The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-25
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
q, CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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Five Thumbs Amputatsd at Macon
In q Week-The North Georgia Con-
-fere1ce's Defaulting Treasurer.
GEORGIA.
A cotton compress will be built in Cor
dele in the near future.
Macon's new barrel factory will probably
be in operation within ten days.
At Charlottesville Thursday, while the
daughter Of Julius Jordans was playing, she
fell and broke her arm.
DR.. Glover, the Franklin county wife
murderer, who has been demented since his
recapture. Is restored to reason.
1t has been decided to postpone the con-
federate memorial exercises &C Rome until
the headstones for the graves arrive.
Silas o. Howe has been appointed general
delivery and stamp clerk ct the Macon
postofice, vice c. F. Thomas, resigned.
Josephine Fuller, a colored woman, who
died at Atlanta three weeks ago, is supposed
to have been poisoned. The police are max
ing an investigation.
At Macon during the past week DR.. n.
u. Gewlnner amputated five thumbs of as
many different persons who got them
mashed in machinery.
Farmers who arrived in Columbus Fri
day from down the Chattahoochee report
bright prospects for good crops, although
they have had but little rain.
Four men demolished the furniture and
broke the windows Of the church at Nelson
last week. The sheriff and two deputies
went after them, but they had skipped
out.
o. s. Barnett of Washington, Ga, who
was injured IN the accident on the Macon
and Covington, when the cars were over
turned, has made compromise and been
paid $3.50.
There are now at Darien loading with
timber and lumber fourteen vessels. Timber
continues to come down, but in small drifts,
and most of it goes directly to the mills
without stopping at the public booms.
'Tallapoosa secured five new industries
last week-a wagon works, chair factory,
shoe factory. stove works and Ice factory.
They will employ 600 hands. Two miles of
street railway are to be built by Sept. l.
An order was issued in Bib county SUI
perior court Saturday granting a charter
to the Independent Sons and Daughters of
Jerusalem. A petition was filed for
charter for an order which is 10 have the
name OF Grand Desire Brothers and Sis
tiers.
Covington Enterprise: Evans Lunsford
has smart dog at the livery stable. Be-
sides carrying packages for his master he
goes forsging for useful articles. Thurs
day he trotted In the store of Messrs. Lee q
Peek, picked up a fine curry comb and
hurried to the stable with 1t.
The commissioners will begin work upon
the court house at Dawson in about month
Bids we're made for the work according TO
the plans, but were entirely beyond the
amount appropriated. The commissioners
decided to contract for the different kinds of
work separately, and thus reduce the cost of
the same plans to $4,000
A Mr.. Etheridge, who has been teaching
school at Swainsboro for some time past,
appears to be in muddle with some of the
patrons of his school. Ii is q question of
alleged misappropriation of funds entrusted
TO his care, and lively newspaper con-
troversy has sprung up between Etheridge
and some Of the aforesaid patrons
Atlanta Journal: 1t is said that Osborn,
the murderer, believes confidently that the
governor will commute his sentence to i'm.
priSonment for life. Men doomed to death
can never be made 70 realize that they will
hang. They believe that something will
intervene to save them, aud this hope is
probably the last earthly thought.
man was at the court house at Quit
man day or two ago looking for the ordi-
nary with whom be wanted to leave some
money. He had small satchel full of the
needful and when counted out at one of the
post it, the little old satchel was found TO
contain several thousand dollars in gold and
silver.
j. B. Toomer will give a valuable site
for hotel at Athens aud take $1,000 in
stock besides. Mr.. Toomer has been com
municating with northern firms about the
matter, and has secured the promise of a
great hotel furnishing establishment in
Chicago that If il secures the contract to
furnish ktx5il kalx K
$1,000 stock. He wants a hotel to cost
100000.
Fort Valley Leader: Il is a great pity
that Fort Valley and other towns In Georgia
haven't more young ladies like Miss Leila
F1nney. Since she was six years old she has
made, or pieced up, 593 quilts, has picked
up and saved in seven years Is, 633 pins and
4.643 needles, which other girls would not
have noticed. Since Christmas she has
pleced up quilt containing 4,438 pieces.
This and considerable homework have all
been done under sore Affections, as Miss
Leila is not healthy girl, and deserves
great credit for what she has accomplished.
A negro child of Coweta county on w. B.
Orr's place, in the Sixth district, was burned
TO death few days ago under circum-
stances SO shocking as TO be almost incredi-
BILE. The child, mere infant, was left in
charge OF two older children, while the
PoloA0 were ouBdRe0 WIN some outdoor
duties The child began crying, whereupon
the older children took q shovel and allied
its mouth with hot embers. When the
parents returned the child was dead, and
the pallet upon which 1t reclined was in q
bright blaze, having caught from the live
Goals which lay scattered around.
At Oxford Thursday night J. s. Stewart
ex-treasurer Of the board of missions of the
North Georgia conference. was tried accord.
ing to the discipline Of the church, before q
committee appointed by the pastor, Rev. NJ
II. Fades, for the defalcation found in his
accounts with the mission board The
shortage was $13, $40. The wonder Is that
this affair was not discovered sooner, as Mr.
Stewards books show that money has beer
going 10 small quantities for several years
The trial resulted IN his expulsion from the
church. Some talk of an appeal stated, but
1t is not expected, as it would be of no avail
Dawson journal: In the third district ir
this county Tuesday. Andrew Mingo ant
bis brother Bob became involved In diff.
Guilty. II seems that Bob was whipping
Andrews wife when Andrew came no and
a fight resulted. Both armed themselves
Bob with double barreIed gun and An.
drew with musket. Andrew took tree
when Bob attempted to fire, but his gur
tailed to work. Andrew fred, Bob spranQ
over fence that separated them and
struck Andrew with his gun. Andrew re
turned the blow Bob fell and Andrav