The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Said to Be Engaged TO a Maconite
A Boy Shot by q Companion Near
Valdosta.
GEORGIA.
The colored people have no school in
Montezuma.
W. W. Webb has been appointed post
master at Hahira.
In thirty years cambridge has had but
ten cases Of typhoid fever.
The Methodists Of Reynolds have raised
sl,17l for their new church.
G. S. Nelson has bought out tbs mercan-
tile business Of T. A. Davis Of Ty Ty.
The United States fish commission has
just liberated 800 trout in the streams
about Rome.
V. W. Butler the old Walton home at Mad
ison, paying $3.50 for the Ave acres Of
land.
The Ashburn Advocate has been sold TO
the Sycamore company, and will be pub
hshed AZ the latter place 10 the interest Of
that section and Irwin county.
An old colored woman died near Gordon
few days ago, who was known TO be at
least 125 years old. She knew George
Washii gton personally, and waited upon
him on several occasions.
George Morris, who lives on Latham
hummock, opposite the Jekyl Island Club
house, is very Ill and is not expected to live
His wife and daughters are also i'll, and
they, too, are not expected to live.
Every widow of a confederate soldier,
who lost his life in the service of his coun-
try during the war; or from wounds or dis
ease resulting therefrom, is entitled to a
yearly pension of 800 from the state.
Eugene Brown is the 11-year-old son of
John Green Brown Of Grovania While
out hunting on Saturday last two deer at
tempted to run over him. He shot and
killed one and badly wounded the other.
During the month of May a Baptist
church is to be dedicated at II 4vana, Cuba
Among the visitors from Augusta will be
DR.. Lansing Burrows. The Central rail-
road has put on excursion rates to Havana
for the event and return for $4S. The cost,
$4S, is $50 less than the regular winter ex.
cursion rates.
Near Vaidosta Thursday Will Barfield, a
lad Of IA, son of c. r. Barfield, and Henry
Hewett, son of Nathan Hewett, fell out and
quarreled over a game OF mumble-the-peg.
Bartield shot Hewett, inflicting q probably
fatal wound. Some think that, although
Barheld pointed the gun at Hewett, the
shooting was accidental.
Turner Solomon, the negro charged with
the murder of Charity Crane at Macon, has
been discharged The state was unable to
make out case. At the close of the testi-
mony Friday, Judge Miller said he was IN
willing to let the case go any further on the
evidence presented, and ordered that a YER
dict be taken in favor Of the defendant.
While Ed Bird, aged about II, son Of
Conductor Bird. was helping unload a
freight car at Kingston, day or two ago,
n naa OIL ffrnf =
pounds, which was being lowered TO the
depot platform by means Of skids, slipped
and fell on him, breaking his thigh, and, it
is thought, injured him internally. He
won't die.
As Mr.. Oxfords bid for erecting the new
county court house at Dalton was about
$4,000 more than the original appropriation,
it has been rejected, aud the commissioners
will meet next Tuesday for the purpose of re-
advertising the contract and naming a
day when new bids will be considered aud a
new contract awarded. EIr. Oxford's late
bid was %. 200, while the appropriation was
but S24. 600
Macon is in flutter Of excitement over a
rumor that some time during the spring
Miss Winnie Davis, the Daughter Of the
Confederacy," will become the bride of a
gentleman of that city. The Macon CORE
spondent of the Albany NetUS says: "a
formal announcement of the engagement is
expected shortly, and in the meantime the
public must content itself with knowing
that the initials Of the gentleman spell
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cambridge Democrat: ]. d. Harrell 81
Bro, agents, forwarded on Tuesday to the
Atna Insurance Company of Hartford,
Conn, the $4,000 of city academy bonds,
which they have placed with this company
at par. The amount in New York ex-
change viii be immediately returned and
deposited in the Bank of Bainbrldge for use,
as required in the progress of work as it
proceeds. The work will be started as soon
as plans and specifications can be procured
and adopted.
Last Monday morning, W. Ii. Carr, fore
man of the variety works at Montezuma,
adjusted knife on the cutter head of the
axhandle machine. By mistake the knife
was not fastened as securely as it should
have been, and when the machine was
started up the knife jumped and hit him on
his neck aud the upper part of his lung.
Fortunately the edge of the knife did not
strike him or his head would have been cut
off. He had several hemorrhages from his
lungs and is seriously injured internally.
At Warrenton at IL O'Clock Wednesday
night fire Was discovered 10 the large wood
and blacksmith shop occupied by d. A.
lnS SUPP, tORetueE Win q LWOs
story structure known as the "old grocer Y, +"
occupied by negroes, was destroyed. The
houses burned were located Just ia front of
the two large livery stables owned by @. d.
Robertson and Rhone & Wicker The stable
occupied by Rhone & Wicker caught ON fire,
and about 100 head of stock were turned
out and were scattered all over the country.
A day or two ago a daughter of John
Glaze. aged about 10, who lives a few miles
west of Dalton, was putting a flask of pow-
der on the mantel, when some of it was
accidentally spilled in the fire. THIS ignited
the powder in the flask, and there was i'm
mediately terrific explosion. The young
lady was terribly burned about the face and
hands, and almost blinded by the flash Of
the powder. Her clothing also took fire
which was extinguished with difficulty.
Though badly burned, she is in fair way
to recover.
The statement was made + riday upon the
authority of Manager w. L. Glover OF
Brunswick, that after his engagements with
the different theatrical companies at
LArioso opera house for the month of Feb
ruary had been filed, he intended closing
the house for good. Mr.. Glover says thai
this action on his part was necessited by the
action of the city council in increasing the
license for each performance from SIS to $40
He announced from the first time the rumol
of an increase In the license was spread
abroad that it would compel him to close
the house, as his receipts would scarcely
warrant him in running the house at the
old figures.
Greenville VindicdtoT: Colin Harper
who died near Chinev inst before Christ