The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-14


Man Horribly Gashed with a Knife
in Wilkes County-A Maconite tc
Present the City Hospital Associa
ton with Building.
GEORGIA
Judge F. Il. Rowe Of Dublin IS so i'll that
his recovery Is dou tful.
The Southern cotton seed oil mil at For
syth mad q close shave from being destroyed
by IRE daY Or two ago.
A new postoffice has been established at
Hounkers. Dodge county, with Justice
Malto Scarborough as postmaster.
John Bryan, one Of Atlanta's tony bar
bers. lost diamond ring few days age
which cost $40. The finder OF the ring
declined 10 receive any kind Of reward.
Some one set fire to the public gin Of Pitts
- Mccullough ~ Naverly Hall, Harris
county. last week. The gin and Its contents
were saved by the timely interposition Of
the people.
Thu establishment Of a city hospital at
Macon Is now almost assured IL is re-
ported that citizen will give a sixteen
room house and all its furnishings to be
used as q building.
A negro convict had both legs broken by
premature explosion of giant power last
Saturday q few miles from Crawfsh He
known cause it exploded
Col. Mhlsdge has ordered an election to
be held fer second lieutenant in the Troup
HussaTs, % fill TIE vacancy caused by the
deatn of Lieut.. J. Z. Swanson. THIS cleo
ton will be held on Dec Il.
Social Circle went WEI last Thursday By
. majority. The liquor license has been
fixed at $500. Three parties have already
made arrangements t. open barroons, aud
-
into the business.
Harvey Wyatt, the negro VINO was tried
at Atlanta Thursday for killing another
negro In Jail few weeks ago, has just been
sentenced to serve tive years in the peniten-
tiary. He was charged with murder, but
the jury found him guilty of manslaugnter
Mrs. Carry May Williams, wife of Peter
j. Williams, VINO was so terribly burned in
their room in the old Eagle boarding house
at Columbus, Wednesday afternoon, while
trying 10 save the life CT her infant, died
from the effects Of her injuries at q late
hour that night.
The gin house of Hon. Henry r. Harris,
in the Seventh district of Meriwether
county, caught fire last week from the fric-
ton Of the gearing in the press room. The
fire flashed instantly over the lint room and
caught the notes under the gin. Prompt
work extingnished the flames.
While the youngest son of George Tur-
ner, who lives near Dublin, was hsuling
cotton Tuesday, IN eros ing one Of the Tur-
key creek bridges the wheel Of his wagon
struck a loose plank, which threw him out
and tie wheel passed directly over his head.
He is In a precarious condition.
Henry II. Simmons of Quiiman lost his
barn and contents by fire Wednesday night.
The barn contained about 800 bushels of
corn and 5000 pounds of fodder. The fire
was discovered TOO late to save anything
except the mules. Mr.. Simmons estimates
his loss at $1,000. The fire was the work of
an incendiary, but as yet no clue has been
obtained to the perpetrator.
A Lawrenceville letter says: ANDREW
L. Baugh, formerly a resident of this
county, but for three years fugitive from
justice, was, a few months ago, hanged by
cowboys on the frontiers OF Texas, for cat
tie stealing. There are two indictments in
this county agains. him for horse and
cattle stealing. ami he ran away from the
county 70 avoid these charges"
On Thursday an ARRAY took place at
Jackson's crossroads, in Wilkes county.
which may terminate fatally. A man
named Benjamin Butler, IN settling &C
counts for ginning with another named
Gresham, got into quarrel, in which
Gresham was seriously cut and stabbed.
There were four cuts and stabs ON the breast
oltlon. Butler has escaped. Both are
white men.
Valdosta Times. Shows come and shows
90, but the most Cynical sight it has been
our fortune 10 behold was the cage exhib-
tied recently on Ashley street, containing
one monkey, one goat, too coons, four dogs,
one negro and one white man. The monkey
was the handsomest animal Of the los aud
the most agile; whenever the dogs began to
ha ,nt,ll
mount the side of the cage In a twinkling,
and save his fur, resource not open to his
two human brethren. who were compelled
to swallow the dust OF the melee.
A brown-skiuued, straight-haired bow
about IA years Of age, was the central figure
OF crowd gathered on Pryor street, at Att
lanta, Friday. He was juggler, and the
tricks he performed were wonderfully Gun
ming. He ate glass bottles as though they
were 50 much cake, and the way be manpu-
lated handkercnietS aud pennies, as well as
a number Of other sleights, was little short
OF marvellous. He gave his name as Willie
Gray, and said his home was in Chatta-
nooga. His father YVES an Indian and from
hlIu ne learned his wonderful tricks. The
little fellow said he had been travelling with
the Baruum q Bailey show untll the close
OF the season, doing his strange tricks
Nearly two years ago Willie Lee Thomp
son left his home, near Atlanta, and since
tnen not a word has been heard Of him
Letters, detectives and kilograms have al
been used to trace him, but without success
small fortune has been expended in vain
efforts to locate the missing boy. The boy
was last seen been by his mother in Marc
1889, and since then her everyday life ha
bee1 continuation of that search she be
gau the morning mis- absence was detected
And the story of that search is an interest
ing one Mrs. A. L. Thompson, the missing
boys mother, resides about four miles from
Atlanta on the Jonesboro road and manage
quite successfully one of best stock aad
dairy farms in Fulton county.
FLORIDA.
A union of the blue and gray will be helC
at Ocala on Jan. 10.
j II Vidal will shortly aract q tnos