The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Street Car st Macon-The Blue MD
bon EaIe at the Macon Fair" ash
ington Votes IN Favor Of Free
sohools-A Dwelling Eouse BurneS
at Warrenton.
GEORGIA.
Tom Webb will be hanged in Washing
= ton on Friday next
The Prssbyterians Of Austell are 20 Gulle
q church TO cost s., 800.
On next Sunday the question OF IFes
pews will De brought up at the rlrst =
byterisn church OF Macon and the menloel
will vote on it
jackson Argus: The engine OF the JACK
son oil mill has been fired NJ. the Oe'1s pus
on and now the mil Is grinding ssen a. tne
rate of twenty tons per day
Galloway tcoloredl Of AbbeTiIe. VINO was
so severely burt that his rlght zee uau " -; "
smputated and his left leg oroken' oleu
SATURDAY evening from his injuries.
Washington has decided IN favor OF free
.chooIs The vote srood 81 for and 81
against the measure. Boads 70 the amount
Of $1,000 viii be issued, and handsome
buildings will be erected
Can't. McMaster Of the Burke Light lnH
fantry has offered handsome gold medal
for the best drilled member Of his com
pany. The company IS steadily increasing
81 membership, snd is drilling regularly.
Az St Marys last week an old negro
woman, who was very nearly blind, acci-
dentslly turned lamp over which ignited
her clothing and she was badly burned be-
fore assistance arrived. She hVed ABOUT
dav and died from the burns.
HogansvsIls Hustler: Hogsusviils ami
FRANKLIN will soon talk together by tsle-
iphone Franklin and Corinth have taken
their sosrs OF the stock, and knowing Ho-
gansyil!es enterprising spirit, Mr.. Taylor,
who has the construction IN charge, has
begun work ct Franklin. The line, he says,
will be in operation inside Of three weeks.
Forsyth will soon have new paper. \
stock company has been organized and the
outfit ordered, AMI the company expects to
put out the first issue within TIE next two
weeks The paper will be in charge Of 8.
I B. Burr. who is an old newspaper man. Hs
was for u long time editor Of the telegraph
and Messenger OF Macon. and the Cuth-
berth Appeal at Cuthbert
/ Near Austel Sunday, the 16-month-old
F3nfant of John Churchhin, was LETT by its
grandmother near the fire. while she went
to look for pair of spec5acles. When sha
returned she found the little fellow had
crawled to the fireplace and fell headlong
fnto the flaming Goals. He was horribly
burned ON the head and face and died in a
few hours after much suffering
At Wavnesboro last Wednes lay morning
a mulatto woman who cooks for Mir. Rothe's
family, accidentally set Der clothing on fire.
As soon as she discovered her danger she
crushed TO her mistress and grabbing hold
of her would soon have had her afre but
for the resistance that Mrs. Rothe and
her daughter offered. Fortunately an UNI
brella-meDder passing at that moment sew
the situation aud came to the rescue, A
liberal use of blankets and water stopped
the fire, but not before the woman was
badly burned.
Warren Moran, the year-old son Of
A. W. Moran 0: augusta, a carpenter, who
slives at 1912 Market street, was knocked
down by an electric car and painfully hurt
Monday. The little fellow was playing
with companion alongside Of the track at
she corner Of McKinnie and Broad streets.
He attempted to cross the track in front
of Harrisburg car, but was knocked down
and run over before the car could be
stopped. The boy was badly bruised.
and the left temple artery was cut,
but no bones were broken.
At Warrenton Saturday the dwelling
house Of THOMAS II. Nay was discovered 70
tbe on fire. The alarm was sounded and
people rushed 10 the rescue Of the inmate.
sof the house. who were all soundly sleeping
The house was occupied by W. J. Freeman
and family and his son-in-law, j. w.
Thompson, wife and babe. Not one had
been awakened by the cracking flames
which were rapidly eating into the main
portion of the house from ths kitchen
.sSYhere the fire originated So rapidly dix
'bhe flames consume the building that moth
tng was saved but mattress aDd feather
sbed and two chairs. The house was in
'sured in the Georgia Home for 81 900.
Drs. Robert Westmoreland and Fl
Griffin came near being seriously injured a
AsAIanta Sunday III a runaway accident
They We're driving down Marietta street i
, a buggy when the horse became frightene
at au electric car and ran away. The ca
was coming up behind them, and the hors
became Interchangeable and ran across tn
track directly in front Of the car. The ca
struck the vehicle, tearing up q wheel. Tbi
frightened the horse still worse, and b
made violent plunge, throwing the ger
NeInen out and tearing the buggy int
pieces Tho gentlemen were both painful
Ebruised but not seriously hurt Call Offics
Ivy made a case against the motorman i
charge Of the car for reckless runnfng.
The blue ribbon bale of cotton at til
Macon fair was the cause of some diScussio
among the several cotton men Of Mace
who saw it Saturday. While Capt A.
NParrott and friend, who is a well-know
warehousetnan, were strolling through ii
building, the latter remarked that be WI
consigned two bales of cotton from the fai
Just then their attention was attracted (
the blue ribbon bale. The gentlemen il
ispected it and found that the bale had M
been sampled, thereby causing them son
surprise. They pinohed the bale and passt
their Judgment on the staple, at once pre-
nouncipg il good middliug and worth
cents in this market. The captain saws |
can duplicate it in grade, weight, size an
quality any day in the cotton season. H
thiaks better cotton could be exhibited
the fair.
Macon Telegraph: An officer of Mace
relates the folio wing: One evening duriu
the fair, when a car at the depot was beir
filled with strangers anxious to return
their homes, pick-pocket was caught by
hurley countryman IN the act of taking b
pocketbook. The countryman threw q
thief down on the floor of the car. al
while the scutiilng was going on the par
ner-the man who stands near by and TAX
the loot-saw that strategy must be r
sorted to to save his pal. and he yelled GU
Look out, he has pistol" This caused
Jet up and stampede, during which 81
thief escaped. There were five empty boo
ON the floor, and when this discovery W
made each man felt in his pocket. Five
those passengers had been robbed in IL
than two minutes, and yet knew nothil
of 1t until the empty books were found
the floor.
Macon Telegraph: City Electrician Hun