The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Fatally lDJuEeu --s4IH9'4 -
Wife Robbed of q Diemond-Mrs
Felton's Movement TO Establish
wife's Department on Every Farm in
Georgia.
Some strange disease is attacking the COWS
.hont Dalton. Numbers OF them have
already died.
The new postofice to be established at
Plants store in Heard county will be known
as "AIvan," in honor of Judge Alvan d.
Freeman.
Rem McGruder, a negro burglar who es-
csped from the Randolph county jail about
twelve years ago, is again behind the oars
of that institution IN Cuthbert.
George Venable cut Henry Wilkersons
throat at Macon Wednesday night, infiict-
ing a cash that nearly struck the luguiar
vein. They had quarreled. Nenable es-
capped.
Two men giving their names as J. /.
Steiner and Ben F. Ernsteln, both Of
New York. have been arrested ct Jack
son for driving away with a livery team
they hired at Griffin.
Mrs. ". H. FELTON, will organize club in
every county of the state to impress the
farmers with the utility Of setting aside rlve
or ten acres for raising household and barr
yard necessities IL ID W 10 CailS0 w hos
Farm.
Jim Tisby, a negro brakeman on the
Georgia Southern road, died Wednesday in
Macon from injuries resolved Tuesday
night. Tisby was coupling cars at Wells
ton. when be fell between them and was
crushed by the wheels A leg and foot
were badly mangled.
Fire broke out in the woods in the lower
portion Of Pulaski county on Thursday last
destroying the fencing around the planta-
ton Of ]. 7. Stephens and burning nearly all
his corn in the field and all his fodder. The
farms of Mathew Herndon and d. MoKin-
ney we're also badly damaged.
The Pandora, published at the state uni
versity, is now a certainty. For a while it
was feared that the difference between the
fraternities might hinder the publication OF
the college annual. But this has all been
settled by the election Of two editors-in-
chief and two business managers with equal
footing as to Office
w. S. Cox of LaGrange sold his plow
factory and lumber yards 70 Pike Bros
of Hogansville last Saturday They will
take possession at once, and work viii be
resumed as the stock can be taken. Mr.
Cox is making his arrangements TO begin
work on the new school buildings at Man.
chester next spring.
Sunday at negro church near Monroe,
dim Hops and another negro were quar-
reling. William Robertson, q quiet, inof-
fensive negro, who was standing near, went
up to the two who were quaTreling, and
simply asked them not to be fussin1 near
the church. Hops drew his pistol and shot
him down. he died in about six hours
The murderer escaped.
At Albany Thursday little babe OF Bob
Wallace was burned by falling into the IRE.
Mrs. Wallace had left the child in her bed
room aud was in the kitchen locking after
domestic duties. She heard the child scream.
and rushing into the room found that the
little one had fallen into the fireplace She
rescued the little babe before IL was fatally
burned, but its hands and forehead were
pretty badly affected.
Mrs. Cleveland, the wife Of W. 8. Cleve
HAND. the minstrel man, had valuable pin
stolen from her room in the Park hotel at
Macon W Wednesday. The police were no
titled Of the theft at once and are at work
on the case. The pin was a large one and
composed Of a number OF beautiful and
valuable stones. Mrs. Cleveland left tht
pin IN her trunk and was out in town wher
the theft occurred.
F. NJ McLendon, who runs the old Far.
mum house at Dawson, met with a loss on
bis farm near Dover few nights ago. An
old gin house, which was used to store cot
ton seed, ETC.. was burned, together with
1000 pounds Of seed cotton, I, 200 bushels OF
cotton seed and a quantity of fodder Mr..
McLendon's loss is about $3.50. The house
belonged to Judge J. B. Perry, and was
worth about 800. MIR. MoLendon thinks
the fire was the work of an incendiary.
A correspondent in a South American
port writes that fugitive who had been
hiding in Middle Georgia and suddenly dis,
appeared, has turned up down there. The
fugitive committed forgery IN St Louis
ana large reward was offered for him
He was located below Macon, but before
the detectives got their hands on him he
"lft" out. There was not clew aGd thu
authorities could not have been more NOS
plussed had the earth opened and swallowed
him.
Lee Bird, a citizen of Houston county
and Louis Davidson, a citizen of Macon
we're tried before Commissioner Erwin il
the United States court at Macon Wednes
day morning on charge OF embezzlement
They were both placed under $3.50 bond x
appear at the Iext term of the United
States court The charge against the twC
men was that during last September thsJ
emoezzled letter containing SIS, and ad
dressed to r. Madison, a negro watermelon
planter in Houston county.
A brakeman of the East Tennessee Vir
GINA and Georgia railroad named Ross me
with fatal accident on Monday at Varnel
station, which resulted in his death. i
was his first trip. and in walking on top O.
the moving cars he missed his footing anC
fell between them. The wheels passed owe
one arm and leg. Inangling them terribly
The unfortunate man was taken to Dalton
where his leg was amputated, but he sanl
rapidly under his injuries and died ebout
O'Clock Monday night. He lived In Soutl
Carolina.