The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Leg Broken by a FAN From a Wager
Fire at Brunswick-A Steering Gear
Invented by Citizen of Brunswick
An Athenian Lady VINO Can Detect
the Presence Of Cat W. thout Seeing
or Hearing Il.
GEORGIA.
Blackshear's mill was totally destroyed by
FIRE day or two ago. IL was the Oldest
water mill in Laurens county.
Three prisoners broke jail at Cumming
Friday night None of them have as yet been
captured. They were in for house-break-
ing.
Col James Hightower Of Dublin will re-
move his paper, the People, to Mount Yer
non soon. He expects to improve the typo
graphical appearances.
Col w. S. Ramsay, Duhlin's popular
preacher, has been called 70 the bedside of
his brother, Judge E. c. Ramsay q Mil
ledgeville, who was stricken by paralysis at
Tweed.
The hotel Of Mrs. Eliza Greer at hogans-
vile was destroyed by fire Friday night
The building was not quite completed and
cost about $500. The origin Of the fire is
unknown.
Little Tommy Vaughan, a son Of Robert
Vaughan, of Antioch settlement. Gilbert
county, was thrown from a wagon a few
days ago and bad both bones in his left leg.
below the knee, broken.
The Macon poles force received an addi-
ton Saturday. His name is Burrows; he is
a cousin of the daring but deceased Rube.
and be measures just six feet eight and one
half inches high 10 his stocking feet.
DR.. B. F. Stanley. who resides in the
upper edge of Laurens county, is lying in a
critical condition at his residence. His
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tation will be necessary, endangering his
life.
The Rome Tribuns has been greatly i'm
proved Ia typographical appeara ce aud
otherwise within the past few days. The
Tribune has evidently decided to join the
racks Of the hustlers, and it is getting there
with both feet
Capt Rubina A. Hooper of the Daisy z.
Parkhurst is the latest inventor thai has
been found in Brunswick. His Invention
is an improvement in the steering gear Of
vessels. he has two steering appearances,
the mechanism Of which is entirely sep
arAte.
E. A Sullivan Of Sandersville has a cork
tree in his yard, very rare tree in this
sec ion, aud he has recently received re-
quest from the Agricultural department at
Washington, ID. c., TO send on some OF the
bark and limb of the tree. Mr.. Sullivan
is one OF the most enterprising merchants
of Sandersville
Jordan Franklin, a negro man living on
Dr. Felton's farm, about four miles from
Gainesville, was called 10 his door about
O'Clock Friday night, and shot aud almost
instantly killed, by an unknown party. No
arrests have been made as We, but a warrant
has been sworn out against negro sus-
pected as the assassin.
Buford Mclean, son of Malcolm Nc
Lean, was working on a machine called a
shaper in the planning mills at GAINESVILLE,
Saturday, when in some way his hand got
caught, and in an instant all four fingers of
his right hand we're cut Off. few months
ago his father was injured in an almost sim
liar manner on the same machine.
Whit Boaner, negro boy about Is years
old, while hunting near Sparta Friday with
two other boys, was accidentally shot by
Will Reed, one of his companions The
account is that the three boys we're playing
with their guns. when Will Reeds acct
denrally discharged, the load taking effect
in Boaner's breast and killing hin instantly,
At Griffin Thursday night some party, in
shooting sky rockets, elevated one SO 10
went into one OF the windows Of the Curtis
house. j. c. Doody and J. NJ. Parker
were 10 the room talking when the rocket
was fired. The sharp end OF the cket hit
Mr.. Parker's hat, a stiff derby, JUS over
the top OF his head, tearing the crown off
it., an knocking him senseless.
George Humphries and Hefin Duren,
cousins, where out hunting near Fairburn
Saturday. HUMPHREYS got the ramrod of
his gun fastened, and asked Hefiin to pull
the rod out. Helm took hold and Humph-
ries held the gun, and he tried to draw the
rod, when the gun fred and the load passed
In on the right side of Helm, gong through
his body. The boys were IA years of age
Athens Banner: There is a youthful
maiden living in Cobbham who has the
peculiar faculty of detecting the presence
instantly of any feline who enters a room
where she Is. She need not see or hear the
animal when it enters, but has intimation
of its horrent presence by strange sensa-
tions that she invariably experiences when
she is brought into contact with u cat, and
she entertains an unconquerable repugnance
to these animals.
Fire broke out Sunday morning at $50
O'Clock in the second story of the big wooden
structure at No. 522 Oglethorpe street,
Brunswick. Some Goals rolling from a
CRATE originated the fire. The house
was occupied by J. l. Baxter a ship car
penter, his wife and son, and Mr.. Kennedy,
a blacksmith. Nothing in the way of
household goods could be saved. Kennedy
went down column from the second story
piazza to save his life. The furniture was
insured with Capt. j. s. Thomas for a small
amount. The estate Of J. s. Friedlander
owns the house. 1t is insured. The second
story was almost total loss, while the first
story was saved. The total loss was about