The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS,

Insane Asylum at MiIledgeville-Ihe
Coming Convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union-White
Heaps Out in Barlow County-A
Blood -Curdling Murder Record.
GEORGIA.
Worth superior court convenes at Isa-
bella ON Monday, April Is.
II is rumored that the Baptists of Val
dosta will erect a $4,000 church building.
Last Tuesday night twenty-one years ago
the entire business portion of Madison was
burned.
Georgia and Florida birds will probably
be pitted against each other in a cooking
main at Brunswick in May.
The eighth annual convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union will
be held in Rome May 6, aud s.
The wood working establishment of Z.
Hilton, at Hilton, was burned Thursday.
The loss is 5000, with no insurance.
George Scott (colored) was killed by a
falling scantling while at work at the bot
tom of a well. near Macon, Thursday.
J. L. Davis of Hamilton was thrown
from his buggy on Monday last and pain
fully hurt. The horse became frightened
at passing train.
A new postoffice will in all probability be
established near Ellis Chapel in Columbia
county at an early day. 1t will bear the
name of the chapel.
In the lower part of Epson county, in
Hootenville district, on Saturday last, a
difficulty occurred between two negroes.
Dan Worthy and Jim Beall, which ended
in the death of the latter by stabbing.
Worthy is in jail
In conference on Sunday last the Baptists
of Valdosta called to the pastorate Uf their
church Rev. Mr.. Murray OF Ohio, vice
Rev. r. T. Goodrum, resigned. The church
has not yet been advised. but it is thought
Mr.. Murray will accept the call
j. w. Thompson, brakeman on the
South western road, was killed three miles
from Macon Thursday night. He was
knocked from his train by bridge and cut
in two by toe wheels. He was the son Of w.
w. Thompson, a well-known fruit man at
Smithville.
Bynum Collins was killed by Michael
Goode at Pine Log, near Adairsville, about
a week ago. The two fought about girl,
and Collins was so badly beaten In the head
with rock that death resulted day or
two later, though no bad effects were felt
Immediately after the beating.
There are two people in Atlanta, It is
SAID, that are absolutely hairless. Both
wear wigs, and show no eyebrows, eye
lashes or hair of any sort. In both cases
this state of affairs was brought about by
disease. and has been so long continued that
both have despaired of its ever being other
wise.
Looney Findley, a negro bov about IA
years old, fell out of china berry tree
at Carrollton last Saturday, aud was badly
hurt, his arm and shoulder being broken,
and his face being badly cut up by
limbs as he fell. He is in quite critical
condition, but it is thought he will recover.
he had gone up the tree after ball.
The people of Macon are awaiting with
great interest the result Of the injunction
brought by NJ. r. Rogers, w. A. Huff, and
others to enjoin the city of Macon from
issuing 100000 of bonds for sewerage, paw
ing, packing, etc. The hearing will take
place on Saturday, April 10, before Judge
Miller. The issue to be decided is whether
or not the issuance of the bonds will be
legal
On last Tuesday night while Mr.. Samuel
Burns, Of Cedar Creek, Barlow county,
was at Canton on business, his hired hand.
negro named Wallace Bradley shot
through the window of the bedroom of Mrs.
Burns, and cursed her. White Caps subss-
quently searched for him, but he had fed.
At one place they visited they Knocked
down the door ana fired off their pistols and
rubbed switches in the face of the occu-
pants-two negro women known with un-
savory reputation-but no other damage is
reported.
On Wednesday last Hon. P. w. Davis,
representative from Ebert county in the
legislature, and very prominent lawyer.
was cowhided on the public square of e.
berton by James L. Harper, editor of the
Gazette of that place. Shortly after the
the affair twenty citizens of Elbarton held
a meeting, anu passed resolutions request
ing Mr.. Davis to resign his seat in the legis-
lature and leave their county. The cause
of the difficulty, from the best information
obtainable, is that Col. Davis made inn.
proper advances to lady, which Mr.
Harper resented, hence the trouble.
AT Danielsville Thursday Mike Freeman.
who has heretofore served in the chain
gang, was put in Jail under charge of assault
with intent to murder. On Monday night
Mike called at Jim Booths for his wife.
who had taken refuge there to save herself
from Mikes brutal treatment while he was
drunk. On demanding that his wife get uu
ana go home with him he was told by Mr.
Booth size was not going. Thereupon Mike.
who had armed himself with double-bar--
relied shot gun, remarked that he reckoned
she would, and fred into the house. Mr..
DOoDh iotulHou Inc IRE, SuOOUlng Mike In
the face, and fight took place, in which
mauls, guns, pistols, ETC., were freely used.
Sensational reports come from the state
asylum for the insane at AIilledgeyille
They were laid before a meeting of the
trustees at Macon day or two ago. Some
OF the events alleged occurred several wears
ago. The most serious charge, however.
dated as recently as Dec. %, 1889. and al
legged that q certain i0iotic girl, an inmate
OF four years standing. had given birth to
child. 1t was intimated that an empIove
was Its father, and that the management of
the asylum had caused the child to be buried
at night, and enjoined secrecy upon every
one in order to keep the matter concealed
from the board of trustees. DR.. Powell
superintendent Of the institution. expresses
the belief, however, that the infants father,
is a patient. The burial was made at nipht
in order to avoid alarming other patients.
1t also developed at the meeting that Sunt.
Humber resigned because he thought that
the superintendent was infringing on his
rights in purchasing supplies. This sup
position was demonstrated to be erroneous.
and the resignation, as already announced
in the MORNING NEWS, was withdrawn.
Storekeeper Rice having resigned, Hunter.
young unmarried man OF Miiledgeville.
was elected his successor over several appli-
cants at salary of $500. The storekeeper
will have to sleep at the store. Rice re-
signed to accept better position in Macon.
On motion of Trustee Wilcox, Tom DeSaus-
sure was put in charge of the entire me-
chanical department, subject only to orders