The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS Of The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Baby Deserted by It's Mother in
Mscon-A Young Man Instantly KILLED
in Newton County-The Tax on Bach
elors - Richmond Couuty's Court
Eouse-A Clerk Shoots Himself Will
a Pistol Which He Believed Empty
GEORGIA
The burglars are getting In their worI
along the line Of the Georgia railroad.
Gov. Northen has written a letter II
which he says he will open Augustus expo.
sition on Nov. ?.
Mr.. Watson of Sumner has twenty-three
melons that grew on one vine, averaging
twenty pounds each, which Is equivalent Il
460 pouAd of watermelon taken from one
vine.
Franklin could have done a profitable
work with canning factory this season.
The market is crowded with peacHes.
Canned or dried they always find market
Let them all be saved.
Tne large bridge Of the Georgia, Clrolina
ana Northern road over the Oc3nee river
at Athens is com pleted. 1t is one OF the
most imposing structures Of Us KIND IN
Georgia, being SS7 feet long and eighty-hTe
feet high.
By Sept | Brunswick will have received
nearly POO, 900 bales for the present year OF
2 2-9 per cent. of the entire crop, ana the
Times thinks there il nothing to prevent
Brunswick from getting 25J,OJO bales OF
the growing crop.
John F. IilIey, an bonored and respected
citizen OF Gaines vile, is dead. He was one
of the pioneer settlers Of Lumpkin county
and had been a resident of Gainesville, Hall
county, since 1878. He was aged about n
years He went to Lumpkin county in 1895,
soon after It's settlement.
The foundry and machine works that are
now in course of erection on the corner OF
Sixth and Broad streets, Griffin, are being
rapidly pushed to completion by large
force Of hands that are doing all in their
power 10 complete the building III time for
the heavy demands Of the fall business.
William Cronin, an old and we'll known
citizen of Macon, died at his home on Hazel
street Sunday afternoon OF nslarial fever
He was about So years old, and had lived
many years in that city. He served for a
number of years on the police force MIR.
Cronin leaves one son, who was also at one
time member of the police force.
Dahlonegs Signal: 1t is very doubtful
about the Chestatee bridge being built.
Under late decision of the supreme court
it was decided that contractors have 10 iu-
sure their work for seven years, and the
contractor OF this bridge has been notified
Of the fact by Judge Williams and nothing
definite will be known until Mr.. Brown re-
plies.
The court house commissioners Of Au-
gusta met Monday morning. and after some
discussion rejected all of the plans sub
mitted to them for the improvement and
enlargement Of the court house. None Of
the plans exactly suited the ideas of the
commissioners and the architects will be
IL. - ,NNa
proposed elevation of the first floor.
w. H. Arnold, who lives IN South Macon,
and is employed as a clerk In J. D. Heads
store, Macon, few days ago picked up
pistol in the store which he believed was
empty. BE did not know that MIR. Head |
had loaded it that very day, and so be han
died it without fear of danger. To his |
painful surprise, however, the weapon went |
off and carried away the middle finger of |
his right hand, or at least mapgled il so |
badly that il can hardly be saved. The bull |
let also came unpleasRntly close to his head, |
and so he considered that he got off lightly, |
after all.
The bill introduced in ths House by Mr..
Seay TO tax all unmarried male citizens ex-
cept widowers the procsecs 20 go toward
the support of the branch colleges at Dab
lonega, Miledgeville, Cuthbsrt, Hamilton
and Forsyth had narrow escape from a
serious amendment in the committee on
sanitation and hygiene on Saturday. An
amendment was offered making it apply TO
all members Of the present legislature, and
afterward only to the counties OF Floyd aud
Monroe. The bill proposes to tax all un-
married persons between 80 and 80 years of
age to pay an annual tax of S25, between
s. and 40 $50. 20 and 40 S75, IS and so 800.
30 to So 1925, So to 60 $3.50, and all over 90
years $500 per annum.
Covington Star: A young man named
Frank Tuggle was shot and instantly killed
about l2o'clock Sunday in Gathers district,
Newton county. The shooting was done by
Joe Ozburn. and his brother, Bud Ozburn,
was accessory. 1t seems Joe Ozburn had
got Frank Tuggle's hat. Some words passed
between them about how the hat came into
Mr. Ozburn's possession, when Mr.. Ozburn
procured his Winchester rifle and fired upon
Mr.. Tuggle twho had mounted his mule and
was riding away to prevent difficulty the
ball striking him in the back and passing
entirely through his body, and coming out
a little above the left nipple Tuggle died
in few minutes. The Ozburns then fed.
Coroner Osborn was notified Of the killing
late Sunday afternoon, and he at once left
for the scene of the tragedy, and held an
inquest on the body Sunday night. The
verdict Of the jury was that the killing was
murder, and that Joe 0zburn fred the fatal
shot, with his brother, Bud Oxburn as ac-
cessory, The Ozburns are still at large. but
warrants have been issued for their a rrest,
aud every effort will be made TO eppre bend
them.
Saturday evening a woman appeared at
the station house at Macon with baby in
her arms. She said that she was Mrs.
Flournoy, living on Ebert street She was
accompanied by an old negro woman
named Ann Walker. Mrs. Flournoy said
that the baby had been left by an unknown
white woman with the old negress about
two weeks ago. She considered that an un
fitting place 70 keep white baby, and as
the old neRress was anxious to get rid of her
helples little charge, Mrs Flournoy wanted
to know what should be done with it. She
said she wanted to take the baby herself aud
would treat it as her own child. The babs
was a boy, about Is months old
and sick with malarial fever. Its
unnaturally large head and drowsy eyes in
dicated that it was suffering from dropsy
of the brain. 1t nestled close to its new
protector, as If dimly aware OF its desolate
condition, and went to sleep in her arms as
she sat talking to Station Sergeant Long.
Ann Walker, the old negroes, stood near,
PEELED to give up the child. She said that
several white men had stopped there to in
Quire what she was doing with a white
baby in her house. She could not tell the
name Of its mother, and did not even know
where she lived. Finally she became
frightened and told Mrs. Flournoy "for
goodness saken to help her out Of her
trouble.