about 800 bundles of fodder. 1t
is thought that the fire was caused by rats
and matches.
Rev. g.. w. Pharr tells the Eastman
Times that on Saturday afternoon last he
called together his boys, together with two
of Mr.. #. A. Bonds, and proceeded TO OK
terminate lot of rats that had been feast
ing on his stock Of corn. He says that in
about one hours time they killed ia of the
pestiferous rodents.
Tom Voolfolk had twenty-three visitors
to his cell In the Bib county jail Friday.
They were from Lee county, and were
attending the federal court as witnesses.
Tom received them with languid impatience,
and appeared to be exceedingly bored by
their presence. That didn't take away his
appetite, however, and he managed to eat a
very hearty dinner.
The Hall case was taken up In the United
States court at Macon Friday. AS was ex-
pected, the defense began by Offering de-
murrer to the indictment for perjury In an
affidavit made TO the clerk of the superior
court of Dodge county. Authorities were
cited, and Col. Rutherford made a brief
argument, resulting in the quashing of the
indictment. The grounds on which the de-
murrer was founded was that the clerk of
the superior court was not an officer of the
United States, and therefore had no right to
take such an affidavit.
Grover Cleveland, the 7-year-old son of
w. 5. Moon of Flowery Branch, met with
painful accident in which he came near
losing his life few days ago. He was
riding a horse to water, when the horse be-
came frightened and unmanageable, run
ming at full speed for some distance, Cleve-
land was thrown TO the ground and dragged
by the reins. He succeeded in stopping the
horse, but in doing so one of the animals
feet came down upon the calf of his leg,
the shoe cutting deep and painful cash in
the flesh several inches long.
Eastman Times: On Sunday afternoon
last serious accident occurred near the
residence of Ben Lewis, in which that gen.
tleman's wife, baby and mother, and Doc
Williams wife were seriously hurt. IL
seems that they were returning from
Cuurcn, anu nearly nome, Wnen the mule
they were driving became frightened aud
ran away, the wagon striking tree,
throwing the entire party out. Mrs. Sarah
Lewis, the mother of Mr.. Lewis, suffered
the worst. She being very heavy and
blind, made it worse for her. One arm was
broken and her body badly bruised. The
other two ladies, together with the little
babe, were slightly injured.
The latest discovery at Hillman is spring
which cures any kind of nausea, and most
all kinds of sickness in the middle regions
of the human body. Its cures are pro-
nounced immediate and remarkable. All
that a nauseated patient has to do is to
drink small glassful of this spring water
and the sickness disappears almost instantly,
as IL by magic. Several cures of this
nature are reported, and the spring is
creating as big furore as the electric
shaft several years ago, and is calling new
attention TO that wonderful neighborhood.
The new spring is located near the electric
well, and company is already negotiating
for the property and TO market the water
If its magical properties can be transported
it will sell in all directions. A hotel is also
projected, and several well-Known Augusta
citizens and capitalists are interested in the
investigation and development of this won
derful spring.
Valdosta Times: For some time the horse
race advertised for last Monday has been