The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Negro Shot in Three Places at Bar
iowa Newsboy as q Manipulation
of Raised Money-A Bird Dies of
Grief Over Being Separated from a
Good Samaritan-A Ghost Walking
About in Brooks County.
GEORGIA.
TIL. Clayton is captain of Albany's new
military company.
The Macon Volunteers will receive the
Perry Rifles on Thursday, May 90.
John A. Perry is succeeded by K J.
Hawkins as editor of the Tennille Enter
prise.
Last week three banks at Atlanta were
found open during the night by the police.
Carelessness on the part of employees tells
the stsry.
Jacob Patterson (celored), who shot Sam
uel Jones (colored) near Rome a year ago.
has just been captured. Jones recovered
from his wound.
At Stockbridge, few days ago, little
Pearl Askew fell out OF tree and broke
her arms at the elbow. GangreDe set In
and amputation was unavoidable.
INcN. %. 10 u Tue EpOutH 0AdCOu
Baptist church was a busy man Sunday.
He not only prepared and delivered two
excellent sermons, hut found time to join
four couples in marriage.
A newsboy on the East Tennessee road
who passed off a raised So bill on the negro,
Sandy Smith, was arrested at Atlanta Sun
uay. On his person were found a number
of Confederate bills which he seems to have
clipped TO raise the figures on genuine bills.
He makes no special efforts to deny the
charges against him.
A ghost of very aggravating ways resides
somewhere in Brooks county. It is often
seen on the public roads, even in daytime
1t is seemingly ten feet high, and dresses in
black, with white hood and shoes. 1t fol-
lows horsemen, and moves very rapidly,
and is generally seen about dusk. Ii has
terrorized many persons III its section.
Rochelle Register: Rats abound in great
numbers at the storehouse of Messrs Crum-
mey q Hamilton of this place. Ii seems
that goods had gone missing, and one day
last week the clerk discovered that the rats,
and not burglars, were carrying them off.
He pulled thirty pairs Of hose and socks, be-
sides lot Of other goods. from two rat beds
In the boxing Of the house.
Sheriff Perkins Of Habersham county ar
rived In Macon Saturday, having in charge
a man named Canillus Harper, about SO
years OF age, who was insane. Harper i'm
agined himself the ruler of the world, and
was under the hallucination that he was
taking the sheriff to the asylum, instead of
the reverse. AT night the sheriff and his
unpleasant charge went on to Milledgeville
The annual celebration last week of the
Colored Mems Protective Society of Ten
nile ended in cutting and shooting match
Following is partial list Of the wounded
negroes: Joe Elliott, shot in three places:
Emanuel Mosley, finger shot off, and John
Brown, shot in the stomach. He is seri-
ously hurt, and will probably die. There
are a dozen or more reported TO have been
badly injured by shooting or cutting. Be-
sides the men, three women were cut and
bruised up in the fighting.
Mrs Edna c. Aughtry of Atlanta is suing
the Atlanta and West Point railroad for
5000. She alleges that after having paid
her fare to a certain station on the road.
and having notified the conductor on the
train that she wished to get off at the desig-
mated point, she was carried three miles
past the point at which she intended to get
off, and was put off the train In a strange
part of the country and forced to walk
back to the city on the railroad track, ana
has since been very ill.
In answering subscribers query as to
the first paper published in Georgia, the
Henry County Weekly says: 1.-THE first
newspaper published In Georgia that we
find an account of was the Georgia Gazette.
founded by James johnson in 1868, at Sa-
vannah. The Oldest living paper Is the Au-
gusta Chronicle and ConStitutfondlist, rep.
resenting two old JOURNALISTIC Chronicle
having been founded In 1885, and the Com
stitutiondlist in 1879. The Jacksonian, the
first paper ever published at this place, was
founded by Luke Minor, either in the year
1926 or 1896"
John Williams (colored) resisted an officer
at Barlow Sunday, after having fired sew
eral shots at James Wadley (colored). The
marshal went to the scene at once, and
Williams opened fire on him, and as he ran
off shot at everybody he met The marshal.
assisted by several citizens, pursued Will
Jams and caught him under the negro
Baptist church. Williams had fired all the
shots he had. He was ordered out, and was
examined and found to be wounded in two
or three places: not seriously. however.
The row was caused by too much liqu or.
Williams was landed in Jail.
Griffin NeDs: Mrs. Martha Lumpkin of
Epson county is now in her 9Sth year and
enjoys good health. When she was 95 years
of age she knit sixty-five pairs of socks and
pieced up three nice quilts during the year.
She has over 400 children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and now has
sixty-four of the fourth generation. She
was sister-in-law of Gov. Lumpkin. She
is in easy circumstances and draws pen
sion, and her children and grandchildren
will certainly care for her. g. W. Gordy
of our city, who is Al years of age, is her
grandson.
Brunswick Times. There came near
being riot at the Brunswick and Western
depot Monday night at 7:90 o'clock. The
Savannah excursion train had pulled up to
the depot and the negroes were fast filing
the cars when a Brunswick negro named
Frank Tiff and Savannah negro named
Henry jackson commenced quarreling.
Tiff was talking to a Savannah girl named
Lucy Hinton when jackson walked up and
interfered. Policeman Berrie saw that a
serious difficulty was coming, and he went to
quiet the two men. He got Tiff outside
of the car, when he was attacked by sew
eral other negroes. Special Officer Stephens
came upon the scene, and the two officers
finally succeeded 10 arresting Tiff. They
carried him to the city prison. During the
scuffie some one cut Policeman Berries belt.
pistol and club from his waist. He found
the pistol, but did not find the belt and
club. Several of the Savannah negroes
drew pistols and threatened TO shoot. but
before they could be arrested they escaped
into the large crowd which had pa tharad