The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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be Brought to Macon from the North.
Despicable Vandalism at Americas
A Man Has Both Legs Cut OF at
TOccoa.
GEORGIA.
The Baptists of Waycross will soon build
brick church.
Gainesville's system Of water works will
be in operation on New Years day, 1891.
Miss Cora Anderson of Brunswick
slIpDed from horse Friday and broke her
wrist.
Macon is TO have shorthand magazine.
It is to be called the Southern StenOgrdph-
&c Journal
The corner stone Of the new Baptist
church at Brunswick will be laid Thursday
of this week.
James d. Ray of Sparks, Berrien county,
is missing, and his friends fear that he has
committed suicide.
John Jennings, an employee in the Bank
of Georgia at Atlanta. was buried at his old
home near Americas Sunday.
Munich Wheels, the white man who shot
and killed a negro at a negro supper near
Lexington, a day or two ago, was still at
large at last accounts.
Five policemen bagged ten negro
gam blers at Americas Saturday night after
a lively hand-tO-hand battle, in which
knives and pistols were flashed promis-
cuously.
William Keaton, negro who escaped
from the chain-gang some time ago and
went to Florida, was arrested by Shep Wat
son in Gainesville, few days ago. tie had
broken into the postoffice.
Incendiaries are at work in Berrien
county. Henry Lovitts barnyard build
ings-six in all-were recently burned to
the ground, entailinS a loss of $780, lie
has offered a reward of 5000 for the arrest
and conviction of the incendiary. Other
fires are also reported.
a day or two ago Prof. Fitzpatrick ten
dered his resignation as principal Of the
academy AZ Albany, aud the resignation
has been accepted by one Of the trustees,
and will no doubt be accepted by the
Others. Complaint was caused by the
strIctness Of the discipline by the professor.
DR.. c. A. Brooks of Americas has just
had a neat brick coping put around his
yard, the work on it being finished Friday
afternoon. Saturday morning. on awaken
ing, he found it all torn down and the
bricks scattered promiscuously. The NOR
tar was fresh, and this was no dificu1t Job.
J. D. Russom, about IS years of age, had
the misfortune to have both OF his feet
so badly crushed and mangled, a day or
two ago, by accidentally falling under the
wheels Of a car, near cocoa, on the E. and
A. railroad, that in order to preserve his
life both limbs we're amputated near the
knee.
AT Greenwood, Henry county, a negro by
the name of Jesse Atkinson, who was en-
ployed at the cotton gin of w. w. Amis,
while trying to remove some moats from
the breast Of the gin, got his hand caught in
the saws, lacerating his arm to such an ex-
tent that it was found necessary to ampu-
tate it.
At Bunns' still, near Waycross, few
days ago, negro named Ben Chambers
was killed with an ak by another negro
named Sam Strother. They got into
difficulty about mattress. Strother gath
cred an ak and attacked Chambers, who
ran, but Strother overlook him and hacked
him so badly that ne died. Strother is in
Jail at Waycross.
DR.. K. P. Moore of Macon was called to
Montezuma on Friday to se3 a lady of that
city, who has been for six years complete
invalid, and for several months bedridden.
The doctor performed very difficult OPP
Grafton, known as Tait's or Battey's opera
ton, which, in this case, IVES completed
within forty minutes without the loss of an
ounce of blood or shock to the patient.
AS the train bearing Gen. Gordon TO Au-
gusta passed through Greensboro Friday
it was met by large delegation of citizens,
headed by the Greene Rifles, thirty strong,
under Capt. Young, and for the few mn
utes that the train stopped rousing ovation
was given the general. The stores closed
and the ladies' and children of the city car
ried beautiful garlands of flo Sers, and when
the general dismounted from the train he
w9s burisd beneath the shower of floral
offerings
S. A. Smith of Macon he's undert-
AIKEN to bring to that city 100 or
more white servant girls to find
steady employment in the homes of those
who have grown sick and tired of the AFRO
CANT and unreliable colored help. Already
Mr.. Smith and his partner, Eugene Ander-
son, have appointed agents. in New York,
Washington and two or three other large
northern cities to seek out reliable, indus
trious young white women who are willing
to come south and earn o living as 'serv-
ants.
Griffin Call. T. J. Moore, Sir, who lost
his gin by fire on Thursday evening, drove
load Of cotton up to the alliance ginnery
in this place, Saturday, saying that there
was some cotton that was left from the
fire he wanted ginned, and stating
that there were matches scattered
through II. pom examination matches
were found in quantity scat
tered through the cotton. 1t was started
through the elevator, and repeatedly it was
on fire as it emerged in the lint room, bat
by the admirable arrangements there for
protection the flames were at once ex-
tinguished without damage Beyond doubt
these matches were placed in this cotton by
some fiend for the purpose of burning out
Mr.. Moore, as recorded in our Saturday.
issue. .t.-.-+
The Attorney General has authorized Dis.
tfict Attorney Marion Erwin to offer a
reward Of $3.50 for the arrest and delivery
to the United States marshal of Rich
Herring, alias Rich Lowry, charged witt
the assassination of Capt. John G. Forsyth
on Oct. Z, in Dodge county, Georgia. Tt
this Marshal Corbett adds $3.50, making
$1,000 in all. The description of the man j:
as follows: Age, about "a height, abon
b feet; weight and size, heavily
built shoulders, about It's pound !
color, bright mulatUo, reddish white. but i
supposed to have recently BACKED his skin
hair sand red and curly; light mustache
same color; eyes squinty, keeps them par
TALLY closed; wears No. IL shoes; larg'
hands; high cheek bones. Last seen a
McMillen's turpentine still, in Montgomer,
county, Georgia, Nov. Is. He then wor
light-colored, striped trousers, grayish plat
coat and vest and black cap. He carries
3S-caliber Winchester rife, and is SAID {
hold bis lead down when walking
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