The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Coal Mine in Walker County
Stricken With Apoplexy.
GEORGIA.
Judge W. II. Fish's term as judge Of Ma
con county will expire next Nay. be viii
hardly seek reappOintment.
A white man named Smith was probably
fatally wounded in convict camp, near
Lafayette. few days ago.
Capt. W. E. Jones Of the Burke troop
Of Waynesboro declares his intention OF
taking a fitting team to the worlds fair in
1892
E.Y. Mallory. C. B. Smith and W. A.
Nelson have been commissioned, respect
lively, as captain. first Lieutenant ard second
lieutenant, junior, Of the Macon Light
Infantry.
Judge Falligsnt will hold short term OF
the Mcintosh superior court In Darlen at
an early date. when a charter will be
granted the South Atlantic Land and Lum-
Der Company.
Rolin jefferson of Columbus lost a new
barge loaded with about $4,000 feet Of lum-
Der. most of which was dressed and
matched, on the Chatahoochee river the
other day. His loss was about $4,000.
Mrs Holland, who was so brutally beate7,
shot and stabbed by her husband not long
since in the upper edge of Dodge county, Is
constantly growing weaker, and very little
hope is entertained that she will recover.
She is now unable to move hand or foot,
and is turned in bed by means OF sheets.
A CarroIlton merchant put his foot into
it the other day, says the Free Press.
Somebody had bsen playing an accordion
for an intolerable length Of time in an adj
Joining store, when, his patience being
worn out, he said: "Wonder what fool
that is playing that accordion" when the
young lady whom be was waiting upon
meeky replied that she thought 1t was her
brother.
Pinkney Rainwater, son of Lacy d.
Rainwater of Milton county, now de-
ceased, recently shot and killed man at
Camden, Ark. Rainwater is chief of po-
lice Of Camden, and was attempting to ar
rest some parties, when they fired on him
and put three bullets through his clothing.
Then be drew his pistol and fired on one Of
the parties. infiicting a wound from which
he afterward died. Rainwater was tried
before the courts and was acquitted.
Claude Love, a white man who gained
considerable notoriety no great while back,
when he killed a negro, had a most remark
able escape from death at Atlanta Saturday
night. In a row with Gus Kyle over a game
of billiards he was shot by the latter at close
range squRrely in the breast, yet received
no hurt beyond mere bruise. The pistol
ball passed entirely through the mans cloth
ing but failed to penetrate further. Four
other shots were fired by, Kyle but he hit
his man but once. He is under arrest
Lafayette Messenger: Absolom Foster,
a man up in years, runs a tannery a mile
and half northeast from Tunnel hill.
Thursday while he was writing a letter in
regard to a shipment of leather, R. NJ. Will
Hanson, who was present, saw that some
thing was wrong with him. He was helped
to bed, and it was found that he had had a
partial stroke Of paralysis. affecting his
speech. The letter was all right except the
last line. There his miRd seemed 10 have
failed, and the word ION" was repeated
several times.
Thomaston Times: DIR. Blalock on last
Saturday afternoon noticed one of his cows
behaving strangely and had her put in a
house, where she soon began trying to tear
up things He went cut abous 8 O'Clock
that night to see hew she was getting on,
and she made lunge for him and butted
down the door, but turned the other way
and commenced buttinR at the back of the
house. when he stopped up the front and
got his gun and killed her. The COW was
undoubtedly mad. A strange dog had
been about the premises a week or two be-
fore, and some one said IL was mad and II
must have bit the COW.
Lafayette Messenger: Monday, Feb. Q
Noah Bond, colored man, % wears of age
met with violent and tragic death at the
Walker Coal and Iron Company's works
near the Fawn. He was in charge of the
tip. by which coal, ore and limestone il
dumped into the top of the furnace stack
The different articles are carried up by az
elevator. Bond stepped out on the elevator
or cage after the buggy, which was ladeI
with ore. As he did so the cable broke, pre-
cipitating everything to the ground, dis
lance Of over 100 feet Bond lived abou
an hour. When picked up his thighs wer.
mashed almost into jelly.
.Oconee Enterprise: Mrs. Bradshaw dice
in the lower part Of the county this week a
the advanced age OF ll2 years. This ageC
lady has grandchild 70 years of age. Sh,
was hale and hearty, and gave promise o.
living several years longer, but a cance
made lis appearance, and in a short tim
claimed her as victim. Oar undertaken
w. B. Langford, did not have coffin II
stock large enough to bury her in, and wa
compelled TO make one ~ feet in length il
which to bury the dead bedy. She was
giantess in hight, strength and endurance
and in her death Oconee relinquishes tn
claim to having the Oldest person in tn
state living within her borders.
Albany NeIcS and Advertiser: Two son
OF Capt. w. ID. Ellis of Atlanta have for
week or more past been visiting their rela
tives, Col. and Mrs. Jshn NJ. Fort, at thei
home in West Dougherty These younI
Atlantiass were having high old tim
with dog and gun, but their sports came L
a sudden and rather painful termination
Friday afternoon. On that occasion both O
the boys were out on a deer hunt with
party of old hunters. when a big buck wa
gotten up. The deer ran close to the stan,
on the Jordan ford road, where Col For
was waiting and little Harry Ellis was 10
yards to the rear of Col. Fort. About thi
time, Tom Reynolds of this city was dis
covered riding like mad for a shot at RI
deer, and he and Col. Fort fred about til
same time, and at the report of their CUR
the deer fell and little Harry Ellis we
heard to scream out in agony. Col. For
and Mr.. Reynolds Immediately went to th
lads assistance and, reaching him, foun
that stray buckshot from Mr.. Reynold
gun had struck him below the knee on I'll
left leg. the wound is not serious.
Rome Tribune: On Sunday, Feb. /, I'll
residence of r. J. Gwaltney was destroyeG
partially, by fire, while the family were 8
church. AS there had been no fire In th
house for some hours, it was REASONABLE
supposed that the fire was of incendiar
origin, and subsequent events proved Il
supposition correct. The police were Gale
into the case and Officer Shropshire e.
amined the matter, and the result was thi
be decided that negro girl called Nora
Lay knew something about the fire.
search for her began, but she had skippe
out. In a]few days he succeeded.in find n