The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Horrible Death at Macoa-An Acct
dent at Cairo-A Negro De.perad
Captured at Augusta.
GEORGIA
The Presbyterian church at Albany
now lighted with electricity.
Tuesday, Aug. Is, the grand lodge Of Cd
Fellows will hold Its annual state meetin
at Columbus.
Mr.. Mansfield, business man Of Macon
has 100 acres of swamp field on which
estimates tina: there are now 5000 busnel
of good corn. He intends to plant NOR
corn and no cotton at all next wear.
AT meeting of the directors Of the Mer
chants National Bank of Macon, held Mon
day. Charles Boifeulllet was elected 10 the
position OF cashier, to fill tho vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Cashier John
ston. Mr.. Johnston resigned 10 take I e
vice presidency of the hank, to which POSI-
tion 10 was elected by the board OF direc-
tors
The Spanish brig Cuba y Canarias was
sold Monday morning at brunswick. she
was bought by Heyman * Nathan. hey
man 81 Nathan bought the vessel, her tackle
and furniture for 500. She VIII probably
be converted into a barge. The Cuba y
Canarias is twenty-seven years old, and was
sold after she had been surveyed ana con-
demned.
Robert Beck of Dahlonega wanted to get
married. but his finances were SO low that
he could not parade the necessary 81 80.
His brother-in-law, pigmy Of five feet
two but who is 50 years old, went out on
the public square, mounted dry goods box,
and made such a strong appeal that the
crowd Clipped in the necessary money, aud
Robert and Nancy Jane Higgins were mar
ried Saturday.
MACON NelOs The $40, 900 which was to DO
raised by Mercer University in order TO
obtain gift of $4,000 from Mr.. Rocke-
fielder, through the American Baptist Asso-
citation, is being raised with great rapiditY.
Nearly $40, 900 has been raised through the
efforts of DR.. Nuunally, and as be has until
Jan. / In which to procure the remainder he
will in all probability do so, and thus make
Mercer the richer by $40 900.
Brunswick Times: By Oct / the pilot
boat Neca of Savannah will be running on
St Simon's bar. The Neca will be COM
manded by Capt. Duncan Wright, now Of
the Oracle. The Mecca is, beyond question,
the fastest on the southern coast, south Of
Hatteras. she is beautiful in construction
and design, as graceful as an antelope and
is the pride Of her owner, Capt. w. }.
Thompson. The Neca has figured in many
Ihc6b dibllA tue II bihuJlO COtAht
and never suffered defeat but once.
Atlanta Journal: Mr.. Wheeler Of the
firm of Hayden a. Wheeler has presented IA
very unique plan for new station house.
1t is a three-storied structure aud has "a
stable in the back part. No plans have
been exactly satisfactory yet, but the one
shown by MIR. Wheeler comes nearer the
one wanted than any shown heretofore. The
new station house is TO be built GU Decatur,
between Calhoun and Butler Streets The
lot which the city has bought for that pur-
pose is 100 feet front by 300 deep, and the
new station house will cost about $50, 900
Miss Hattie A. Jones, daughter Of Judge
j. B. j ones of Herndon, was married to
Col. William Donovan Of Wadley at the
home of the bride on the evening Of July
30. The spacious rooms of the mansion
were elegantly decorated with ferns and
roses. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. DIR. Bass Of Macon, man who will
long he remembered by ell who listened to
his glowing tribute TO woman and Miss
Hattie in particular at the dedcatory ser
vice Of the church at Herndon that she had
built. The contracting parties are well and
favorably known throughout the state.
Augusta Nel0S: Morgan Medock,
South Carolina negro desperado has been
caught here. He is the negro who stole the
clothes over in Hamburg last week and sold
them to a pawnbroker in this city He
broke Jail at Barnwell, s. c., week before
last. The police have been looking for
Medlock several days, and he was pointed
out to an officer on the streets Sunday
by Frank Hall. an Aiken negro,
who knew him. Morgan is a desperate
negro and daring burglar. Hall says not
long ago he broke into Pickens Williams
house on Galphin Simkins' plantation, near
Silverton, S. G. Williams was aroused hy
the noise Medlock made In the house, and,
to escape, the burglar shot Williams
At Augusta, Monday morning about II
o'clock, A. F. Pendletoa was in the
back part of his store, and hearing
A 1ingllng noise up at the front,
ooked and saw an 1S-year-old ne
gro sneak thief run out the door. Mr..
Pendleton soon discovered that one of his
show cases had been opened and tray con-
tanning gold and silver and pearl extension
pens and pencils had been distracted. He
found half dozen or more on the floor, but
the thief had gone. Very soon Mr.. Pendle-
toms nelghbors had heard of the robbery
and not long afterward the negro offered
TO sell an extension pen and pencil to
q clerk on the same block. The police were
notified and the negro was discovered and
locked up, and more of the stolen goods
were recovered.
Macon Ne,cS: Just fifty years ago, in
the old Ryal homestead, near Gordon, there
were three couples married at the same
time: ID. j. Ryal to Miss Louisa Gardner.
John Lewis to Miss Sarah Ryal, and
Charles lvey TO Miss Priscilla Gibson. all
OF whom are still living and enjoying good
health. At the time of the wedding MIR.
Ryal had nine sisters and brothers present
n w will ha
These golden weddings will be
celebrated in the cid homestead " here the
weddings occurred on Aug. IL, and the
children and grandchildren of the three
couples who are now living will be present
This is one OF the most remarkable cases in
the history Of weddings, as each Of the six
contracting parties are in such good physi-
cal condition as to suggest the possibility
Of another occasion of this kind twenty-five
years hence.
Albany NetCs and Advertiser: A pecu-
liar accident happened to Mrs. Mamie
Bryan Of Cairo, Ga, who was a passenger
on the regular passenger train arriving in
this city from Cordele Monday morning. A
spark, supposed to have come from the loco
motive, fell on her clothing. The breeze
through an open window Of the moving
coach soon famed the spark into flame.
The first intimation that Mrs. Bryan
mad that there was any fire about was
3 sitting smoke. She arose from her seat,
and just then a gentleman who sat behind
her discovered the flames and went to her
relief. She caught her burning garments
In her hands, and thus smothered the flames.
not. however, until one of her hands had
been painfully burned. Mrs. Bryan
was seen in the afternoon and
was found 20 be suffering considerable
pain, but she renewed her home ward
Journey on the o'clock train on the Savan-
lah, Florida and Western railway.