The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
TEE NEWS OF raa TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Busna Vista-A Contractor at Am Or
icus Absconds With Several Hundred
Dollars of Another Mans Money
Negro woman's Neck Broken by a
Fail from Il or Cabin Door.
GEORGIA
The Brunswick Rifle Club has been per-
manently organized
Lee Patterson, who lives a few miles ont
from Americas, was badly bitten by a mule
a few DAYS ago while feeding tae animal
A republican mas meeting in Americas,
Saturday, was broken up by having a hat
passed around for money for campaign ex-
penses.
In a fight between Job Hinton and John
Cochran, at Newton Factory, Hinton was
seriously hurt by being hit with q monkey
-x-snch
The ordinary Of Coffee county has de-
clined to accept the returns of the registra.
ton on the grounds that none of it has been
legally done.
The Japanese village. which has been on
exhibition for some time past in New York,
will be one Of the curiosites at the state
fair in Macon.
Gus Lassiter, youth employed by Coney
s. Parker Of Brunswick, was sent to the
bank with deposit of $3.50, which he lost
while on the way.
A negro boy named General Gatewood
was shot and killed at Social Circle last
Saturday by a negro man named Jim
Campbell Campbell skipped.
Judge Crovalt, the county judge at Bruins
WICK, has given notice that all Sunday
DRINKS coming before him on Monday will
be required to tell where they obtained their
whisky.
There is pear tree on Mrs Cape's plan
tation, three miles from Homer, which, by
sctual measurement was found to be ten
feet in circumference, or little over three
feet in diameter.
Ben Cook, one of the Oldest printers In
the state, died at his home In Baldwin
county last week at an advanced ags. He
was one of the men who helped t. print
''Joe Browns Georgia money in ante
bellum days.
lobe Donaldson, a colored baker Of
Townsville, was robbed of all his savings
$l25, by Joe Williams, his ne ohew, Sunday
Williams fed to Monticello, Fla, but was
captured, and all but 81 90 Of the money
was recovered
The first cargo of cotton 10 leave Bruins.
wick for this season left by the British
steamship Caloric, Monday, for Liverpool
England. She carried $500 bales Of cot
ton, valued at 1855, 900, from the Brunswick
Terminal Company.
II HedNy Thlu, dCcOTuDduIeu Dy nan ana
wind, struck Names Sunday afternoon,
doing considerable damage to the opel cot
ton. Farmers about Names say that Sep
TENDER has been very unfavorable month
for gathering cotton.
The little li-year-old daughter OF Mrs
Mallory Of LaGrange fell from the banisters
OF the steps on Friday, and had the misfor-
tune to fracture her collar bone. She re-
ceived prompt surgical attention, and is
oil rid
Johnnie Jones, a little colored boy, was
bitten by mad dog Monday on old Hous-
ton road, near Macon. The dog threw him
down and bit him on the knee. He was
carried to the doctor and had his wound
dressed The dog was killed by Baker
Aultman.
At Brunswick Tuesday night at 8 O'clock q
man who hid himself bshind a tree at the
corner of Egmon and Mansfield streets fred
on belt line street car with a rifle. Driver
Wright and Ii colored man, who was pas
senger on the car, saw the m IN run after
he fired the cowardly shot, and believe him
TO be white man. Fortunately the shot
injured 10 one.
Monday night at Thomasville Homer
Miller. (colored) was assaulted on lower
jackson street by another negro who is
known as big Six" and badly carved up.
tie was severely cut in the neck, shoulder
hand By DR.. Culpepper, who dressed his
wounds. big SIX skipped before the
officers reached the scene.
There will be q sensational suit brought
against MIR. Simmons, tine new principal OF
the Athens public schools 1t Is the first
case of the kind which has ever happened in
Athens, and consequently is already excit-
ing great do i of interest aud comment.
w. l.. Wood IS prosecutor and makes the
mn Mr. H., l. d..
13-year-old son, Reaves Wood.
Annie Taylor, a negro woma n about 30
years of age, who lived near Midland, came
TO quite tragic end Sunday An eve
witness says that re fell from the door of
her cabin. She was picked up dead few
monsnts later, and the dari los say her
neck was broken by the fall; it is most
prooa0le, however, that her sudden decease
was from apoplexy or heart disease.
Americas Recorder: Monday NIGHT
Fred Lemon and Cooper Dudley went
out on possum hunt. They were
more lucky than the usual possum hunters
are, end t1eir work was much quicker done
than is the average job of that kind. Thew
were gone but two hours, and brought home
eight OF the finest and latest 'possums that
could be found ia all Southwest Georgia
David Funderburk was run over by a
freight train near Box Springs about mid
he died Sunday morning. Mr.. Funderburk
was acting as Waterman at the railroad
bridge across Upatoie creek, and it Is sun
posed that ne fell asleep while sitting on a
crosstie. He was go years old aud leaves a
wife aud several children, all Of whom are
grown.
Lumpkin Independent: While cloud
was rising yesterday afternoon Alb Forest
tcolored) was driving an OK team about Il
miles southwest of town. Suddenly light
ming struck tree on the side of the road.
stunned and scorched Alb and Frustrated
both Of his oxen. After half an hour one
of the oxen revived, but the other was in
stantly killed. Alb thinks be had a pretty
close call.
At Charlie Philpot's gin, in Harrisonville
district OF Troup county, two negro
boys got in a fuss on SATURDAY. morn
ing last, when one of them shot the other
with revolver, the ball penetrating the
breast and going through the lung. The
wounded negro is critically shot and may
not recover. His assailant left Immediately
for Alabama with about forty negroes in
pursuit. who declared they would bring him
back.
A man named Robert Nix, who had as
sumed the alias of Jesse James, has beer
building house for Lieut. Wheeler of the
Americas police force. Saturday he wa,
piV0l EaVprai hundraJ 1oIlo-. - :.