The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Negro Boy Fatally STABBED Win
a Hat Pin by a Colored Girl-A User
of Tobacco Wins Prize.
GEORGIA
Lieut.. Kimbrough Of Talbotton is dead.
Dodge superior court will convene on the
fourth Monday.
The Eighth Georgia battalion will meet
in Calhoun on Aug. 20.
The old soldiers Of Cherokee county will
have a reunion at Canton on Aug. 30.
The business men Of Dawson are almost
unanimous in their opposition to the boy
colt scheme.
A son, aged years, of Simon Johnson of
Webster county was killed by falling
tree a few days ago
A committee from Albany has gone TO
Montezuma to look at a boat with a view Of
buying it to ply the Flint river between
Albany and Montezuma.
At meeting held by the citizens Of Cor
don a day or two ago company wss
formed for the purpose Of establishing a
a paper to be known as the Gordon Press.
w. Oliver Of Bronwood has received a
prize of 500, offered by the manufacturers
of Stud Horse tobacco, for using more #
it than any other man for the last twelve
months.
At Dempsey, Tuesday, John Heiment,
one of the guards. shot and severely
wounded Thomas Tharpe (coloredl. who
was trying to interfere with one Of the con-
victs at work at the mill
While Mrs. Clark was sitting on the
grass in Grant park at Atlanta, with
party of friends few days ago, she was
stung on the hand by a snake Serious
consequences are not feared.
Calhoun Times: John Gresham found a
lot of snake eggs last Friday and had them
on exhibition at w. d. Fain a. Co. s. The
eggs were cut open and little snakes about
SIX inches long would crawl out.
A few days ago two Of the cottages at the
county poor housenear Dalton were com
completely destroyed by fire, which origin
ated from defective fiue. The loss to the
county will amount to between $500 and
$500.
The confederate veterans had agala
day at their reunion at Montezuma Thurs
day. An elegant feast was set for the
veterans by the good people of Montezuma.
Among those present were Gov. Gordon
and Gen. Phil Cook.
Misses Alice, Minnie, and Lucille Buttrill,
young ladies from Longview, Tex, who are
visiting the family of their uncle, II. Y.
McCord of Conyers, are 50 much alike that
some of their relatives can scarcely tell one
from the other. They also dress very much
alike.
The Jesup Sentinel is one Of the neatest
four-page weeklies in the state, and it's
locals are written in a pointed and interest
ing style that makes the paper popular
wherever it goes. Ben Mihkin is publisher,
proprietor and editor and Albert d. Akin
assistant editor.
At Floyd Springs a negro became Of
fended at a cOlored neighbor and m1de an
effort to kill his whole family by putting
arsenic In the water bucket from which the
family drank. Ten were more or less
poisoned, and the assistance of three physi-
clans was necessary to keep some Of them
alive.
Bill Ayers colored) was killed at Browns
camp, on the Georgia, Carolina and North
ern railroad near Elberton yesterday, by
the explosion of dynamite cartridge. The
cartridge had been fired, but it failed to
explode. Bill aud another negro, after a
reasonable time, went to work to extract it.
The cartridge then went off. killing Bill
and tearing the hands off the other negro.
The Columbus Guards have Just received
from Adjutant-General Kell their commu-
tation for expenses while in camp at Au-
gusta The sum was not only greatly do
layed. but necessarily cut down in amount.
The amount due was $l3S 60, but owing to
the large proportion of the appropriation
being consumed by the railroads for trans
portatlon the Communication of each COM
pany in attendance was diminished.
Vigilance Fire Company No. 2 (colored)
OF Americas won the first and second prizes
at the colored state tournament last year.
Because the company failed to turn out in
the parade the prize money was never paid
them. AT the tournament at Macon this
week an entrance Of twenty odd dollars was
charged. This Dave Dudley, Vigilance's
foreman, refused to pay less it could be
taken out of the overdue prize money. The
committee wouldn't consent, and the Ameri-
Gus team didn't run.
Calhoun Times. Hon. c. C. Haley.
census supervisor for this district, kindly
furnishes US the following approximate fig
ures on the population of Gordon county,
and J. B. Boyd that Of Calhoun and the
town district, to wit: Calhoun, 700; Cal
houn district, 1850; Gordon county, l2,724.
The census of 1880 gives the following
figures for the same places Calhoun, $40:
Calhoun district, 1,71O; Gordon county.
u,l6l. This shows an increase of 1870 in
Calhoun, $40 in the town district aud l,563
in the county.
Frank G.. Ford, who lives about two miles
from Rome, up the Oostanau a river, was
bitten the other day by a rattlesnake while
gathering up some corn in his crib The
reptile was hidden under the corn-husks
and Mr. Ford thrust his thumb almost into
its mouth. AS soon as Mr.. Ford found that
he was bitten by the deadly reptile, he tied
fishing cord tightly around his finger and
cut place in it with his knife, and, taking
the finger into his mouth, he sucked the
blood from the wound and spit it out. By
this means the poiaon was removed.
Two weeks ago last Monday night there
were services at Antioch church, near At
lanta, and among others in attendance were
Joel Williams, a negro boy about II years
of age, and Cora Young, negro girl. Ire
two sat side by side During the exercises
the girl began prodding Williams with a
pin. The hoy took his punishment quietly
for a few minutes hut finally caught the
girls hand and took the instrument Of tor
ture from her, throwing it upon the floor.
Quietly she drew from her hat pin
about five inches in length and
with all her force drove it into
Williams right side, just above his
hip. The pin sank into the flesh until
only the head upon the end could be seen.
1t was painful wound, and the boy spraug
from his seat with yell. Persons present
gathered around him and after learning the
cause of his cries found the pin and drew it
out. The piu had penetrated the body its
full length, but with its removal the pain
ceased and both Williams and the girl re-
manned at the church until the lngreg alton
was dismissed. The next morning the boy
complained Of intense PAIN iu his side and
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