The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Its Occupants Escape Death-A Car
Loaded With Merchandise Plungss
Into g Rivera Descendant of One
of the Signers of the Constitution.
GEORGIA.
The Irish Volunteers Of Augusta are to
be reorganizsd.
The necessary stock has been subscribed
TO make the Bank Of Monroe q certainty.
A white man named Herring was killed
near Ruckersville, in Ebert county, on Sat
urdey evening last, by the fall Of tree be
was cutting down.
One hundred and ninety panes Of glass
were broken in the Kennesaw hotel
windows by toe recent explosion of the
locomotive, ''Ksnnesaw,n at Marietta.
The alliancemen of Ebert county have
passed resolutions pledging themselves to
plant % per cent. less cotton this year than
formerly, and proportionately that much
more grain.
The visit to Warrenton of Mrs. Mary
Rabun of Alabama, TO see sister whom
she had not seen since both were children,
sixty>three years ago, attracted some at
tention in the state press few weeks age.
Now news comes from Alabama that she Is
dead.
Richard Kettles, the colored incendiary
who set fire to the barn of G. w. Foy OF
bingham county, has been arrested, and
had preliminary trial before Judge r. w.
Sheppard, and was bound over to the SUI
perior court to answer the offense Of arson
in the night time.
walking match will occur at the state
fair grounds in Macon on Tuesday, Feb.
"a A Macon man has put up 500 for a
prize, and will take the gate money for
compensation. For this prize j. All Prater
of Atlanta and j. W. Ford OF Macon will
contend. Ford has record Of 30 miles in
u hours.
At J, n. Roush g. Sons wheel factory at
Macon a large water tank, situated ten or
fifteen feet in the rear of the engine room,
holding about 5000 gallons Of water, sud-
denly careened aud fell on the shed that
covered the boiler. The engine was not
damaged beyond few broken pipes, which
can be easily replaced
Talbatton NeW Era: T. ]. Mallory of
Belleview says that farming pays, and pays
well he made money last year on rented
land and it is his desire that his five sons
will all be farmers. Mr.. MallOry--whose
name is Thomas Jsfferson-says that he can
trace his ancestry back TO the colonization
of Virginia. and that one Of his ancestors,
named Mallory, was a signer Of the declara-
alton of Independence.
The heavy rains have swollen the rivers
and creeks in Lincoln to dangerous nights.
The drowning OF negro mail carrier on
the route from Modoc to Lockhart was due
to the rapidly flowing water. II seems that
another negro was taking him across the
river In boat and the boat was capszed by
the swift water. Uncle SANS negro sank
with his mail and neither has been fonnd.
The other negro swan safely to shore.
William Dickerson, a young white man,
against whom there Is a warrant for assault
and attempt to murder, and two warrants
for assault and battery, was captured near
Doraville, in DeKalb county, on Wednes-
day Of last week by Sheriff MoIain, Con-
stable Moon, City Marshal Parks and Mil
Ter Walker, and taken to Marietta Thurs
day morning and placed in jail. Several
shots were fired before he realized that he
was surrounded and surrendered.
George w. Watts and Adam Jones, two
watchmen for the Western and Atlantic
railroad, we're seriously injured by a Geor-
gia Pacific train at Atlanta Tuesday night.
They we're counting the number of Western
and Atlantic cars standing on the side track,
when the outgoing freight train on the
Georgia Pacific came around a sharp curve
just in front of them. Before they had
timo to get of the track the train struck
them, knocking them both down Besides re-
ceiving severe bruises, Mr.. Jones had his
collar bone broken, and Mr.. Watts had his
left foot cut of.
Augusta Herald: A sad case has lust
been reported. Last Thursday night Daniel
A. Hogan OF Columbia, 8. c., came to Au-
gusta on a visit to his son, Joseph w.
Hogan, popular machinist at the Georgia
railroad shops. Immediately after The
arrival OF Mr.. Hogan, ST., he was taken
sick, and died on Sunday. His son went
home TO Columbia with the body. He
arrived back in Augusta yesterday. This
morning brought news that Frustrated him
with grief. A telegram came announcing
the death OF his aged mother. Both of
these aged people were 81 years of age, and
had been married sixty-ave years.
Joseph Hall shot and fatally wounded a
negro by the name of William May Mon
day night, few few miles from Warren
ton. A warrant for his arrest was put In
the hands of Mr.. Hall to serve, and Mr..
Hall went to the house of the negro aud
found him in bed. Mr.. Hail entered the
house, and instead OF the negro surrender
ing, he presented a pistol and was in the act
Of firing when Mr.. Han fired upon him
with shotgun. The whole load took ct
feet in the negro's right side. The negro is
wanted in Washington county for the muir
der of his wife some time last year. The
negro, when last heard from, was still
alive, but it was thought that he Will be
dead before morning.
Austel AdUertiSer:s George DAVIS was
driving wagon over the old Mathews
bridge across Sweet Water last Sunday.
AUG AuHAeS kOb lTlkuCoHeu ana packed Tine
wagon off. AS the wagon fell the body
slipped on the wagon and hung on the edge
OF the bridge. Mrs. DAVIS and Miss
Alice Mossly, who were in the wagon.
Jumped in time to light on the bridge as
the wagon was going over sustaining slight
injuries. Mr.. DAVIS three little children
remained In the body of the wagon and
were rescued in time to save them from
drowning. Fortunately the creek was
swollen, floating the lower end Of the body
SO as to keep the children from falling out
or they would have drowned.
Wrightsville Headlight: An accident
happened to Conductor Moffett's train on
Monday afternoon, while placing cars on
the wharf track at the river. He was
handling long train of cars. BY some
means one Of the boxes, in being shifted to
the wharf track, became humans geable
after being cut loose, and ran away down
the inclined track alangside the river.
Over the chocks it rolled, aud into the river
it went, with its entire cargo of merchandise,
consisting OF flour, meat, lard crackers, bak-
ing powders, whisky, hats, etc.. consigned to
different points down the river. The trucks
went Immediately down 10 the bottom of
the river, OF course, but strange to say, the
car with its contents. foated and bodied up
serenely on the raging bosom of the majestic
Oconee. The cre@, with the assistance Of
Section Master KeSsler's gang who han