The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


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Stealing Ride.
GEORGIA.
Murray couaty's new $1,000 jail has been
completed.
Col. Dudley Campbell died in Rutledg'
last Tuesday.
Ezekiel Lemmox will be hanged at Balm.
bridge June 90.
A confederate veterans association has
been organized at Walnut Valley.
A Dooly county negro named Warren
Mckenzie owns three farms, mill, steam
gin and store.
Hon. +. d. VIM erly, lecturer for tile
third congressional district, will be in Mon
tezuma on June IL TO deliver lecture.
At Rome Julius Browns doors have been
closed by the sheriff. The foreclosure of
two or three mortgages was what did it.
DIR. ]. @. Montgomery has retired from
JOURNALISM, and Messrs Butler and Calder
are now at the helm of the Normandale
Necs.
Andrew Gray, a negro boy aged 10, was
drowned while bathing in pond rear the
Macon Thursday.
The Southern Cadets of Macon are going
TO contest in the prize drill at Indianapolis.
Citizens of Macon have already raised 5000
toward paying their expenses.
The Methodist college for the Eastman
district, to be erected by the Methodist
churches in that district, is to be built
half way between MoRea and Helena.
A crusade will soon be inaugurated in
Eastman against the use of tobacco in any
form, and particularly against the use Of
snuff, which the men claim is a custom as
extravagant as it is useless.
The old county jail at Crawford was sold
last Tuesday to the highest bidder, and it
was bought by Charles II. Golucke for SAL.
The lot where the jail now stands was bid
In by the county commissioners at $50.
Will Ivey, colored man living on the
place OF w. J. MoGrath, near Warrenton,
was attacked tuesday with cramp collie,
caused from drinking a big draught Of water
while very hot He died Thursday night in
great pain.
A party of young men from Augusta
went TO Hollywood on a camp fish Thurs
day. When out in boat it struck a snag,
and the negro cook jumped out and was
drowned. The water was let off and the
body was found.
Guy Cash, Bob Jackson and John Ar
mour, three negroes of Madison, crawled
into boiler on fiat car Monday night to
steal ride to Augusta. The train jumped
the track and the negroes we're badly in
Jured. Cash may die.
The negro, j. o. Berry, who had been in
Jail at Augusta nine weeks and was sup
posed 10 be an escaped convict, was released
By writ OF habeas corpus Thursday aud
went back to Warren county, II was a
case OF mistaken identity. His real name
is Henry Berry Stone.
Will Reed, one OF the Athens murderers
who was shot down and captured OF LexinR
ton sons weeks ago, and who is still in jail
at Lexington, has become strangely afflicted,
and is losing his voice. Physicians are
treating him, but they are not very hope
full OF giving him relief.
As soon as the diplomas have been deliv-
cred ten members of the senior class OF the
university at Athens will leave for the
mountains of North Georgia on a camping
and fishing frolic. They will go well
equipped for the expedition, taking along a
two-horse wagon and all necessary equip
ments.
Wednesday several wool growers took
their clips to Eastman and sold them in a
lump. There were about 1900 pounds in
the lot. 1t was purchased by s. Herman
49, ~ OOss AAboA oOtnO lively DY
other local buyers and one or two parties
from Savannah. About SIS. 700 was placed
IN the growers pockets by this transaction
Mack Varnedo was out on the base ball
ball grounds at Naldosta last Tuesday after
noon, standing near the ''hone plate when
one of the boys was at the bat. A bot ball.
driven with great force from the bat at a
right angle, hit him on the cheek bone and
feiled him to the ground. IL produced az
ugly wound and will trouble him several
days.
The Marietta Journal says: Mrs. Susan
Harwood Of Atlanta has bought the cot.
tage and farm of 100 acres near Dels's mill
at the foot of little Kennesaw mountain
owned by Bob Cleveland of Wartrace
Tenn. Messrs. Bone * Dobbs, real estate
agents made the sale through A Y. Leake
the manager of Mrs. Harwood's BUSH ess
The price paid was e., 900. We understand
Mrs. Harwocd will build handsome sum,
mer residence there.
In Fannin county last week Ancii Greer
and I'D Green were convicted of the muir
der OF William Keener. Ancil was sen
fenced to hang on July 3, and Ed sentsnceC
to life Imprisonment. he TWO are brothers
and married sisters, the daughters of Ayeri
Jones, who gained nctoriety in the case OF
the killing Of Lieut.. McIntyere of thu
United States army some years ago. Tive
others are Implicated in the crime, but
have not been tried yet.
John McDuff Is locked up at Atlanta in
default of $500 bond for attempted robbery
q. L. Burrows reports that Thursday night
he demanded his money ard attacked him
After short struggle Burrows promised tC
give McDuh all the money he had If be
would go with him to his room. The alleged
robber being drunk, agreed, but when tn,
two had proceeded but a snort distance
policeman was met with, to whom Burrows
turned over his assailaut.
A strange accident happened last week a
the penitentiary of the Chattahoochee Bricl
Company. The convicts were WORKING at ,
clay pit during Storm A pair of mule
were being used TO plow up the ground On
mail wa handling the pillow, one drivin,
and great many working very near by
Suddenly there was binding flash of light
ming and the two mules dropped dead ii
their tracks. Strange to say, none of th
convicts were injured in the least
Jessie, the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs
John h. Stokeley, of Crawford, had a mar
row escape "Wednesday of this week. from
horrible death. The child had gone ont I,
the lot unnoticed and got in among the cat
tie Mr.. Stokeley's S75 Jersey COW made
lunge at the child and hooked him dow,
and was in the act of goring him to deaf
when James Anderson happened to hear th
child's screams and reached the scene Il
time 70 drive the COW off and save Jessie,