The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

One of Their Own Face - A Jury
Gives a Verdict for ST Where $4,000
Was Asked Fora Mans Bye Torn
Out by g Meat Eook.
GEORGIA.
The Burke county commissioners have re-
duced the county tax from s. 90 on 81 900
last year to 50 IS for the present year.
It's more than likely that Hon. w. ].
Morton, the present representative OF
Clarke county, will be a candidate for re-
election next year.
Can't. Somerville has just registered a
deed to forty acres, lying down on the Oke-
fnokee, said TO haze four acres Of orange
trees on it, recently sold to an Indiana man
for 1,6O0.
The following citizens ticket has been
nominated at Brunswick: For mayor,
Thomas W. Lamb; for aldermen, ]. NJ.
Madden, NJ. J. Colson, I. Newman, ID. ID.
Atkinson.
w, L. Watkins, farmer Of Monroe
county, was working at a gin, when his
right hand and arm became entangled. His
wounds were dressed, and he will not lose
his hand.
Treasurer Soherer, of Poythress Council,
A. L. H, paid over to the heirs of the late
Judge Ward Of Waynesboro a few days
ago a check for 5000, the amount Of his
death benefit
Friday night about IL O'Clock, at Wet
Cut, about four miles above Tennille, a
freight train was fired into several times. II
was supposed to be done by the friends OF
the Horizons, who are now in jail, accused Of
burning tie bridges.
At Macon Saturday, the jury In the case
of R. F. Tidwell Va. the City and Suburban
Street Railway Company In q suit for
5000 damages sustained while rolling a
car from under a shed, brought In q sealed
verdict awarding the plaintiff 81.
Arrangements are being made to repair
the Clarke county jail The escape of three
Jail birds recently by burning through the
wall of the building rendered steps In this
direction necessary. The jail building
will be put in thorough repair and made
safe.
Tuesday night the gin house on the Jones
place near Louisville and 80 or 100 bales OF
cotton were burned. The origin Of the fire
is unknown. Much Of the cotton belonged
to the tenants on this large place, some los
ing as much as five to fifteen bales, which
is very hard on them.
At Lexington there are rumors afioat of @
determination among the negroes of thai
section to quit the farms and farming
Many are outspoken IN this determination
which Is general enough to give farmers
and land owners in general some uneasinesS
about getting tenants for next year.
R. Brassell of jefferson county has sued
out writ of habeas corpus against Nimrod
Num- and Nancy Todd of Glascock county
to recover the possession of his little daugh'
ter Maggie. She has been with Mr.. Num-
and Mrs. Todd, alternately. about five
years The case will be tried before the or
binary Nov. %.
At Fort Valley Saturday morning the
store OF Capt. .. N. Houser. which was
closed last Tuesday by the sheriff, was
opened up for business again, with Capt.
and granted him as much time as be de-
sired, owing to the fair statement be made
of his assets, receipts and disbursements Of
cash for over year past.
Henry Faoeene and Nelson Rogers Of Me-
con are two negro sharpers who got into
trouble by fleeing country negro. They
slipped S35 from the negroes pocket and es-
capped, but were afterward. spotted by him
and pointed out TO an officer. The recorder
committed both to the city court Saturday,
with an additional sentence Of twenty days
on the gang for vagraucy.
At Montezuma one Of the showmen got
too much red-eye on board. and thought be
would clean up the town. He was arrested
by one of the assistant marshals, and i'm
mediately put his pistol In his face and
threatened to shoot Marshal Walters then
came to assist the deputy, and the fellow
placed the gun in his face, The marshal
knocked him down with his club and locked
him up. A state case will be made against
him.
At Macon Saturday W. e. Mccoy, a
clerk for Elihu Mclean, the Cotton avenue
grocer, drove wagon in front of W. l.
Henrys place, next door, and then jumped
of. AS he jumped his left eye caught in a
meat hook swinging from the awning, and
ma nfA har nnN k,-- IL l.
was inflicted. The top of the eye was torn
open and the rear exposed. The scalp Of
the head was torn up for a considerable dis
lance. 1t is probable that Mccoy viii lose
his eye.
Judge Harris in Troup superior court
Friday sentenced Allen Bray so be publicly
hanged on Friday. Jan. 8. 1892 within one
mile Of the county jail. The crime for
which Bray is sentenced is the murder of
Mrs. Mary Prather, an estimable white lady
near LaGrange. Judge Harris made short
but impressive talk In imposing the sem
tence. Bray did not seem 60 be affected
He still claims that the two negro
women indicted were his partners In the
crime
At Athens municipal politics are getting
rather warm. The registry lists close next
Friday, and on Nov. IS the vote will be
polled. E. 7. Brown and Fl. c. Tuck are
making lively fight for the mayoralty,
and there is no telling who will win. In the
Firs4ward Capt. w, d. OFarrell opposes R.
Chapple; In the Second ward DIR. John
Gerdtne and John L. Arnold are running :
In the Third ward there Is triangular fight
between w. ]. Russell, Jr, A. G. Elder and
Julius Cohen; while in the Fourth Ed Smith
has the field to himself.
A collision between two double-tean
vehicles was attended by peculiar accident.
on Broad street at Albany Saturday night
One Of the teams was driven by Will Nc
Kinney, colored hackman. When the
collision occurred one of McKinneys horses
managed to get one OF his hind legs through
one of the wheels of the other vehicle. and
when both teams had been brought to a
standstill he could not withdraw it. Some-
how, the foot got fastened between two
spokes Of the wheel near the hub, and one
of the spokes had to be cut out before the
horse could be liberated from his uneasy
position.
John Dyer, e young man who farms on
Whit Hardy's place In Bib county, was re-
turning home from an entertainment at John
Cherry's place Saturday, and was with a
party of seven or eight other young peo-
pie in wagon. Dyer was driving, and on
the way back the team became frightened,
and in running plunged the wagon into a
tree. throwing Mr. Dyer out with terrific
force. His head struck stump and be
was besides run over by the wagon, iuflict.
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