The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

New McluraCUOrleS AOE EOAAS u %'O
cress Throws Ter Babe from a Train.
Excitement in Newton County over
Wild Panther.
GEORGIA
A car works may be built at Rome
A rohber has relieved Michael Brown Of
Swainsb0r0 Of SOD.
Jud-e AtzInsonis holding court in APP
ping county tdis week
A. C. Kemp, living three or four miles
from Sysiusboro, has a SOW that has fifteen
pigs.
To sell pork or beeves in Swaiusboro,
unless sold TO the butcher, is against the
town law.
An infant child Of W. A. Green of Cher
okee was choked to death by "a capsule
day or two ago.
Lovick Greer, the S-year-old son of N. C.
Greer, fell from tree at Bruins wick, Mon
day, and broke his thigh.
4 branch Office Of the American Build
ing, Loan, aud Tontine Savings Association
has been organized at Brunswick.
Pearl McAlister, the 6-year-old daughter
of J. B. NcAlster of Brunswick fell from
a swing Monday and broke her left arm
gust above the elbow.
The Burke Cavalry troop and the Burke
Light Infantry, WaynesDoro's newly or
gained military companies, will be ad-
mitted to membership in the state militia
A new manufacturing plant is to be es-
tablished at Rome to make steam blowers
and driers for furnaces 1t is claimed that
the contrivance will revolutioniZe coal con-
sumption.
The Mcintosh Light Dragons, Live Oak
Lodge, f. A. IL, aud Inverness Lodge, X.
of p, oil of Darien, will jointly erect
building to be used as ON armory, lodge
room and public hall.
The special committee Of council men,
bers and citizens appointed to look into the
matter of new water works for Atlanta,
recommends the new water works, and that
work on them be begun at once.
F. NJ Jones of Savannah has purchased
the Ha6ersham house and lot at Eatonton.
He paid $500 for the property. 1t is proba
BILE that he will erect a residence between
those of ]. Q. Adams and Mrs. f. NJ. Jones.
1t is said that one Of Romes young law
yers is preparing a bill to be presented to
The next legislature compelling policemen to
place sign on their doors the same as physi-
clans and lawyers. Thus: "John Jones,
Policeman
Rome has several mighty shooters. One
of them went up to a Nashville shooting"
the other day and tagged 5000 worth Of
game. a few nights following he went out
again, and this time the game bagged him
$3.50 worth, over and above his first nights
sport.
Darien Timber Gazette: 1t will take
weeks hard raining to do any good in the
up-country. The creeks are full of timber,
but it will have to stay there until there Is
good rise in the rivers. But a few RATS
are coming down just now and they are
bringing fancy prices.
AT GAINESVILLE, Sunday night, four mules
nd a horEa ni NV ha If
barn belonging to P. F. Matthews, a
farmer All tho fodder and hay and be-
tween 5000 and 10000 bushels of corn we're
licked up by the flames. Mr.. Matthews
loss will be about s., 900. There is no insur-
ance. Incendlarism is suspected.
The price to he paid by the Eatonton and
Machen railroad for the right of way
through the plantation of W. II. Sparks,
near Eatonton, was settled by arbitration
last Monday. The amount agreed upon
was S2l7, and was paid TO Mr.. Sparks at
once by Col E c. Machen. Work is pro-
crossing right along on the road bed.
James T. Cook of Covington was struck
on the back of his head and knocked down
with rock, which was thrown by a negro
named Wiley Robinson on Thursday after
noon, and severely injured. The trouble
occurred at Cook s. Dyer's gin house,
which is located on Mr.. Cooks place. abou {
three aud half miles east OF Covington.
MIR. Cook will recover.
Among the recent purchases of the Bruins
wick company is the Brunswick Brick
Works at Waynesville, which was pur-
chased from Capt. William Crovatt, who
established the works. The new purchasers
will need any quantity of brick in putting
fn their proposed lake at Windsor park.
and in accomplishing other plans which
they have in view, 80 it was decided to
purchase the works as cheap way of get
ting brick.
A. Braxton, the commanding officer OF
Brunswick's colored military company, has
received official notification from the aIl.
thoritieS in Atlanta that he must give ur
his arms and disband his company, which
hasn't the number of members required OF
the companies that make up the state troops
and which, it appears, has never been
declared an organized company by the
adjutant general. Some one in Brunswick
wrote the adjutant general that, on the
occasion or the Jesup riot, Braxton had his
colored troopers out marching over the
streets, as he did on another occasion, whel
trouble was feared in Bruins wick The
friends of the company say that it was only
for q practice drill, but the party who die
the corresponding with the state authorize
evidently thought the drills looked SUSPECT
ious.
district was in Covington on Friday, ant
reported to the Star reporter that Their
was great deal of excitement in the Salem
neighborhood on account of a wild panthe
running at large In that section. The ami
NAL has been prowling around at night 70
nearly week, about Salem camp ground
and has frightened a large number Of per
sons very badly by its horribl
screams and ferocious appearances
AT Ben Wilson's place it killed tw
dogs and carried off a young puppy
At Negroes house near by it killed an
other dog, and frightened the inmate
almost to death. Capt Cunningham say
its tracks may be seen In the road and field
in dozens of places every morning, and the
are as large as a mans hand. He thinks
will kill all the dogs in that neighborhood
and perhaps dozen or two negroes, befor
it Is captured or driven off. In the mean
time, some of the negroes are frightene
almost TO death on account of its presenc
in the neighborhood.
Saturday noon, when the north-boun,
train on the Chattanooga, Rome and Co
lumbus railroad arrived at Kramer, a negr
woman, apparently about 20 years of age
with a small child in her arms, was amon
the passengers who boarded the train a
that station. While she was alone in tn
negro coach she threw the child out of tn
window. The conductor missed the infant
and the train was backad tn tha srOt wbar