The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Two Deaths at Fort Valley-Suic
of a Farmers Son From Overs;udy,
A Baptist Preacher drops Dead.
Gen. Robert j. Henderson Dying.
LowenthaTs Second Trial at Macon.
GEORGIA.
H G. Dasher Of Camilla. wife OF Judge
Dasher, the ordinary, died Friday.
Prof. W. Wallace of the Brunswick
male school has awarded a contract for the
printing of an English grammar.
Gen. Robert }. Henderson of Atlanta, the
man who has the honor of having led the
confederates in their last charge upon the
federals, is dying.
A couple of sad deaths occurred near
Fort Valley Saturday. Mrs. Mary Clarke,
aged 30, and her son, John, aged 40 years,
died within fifteen minutes Of each other.
n. w. McGaughey, q white man so or 55
years old. who is said 10 have been living in
Augusta for the last four months, is wanted
by the courts Of Walton county on a charge
of perjury.
Oscar johnson Of Augusta, the negro
murderer of Lucinda Sims, whose insanity
was all that saved him from death on the
galows, has gone to Dade coal mines to
serve his sentence.
The Brunswick Herald, edited by e. w.
Bingham, With r. K. Townsley as business
manager, has made its appearance, and will
be issued weekly. 1t will be chiefly devoted
10 the interests OF the alliance.
Andrew w. Kennedy, who is president of
the Macon branch of the Southern Trav-
elers' Association, and travels for the Dun
lap Hardware Company, has been APP
pointed member of Gov. Northen's staff.
At Athens, Saturday night, Raleigh Will
kinson and John B. Moon had few words
in Lonels restaurant, and soon came TO
blows. Moon knocked Wilkinson down,
whereupon Wilkinson drew a pistol and
fired at Moon, just missing him. The affair
came near having a serious termination.
John Patterson of Morgan Lake, a manu-
facturer at the fifty-one mile post on the
Savannah, Florida and Western railroad
has fenced In six acres around his residence
and set out $50 fruit trees, consisting of
apple. pear, peach. plum, cherry, pecan,
besides grapevines and other small fruits.
Coroner Picquet held an inquest over
Alice Morse, colored woman, at Augusta
Monday. Her death was caused by the
formation of a heart clot which strangely
followed the birth of a child at midnight
Saturday night. The agony the woman
suffered in her dying struggles is said to
have beeen horrible.
The case Of the state VS. Lee Lowenthal
was called in Bib superior court Monday.
The defendant is charged with the murder
OF Herman Bohnefeld. The killing oc-
CURED on Sunday morning in gambling
room on Fourth street. Bohnefeld was
stabbed TO death. Lowenthal claims that
the killing was done ia self-defense The
first hearing Of the case resulted in a mis-
trial. This is Lowenthal's second trial
Rev. j. R. T. Brown, a prominent Bap~
tlst preacher, dropped dead at bis home in
Old Town, near Villa Rica, Saturday night
from heart disease. This was the second
attack. Two years ago he fell in the pulpit
DIR. Slaughter was summoned at once and
relieved him. Saturday night be arose from
prayer and lay down on the bed, aud was
dead in short time. He leaves wife aud
two little boys, aged and years respect
lively.
Brunswick is to have some very important
meetings OF associations, encampments aud
conventions during the next three months.
They are: Inc state convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association, from
Feb 20 to 2S; the annual convention of the
Georgia Teachers Association, from April
% to May !: the annual encampment of the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of
Georgia. to begin on May 10 and continue
for a week.
William Casey, who lives at Brambles
Shoals, four miles from Lawrenceville, was
found stiff in death Sunday morning in his
1atherS barn, with short rope a ound his
neck by which he was suspended from the
rafters of the barn. He must have jumped
from the rafters, because when found his
feet were touching the ground. Insanity
was the cause of his self-destruction, He
had not been long back from the asylum
His insanity was caused by too close appli-
cation to his books. He was q great reader
and wonderfully familiar with the Bible. to
the study of which he devoted the most of
his time.
L. j. Nelson, manager of the Elberton
oil mills, and Z. r. Kormeagel, the superiu-
tendent, were prosecuted for illegally i'm
pounding cattle. The evidence showed that
they kept large number of cattle at the
mill, and that they were changing every
day; that gentleman had taken I'D nine
head OF cattle in town and had notified the
oil mill authorities, who sent and got them
supposing they had escaped from their pens
Not knowing their own cattle, they tied
strings on the necks of this nine head so
they could be identified but did not adver-
tise them as estrays. The owner identified
them, and then prosecuted the oil mill men
Tor not advertising them. After elaborate
argument the court held that they were not
guilty.
A negro carpenter by the name of Fred
DuBignon was fatally hurt on Jeykl
Island Friday, and died Sunday. At the
time OF the accident he was engaged with
several other workmen In pulling down an
Old barn that had been standing since the
war. The timbers in the building were
very badly decayed, and all that kept il
from falling was the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
which acted as kind Of brace. As soon as
the misunderstanding had been partially
stripped off, the timbers gave way, and the
roof fell In. One of the caves Of the roof
fell on DuBignon, striking him across tbs
back just below the shoulders, and forcing
him 20 the ground. His chest struck a
window-sill, and the pressure of the root
was brought immediately against this sill
through the middle of his body.
FLORIDA.
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