The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF rdE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

GEORGIA.
The Jail at Alphare.ta Is without an in
mate
The Worth county fair will be held a
Poulan Oct "a and IS.
Talbot county will have a colt and grade
cattle show in October.
Several boys who failed to enter the Uni
versity of Georgia have gone to Mercer.
The colored Methodists of Talbot count
are holding camp meeting at India
Springs.
The population of Conyers in 1880 wa
I,S76 Ia 1880 it was 1922, a decrease o
forty-four.
John Faulks dealt Jim Williams a blow
at Columbus with a crow bar Tuesday tina
may prove fatal. Both are negroes.
Robert Cousson, a white man. has been
arrested in Emanuel county, charged witt
burglary committed in Bryan county.
Col 7. J. Burney is engaged in raising q
fund with which to erect a monument x
the late Col. Albert r. Lamar Of Macon.
Tuesday morning at Columbus Jones
Walker. an employe of the Central railroad
compress, had three OF his toes mashed OIL.
Walter Reynolds, well known in news
paper circles in Georgia, has accepted po-
sftion on the editorial staff Of the Brunswick
Times.
Mrs. ]. H. Stark, a very old lady, fell
from her buggy IN front of the Gate City
National Bank Atlanta, Monday, and dislo-
Gated her hip.
George Shaver, who is employed at the
Eagle and Phoenix mills, Columbus, had
two fingers cut of in the machinery Tues
day morning.
John Armstrong cclored) was seriously
cut at the corner Of l aud e streets,
Brunswick, Wednesday night. Armstrong
said he did not know his assaiant.
A young man named Kin Giddens went
to the house of MIR. Snipe in Coffee county
while intoxicated, and behaved so badly
that Mr.. Snipe stabbed him in the right
side.
Two little girls who had been abandoned
by their parents were found wandering In
the streets at Atlanta Tuesday. They were
placed in charge Of the sisters at the con-
vent.
A man named Holland, living near Dew's
mill, Gordon county, was thrown from q
mule while on his way to the mill on Tues
day of last week, and died from his injuries
on the following day.
One day last week while Dock Laslie was
hunting near Cochran, a whippoorwul few
and lit on his head. Mr.. Leslie threw no
his hand and caught the bird and now he
has it in his possession.
Richard Benjamin (colored), tenant on
Isham Greshams place in Gritter district,
Cobb county, one day last week picked 4l2
pounds of cotton. His little boy, 10 years
old. picked So7 pounds in the same day.
A negro named Sherman Tooke, who
lives on the George farm, near Houston
factory, in Houston county, came near
losing his life on Wednesday Of last week
through having taken morphine by mistake
for quinine.
On Friday evening little Tommie, son of
ID. H. Littlefeld Of Gordon county, was out
in the pasture looking up the COWS. Among
them was bull. The bull turned upon the
little fellow and gored him TO the ground,
breaking his collar bone.
Rev. H. A. Hodges has taken up the work
of rebuilding factory chapel Ia East Ma
con for Sunday school and night school,
The chapel was built once, but it was blown
down in a storm last spring. Subscriptions
are being made Literally.
The commitment trial of James Moore.
who killed his father, Handy Moore, with
an ak last Saturday night, came up before
Justice Sheriff. at Griffin Tuesday morn
ing. After full investigation the justice
dismissed the case and set James free.
George Willis, a negro well-digger, met
with a horrible death Tuesday afternoon.
He had just finished cleaning the well of
George Jones and was standing on the edge
of the well, when from cause, his feet
slipped and be fell to the bottom of the well
breaking his neck.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
May Avery to William Wilkins Of Green
vile, 8. G. Miss Avery is the daughter Of
Col l. w. Avery, the well-known Georgia
journalist Mr.. Wilkins is a member one of
the first families IN South Carolina, and is a
wealthy young banker of Greenville.
A number of wagons passed through
Warrenton Saturday. followed yesterday
by still larger number, bearing squads Of
railroad hands who had just finished con-
tract in North Georgia, and all en- route for
South Carolina to work on the new road
being built between Columbia and Savan-
nah.
On Monday night thief entered No. II
Martin street, Atlanta, occupied by the
families of s. T. Bussey Of the Ballard
Transfer Company and man by the nsme
of Burnham. The thief secured S35 in
money from Burnham. He took 81 05 from
Bussey's pocketbook, leaving 81 10 his pants
pocket.
Emanuel Smith, negro barn burner
from Muscogee county, has escaped from
the camps Of the Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany near Atlanta, and is supposed to be
lurking somewhere in the neighborhood of
Columbus. Emanuel is regarded as a dam
gerous character, and the officers are keep
ing sharp lookout for him.
At Marietta Wednesday Foster Barber.
son of j. B. Barber, living two miles south
OF town, had the misfortune TO have his
right hand and arm terribly lacerated by
being caught in a cotton gin. 1t is feared
the limb will have to be amputated. w. s.
Bruise, prominent farmer, was killed by
the same giu few years ago.
While out possum hunting near Talbottou
several nights ago, q couple of negro men
met with quite serious misfortune, A
tree which they were cutting down fell
across them, breaking the spine of one and
fracturing the collarbone of the other. The
former, 1t is reported, cannot live. Will,
the latter is not considered out of danger.
Calvin Payne, a young negro boy, dice
Monday at Atlanta. Tom Payne and his son
Calvin. were taken sick few DAYS ago
The doctor was sent for and he gave them
medicine After taking two doses of it
the two negroes became much worse
Calvin died Monday aud his father is nov
very Ill. II is thought the wrong medicin,
was given TO them
Charles Wood, (white) cut Ned Peacocl
tcoloredl near Tennille Tuesday in a fiSh
about some money Wood had loaned I,
Ned upon promise to pick cotton. /
seems that Wood went to a neighbours fieIC
where Ned and his family were pickins
cotton, and, after some words. Wood wa
attacked by Ned and his family, the result
being the cutting and leaving Wood maste