The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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der-An Athens Well Cleaner Over
come by Foul Gas.
GEORGIA.
Taliaferro superior court is in session thI
week, his honor Judge Hamilton Nc
Whorter presiding.
A new ice factory, having a capacity 0
twenty tons day. is being erected at Co
lumbus. This will be the fourth ice factor
in that city.
The Wrightsville and Tennille railroad
bridge across the Oconee will now seen he
completed, and this road will then run
trains into Dublin.
District Attorney Erwin has printed his
report of the investigation of the death OF
Beauregard Scarborough, and has sent 1t to
the attorney general.
The first train rolled over the Georgia
Carolina and Northern bridge at Athens
Monday afternoon. The regular scheduled
trains will commence running on Sept l.
A Griffin lady sent TO Postmaster Thur
man a few l0-cent confederate postage
stamps with the request that tney Dc re-
deemed. AS they had gone cut OF date they
were returned to the lady.
The friends of Col. John T. Glenn Of At
lanta are urging him to allo" tne use OF MS
name 10 succeed Gen. Walter Bragg as a
member of the interstate commerce COM
mission, There is strong backing for him.
Lewis Bingham ,colored) was taken to
Tbomasville Monday from Boston and
lodged in Jail Lewis was given preliminary
examination before Justice Barrow on a
charge Of assault with intent to kill. and in
default of bond was sent TO jail to await the
October term of the superior court.
There is living in Athens one who is draw
ing pension that comes most worthily. 1t
- -. tod 1tar- ~ no.
revolution. Mrs John II. Newton, now
nearly 90 years of age, is drawing the pen
sion granted her father, who fought in the
colonial army under Washington in the
revolutionary war.
On Monday the alumni of the medical
department Of the University of Georgia
: will assemble at the college building in Au-
gusta. This college is one of the Oldest
medical institutions in the south, If not IN
the United States, and numbers among
its many graduates some of the most
skilled and distinguished physicians Of the
country.
Monday in the superior court at Atlanta,
William c.. Wellborn filed suit for Sl0,0
damages against the Atlanta Street Railway
Company. In his complaint he alleges that
his daughter Amelia was run over and
killed by one Of the defendants engines,
July 81, 1891, and that the deceased was
blameless, and that the defendant was
Criminally careless.
The canning factory at Griffin, after put
ting up about Al, 900 cans Of peaches, okra,
beans. ETC., commenced Monday upon their
tomato crop. About 800 bushels were
gathered and Tuesday morning steam WAS
turned on at the factory aud will run lively
during the tomato season. The manage
nent expects to put up fully $1,000 cans Of
tomatoes this season from their own patches
Oliver FELTON, of Brunswick has planted
In his garden several beautiful mango trees.
This tree produces one of the most delicious
fruits that can be procured. They originally
belong to the East Indias, where they are
called "mangga" by the Malays, AID are
extensively cultivated. Doubtless these are
the only ones in this section of the state. as
they are very rarely seen outside of their
native islands.
Griffin Call: On Sunday night about s
o'clock Sheriff Robinson oolored) went to
Bailitf George Johnson's house and called
him out, and upon Mr.. johnson approach
ing him at the front gate the negro placed
the muzzie Of his pistol in Johnson's face
and pulled the trigger. Fortunately the
pistol snapped aud resulted In Robinson
now being in Jail charged with an assault
with intent to murder.
Bad blood has existed for some time be-
tween John Wesley Cook and John May
field, both colored, of Athens. An out
cropping of this feeling occurred Sunday
night, which resulted in Cook shooting
Mayfield in the stomach with q 38-cahber
bali. The ball was detected in its course,
and to this fact is largely due Mayfeld's
escape from death. The wound is pain
full. though not necessarily fatal one. Cook
has escaped.
At Butler Sunday the alarm of fire was
raised, from seeing a dense smoke issuing
from Griffith 81 Frederink's warehouse. An
investigation proved that four bales of cot
ton were burning, three of which were al
most entirely consumed. The doors were
hastily opened and the cotton trucked out.
There was no damage TO the house. There
were twenty-five bales Of cotton in the
warehouse taat escaped without even the
smell OF fire.
At Atlanta Tuesday morning the injunc
ton case brought by the Western and At
lantic against the East Tennessee to pre-
vent the latter railroad from using the
Central roads tracks, was called in cham
bers before Judge Marshall j. Clarke.
Council for both sides announc ed that there
was a settlement pending aod requested the
case to be again postponed. In accordance
with this wish, Judge Clarke continued the
case until Sept. 5.
Tom Searcy, negro about GO years old,
living on sam Monks place near Carson
vile, Taylor county, was killed Thursday
at II o'clock by lightning. 1t was cloudy
at the time and Searcy was in room with
half a dozen Others. He was Just IN the
act Of lighting his pipe when the fatal bolt
descended, tearing away part Of the chin
ney and killing him instantly. Slight
marks were found on his body after death
Other persons in the room we're only
slightly shocked.
Jerry Whitaker (colored) was arrested in
Macon few days ago, and taken to Mil
ledgeville and lodged in jail. He was
charged with stealing geo from Burnley
Davis. Saturday morning he was put on
trial in the county court, found guilty and
sentenced by Judge Allen to twelve months
on the chain-gang. When he was being re-
turned to jail he ran. and was shot at two
or three times by Deputy Sheriff Howard
Ennis. who had him in charge. The shots
failed TO take effect, but he was oYert1ken
by Mr.. Ennis and placed in jail.
Pompey Huff, a colored man Of Athens,
while cleaning out well on the premises of
Francis Ep2s was overcome with the foul
gas in the we'll Mr.. Epps could not prevail
on the negroes companion TO rescue him
from his perilous position, and got into the
bucket himself, and at great pers NAL risk
descended into the well. He tied the limp
and apparently lifeless body on the bucket
and waited patiently until the bucket
assembled. and was drawn to the surface,
Restor4tiyes were applied, and after
TALLY regained. The negro is still in bad
way, but he will recover.
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