The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

An Athenian Fired on While Return
ing After Escorting Young Lady
Home - A Skeleton Unearthed IN
Putks County-A Iaurens County
breaches Baptiz IS 200 Converts at
Clip.
Wadley needs twenty new houses at once.
Mrs. Eliza Hook of Albany has fallen
heir to fortune in the north.
A new depot is to be built at Shellman by
the Richmond and Danvllle railroad.
J. r. Rogers announces himself a candi-
date for tax collector Of Burke county
1t is now generally believed that the legis-
lature will settle on 500 as the state liquor
license fee. At present it is $50.
]. r. Rowland has sold at Waypesboro
during the past four weeks, sixty-tour BUSH
els Of apples at 81 per bushel, and sixty gal
Ions of cider at 40 cents per gallon. This is
his sub-treasury plan.
j. S. Cough of Cough postoffice, in Burke
county, a few days ago, by mistake, took
drink of ammonia. He has been In criti-
cal condition for several days from the eff
fects of the powerful drug, but be is i'm
proving now.
At Gainesville last week while Philip
stepped off a sill about two feet high onto
a ten~penny nail, which went through his
foot 1t is feared that his foot will have to
be amputated.
The election for captain OF the Burke
Light Infantry of Waynesboro has been
ordered to take place to fill the vacancy
caused by Capt. Perry's resignation. The
company will also decide whether they will
go to the Macon exposition.
Martin Burroughs, negro who worked
on the East Tennessee road, was found dead
at Macon on Sunday morning, having been
shot with pistol. A colored woman named
Hattie Dukes was arrested on suspicion but
the evidsnce against her is not very clear.
DR.. E. w. Warren will be pastor Of the
Tattnan Square Baptist church at Macon
having accepted the call. The members Of
the First Baptist church are now somewhat
worried about the selection Of pastor tC
fill the place recently made vacant by Rev
DIR. Warren's resignation.
A large party of excursionists and CAPT
talIsts from Indiana and Illinois will visi
Atlanta on Oct "a They represent a grea
amount OF capital that, with proper induce
ments, will be turned through southern
channels'of trade. An effort will be mad,
70 get them to go to Athens.
w. II. House of jug Tavern was badly
hurt day or two ago by being thrown
from his buggy. His mule became fright
ened at some dogs on the roadside and rar
away throwing Mr. House to the ground
striking on his head. His condition is i'm.
proving under careful treatment
Macon County Citizen: Mr.. Rogers OF
Montezuma was in town this morning with
bale of cotton weighing 574 pounds, which
was Rinned from 500 pounds Of seed cot
ton. He plants the small seed cotton, and
he says that it never fails to turn out over a
third OF lint, while it produces the same to
the acre that common cotton does.
Charlie Scott Of Albany did not die from
the effects of the overdose of laudanum he
took on Saturday afternoon. He had a
close call, and the physicians woI ked hard
with him all of Saturday night About 4
O'Clock Sunday morning he began to show
signs of consciousness, and by O'Clock he
had recovered sufficiently for the physicians
to leave him.
The Vienna Progress says that Judge
Fish, who presided last week at DooIy
superior court is very strict about the OBJ
servance OF good order and decorum in the
court room. In consequence many rich
yarns are told. One juror said last week
that he got half mile from home ham
pened to think that he had not combed his
hair, turned around, went home and combed
it.
X. NJ. Brown narrowly escaped being Sc
riously injured at Fort Gaines day or two
ago. While walking around the machinery
IN his glnnery his arm became entangled in
large belt and his whole body was rapidly
being drawn into the flying pulIeys. His
cries attracted the attention of a laborer
near by who shut down the water gate and
the machinery slowed up sufficiently for
him TO extncate himself. His arm, how
ever. was badly bruised.
One of Bibb county's representatives who
was in Macon Sunday said he thought the
legislature would, at this session, grant the
noted claim Of the Scott estate for remu-
neratlon for about $2l, 600 of bonds of the
Mcdonald Jenkins administration. Judge
hlobee OF Macon represents the claim, and
Is directly interested. He has agreed tc
accept the amount in new per cent
thirty-year bonds The matter has been
pending for over ten years.
One Of the biggest baptizings ever wit.
messed in Georgia occurred in Laurens
county recently. Hundreds OF colored peo
pie have professed conversion i'll revival
Five or six thousand people assembled at &
pond TO witness the baptizing OF 200 cand
dates, who gathered on the banks arrayed In
white. For half an hour songs were sung
after which white-haired deacon led the
candidates down to the water one by one
The time taken to baptize the 206 was one
hour aud half.
Law IL a CloNdIly gentleman sum
merlng at Griffin, and Miss Hector Ford
were out driving near Pomona, Sunday
the down train IRON Atlanta ran up behind
them, frightening their horse, and causing
him TO run away. Soon after the start
Mr.. Stewart was thrown from the buggy
breaking his left arm above the elbow snc
receiving severe bruises. Miss Ford wa,
also thrown from the buggy and consider
ably bruised, though her injuries are NOT 81
serious nature.
At Athens, Monday night, a Young mar
named Tom Patat carried a girl home neal
the upper bridge, and while returning
passed by house Of ill>repute that stand
on the roadside, As he walked by a pisto
shot from the window of the house wa
heard and it 8as followed by seven successiv,
reports. One of the bullets pIowed through
Patat's hat and cut the skin right acros.
the top of his head. If the shot had been a,
inch lower it would have been fatal one
The police went TO the house and fount
quite crowd congregated around it. N
one seemed TO know who did the shooting
The police raked In two white men VIII,
were in the house, but no pistols were fouuC
on their persons.
Weynesboro True Citizen: Last sprin,
human skeleton was found on J. w
Bates place in this county which gave evil
dence Of an unknown tragedy in the past
W bile workmen were repairing q wharf a
point on the Savannah river known a
Storey B .utf, which is on Mr. Bates planta
ton, they Lad occasion TO remove som
large atOnes from the wateris edOa I,