The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF Tas TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Accidental Poisoning at Madison
Collins Granted New Trial-A Mar
Who Could Once Have Owned the
Best Part OF Atlanta-A Negro Has
His Hand Cut OF for Fun.
GEORGIA
Tslbotton's property tax last year was
$1,O65.
Its proposed to pay city councilmen Of
Valdosta SIS year in lieu Of tax exemp-
ton.
E. c. Munnerlyn has returned to his farm
for this year, near Faceville, in Decatur
county, to plant tobacco on an extensive
scale.
Col. F. C. Foster Of Madison was acct
dentally poisoned last Sunday, from the ef.
fects Of which be was seriously i'll several
days, but is now out Of danger.
J. E. Cbiles Of Madison has in his posses.
sion a s5 bill issued by the Bank Of Macon
IN 1921. It is made Of very thin paper and
the printing Is only on one side, the back
being blank.
It is stated as a certainty that the Elber-
ton Airline railroad will be made broad
gauge early in the coming spring. Orders
have been issued for a large number Of
standard gauge crossties.
Duncan Graham Of Dodge county re-
gently killed large hog and found i'm
bedded in its liver piece Of wire about
81 inches long, The wire had the appear
ance of having been there for some time.
There is a man living near Fair Play.
Morgan county, who has been married
twenty years, has thirteen children and has
never had death or marriage in his fami-
lY. He has had OnIv opa doOtCria hil1 20 nav
Recently, while Sam Lee of Svlvan,a
was in the woods with his gun il was acct
oentally discharged, shooting both loads
through his left hand. The physicians who
were called found it necessary to amuutets
all OF the fingers, leaving only the thumb.
Abe Viokars (colored), charged with as
sault with intent to murder, was tried in
Pulaski superior court last week and con-
Victed. He was sentenced TO serve eight
years In the penitentiary. The verdic. Of
the jury came in just the nick of time to
save Abe's neck, for it was barely an
nounced when news came that his victim
had died from the effects Of the wounds in
ficted.
Newman was again visited by fire Thurs
day. The stock Of general merchandise be-
longing to Joseph II. Widener on Bay street
was totally destroyed. The stock of goods
was valued at about $500. The building
was owned by II. g. Arnall. Widener was
well insured. and is not seriously crippled
by the loss. The building was insured for
about one-haf its value. The origin of
the fire is not known.
Rufus Collins, who was convicted in the
superior court Of Gordon county more than
year ago of murder in the first degrees
and sentenced to be hanged. has been
granted new trial by the supreme court
Collins is the husband of the woman who
was killed by negro at Plainville IN the
iaI! OF 1890. the negro claiming that Collins
had hired him to do the deed. The negro
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life
and Collins was sentenced to be hanged.
At Vienna Bill Jones Ccolored) had his
hand cut off just for fun on Wednes-
day last. be works for John Collier
at his saw-mlll, a few miles west Of Vienna.
BIZ was showing the other negroes. on
Tuesday, how close he could put his hand to
where the saw would cut through on a log.
de reached over little too far and the saw
tore all the flesh from his fingers near where
they Join tie palm of his hand. Drs.
watts OF Drayton and Whipple amputated
his hand.
Az Macon the registration for the election
TO determine the question of issuing bonds
that the city might erect her own water
works closed Thursday night. The total
huIlSet Vi voters registered is $40 of which
III are colored. The registration kills the
bonds most effectually. The general law
requires that two-uhirds Of the votes cast at
the preceding general election shall be cast
at an election for issuing bonds At the
last general election about g 600 votes were
polled, making the requisite number for this
election 800. The registration shows A de.
tciency OF LOO voters.
Lawrenceville Herald: P. H. Iyev who
lives near old Pinkueyville, in this county
came 80 our Office to-day. Like all old
men, he loves 70 talk of the past. In giving
us something Of the history Of his life. he
said when he was young man Atlauta was
poor black jack ridge. and he frequently
gathered pine knots there and hauled them
to Decatur. He had killed fox-squirrels
where the artesian well now stands. and
helped to hew the logs that built the arst
house In the city. why, sir, | was offered
lot Of land that covers
the ground where the KimbelI
house now stands for a fine horse l
mad. but being a young man l didn't want
land, especially as poor as that was. I
owned property upon Peachtree street at
one time that is now worth probably $780,
OOO, while my farm on the Chattahoo-
chez is not worth more now than it was the
day bought 1t. look around the CITY
now and find men who were as Door az
was then, but now they count their wealth
by the hundreds of thousands. and thev
made it by simply holding on to their prop
erty,n