The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
TEE NEWS OF Ta1 TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Engineer Attempts to XIII Con
ductor-A Drunken Man at a Camp
Meeting Slabs Woman Fatally and
Seriously Wounds Two Men.
GEORGIA.
]. A Leslie of Brunswick has registered
in Washington patent on wagon wheels.
There has been great deal of sneak
thieving about Dalton OF late.
The Covington male academy building
has been enlarged.
Chicken thieves are plying their vocation
nightly at Athens.
A mad dog was killed on the streets Of
Rochelle Friday of last week.
The Putnam county fair opened at Eaton
ton Wednesday with tremendous crowd.
A lady in Randolph county, while fishing
one day last week, hooked and landed a
wild duck.
DIR. Simmons had his right hand badly
lacerated by the planer at his saw-Inill near
Rochelle Monday.
The third annual fair Of the Gainesville
Fair Association, will open on Nov. II, and
continue four days.
The increased attendance at the Perry
public school has necessltated the employ
nent of an additional aSsis tant teacher.
The heavy rains which have visited
Darien have washed away many bridges,
and the roads leading into the county are
impossible
A 9-year-old daughter of L. M. Harmon
of Butler has been afflicted for several
weeks with disease which some think is
hydrophobis.
At the Walters place, near Albany.
Thursday, Pres Jacobs cut off Henry Gibbs
nose with q hoe in the course OF Tight
Both parties are negroes.
Tom Watts of Carrolton, an employee on
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus rail-
road, had his arm badly mashed while
coupling cars at FELTON, last week.
Frank Reynolds has been elected vice
president Of the Georgia Game Chicken
Breeders Association. The first annual
display of the association will be held at
Dalton.
One wing of the Brunswick hotel, Nor
eros, was discovered on fire Thursday
merniug. caused by a defective fiue. The
flames were soon extinguished. No mate
rial damage was done.
Thursday night q Brunswick street car
driver was fired upon by an unseen foe.
The villain that did the shooting avoided
detection. This Is the third time within a
week that Brunswick street cars have been
fired on.
Officer Henry Winters who was q mem
Der Of the Macon police forcs for nearly five
years, died at his home in East Macon at
$50 O'Clock Wednesday night. Winters
was one of the steadiesT and best men on
the force.
The heaviest rain of the season fell in
Houston county Sunday afternoon. Open
cotton in the fields was considerably dam
aged Some hail accompanied the rain at
Perry, and In some sections Of the county
the fall Of hail was considerable
Two mad-dogs were killed in Whitfield
county near Maddox mill one day last
week. They succeeded in biting several
other dogs and a number of hogs and
cattle before they were dispatched, and an
epidemic of hydrophobia is feared as a re-
suit
At meeting of the Toccoa city council
Tuesday night an ordinance was passed
prohibiting hogs from running at largo after
Oct. 10. The dog law has gone into effect
at Tcccoa, and 81 will he charged for each
dog kept inside the corporate limits for the
ensuing year.
Many of the farmers of Spalding county
say that it appears that half their cotton
crop had fallen upon the ground and was
lying beaten in the ground by the rain,
which would greatly damage the staple by
stain II it did not prove q total loss Some
report the seed already sprouting in the
bolls.
While Frank Scott aud family were at
tending prayer meeting at Ebenezer church,
Emanuel county, Friday night, Mr. Scott's
dwelling caught on fire and was burned,
together with everything In it, among which
was 800 pounds Of seed cotton, which was
in one of the shed rooms The origin of the
fire Is unknown.
Tuesday morning at Carrollton Engineer
Cansey, who has, in the absence of Charlie
Bradbury, the regular engineer, been run
ming the train attached to Conductor David
Croft's train, was arrested for al attempt
to kill tbs conductor. The conductor had
given some orders to Courey, to which he
demurred, and, becoming enrsged, attacked
Mr. Croft viciously with an ak Mr.. Croft
was saved from injury by the interposition
Of the fireman.
AT Concord camp ground, near Cummi ng
tuesday night young man named Hudlo.
was under the arbor drunk, and disturbing
the congregation during ser vices. Leander
Moore and George Wallis went to him and
asked him to leave the arbor, but he declined
70 DO 30. They then undertook to carry
MIN away when be drew his knife and out
both OF them badly. Thus freeing himself
from them, he rushed through the congre-
CATION with knife in hand, slashing at every
one In his reach. Just before quitting the
arbor he ran past Miss Dolly and stabbed
ner, making wound which Is fatal. He
was finally knocked down and captured and
turned over to the officers
Several days ago Jim Moore killed his
father, Handy Moore, negro carpenter,
with an ak, and during the next week was
cleared OF the crime before justice of the
eace in Griffin. Wednesday he was
arrested again by BaiIiff johnson and
Policeman Cunningham on warrant sworn
out by negro preacher. Holmes, charging
him with threatening his life. 1t seems
that Jim tried TO borrow a pistol to kill
Holmes with and made many threats pub
licly. The boy is now in jail and NAV yet
find his way into the chain lang. 1t seems
that the negro preacher had denounced him
for committing the crime, either from the
pulpit or in his rounds among his congrega-
ton.
Brunswick Post: Citizens along New
castle street from Monk strest 60 the sta
ton house witnessed a most disgraceful
scene yesterday evening about O'clock A
negro woman crazed with mean whisky,
drove at break-neck speed down Glouces-
ter to Bay street, where she was taken in
charge by an officer, who attempted
to take her in. He was, however
compelled to use billy to quiet her. Or
arriving at the corner of Monk and New.
castle streets, she decided to go no farther
and suit!ng her actions with words, laic
down In the street The officer was com.
PEELED to summon assistance, and the
drunken wretch was drapped fullv fifty