The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

bot county-A Baby Poisoned by
Rough on Rats--Sawyers Strike at
Rome Sale OF the Telegraph Line
Along the Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery Road.
GEORGIA.
The spring term of Terrell supel ~ court
viii convene next Monday.
The examination Of the freshman class of
Mercer University begins next week.
The first brick on Dawson's new $4,000
Baptist church was laid last Monday.
DR.. r. G. T. HALEY, a prominent physi-
elan and citizen Of Butler, died last Friday
xight.
The Southern Rifles of Talbotton held a
meeting Thursday night and elected J. j.
Bull captain.
The electric street cars will be running at
Athens in time for commencement at the
state university.
The confederate veterans of Dougherty
county had their annual reunion at Blue
Spring Wednesday.
Gen. Wade Hampton has been made an
honorary member Of the Fulton County
Veteran Association.
The Americas postofice is TO be trans
ferred TO new and moro comm)dious
quarters in the Allen house block.
A grand stand will be built on the uni
versity campus at Athens for the conven~
fence Of spectators TO base ball games.
The stockholders of the Augusta Real
Estate and Improvement Company will be
paid dividend of per cent June l.
A negro girl II years old. in Augusta, is
crazy. She has not eaten a mouthful in
ten days, and the physicians cannot force
anything down her throat.
The sawyers and workmen at Fosters
4 .szslI flra
Monday. They claim that they were not
paid Off for last weeks work.
The report that Miss Kate Whitfield
dropped dead while at ball at Fort Valley
night or two ago was false. 1t is not
known how the story originated.
The government has rented the building
at present occupied by Kinard Bros, on
Solomon street, and will occupy the same
for postoff1ce in the early fall.
The house Of Robert Warthen, near Red
Bone, Talbot county, was struck by light
ming Wednesday night, and some members
of his family were injured, though none of
them seriously.
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New
York was at Atlanta a short while Monday
night on his way TO Mobile. He goes to Mo-
bile as the guest Of Congressman Herbert on
Gulf fishing trip.
The Dig alliance rally at Hogansville in
July is going to be the most notable gather
ing of the year in Western Georgia Thou
sands of people will be there and arrange
ments are being made to barbecue not less
than 800 carcasses.
A reward of $50 has been offered by the
Empire Hotel Company of Dalton for the
apprehension and arrest of the parties who
induced three Of their colored employees to
quit work last week by threatening them
with "white caps"
The poles for the telephone line from
Covington to Porterdale have been dis
tributed along the line and will be put up
this week. 1t is expected the wire will be
put up by the end of this week, and the
line will be ready for use in few days.
Coyiugton Star: The machinery for the
new steam laundry has been shipped from
Cincinnati, buthas not yet arrived, though
it is expected every day. The building to
be used for the laundry is about completed
and the proprietors hope to have the laun-
dry in operation in a short while.
Butler Herald: A little babe of Mr. and
Mrs. j.. A. Peed of Winchester was acci-
dentally poisoned last week by eating
trough on rats.n The family had bsen very
much troubled with rats and Mrs. Peed had
placed the poison, as she thought, out Of the
reach Of her babe, bright little boy. who
had Just begun to run about the house, but
by some means he reached the poison and
ate small quantity before the mother was
aware of 1t. He was made violently sick.
but the prompt assistance Of physician
gave the little fellow some relief. Ii is
hoped that he will recover.
Monday afternoon, on the plantation of
G. B. Howard, eight miles north of Fort
Valley, Henry Jordan, a light mulatto
negro, twenty-five years old, FIVE feet ten
inches in height and weighing 140 pounds,
assaulted Mrs. FARRELL, the newly made wife
of one Of Mr.. Towards white tenants.
Jordan was also an employee on the place
and knew that Mrs. FARRELL was alone.
Going to the house he put large knife
against her throat aud told her that if she
screamed he would kill her. This badly
frightened Mrs. FARRELL as she was alone,
and the hellish brute carried out his design
while Mr.. FARRELL was only about 800 yards
from the house at work in his farm The
culprit escaped.
Mat Williams shot and killed Ned Sand
ers late Monday afternoon, about two miles
north OF Camilla. Both are colored and
we're attending negro meeting. A white
man was present, considerably under the
Influence of Liquor. For some reason he
fell out with Sanders and procured a stick
and gave 1t to Williams. together with his
pistol, and told Williams to give Sanders a
good beating, and if he moved to shoot HIM
Williams attacked Sanders and beat him
severely, but being at disadvantage San
ers offered no resistance. All this occurred
in the morning. In the afternoon Sanders
thinking Williams no longer had the pistol,
attacked Williams, and rought-and.t tumble
fight ensued in which Sanders out Williams
severely, whereupon Williams drew hi
pistol and shot Sanders three times, inf1ict
ing wounds from which he died. William
is at large.
Americus Times Recorder: The West,
ern Union Telegraph Company now own
the telegraph line between Omaha, on tn,
Chattahoochee river, and Savannah.
distance of 265 miles. The trade, it seems
was perfected Monday. The line that wa
really purchased extends from Omaha 4
Lyons, distance of 100 miles, the Western
Union already owning the wire between tn
latter place and Savannah. The price PAL,
for the property was in the neighborhood O
$4,000, which was about the cost of con
etruction. The line was built three or foul
years ago by the Savannah, Americas anC
Montgomery road, to be used in operating
its trains and for other purposes, but, as yer,
little business was done outside of the road
work, the enterprise was not very profitable
New and larger posts will be put in all alonl
the line wherever needed and the seryic
will be made first-class in every respec,
Besides this the Western Union oompan,
will also extend the line along the Savan