The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Chase An Attempt st Suicide at
Amoskeag - An Atlanta Husband
Who Has Awakened Twice to Find
His Wife Dead in Bed.
GEORGIA
Americas is to have another brass band.
Americas and Ellaville are to be con-
nected by telephone.
Julius Steininger died at New York
day or two ago. de resided et cambridge
for many years.
Lawyer Dorsey Of Douglassville, while
making levy in Albany, was arrested for
trespsss, but subsequently, gave bond and
was set at liberty.
During 1890 25l marriage licenses were
issued by Judge Hinton, the ordinary of
Meriwether county. or those 81 were for
white couples and Ice ceiored.
The elopemento Of Miss Minnie Ethel Ros-
sitti with A. c. Shannon, Thursday night,
is the talk of Brunswick. The couple are
supposed to have come to Savannah.
The Georgia insane asylum is full. No
more patients can be admitted at Milledge-
vile. At least such was the experience of
tive Athens lunatics, who were refused ad-
mittance.
The postofice department has decided to
let Jag Tavern keep the name she could not
get rid of. An effort was made 70 change
the name Of the place TO Brandon" with
out avail.
A special messenger Of the Central rail-
road was in Greenvllle last week on an extra
TO examine the mortgage Of the road in the
clerks Office there, looking to the extension
of the road 10 Newman.
An unknown enemy put strychnine in
the coffee to be drunk by the family of L.
G. Walters of Sumter county, day or two
ago. The bitter taste prevented them from
drinking the liquid, and thus saved their
lives.
A large brindled dog fercely attacked
young Herman Knauth at Americas,
Thursday, and but for the boys brave fight
he would have been badly hurt. The sup
position is that the dog was affected with
hydrophobia-
The report that Gen. Longstreet, who
went TO San Antonio, Tex, a few weeks
ago to spend the remainder Of the winter,
is seriously sick, is unfounded. With the
exception Of a severe cold, the general is in
as good health as usual
The election held at Lafayette on Satur-
day, Jan. II, for the purpose OF electing a
mayor, recorder and council, resulted as
follows: DIR. j. NJ. Underwood, mayor; J.
II. Shattuck, recorder; b. F. Thurman, j.
II. McWhorter, w. p. Kelley, j. II. Webb
aud w. W. Center, councilman.
One day last week two brothers, Wright
by name, had a dispute at the Piedmont
Marble Works, near Tate, and one struck
the other with monkey-wrench over the
left eye and crushed the skull. Death has
ensued, and the brother who struck the
fatal blow has left the country, although
he was at one time in the custody of the
baiff.
Thursday night when the convict miners
at the Cole City camp, in this county, were
being counted at the stockade it was found
bat n. u
were put upon his track, and after q three
hours race he was recaptured and taken
TO the camp, where he died within five
minutes OF his arrival The inquest Jury
found that he had died OF exhaustion, there
being no shots fired at him.
Ben Hardy and Henry Way, two negroes,
who live on DR.. Jones' plantation near
Hogansville. became involved in a dispute,
and Way left to get his gun in order to kill
Hardy. be came back in a short while,
end commenced f. ing upon Hardy, pro-
ducing serious wounds. Hardy pulled his
pistol and shot at Way, giving him wounds
from which the negro died. A verdict OF
Justidable homicide was returned
w. Addison Knowles, who has been so
long identified with the Greensboro Herald
journal as proprietor and manager, an
nouncee in this weeks issue his retirement
from that paper for the purpose of devotIng
bis time TO his other business enterprises
The Herdtd-JournGt has been merged into
stock company, with +. L. Florence and
Paul Robinson as business managers. Ed
Young remains as managing editor of the
paper.
At Amoskeag Thursday Mira Blair, for
merly Miss Willie Jordan Of Macon, at
tempted suicide by taking a vial of lauda-
mum. She Is the l5>year. old wife of Clarence
Blair. lately employed as engineer on the
East Tennessee road Young Blair and wife
arrived at Amoskeag about week ago.
and are stopping with his fathers family,
whom it seems have not treated her kindly.
Thursday the couple had some misunder-
standing. which resulted in a slight quar-
rel, which seems to be the cause Of the act.
The deed was Immediately discovered, and
every available means was used to prevent
the dose proving fatal
Mrs. Bullin, wife of Edward Bullin, was
found dead in bed Thursday morning at
their residence at Atlanta. Mrs Bullin was
apparently in her usual health when she re-
tired Wednesday night. About $50 o'clock
and was alarmed by her stiffness He
touched her and found that she was cold. A
further investigation proved that she was
dead, and had been for some time. Seven
years ago, when Mr. 'Hilburn was coroner.
ne was summoned 20 Mr.. Bullin's home,
then on Marietta street, his first wife hay
ing died in the same way as his last wife
passed away. She, too, died of heart dis
ease. Neither of the wives left any children.
Dawson Journal: Last Saturday a prom
inent banker of Dawson was called upon
by a rather rough and uneducated man who
claimed to be mine explorer from Arizona
he displayed a large sum of money and sew.
eral specimens OF rich gold quartz. He stated
that he and his partner had made a rich
ind that they we're ignorant and wanted q
good business man to take hold of the mat.
ter and work it for all it was worth. He
said they did not want him to invest @
cent, but simply to go to New York OF
Philadelphia and buy the proper machin-
cry for working the mine. The gentleman
approached thought the proposition toe
liberal and was afraid that instead of
being miner the man was bank robber.
He accordingly notified the officers, bui
Trail Bill, J" as he gave his name. left towr
soon afterward, promising to send "tele
graph letter" which has never come
Burglars are proving around Brunswick
Wheelwright & Co. s safe has already beer
cracked. The Times says: mot many
days ago a man who was moderately wei
dressed, of medium hight, with black mus
tache and hair. and piercing black eve
entered the saloon of f. Joseph Doerfiinger
on Bay street, and opening book which b.
carried with him, laid it on the safe in TIN
back room. He stood up in front of tn
safe looking intently at the book for severa