The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Into a Lighter and Used at Bruins
wick-Young Female College the
Scene of a Small Bleze--A Negro
Boy Killed by Rope Used at a
Hanging.
GEORGIA
Wallace Poe of Macon died Thursday of
consumption.
NJ. N Rountree & Co. of Swainsboro will
soon have their planning mill finished.
J. B. Toomer is to spend Sc, 900 in enlarg-
ing and improving his hotel at Athens.
At Athens, Wednesday, a wind storm
blew down aud badly damaged the tent of
Mr. Culpepper, the revivalist. After the
accident Prince Hodgson presented him
with $1,000.
LAST week while a farmer Of Gordon
county was blowing in his corn field one of
his eyes dropped out and was covered up in
the soil and lost A hong and patient
search was made. but the lost eye could not
be recovered. 1t was glass eye.
Tom Divine. negro tramp bailing from
Atlanta, left atlanta Thursday night on the
third section of through freight No 6. As
the train pulled out of Greensboro he fell
from the bumper and nine cars passed over
his leg, crushing it SO that amputation Yves
necessary.
A wind and hail storm raised over
fencing, and few small houses, but no oae
was hurt seriously, ard the greatest damage
was done in blowing off pears and blowing
down and washing the growing crops. 1t
was the hardest wind and rain seen there in
several years, but fortunately the area
covered was small.
Cuthbert Leader: A negro boy living in
the Sixth district met his death in curious
manner last week, The boy was subject to
md hnf "a In
ing person would cure them, his father
came to town and got piece of the rope
Sam Smelling was hanged with aad return
ing home tied 1t around his boys neck. The
boy had fit shortly after ward and it is
supposed the commissions caused the neck to
swell and the boy was choked to death
before the cause Of the trouble was dis
covered.
A short time before the commencement
exercises at the Young Female College at
Thomasville, Wednesday night, Mrs Robert
Dekel went into a clothes room to prepare
the children for the exercises. She had a
lamp in her hand and in some manner the
flames from the lamp were communicated
to the clothes hanging on racks and in a
moment the closet was in flames. Mr..
Dekel was in the house. and with few
buckets of water extinguished the fire. The
damage is slight. MIR. Dekel had a suit of
clothes that he had just bought that day
ruined. He was insured.
The negroes on Col. w. H. Thibbs plan
tatioD, in Murray county, are in a state of
considerable excitement and uneasiness,
having received a communication from the
"whlte ca s" notifying them OF probable
visit before long. Notwithstanding the de-
termlned efforts made by the law-abiding
citizens Of Murray county to suppress
''white capn depredations, this clan of So
called regulators continues to make mis-
chief and trouble. They institute e raid
when least expected, and the officers Of the
law fad it extremely difficult to apprehend
or arrest any Of them. The people will not
rest content, however, until the county is
cleared of 'white-cap" rule.
At Conyers, on Tuesday night, VIII Ho>
gan (colored) burned a hole through the top
of the jail and made his escape He was
locked up some time ago for breaking in
Elliott's store. No trace could be found of
him Wednesday morning with the exception
of letter addressed to the dear people
of Conyers, in which he stated most en-
phatically that he had made his departure,
and that, according to his desire in the mat
ter, he would remain out of town IL they
would agree not to bother him. He con-
fessed stealing the watches, etc., and said
that some one else was with him. Among
other things. in his letter he stated that the
Lord helped him to get out OF Jail, and not
any of his friends.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: Ned Steely, a
negro working at Fl. NJ. Rountree g. Co. s
saw-mill, was instantly killed Monday
evening. He was working in the shingIe
mill at the boiling saw, and went to saw a
small piece Of timber in two. which by some
means hung the saw. breaking it in several
pieces. which few in every direction,
about three pieces hitting the negro, cut
ting his right arm off near his shoulder.
Another, striking him in the stomach
going through his body, cut his backbone
in two, and then went through piece of
scantling near by. That piece Of the saw
alone would have killed three orifour men
had they been in its course. His body also
was cut quite half in two. He uttered one
groan and died without a word.
Griffin Call: A few days since a $40 ,00C
draft came through the express company
from Boston on a firm in Griffin. The
Sbject the Boston firm had in drawing
through the express company was, evil
IDENTIFY. to save the cost of exchange Wher
the draft was presented by the agent of the
express company here payment wa.
promptly made, but every dollar of it was
in silver. How to handle that amount Of
specie was problem the agent was to solve
He had made a sack of heavy goods
and into it he dumped his ten thout anC
shining dollars, and after sealing ane
properly marking the same dray wa
called TO transport the money to his office
Two negro men could barely place tn,
package upon dray. but it was shipped il
order and will reach its owner in Boston
probably to-day. When the Boston hous
pays the freight and counts It's change i
will probably conclude it poor economy +
use the express company for the collectio
of bills in order to save few dollars on ex
change.
Brunswick Times: During the reign c
Gen. B. F. Butler in New Orleans it seem
that the people living on the Merrima
river in Louisiana got into a controvers
with railroad corporation in regard to
bridge built across the river by said corpora
ton. The people claimed that the bridg
obstructed river navigation, while the rail
road people contended that it was impossi
BILE for boats to ply on the river above tn
bridge. In their extremity the people ap
pealed to Gen. Butler to help them solv
the difficulty. Gen. Butler went to wor
and had a sternwheel steamer constructe
several miles above the bridge. and name
it the Merrimac. When the vessel was com
pleted he had it heavily loaded with rock an
steaming down to the bridge demanded o
the railroad authorities that they remov
the obstruction placed across the river, S
that he could pass with his boat. The raj
road men saw that they were cornered, an
SO constructed a drawbridge at once, pay