The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Mercy TO a Nest Of Young Ones-A
Hanging at Fort Gaines-A Narrow
Escape From Drowning at Lincoln
ton-A Child Killed By a Train at
CIinch Haven.
GEORGIA
The Waycross Rifles will give their an
nual picnic at Camp Perry on Nedues lay
Gordon White viii be hanged a. Fort
Gaines tomorrow for an outrage on q small
white child
Daniel Grant, the murderer of Mr..
Glozier Of Macon, last week. Is now safe be-
hind the bars Of Houston county's jail.
Mount Zion Lodge, F. A. NJ, will have
a celebration on June "a. The lodge
is about five miles from Flowery Branch, in
Forsyth county.
Jasper Carter of Dawson, a wounded con-
federate veteran. has received a pension Of
$50 from the state through the efforts Of
Col. J. @. Parks.
Mrs. d. S. Porter, while returning from
her farm two miles from Fl0wery Branch,
last Saturday evening, fell out of her wagon
backwards receiving painful injuries.
Nearly all the convicts on the line Of The
Columbus Southern have been transferred
TO railroad leading from Chattanooga,
which the Chattanooga Brick Company has
contracted to complete.
Arthur Dumas and Eli Davis, two negro
boys, aged about II and IA years, engaged in
fight at Griffin Friday, in which Eli Davis,
the younger OF the two, received a blow on
the head that will. no doubt, prove fatal.
Judge Speer has assigned Monday, July
z, for the trial, at Macon, of Lawyer l.. A.
Hall and the negro Judge GOODWIN, in
dicted Friday for the second time for per-
jury by the grand jury in the United States
court
On Tuesday Lieut. Col. Wight wired
Capt Query ordering the Dawson Guards
TO attend the annual encampment at Au-
gusta. The boys were not prepared TO go
and Adjt. Gen. Kell has granted them an
excuse.
A rain ard wind storm passed over Judge
Roberts place at Dawson last Saturday.
Nearly ali of his fencing was blown down,
and the Lightning struck his stockade, tear
ing away one end. There were four mules
and horse in it at the time, but neither of
them was hurt.
Mrs. ]. Il. Peacock of Tennille on last
Thursday rode on a train for the first time
in thirty years. When she was a girl of II
or Is years she took her first ride over the
rails, but until the day mentioned above she
could not be induced to travel in that man.
ner a second time
Cordele CordeIedn: The census enumera-
tor for the Cordele district has disappeared
and we are left to presume that his labors
so far as this town is concerned, are over,
and yet we have been informed by q num-
Der of reliable and prominent citizens that
they have never been approached by the
census man at all
On Thursday Of last week. during the
heavy rain, bolt of lightning struck one
of the shade trees in A Harmon's yard at
Lincolnton. He had a wire clothes line
fastened TO the tree and extending TO his
dairy house. The bolt passed down the tree
70 the wire and followed that to its con-
nection with the dairy, igniting the dairy
and completely burning it up.
A radish is ON exhibition at Peacock &
Sons store in Tennile which, with slight
deformity, bears perfect resemblance to a
human hand with five fingers. 1t was
grown on the plantation of +. B. Cullins,
who died about three weeks ago, and il is
said by folks who visited Mr.. Cullins during
his last illness that the radish is perfect
likeness of one of the old mans hands Just
before he died.
Walter Nash, a student of Lincolnton
school, had very narrow escape from
drowning last Thursday in Florence creek.
lie, with several Others, was in bathing
while the stream was swollen from the re-
cent heavy rain, and in plunging into the
stream he was carried by force of the water
beneath a hidden log, and only by presence
of mind succeeded in freeing himself from
the dangerous position.
Bessie, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Findley, at Clineh Haven,
was run over Thursday by train No. z. The
little tot started to walk across the track.
when the fast mail train, coming at full
speed, was only a few yards off. The engi-
neer and fireman were horror-struck, but
nothing could be done to avert the accident.
The child died in her mothers arms fifteen
minutes after being hurt. The train was
stopped and its officers did everything pos
sible for the stricken parents until the little
one was no more.
Dawson Netcs.: In locality near Daw-
son there recently existed a fiourishing
school, taught by lady The teacher, wish,
ing one of her pupils to study grammar,
told the child to get one, whereupon the
mother sent the following note to the teach
er: II do not desire for Lula shall Engage in
grammar as prefer her ingage in yuseful
studies and can learn her how to spoke and
write properly myself. l have went through
Two grammars and can't say as they did me
no good. prefer her ingage in german
and drawing and vokal music on the
piano.
Buena Vista Patriot: Little jamie. the
2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. c. s.
Crawford, made a mistake Monday morn
ing which came near proving fatal When
VIC hbtAS OAC Adllou W 6tb supper the night
before Mrs. Crawford was in the habit of
putting lunch in saucer and placing it
on the washstand, so it would be con venient
If she walked up hungry. Kerosene oil had
been placed in saucer on the washstand to
drive away mosquitoes, and jamie got up
early Monday morning and drank several
swallows of the oil, thinking it was some
thing put there for her. She fell back in a
swoon, but was saved.
A party of fox hunters went out from
Americas Friday at daylight, and in very
short while jumped large gray fox few
miles west of town Reynard led them live
ly race for an hour, and then came back to
the very spot from where the procession
started. One of the hunters saw the ami
NAL slip into hollow tree, and upon inves-
tigation found it to be a nest full of young
foxes Not caring TO make war on the
weak and helpless. the dogs were driven off
by the hunters, and the old fox lett in
peaceful possession of her castle and little
ones However, they will make it interest
ing for that family in a few weeks by
which time the little ones will be able to
lead the dogs across the county.
Milledgeville Chronicle: Judge John T.
Allen of Baldwin county court is, no doubt,
one Of the youngest members of the bench
in Georgia, and usually is unexcitable, but
when couple of Macon darkies appeared
in his offioa Tuesday evAninp IN ha rnarriad