The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-01
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Stone and Dangerously injured
Col Hills Big Estete-A Colt VIII
Five Legs-A Riot at an Emarcipa-
ton Day Celebration at Thomaston
GEORGIA.
Martindale now handles the mail, post
office having been established there. Miss
Elmira Evans is the postmaster.
Frank Owens block at Waycross will be
handsome when completed. He has rented
all the stores, and viii easily dispose of the
hotel.
Mira. J. A. Champion Of Eatonton has just
received from Royal Arcanum $1,000, the
amount of insurance carried by tie late MIR.
Champion III that order.
T. n Hawkes. of Americas is the posses
sor Of a petrified turtle, which was given
him by gentleman who found it in field.
1t is about the size of a silver dollar.
The Newman Guards received forty new
guns last week, the full complement allowed
the company. The guns are the latest i'm
proved Springfield rifles anc are handsomely
finished.
An Americus man has purchased tract
of fine land near Seville, and will put out
the whole of 1t m tobacco. He says that
the weed will grow as well on these lands as
anywhere in North Carolina, where for
many years ne has cultivated it.
l.
Georgia Hosiery Company Of Macon, will
leave with his family this week Tor Knox
vile, Tenn. He has been made general
agent of cotton spinning and weaving
millin that city and goes there TO remain
permanently.
Workmen have begun putting on the
slate roof OF the new hotel at Americas,
and will follow it up as fast as possible. In
every department work is progressing IN
ffafa er,rvTF nd N mi
cent building is going steadily forward to-
ward completion.
Bee trees are numerous on Mission Ridge.
They are very rich this year, and the honey
is very good and thick. There is so much
honey dew in some places it is almost drop
ping Of the leaves. Swarms of bees seem
to be running away. Several parties have
got swarms taat were passing by.
At Macon Friday while some workmen
were digging dirt from gully in Crump's
park to throw upon the Vineville branch
street car track they uneerthed portions
Of a decayed coffin and the bsnes Of q
human skeleton. Taey were placed back
again where they had lain and were covered
with earth.
Mr.. Flatau, the omnibus man Of Athens,
has had the misfortune TO loose 5000 out Of
his pocket. He had Just drawn the money
out Of the bank TO pay freight on his new
OMNIBUS ana went QOWn 10 Tue depot anu
to other parts of the city, and when he felt
III his pocket the money was gone. The loss
falls very heavy on Mr.. Flatau.
Lafayette Messenger: Saturday even
ing, young gentleman from tue neighbor-
hood Of Subligua, accompanied by his friend,
was going TO Chattanooga on important
businoss-to be married. They missed tee
train. Nothing ives left but a night ride
through the country, as an engagement at
rat ha IA ND
be kept. messrs. Patton & jackson fur
nished them with a conveyance and driver.
The inventory and appraisement Of the
property Of the late Col. Joshua Hills estate
Is perhaps the longest legal document ever
recorded in Morgan county. It covers l2S
pages OF legal cap paper, closely written.
Messrs. L. L. Pennick, J. A. Fannin, III. l..
Richter, ). Shaw and 8. B. Cohen, ap-
prsisers, have not yet completed their work,
but from present indicati0ss the estate will
very probably foot up $3.50, 900.
Washington Gazette: Mr.. Oliver, q mem
Der of family of that name which make a
firm that owns a number of oil mills all
over the south, was here on Wednesday
looking at the magnificent plant owned by
our Excelsior Manufacturing Company.
hr. Oliver " as here with view TO leasin z
our oil mills He was very favorably i'm
pressed with the splendid equipment, and
Will in all probability be one OF the bidders
for the lease, which is to be made on the
10th of next month.
A special TO the Rome Tribune from
Coosa teib OF a strange FREAK OF nature in
the form of colt. The colt was finely
formed animal, except that it had Ave legs,
or rather It's right foreleg forked at the
pastern joint and formed two separate legs
from there down. One OF them was useless
on account OF being limp, apparently hav-
ing no bone; the other one was stiff and
seemed to have no joints. As the colt
could bear no weight on this double leg Mr..
Gaze thought it would be useless, and had
it killed.. Some Of his friends, however.
think he could have realized a snug sum
from 1t as curiosity.
Senoia Gazette: Mr.. 7. L. Moore, of the
Georgia Telegraph School, has completed q
model piece of mechanism which he puts il
motion by turning on a current Of electric
ity from two cells of the battery that is used
in the school TO operate instruments. This
piece Of machinery hiss a perpendicular
cylinder to which 10 attached Horizontal
shaft. This shaft has q fly aud band wheel
and by the use Of band he runs to perfec
ton several kinds of machinery. 1t can be
stopped at will or run for several days, CT
until the battery needs replenishing. The
amount of power consists In the number Of
cells that are connected.
Greensboro HeraLd-JournaI: Abe Col
clough and Henry Williams, two negro
boys living at Penfield, got into discussion
ct that place last Monday evening. The
discussion led to sharp words aud Col
oiough grabbed up large rock and hurled
it with great force at Williams. Williams
fell senseiess to the ground, and it was at first
thought he had been killed. DR.. S. H.
billiard Of this city was sent for and treated
the injured boy. He found the frontal bone
fractured aud the conclusion had caused
other injuries. At last accounts William.
was In very dangerous condition. Nc
steps have been taken toward the arrest Of
Colclough, who is still at Penfield.
The annual celebration of emancipation
by the colored people was held at Thomas
vile Friday, and they came from the foul
quarters, until the crowd swelled to several
thousand. Soon after dinner, which wa.
served in the Beall grove, and while the &C
dress was being delivered by Augustus ST.
George Richardson of New Brunswick, q
fight occurred between come who had i'm
bibed too much whisky. 1t soon became
general, and ended seriously. Sheriff Foster
in attempting to make arrests, was shot a
but not wounded. When peace was restored
it was found one negro was badly hurt, and
two others shot, one being a woman. Tel
were arrested and placed IN jail to avail
the action OF the jury.
Lafayette Messenger: At the tunne
there are two squads Of hands. They wori