The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Train Without Provocation-A Cy
clone in Lee County-Marshal Cor
bett Dragged From a Boat by {
Shark "A Negress Charged With
Infanticide.
GEORGIA.
A car of melons was shipped from Quit
man yesterday.
William Jones, alias Buchanan, has been
arrested charged with numbering man in
Tennessee.
Saturday lingtning struck the va
riety works of l. L. Griffin near the depot
ct Quitman and they were burned
Quitman was blessed Saturday with q
fine rain. 1t was the first good shower that
had fallen in nine weeks. Everything il
very much refreshed.
Marshallville being the home of the peach,
would have a canning factory but for the
fact that our peaches command so high q
price that Gamers cannot buy them.
During the week just closed S25, 900 of the
stock of the Columbus Investment Com
pany's new series was subscribed and paid
for. Many of the members were from
points outside the city.
The Macon Evening Netos now represents
an investment Of $4,000. 1t has just put
in fast press, will be stereotyped and en-
the Evsntng Ne,Os good luck.
Thomas J. White Of Griffin left Sunday
for Endlsy, O., where he will be united in
marriage to Miss Eleanor Glessner to-mor-
row. He was accompanied by Capt. d. J.
Bailey, his best man, and Col. d. Glessner,
brother of the bride.
Capt. H. H. Tiff of Triton has Just re-
ceived $50, 900 feet of No. wire with which
to construct trelises for the vineyards of
-
Tiff. The building Of these trellises is a
mammoth undertaking, but when COM
pleted they will stand for an indefinite
period.
There was a heavy wind and hailstorm
and rain just east of Leesburg Friday,
which blew down K. A. Forrester's barn and
two-story gin house and badly damaged his
corn, cotton and melon crops. IL also dam
aged the crops of Others near by. Thursday
night there was a severe rain and hail west
OF Leesburg, damaging crops aud killing
birds.
Joel ID. Dean, prominent farmer living
in the southern portion of Clarke copnty,
was working on his farm Saturday and be-
came very much heated. He was thirsty
and took large draught of cold spring
water. 1t was not long before be was at
the point Of death. Medical aid was sum-
moned, and at last accounts he was some
better.
United States Marshal W. P. Corbstt re-
turned Saturday to Macon from
been on official business During
his stay there. while fishing on snap
per bank, be caught shark, which in its
efforts TO escape drew him by the fishing
line out of the boat. He escaped with a
good wetting.
B. P. Garland, an aged highly respected
citizen Of Miner, made fatal mistake In
taking dose Of medicine Saturday The
old gentlem an had been sick for some time.
but bad greatly improved the past few days,
aud he thought he would take a dose OF
paregoric. By mistake be took a dose of
earbohc acid, which resulted in death in less
than two hours.
DR.. ]. r. Hunnicutt of the agricultural
department has been elected president of
the Fulton County horticultural and Po-
biological Society. The doctor has inter
esttng schemes in mind to broaden the reach
Oh the association. He is providing for a
series OF lectures and hopes at no distant
date to interest the whole state In horti-
cultural and pomological matters
b. n. Wilburn, an overseer looking after
the hands working the county roads at the
Brooks camp, near Atlanta, was knocked
In the head with a stone Saturday and seri-
ously and perhaps fatally hurt, by a negro
named VIII Wood, who drove a SWEEPER
Wilbur reproved the negro and was as
saulted on this account The overseer
hangs between life aud death at the hos
pital His skull is badly cracked.
Ocouee Enterprise: Mr.. ]. w. Watson
TED his milk cow on one of our back
streets last Saturday to Craze. In walking
around her tail became entangled in a thorn
bush. The COW finding that her tail was
fastened, commenced to pull, and continued
to pull, and continued to do so until she
finally freed herself by pulling her tail off.
She came very near bleeding to death be-
fore the flow Of blood was stopped.
At q meeting of the stockholders of the
Marshallville Manufacturing and Improve
ment Company Saturday a semi annual
dividend was declared of 8 per cont, and
this. too, on the first six months existence
The old board Of directors, J.W Frederick,
l. Q. Niles, w. II. Feltsn, F. J. Frederick,
d. 1. More, l. r. Murph and NJ. 8. Ware
were re-elec'ed The company contain
plates putting up q foundry and machine
shops at no distant day.
Atlanta is about to gain a new manu-
featuring industry Of considerable impor-
tance. The organization of tue Atlanta
Iron and Steel Casting Company a few DAYS
ago was an event which promises to add
materially to the business interests Of the
city. The erection of foundry will begin
@O~ue y Jay - 0hu L1o WOFk Will De DuBO00
rapidly forward. Over 800 900 has been
subscribed, and responsible business men ara
at the head of the enterprise.
The arrival Of a small lot of honey
peaches from Florida was the occasion of q
ludicrous scene at the produce exchange at
Macon Saturday. Half dozen Italian
fruit vendors fought like wild oats over the
delicious fruit, well knowing that it would
outsell anything else Every one of them.
however, managed to get a share except one
old fellow who was not as spry as the rest OF
them, and consequently got left In the dis,
tribution. He went away with tears rolling
down his cheeks declaring that he was
ruined.
A. h. Quarles, the uncle of Miss Birdie
Laremere, whose mother insulted a
teacher at the high school few days ago
for rendering Birdie a second instead of
first honor badge, was Saturday arrested
and case made against him for disturbing
the business of the public schools. This Of
Tense violates a city ordinance. The prin-
cipal fault committed by Quarles appears
to have consisted in his having accom- pani ed
his sister, Mrs. Laramore, when the
teacher was insulted by the latter. Super
intendent Slater made the case by the order
Of the board Of education.
There are now about 500 Knights of Py.
thias many of whom are Germans or
Americans of German descent. 1t is az