The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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gro Wanted in South Carolina for
Murder-A SD Shooting Accident at
LaFsyetts.
GEORGIA.
Madison expects to have water works and
electric lights soon.
Wilcox superior court is to convene in
Abbeville tomorrow.
Last year A. @. Williamson made 1870
bales Of cotton on his farm three miles from
Eastman.
The offers to the government of sites for
the public building at Columbus Will be
opened April 8.
The Methodist church Of the colored peo-
pie at Buena Vista was burned Wednesday
night by incendiaries.
The Journal has formulated plans for a
great Mayday festival for the school chill
dren of Atlanta. 1t will occur May 2.
/. P. Blue of Buena Vista contemplates
building a new hotel on his lot on the corner
of Fourth avenue and McDuffie street.
The work of putting up the new wires
and the erection OF a new telephone ex-
change at Brunswick has been almost COM
pleted.
E. P. Speer, well known journalist of
Georgia, has been appointed managing
editor of the Washington I'd. c. Evening
Critic.
The situation of Rome's public building
is attracting good deal of attention. A
large number Of offers are being prepared
and the location is talked Of every where.
Maj. Ker Boyce of Augusta died Friday.
He has been i'll for months, and those best
acquainted with his condition expected the
I..,.
the Cleveland administration.
In Oglethorpe county Wednesday, Mack
Escoe and his brother were doing some
work in his blacksmith shop, he striking,
when scale few from the red hot iron and
lodged in his eye, putting it out.
The negro arrested by the sheriff
of Lee county, Florida, on suspicion that
be was Rich Lowry, who assassinated Capt.
Forsyth at Normandale, Dodge county,
proves not to be the man wanted.
The Griffin Canning Company of Griffin.
has just received bronze medal and di~
ploma, which was awarded to them at the
worlds fair in Paris in 1889, for the finest
canned goods on exhibition from the south.
Charles Madison Owens, the fireman who
was firing the engine Of the north bound
through freight that ran into the tail-end of
a local freight train last June at Lylerly,
anu Was OduiI sCatueu, SSCuttu NeFulCb OF
81, 500 damages last week in Chattanooga
superior court.
The decomDosed remains of negro, sew
eral months dead, were found under some
slabs near Sparks on Tuesday last. The
deceased could not be identified, and no
clew to his murder could be obtained. The
skull was fractured, and there were other
evidences of foul murder.
Crawford Herald. NJ A. Hansford of this
county is what one might call a model
farmer. He has forty-three bales OF cotton
lying at his home, which is a surplus. He
makes all his meat aud corn at home, and
says that he does not owe a cent to any one.
He has money besides his cotton and has as
good credit as any one would want.
The Georgia Alabama Investment and
Development Company, which was organ
lied at Tallapoosa in September last, and
first offered its stock for sale in October at
IS per share, and later at SO 1914 lpar value
$40, has just declared its first semi-annual
dividend of per cent, which is equivalent
to per cent. per annum on the investment
at the latter figure.
Crawford Herald: The golden wedding
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fielding billiard was cole
brated "Wednesday of tots week, and there
were present seventy~fve guests, thirty
seven OF whom were children and grand
children. The extreme bad weather pre-
vented some of the invited from attending.
The happy couple received presents to the
amount Of 500 and over In value.
Crawford Herald: Uncle Anderson
Little, our faithful depot agent, has a curl
osity in his yard that is seldom found in
this country. II is a full-grown cayenne
pepper stalk. from which the family have
been gathering the red pods during the last
fifteen years. The body of the stalk is about
the size Of mans thumb and about three
feet high. 1t is stored away In the hot,
house every winter.
Dublin Post: The little town of Bruton
was thrown into considerable excitement
last Monday afternoon by score of drunken
negroes armed with Winchesters. Town
Marshal Horton attempted to quell the dis
turbance, when he was fired upon. The
Dublin Light Infantry received telegram
TO hold themselves in readiness In case they
were needed. Answering kilograms several
citizens from Tennille, Harrison and
Wrightsville came down on the afternoon
train and assisted in bagging eight of the
gang, whereupon quiet was restored.
AT Jesup Friday the grand jury gave the
case Of the state against Postmast err Stan
sell. charged with an attempt to burn the
st. Paul hotel, thorough investigation,
but falling to find sufficient evidence
against nlIn 10 warrant the nndlug OF q true
bill, they returned a no bill to the court.
The people of the town and country are
greatly excited over the action of the grand
jury. An editorial appears in the Jesup
Sentinel threatening to mete out summary
Justice to the would-be incendiaries.
There was another serious difficulty on
Parish's work on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad near Lawrenceville
Thursday. John Searcy and Aaron Garner
became involved in dispute while work
Ing IN the cut, and when the foreman
ordered them to stop Garner left the cut,
pulled his pistol aud told them to look out.
simultaneously shooting Searcy through the
left cheek, the ball lodging in the jawbone.
The physician who probed for the ball
Jailed to extract it, and the wound is pain
full, though not fatal one. Garner left
1mmedla tely, and has not been seen since.
W. P. Trowbridge died at Augusta Fri.
day. Last Wednesday, during the high
water, Mr.. Trowbridge, with w. 81, Moody
and George Binam, went hunting In Caro-
lima. While Mr.. Trowbridge was fondliup
his dog the animal jumped upon him and
accidentally struck the hammer of his mas.
ter's gun, and the entire load of shot was
discharged, and it entered Mr.. Trowbridge'.
right arm, between the shoulder and elbow
decorating the muscles Mr.. Trowbridgt
was taken to Augusta, where his wounds
which were not considered serious. wert
dressed. he was recovering nicely until {
day or two ago, when lockjaw set in, anC
he died as stated.
j. G. Long, sheriff Of Union county
South Carolina has haen at Tawrao oav;lia