The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-01
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE:

Results In the Death of Both at the
Hands of a Spectator-Ten Persons
Have Narrow Escape From DEATH
By Lightning.
GEORGIA.
A bank will be in operation at Warren
ton soon.
Moreland, Heard county, will realize
$4,000 to $4,000 from her fruit crop this
year.
Fort Valley has shipped ninety-fve cars
of peaches this year. Marshallville has
shipped ninety-four cars.
Leroy N. Chaille, who operates a surface
machine in the Central railroad shops at
Macon, had his left hand so badly mangled
Friday that amputation was necessary,
JEFF Laudrum of Washington was tsle-
phoned that his wife was dead, but when be
went home he found her alive. 1t is sup
posed that the children got frightened,
perhaps by her faintiug, and thought she
was dead.
Seven men escaped from the jail at Madi-
son Friday. The men are Albert Chester, a
murderer, very stout aud having a scar like
a water burn on his neck; Gus Williams
Jim EasOn, Rich Alfred, John Hearn, John
Edwards and Algin Bachelor. The men
are said to have boarded a freight train for
Atlanta and are thought to be in that city.
The land lots in Coweta county have be-
come so badly mixed up-or. rather, the
numbers OF the lots-thaJ good deal Of
confusion, if not serious convenience, is
likely to result Indeed, it may become
necessary to have a new survey of the
county in order to get matters Strengthened
out, and this would be an expensive under
taking.
At Augusta Friday a man was found on
the street in a sleepy drunk. He was laying
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looking satchel. The man was arrested and
taken to the barracks. When the handbag
was opened IL was found to contain Sis In
silver. The counbryman was extremely
fortunate in not having it stolen from him
before he was taken from the street
The Southern Banking and Trust Com
pany of Atlanta, as trustees, completed the
negotiations of an issue of 2l50, 900 of bonds
for the Suburban Land Company. This
will at once be placed in circulation in At
lanta, large part OF il being used by the
land company for the purpose OF improv
ing its property and building houses for
purchasers. Mr.. Atkinson, the president,
placed the bonds in Boston.
Last FSunday night during q thunder
storm the dwelling occupied by Henry
Jones' a colored man residing a mile or so
north Of Newman, was struck by lightning.
The electric bolt tore the Notwithstanding
off at one corner, then entered and struck
chair sitting in the center Of the room, 90 L.
pletely demolishing it. There were ten
persons in the room and yet, strange to re-
late, not one was seriously hurt.
Green Heard and Wesley Aruold, two
negroes living on w. T. Stallings' planta-
tion in Heard county, became involved In
an alteration Wednesday morning, when
Heard cut Arnold IN the stomach with a
knife, completely disemboweling him. The
unfortunate man lived only six or eight
hours. The difficulty occurred over a set
Element, and was provoked by Heard, who
is said 60 be q halfwitted fellow. Heard is
under arrest.
At Acworth Friday Miss Jane Turner, a
white woman about As years of age, went
before Judge Stokely and swore out war
rant against Gus Harkless, a negro man,
charging him with assault She says she
weat to the spring, very short distance
from the homo Of Miss Mary Moon late
Thurs lay evening, when the negro came and
TOOK hold OF her. She screamed and Miss
Moon came to her rescue and frightened
the negro away. The negro was arrested.
Mary Lovelaoe, q well-known negro Of
Newman, has been frequent trespasser on
Capt A. NJ. Woods farm recently and al
though repeatedly warned to keep off the
place she paid no attention 10 the warning.
Last Saturday morning Capt. Wood caught
her In his field again and upon being told to
vamose she not only refused to obey but
became impertinent. This was q little more
than the captain could stand and he pulled
down on her with his fowling pieoe, lodging
about mules earful Of buck shot in her
back. She was not seriously hurt.
The body Of a negro named Ed Duncan
was found at Macon Friday afternoon by
Col. Bruner, the sanitary inspector. As he
was passing squalid negro hut in an alley
he perceived an unmistakable odor, and he
entered the house, where he found two OF
three negroes in utterly destitute circum-
stances. They were unable to bury the
dead man, and did not know what to do.
Investigation proved that the man had
years of age, and was buried by the city
The negro was in a stage Of putrefaction,
aud the odor was absolutely sickening
A gentleman who lives up the Oostanaua
river told Of a peculiar occurrence up In his
vicinity the other day. He was fishing In
the river when he saw a great red tailed
hawk fly down and light by the edge Of the
stream. IL was sand bar and the hawk
waded out a few feet in the shallow water.
be then observed the hawk engaged in a
fearful struggle as il held by something.
and with great effort the bird rose and few
out in the field, carrying with ii a large
water turtle which it had attacked, but
which, instead Of being caught had olutched
one Of the hawks feet in its powerful mouth
and held on. Out in the field the hawk
tried in vain to get away from the turtle
but could not. When it became too fatigued
TO fly the man went out and killed both with
q hickory club.
As stated a day or two ago, when the
base ball season first opened the Atlanta
Journal offered prize OF SIS to the person
guessing the correct standing Of the clubs at
the end Of the first championship series.
Among the thousands Of guessers was a
small boy named Nathan Solomon Smith.
College street, Macon. A day or two ago
he died As it happened, the day that the
little boy passed away the Euenimg NelCs
received telegram from the Atlanta
Journal requesting that the address of
Nathan Solomon Smith be locke up, who re-
sided on College street, and inform him, IL
found, that he was the winner OF the Jour
MATS prize. The directory contained no
such name, and on account Of the Youthful
ness OF the lad, no one could recall knowing
such a person. The Journal was notified
that the party named could not be found
Strange 10 say. the same paper that con-
tained the news Of the contest contained in
another column the sad ending and funeral
notice of 10 winner OF the prizs. The coin
cidence was remarkable, The same per-
son that wrote up the death Of tbs little boy
also wrote the article about the winner OF
the Journals prize.
Simon Conyers is a negro spotter for the