The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Eorse Goss Had and Bites 1t.
Owner-A Mans Head Cut Of by {
Train While Sleeping on the Track
A Newspaper Man Shot by a Negro
at Greenvllle-A Shoe Dealer Fails
at Macon.
Talbot superior court commences mex
Monday.
The new shirt factory at Griffin will
begin active operation to-day.
Newton Bass had two fingers cut OF by
buzz saw in Fox's planning mill at Milledgs
vile few days ago.
A large quantity of new machinery has
been put in at the Altsmaha Cypress Lum-
Der Company's mills at Brunswick.
T. Hunt, shoe dealer Of Macon, has
failed for about $4,000. His assets nearly
equal his liabilities. Miller Gordon Is the
assignee.
At Athens Monday VIM. Haddock's horse
ran away and tors I'd q wagon and I'M Ired
himself 50 badly that Mr.. Hsddock hac 70
shoot him.
The grand Jury Of Talbot county a. the
last term Of court found nineteen true biIs
and Sheriff Richards has arrested seventeen
OF the parties.
4
Stein. who is said % Be wanted II many
states for crooked financial transactions,
was in Rome Sunday night
Thomas Osbrooks fell asleep on the rail-
road track nesr Macon Monday night while
under the i fuencs Of liquor and passing
train Gus IF The top Of his head. He was a
mill hand
John McHibosn, who lives about eight
miles from Jackson, Henry county, lost his
harm and some other outhouses by fire on
Saturday night. They were burned at Q
O'Clock, and the fire was the work OF an in
csndiary. Mr. McKibben's entire crop of
fodder and other forage, and small amount
OF corn, etc, was destroyed.
Mai. h B. Fletcher Of jackson on
Wednesday night last, vas at the home of
his son Nerriet Fletcher, and during the
night went out in the versnda to get some
water and sccidently stepped of on the
ground falling about four feet, breaking
his right thigh near the hip joint and ais }
near the knee. DR.. Bryans was called and set
the broken bones.
At Greenville, Saturday night, Bob ST.
monitor was quietly walking along the most
populous thoroughfare in that city, when
there was q fash, loud report, within a
few feet Of him, and the blood spurted from
a fearful wound in his face made by pistol
ball. The ball entered the left cheek and
was taken out at the back Of the neck. Mr..
Simonton Is the indicators foreman, and
is a deservedly popular young man. The
shot was fired by Mel Warner coloredD, who
claims that the shooting Yves accidental.
Mrs. John Il. Newton, venerable lady
of Athens, now nearing her 70:h year,
draws regularly from the government S12
per month as a pension granted to her
father, who served in the war Of the revolu-
ton under George Washington. Mrs. New
ton has determined upon a pretty use for
this money She Is using part of it in plac-
Ing granite wall around her fathers bury
ing ground, and when this is finished pro-
poses to have a medal made out OF the re-
mainder, which she will hand down 10 her
grandchildren, the children OF Congress
man H. h Carlton, aud Mayor Lamar
Cobb Of Athens.
Columbus Enqutrer-Sun: Yesterday
morning the Enquirer-!Sun received
pleasant visit from rather noted character
the only survivor of the gallant band
under John U. Brown, who defended sue
cessfully the town of Columbus from an at
tack of Indians in 1885, This was Rev. D.
j. Appersou, FreewiIl Baptist minister,
who Is now residing in Schley county. Mr.
Apperson had, until the last few years, two
surviving comrades, the late Martin J.
Crawford and Marion Brooks. They have
gone and he is the only survivor Of that
valiant company. He is now in his eighty
third year, and is still in good health.
1aIbotton NetO Era: j. Tom Smith had
q gentle horse which he used daily as
buggy horse Last Thursday morning
while driving Mr.. Smith noticed that the
horse would snap its teeth when struck with
the whip. Late in the day it bit Mr.. Smith
on the hand. When he returned home the
morse jumped at Mr.. Smiths little daughter
and attempted to bite her-It continued 20
show signs Of misunderstanding everybody
and every animal that came into the lot
MIR. Smith tied the horse to a tree and it
bruised its head against the tree aud bit
Itself on various parts of its body. Satur-
day morning it was no better and MIR.
Smith had it shot.
The Albany NetUS and Advertiser saws
that the state of feeling among the planters
is decidedly against the future cultivation
of the melon. 1t says further: "It is crop
that has paid in the past, and the general
feeling among the growers the past spring
was that the crop had been worked up to
such point that 1t would be a profitable
one. 1t has been thought in this section
that the melon was fruit that is always in
demand in the summer in the northern
markets. The gradual losses for the past
two or three years, ending this summer,
with an almost a total loss TO the grower
has shaken his confidence in this crop, and
he is now almost persuaded to abandon the
culture"
Gainesville Eagle: D. G. Brokers, the en-
terprising and ingenious young SON of
George r. Bickers has by himself con-
structed small printing press with which
be turns out very credItable work, Judging
from some of the specimens shown us. It
seems that the boy got hold of a few fonts
type and needed a press, and to save the
expense OF buying one, with such rude ma
terial as came to hand he constructed ose
that answers his purpose very we'll His
father is the inventor of a very superior
copying ink, which he is Offering for sale.
and as he needs labels, circulars, etc. in
considerable quantities for advertising it.
his son can now furnish him with such sup
plies at very trifling expense.
Abel NelUS: About six weeks ago JASPER
Rowen'S little 7-year old girl, with other
children, was playing in front of David
Rowan's gate in the eastern part of this
county, when all of a sudden she was seer
TO fall. Her uncle went to her and founC
her face covered with blood, carried her il
the house, washed of the blood, and found
that she had been struck with bullet the
size of Winchester rifle ball Dr. Garter
of Nashville was sent for, made thorough
investigation and located the ball where i
would take considerable cutting to get il
out The wound is healing, snd the CIR
now carries the ball inside OF her head. NJ
report of the gun was heard, but it is sup
Eosed that it was stray ball from Win
Chester just too far off to lie heard.
The trustees of tie lunatic asylum ar
at Atlanta TO appear before the commit;e
on the asylum and oppose the bill in tro
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