The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Postmaster Gives Bail A Freight
Train Drops Through a Trestle-An
Old Invoice Of Cotton-A Mysterious
Shooting Case at Lula.
GEORGIA.
Tennille IS now in fair way TO have a
system Of water works at an early date.
DR.. T. J. Kelly. prominent physician Of
Tennille since 1884, has gone 70 locate at
Indian Spring.
DIR. J. II. Carraker, a brilliant and popu-
lar young physician, died Saturday at his
home in Molina Of pneumonia, superinduced
by the grip.
Postmaster Baker of Davisboro. who was
arrested on account of deficit Of 81, l24 ia
his accounts, has made the amount good
aud is out on $500 bail.
George G. Folsom, editor Of the Eastman
7ImeS-JoWrndl, has gone to Brunswick,
where he has been offered position on the
Brunswick Advertiser.
coiored woman named Emma Berry
was murdered by her husband at Columbus
Tuesday night. He cut her throat with a
razor after pleasantly calling her upstairs to
her room. he escaped.
W. r. Schaufels, the senior Of w. +.
Schaufele 81 Co., has sold his interest in
thir general store at Tennills to N. M.
Franklin. The new firm will be Brown a.
Franklin. Mir. Schaufeie goes to Augusta.
The Manchester cotton mill in Vineville,
suburb of Macon, is now running day and
night Only during meal times is the ma
chInery not in motion, and over 100 bales OF
cotton pass though the mill aud are spun
into thread every week. New machinery is
constantly being added.
Capt r. E. Park has received notific1-
tioa of the fact that he has been appointed
member of Gov. Northen's staff, with the
rank Of lieutenant colonel This makes the
fourth Maconite that the governor has
chosen TO honor in this manner. The others
are Edgar s. Wilson, Rolf Sims and A W.
Kennedy.
The Tribune of Rome tells Of two young
men in that city, whose names are not
given, who recently played q practical
joke on the porter at tie Armstrong hotel.
They showed him box in the corner of the
room and told him they would give him S.
20 open it. as 1t contained the corpse Of
child. With a scream the porter rushed
from the room and fled the hotel. he has
not been seen in Rome since.
AT Lawrenceville few days ago the IL
year-oId son of |. j. Burson was pretty
badly cut ny his cousin, 10 years of age, a
son of Dave Burson. The two little fellows
were playing together, when dispute arose,
and the cutting followed. The wounded
boy was severely cut under the left arm 1,
and the lung was almost reached by the
blade of the knife. To DIR. Poore's skill
young Burson owes his speedy recovery.
a. H. Dean was ordered from the Office
of the Arlington hotel at Gainesville Tues
day night by Wink TAYLOR, the proprietor,
and refused to 60 Taylor thereupon slapped
him in the face. Dean whaled Taylor over
the head with his cane. Taylor at once re-
sorted to the hip pocket for the persuader,
and fired at Deans spare figure as it dis
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result Of smashing the plate glass in the
door.
Capt Halvor Iverson, who recently pur-
chased the schooner Howard Smith, chat
was wrecked on Doboy bar several months
ago, has saved all the masts, sparj and rig~
ging from the wrecked vessel, and has had
them lowed to Brunswick. IL is supp )sed
that tho sale Of these alone will amount to
$1,000 at least. He still has tine vessel, with
many Of the appurtenances, left, besides 15t
bars of railroad iron. He only paid $l2 for
the wreck when sold at public outcry.
The Griffin Call has just been shown an
invoice of 119 bales of cotton shipped from
Griffin to Brigham q Carhart of New York.
The shipment was made Dec. %, 1S49, by
l. R. Brewer, who was one OF Gritfin's
largest cotton buyers Of that day. The cost
of the 119 bales, freight expenses, discount,
etc, for the cotton delivered on board a
VESSEL dgSregabco NV,4Vo Vos lne lhNolce is
over FORTY years old, but Is in a clear, bold
hand, and not blot or blur appeared upon
figure or letter.
Tuesday the train running from Cedar
town 70 Rockmart came very near being
wrecked within a mile of Rockmart A
huge tree had been uprooted by the wind
and had fallen across the track. The lgine
fortunately broke the tree in the middle,
and as the tracks were wet from the morn
Inc In ha trao fbo
track and the train proceeded. The fire.
man jumped from the cab when the shock
was felt, and landed up to his neck in water,
much to the amusement Of the passengers
and trainmen.
Silas Fordham of Waverly, New York
and j. M. Hunter Of Cincinnati, are on
their way to Cumberland Island, where, in
copartnership, they own about 1000 acres
OF land. On the tract IS O high knoll or
hilIock, covered with trees, on which there
is plenty of room to build large hotel. 1t
Is also near q deep water landing, and the
tract has two miles OF beach on the east.
The possibilities are that these gentlemen
will build hotel on the knoll, either with
their own capital or as part of a syndicate,
which. 1t is said, can easily be formed for
that purpose.
Augusta Herald: The way freight on
the Port Royal and Western Carolina rail-
road that left Spartanburg Tuesday morn
ing went through the second trestls on the
other side of Woodlawn last night The
engine was heavy, six driving wheel, Of
the Mogul pattern, and it is supposed that
the trestle was too weak, and breaking with
the weight precipitated the whole trail a Of
seven box cars and a cab into the stream
below. The wife of the fireman, however
was riding in the cab and was badly
bruised about the head, and negro train
hand received severe injuries, the exact nat
ure of which is not known.
The case of Edward s. Smith, by hi:
friend, Henry N. Smith, VS.. the Metropolis
tan Street Railroad Company has bser
taken up in tbs city court of Atlanta. On
July 10, 1889. Ed s. Smith, a small
boy, was driving wagon load of water.
melons along Mitchell street, when the
dummy line ran into the wagon aud
smashed it, scattering the melons, The boz
was thrown under the wheels, and his leg.
were broken in two places. He sues foI
$4,000 on account OF the injuries he re-
oeived, which he claims were inflicteC
through the gross carelessness OF the COM
panys employees. His father, Henry N
Smith, sues for $4,000 for the injuries in
hicted upon his son.
A man by the name of John L. johnson
had an advertisement put in the Walker
(toHnf9I MeSsenOp1. last waak in vhiCh ft