The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPRS

Down at Marietta by Els Divorced
wife-A Black Amazon Routs Her
Husband With Broom Handle
Lots That Are Meant to Trap the
Unwary.
GEORGIA.
A new Methodist church is to be built at
Iawrenceyille.
A lodge of colored Masons is to be organ
lied at Athens.
Miss Ernestine Elmore, daughter Of the
Rev. J. s. Elmore Of BronwOod, died on
july i Of consumption.
Rev F. Farher has been elected rabbi for
the congregation Beth Israel, Macon, and
will take charge on Sept. l.
A little negro child of Seymore Turner
wes left alone in house in South Griffin
Tuesday, and as usual was burned TO death.
Mrs. Scott Davis and child of Lawrence
vile bad a narrow escape day or two ago
from being killed under buggy which a
frightened Texas pony backed into a ditch.
The ruins left by the fire of almost two
weeks ago at Brunswic are still burning
notwithstanding the hard WORK Of the fire
nen and several heavy rains that have
fallen.
Monday party Of negroes came into
Walden, having in custody negro called
Win Boatman, who was charged with hav-
ing assaulted with villainous designs an
aged negro woman named Bette Smith.
Wednesday was the SOth birthday of Col
Nelson Tiff, the father of Albany. Four
score years ago be was born in Mystic
Bridge, Conn. FIfty-fve years ago he came
to Albany, then wilderness, and laid out
the city.
While loading a pistol last Saturday
night John Fuller Of the lower part of Ter
rel county accidentally discharged the
weapon. The ball. passing through his left
hand, entered the leg of a negro who was
standing near by.
The city council at its next meeting will
decide whether Albany shall have a paid
fire department or whether the council will
grant the request made upon the city by
the two volunteer steam fire companies now
under organization.
Last Saturday afternoon at Dave McDuf-
fees about twelve miles northwest Of Able
vile, c. F. Bush shot and killed Mac
Prevatt with a shotgun. An inquest was
held Sunday, and the verdict Of the jury
was justifable homicide.
Nothing definite has been learned Of the
home or people of Z. A. Russell, who was
killed at Carswell & Stubb's mill nezr Alb
beville last week. Some letters, etc, were
found in his valise, but they are of a bust
ness nature, and give no information Of his
home.
The papers filed at Washington with an
application for Hirsch for the Americas
postoffice cannot be found in either the
postottice department or the Senate post
Office committee room. There are ugly
rumors as to what disposition has been made
of the papers.
Trouble is brewing between Sasser and
the Columbus Southern railroad. Sasser is
not inclined to give as much ground for the
depot and side-tracks as has been asked for.
and unless their demands are acceded to the
road threatens to locate the depot some dis
lance below Sasser.
The Columbus Volunteers, a negro mill
tary company, will have an interstate drill
for negro companies only, at Exposition
park, at Columbus, to-day. Good prizes
have been offered, and there will be num-
Der Of companies from other cities. During
the day eleven excursion parties will arrive
in the city.
The largest pair Of shoes ever seen in
Dawson were received the other day by L.
Z. Durham for a negro by the name of
Aleck White. The shoes were number Is
and weighed pounds and 5 ounces. White
can never find any shoes in stock that will
mt him. and always has to put in special
order for them.
Athens Banner: The piece in Yesterdays
Banner about cross-eyed mule was no
ticed by a gentleman who told us of man
with eyes SO badly crossed that when be
read a paper he had to hold it sideways to
make the letters appear right. This is really
fact, and the man in question lives only a
few miles from the city
A few weeks ago a number of business
men Of Georgia were surprised that they
should be the recipient Of bona fide deed
to corner lots in thriving Colorado town
called Hyde The deed was given, it was
stated, to induce the recipients of the land
to secure purchasers for other lots Now il
devel ps that Hyde is a dead town In the
arid region, and not promising field for
investors.
Mrs. John Cox of Erics committed sui
eide Friday morning by hanging herself.
MIR. and Mrs. Cox rose early He made n
fire for her in the kitchen, and then went to
see about his stc ok. Returning in a short
while, Mr. Cox found his wife sus pended by
plow line from joist in the kitchen She
was dead. There is no cause assigned for
the act. The unfortunate woman leaves
several children.
Marietta Journal: II. 3. Anderson heard
noise at the second-story window of his
residence on last Monday night, and going
there found the window up and a ladder
resting against the house The ladder was
not Mr.. Anderson's, and the party who
TAILED TO enter the house is requested TO
COHlo anu lake his ladder away. The i'm
prlut Of a No. Is shoe was left in a flower
bed near the window
In the second story over one of the shops
on Broad street at Athens day or two ago.
the windows were open, and through them
negro woman of mammoth proportions
saw her husband in the act of kissing a
woman. With yell Size mounted tie stairs
with new bought broom In her hands, and
breaking into the room broke the broom in
pieces over the heads of the osculatory
couple. In vain did they plead for mercy.
and after demolishing the broom she seized
the little man by the ear and pulled him
home.
Saturday morning Julius Davis died on
Joseph Gartrelfs place, near Washington.
from pistol shot inflicted by another ne
gro named Jim Roman. Both negroes were
grown men and Julius had charged Jim's
boys with stealing watermelons from his
patch. The two men got into a quarrel
about the matter, when Jim drew pistol
and shot julius in TIE breast, Just above the
heart. The wounded man fingered about
eighteen hours before he died The attempt
was made to arrest Jim, but he mounted a
horse and made his escape.
Doc. Allen, the eldest son of Milton
Allen, highly respectable colored man of
Griffin, was the victim of a peculiar acct
dent Monday, which came near proving
serious. He was riding on his fathers