The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPH

to Atlanta Running Down a Gang o
Thieves at Rome-An Old Tim
Horse Pistol.
GEORGIA.
The old court house at Americas is bein
demolished at a rapid rate.
The Southern Travellers Association will
meet at Macon during the state fair.
Milan. Is to be incorporated. A bill is .
be introduced at the present session OF th'
legislature for that purpose. This town Il
located in both Dodge and Telfair counties
The tax collector of Atlanta reports that
the tax payers are very slow about paylnl2
In theirtaxes Up TO this time last year tht
amount collected was over three times what
has been taken in this year.
Frank B. Silas of Columbus has filed a
deed Of assignment for the benefit OF DIS
creditors. The deed showed liabilities o.
g., $50 %, and assets as follows: Accounts,
$1.26l stock, 81, 600; total, s., or 800 -
more liabilities than assets.
Eastman is now receiving from twenty
five to seventy-five bales OF cotton ualiy'
and good prices are being PAID ior tne
stanle, IL is thought now that there VIII De
very little cotton in the fields IN DouBe
county after the middle OF OCTOBER
The dreaded cotton caterpillar has made
its RNuSarauce 10 some pOI llOLS VI 41Ot 8-h
county and disastrous results are feared. u.
D. Perry reports them quite numerous in
his neiRhborhood, and says they have ample
time TO do injury to the present cotton crop.
Mai. Wheat Of LaGrange killed large
chicken snake in his yard a few days ago.
When killed the snake had two chickens
gra,,.,ed in it's coil and was in the process
of squeezing them TO death. The snake had
killsti about thirty chickens during the
week previous
On last Friday Isaac Day, living on Ten
mile creek, in Berrien county, went to visit
his mother in Colquitt county. On Saturday
night William Day and Mrs Sarah Sanders,
a brother and sister 20 Isaac Day and whom
he and his mother had not seen 10 thirty
-four years, arrived from Twiggs county.
J. C. Donaldson of Eastman has in his
possession q curiosity in the shape of an
old horse pistol The weapon was manu-
featured at Middleton. Conn.,, in 1851, and
was carried through the war by Jesss
Donaldson. 1t is about eighteen inches
long, has a No. u bore, and is in perfect
state Of preservation.
A negro woman came to Eastman from
Lyons on Monday morning last for DIR.
Herman TO dress her arm, which had been
badly injured by load of shot, She had
been accidentally shot by another negro,
the shot tearing away part of the elbow.
After examining the wound DIR. Herman
decided that he could save the limb.
Dr. J. 2. Campbell professor of biology
IN the state university has just returned to
Athens from trip to Jamaica. He went
there 20 collect rare specimens Of animal
and vegetable life for the use of the stu
dents in his laboratories. and to make ar
rangements for the establishment of bio>
logical museum IN connection with his chair
Of the university.
Atlantis Will be visited in October by the
eldest press association in the United States.
]. IS the Wisconsin Press Association, which
viii he az Atlanta during tie exposition,
bs&isi BY President Hogg. About $50 OF
lis members will reach Atlanta Oct. Is.
VIE LIE club wll. be Gov. Peck of VISION
a8. EzcSr ell over the world as "Peck's
Es1 Boy % wticn book he is the author
TIE Cs-it--a7 Free Press learns that Maj.
E,sliz-zg's ~. saves ali Il bis property 10
A2s sz-=-. Mrs Paul, and Mr.. Epps, his
ZsgesE. Tie MAJORS affairs was left in
sxasA-4=l5 1l-s1-iig1- "A QuItmAl merchant
H1ia xE.s - .1iz-s:s terms with him and
wei r,.sa=. Is ~ rs business affairs says
sass1 I1,s Gfs --s-rzooe Z si2, 500 and the
EsrHszEEl rrz-aEsT Z tie estate will much
-srs ac,E.- sl.v al Il 3st:e51sss. This will
AhEEs l.Es z1sz-l1ss1s p.z1taaoa unincum-
1Ere.
1t 1ta N4cr3 OF and Fertilizer Works
9rl1LT = very geca-isr accident occurred.
L Hi cCcs 1s-s 30 pisces. II was reyolv-
biz 81 : 4-C- -zss e speed when it few TO
2llsesI- Eli1 -Ezsst ID machinery in every
tiifHaa-IL. " 41-9ws were broken forty
1sssi UvST and great damage TO some large
alrht:t.Iu,aE EGE 3o1s- 4 negro named Lee
A,.M---is.l II Il Bsvsrsly injured by being
BErucE y JIG land which nad been operat-
lIc ii 4a5E1s- as wGs injured internally,
u-la he VA ts LAID ID for some time.
.ilHEZHr EErDs1- 81 old man who kept a
3BrIy ~ IIslEs FlTs-, Just inside the Tennes-
ssff l1is,. NRE Murdered by unknown parties
iEBs nL-nE,v1ET 1ag1.. He and several others
1Iat 1fsss1 drinking a1 the day before, and it
II ari1 1i.sE4 threats we're made TO kill him.
laH 1iFa4 Ela-E- aid Sunday morning his
,1sl-slg'tlizr Moo lived near him went over to
sii's tl--2 s-11 ta1nd hin lying out in the
Tssr1 z-AsE lD z for breath. He died few
zzzzzE1zs stis- sns arrived. Suspicion rests
81 aEE ara, s-ad arrests will be made soon.
Il Il reported that a negro employed in
cIzls = re warehouses at Americus has been
Il TIE a&oi. Of supplying dressed squirrels
80 the good people of Americas. Nothing
E4-s Eao~n about him and it was supposed
sEs4t Be vas q huntsman, but some one
grew suspicious and Investigations followed.
Il EaS discovered that the fellow had been
Killing the great rats that infest the ware
house. dressing and selling them as squir-
rels. Indignation does not express the
feelings of the negroes customers when taey
learned Ct the fraud that had been perpe-
trated upon them.
There has been for several months a gang
of thieves in and around Rome who have q
craving appetite for small country stores.
Saturday morning Policemen Guice and
Wimpee ratded ha1sa Ia Bab's row and
captured George Pascal aud Lee Ford,
tcoloredl ara snE11oer Of miscellaneous
articles. Consisting II Whisky glasses,
spoons, collars ADD e1ss. etc.. and an old
time naGzzie Aoediag cap pistol The goods
have roc 5eeT. s.s1.sfsc, bat Is thought
thss they wsrs 40 lsz from r. Y. HcCsr-
ver's store neee C6oesVi.ls. and from Hol-
Ger's store asszg E1zas. Harmon kjncaid,
p one~ieazsc. E.sgFs. VIC e NOW Ia jail On a
charge - 5sssr1F. "a sAso . member u the
zang. ssa = AZ s. 2as E12ss :Ass tos stolsu
goods Esrs f.ss.c, Pascal ssd Ford are IN
iasi 3 dssrs rs ssI srAl q ghs gang YET n
Sc sayepass.
6saaaesr1l,,s Se(sss &Dczs tBo years ago
= isyi,fSaae asS ssss1ss o. bszlls By Mrs
sssfgsNisasis1f. lsNs o. Esazztss. Pa % . farm
'cslas sis.s tssfs s'.s,gs.sss@ sg=as tree mile
fs0a seas. zas szsso s.se1 shs rad Just
n1cge1 NgsG bsr family. was burned 70
gesaer Win fgl ost1E II very valuable
furnit1rs, and On which there was 10 in
suraace After this calamity the family
returned to Florida and remained until SONS
months az ). when they concluded TO come
back TO Gainesville. On reaching here Mrs
Brownrigg secured house 10 the city and
commenced the erection Of another building
on her farm. On Saturday last. just as th'
E1nso u-ae fiDikhad and WAS bnin0 OOOfniaf