The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Negro Shot Dead From Ambush
While Riding Along the Road in Cot
fee County-A Woman Becomes q
Mother at 7O-Two Marital Sensa-
tons at Americus.
GEORGIA
The recent rains have saved the most OF
the corn crop in Pierce county. 1t is
asserted that one-third Of the crop was lost
for want of rain at the proper time.
Capt. D. s. Sanford Of the Baldwin Blues
has rendered his resignation as captain OF
sh-5 STs=k military company. "Stet" San
r5sd is the Youngest captain in the state.
No further move has been made toward
Che building Of the proposed Episcopal
cathedral at Atlanta, and 1t is hardly prob
able that the matter will be taken up this
summer.
John H. Martin OF the Atlanta Journals
editorial staff has reti red permanently from
journalism at the advanced age OF ~ years,
after hfty-two years Of continuous service
at the editorial desk.
H. H. Sanford OF Thomasville is the first
person from this state to send an exhibit to
the worlds fair at Chicago. He shipped a
few days ago barrel OF amarvllus bulbs,
which are 20 be planted on the exposition
grounds. The bulbs will bloom during the
present summer, and, If properly handled,
win be In fine shape when the fair opens.
John B. Broad well of Milton made S4S
profit on one acre OF land last year. be
made forsy-two bushels Of wheat and
thirty-four bushels Of oats and sold both
crops at 81 per bushel. The cost Of produc-
ton, including manure, guano and labor,
was SIS, leaving a net profit OF S4S. Mr..
Broadwell has grown no cotton since 1889,
and says be will never plant another seed
unless the price advances considerably.
A few weeks ago young girl, only Is or
Il years of age, was married at Americas.
Judge Speer says the person who called for
the license gave the name Of a young lady
of the city and in her name the license was
Issued, but when the license was returned
by the minister who performed the cere-
mony 1t was filed out with the 14-year-old
girl, different girl altogether from the
one in whose name the license was issued.
Atlanta Journal: Mr.. Berry Of the rail-
way mail service tells story which he
vouches for: "a well-known and respect
able old lady who lives rear me Is absolutely
deaf. A few weeks ago she rode on an cleo
trio car for the first time, and when she re-
turned home she declared she could hear
perfectly well on an electric car. One OF
the family went with her, boarded an cleo
trio car and found that she could hear per-
feotly. don't care TO give the lsdy's name
for she wouldn't like it,
While returning TO Brunswick from
Cumberland Monday afternoon the
pleasure boat Carolina owned by
N. Emanuel, was capsized aud
the owner, together with hired man who
was along to help in sailing the boat, was
thrown in the water. They remained float
ing and swimming about for a long while
before they were finally picked up by the
City OF Brunswick. Several valises, con-
tanning clothing were lost and the ooou-
pants narrowly escaped drowning
= An umbrella, the property of Miss Nan
ME Smith Of Monticello has a strange
history and was lost and found in rather an
unusual way. Miss Smith purchased the
umbrella while on a tour through the con-
tinent of Europe, and for that reason she
valued it very highly. When q passenger
on the Macon and Northern, several days
since, she lost it on the train. She told the
conductor about it and he began a search
The umbrella was traced to Augusta, from
there round about to Atlanta and on TO
Chattanooga, returning by Atlanta to Ma
con and thence 20 Monticello, where il was
turned over TO the young lady.
Atlanta Journal: Six-sevenths of the
tax OF Fulton county Is what Atlanta pays
and one-eighth Of the tax of the entire
state Of Georgia is what the county pays.
The board OF equaliEers are raising the as
sessments on property materially. The in
crease will be enormous. Fulton county
will have to pay about one-flfth Of the en-
tire tax OF the state, and, as Atlanta pays
six-sevenths Of the taxes collected in
Fulton county, the burden really falls on
Atlanta. And yet Atlanta is entirely I'M
represented on the board Of equalizers-the
board being composed of Ave men, every
one OF whom lives in the country.
Judge W. D. Elan, the Oldest member of
the Roman bar, was found dead in his bed
Sunday morning. He went to bed in bis
usual health Sunday night. Sunday morn
ing when Edmund, the old oolored janitor
OF the Masonic temple, went in his room TO
wake him he found him lifeless. Death
gently touched the old man, for he lay there
with an expression Of peacefulness. Judge
Elan was 73 years OF age at the time Of bis
death. his life has been q most exemplary
one and every body said, "he is a good cid
man" he was also prominent Mason. A
son and daughter who reside near Savan-
nah are all OF his immediate family.
DR.. E. s. Warlick of Douglasville reports
case OF childbirth in the South Mountain
section OF Burke county, North Carolina
which is one of the most remarkable on
record, II we except the scripeprel story Of
Sarah. Mrs. William K. Smith of Upper
Fork township gave birth to q ohild-a cir
cumStance which would have created very
little comment in the South Mountain had
IL not been that the day on which the child
was born happened to be Mrs. Smiths roth
birthday. The child was alive and well
formed, and the physicians all say this
beats the record. Dr. Warlick will get up
all the facts connected with the remarkable
case and furnish them to the medical jour
mails. The statement made by DR.. Warlick
ia authentic.
John Lott tcolorsd) of Shepherd, Coffee
county, was ambushed and shot Sat
urday while returning home from
Douglas accompanied by negro
school teacher and negro boy.
The school teacher was riding in the buggy
with John and the boy was riding a mule
Just behind. The murdersrs were seoreted
IN the jam of a fence at the old Gaskin
place, six miles from Douglas. Only one
gun was fred, but 1t hit all three Of the
negroes. John was hit in the breast with
twenty-one buckshot and fell from the
buggy and died almost instantly. The
school teacher was hit In the right arm and
shoulder with three shot, but was not hurt
much and the boy was hit on the fingers.
The teacher and the boy failed TO discover
whether the murderers were white men or
negroes. The coroner's jury failed to find
any clew and rendered verdict in accord
ance with the facts above stated. Tue
murder was committed about sunset.
Atlanta Journal Cornelius BRYANT
(colored) was shot twice last night near
Decatur by Marshal Mitchell of Clarkston.
One bullet struck the negro in the knes and
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