The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

and Killed by Train Near Dawson
Macon to Have a Hanging Next
Week.
Louis Lewis, negro wife murderer will
be banged at Macon next week Friday.
Mrs. Charlie Cay, daughter of Rev. J. w.
Montgomery, died few days ago at Wal
thourville.
Rev. j. F. Eden, late of Hswkinsville,
has accepted a call from the Baptist church
at Quitman.
Sheriff Galloway of Washington has
shipped two fox dogs to Texas, for which
be received $75.
Col. Livingston raised S66 from the Geor-
gia delegation in Washington city for the
Fayetteville cyclone sufferers.
The oat crop in Talbot county is reported
20 be doing very well. The cold weather
has not been severe enough to iniure the oats.
Thomas E. Patterson Of Griffin. who was
admitted to the bar last week. rode twenty
four miles horseback Monday to attend
justice court
A son OF JEFF Preston attempted to cross
the ford on Yellow Water creek. at Halls
bridge near jackson, Monday, and lost his
horse by drowning.
William A. Jordan of the firm of Turl-
ington & Jordan, mill men at Fem, q few
miles below Vienna. has sold his interest in
that business 10 a. Z. Colweil Of Alcolu,
s. C.
Prof, A. J. NJ. Bizien has resigned the
position of superintendent of the Americas
public schools. His resignation is to take
effect Feb. l. Prof. j. E. Mathis is men,
tioued for the position Of superintendent.
Monday night Deputy Collector D. s.
Muss. Sergt. Hammond and Deputy Mar
shall R. l. Hobbs, raided a moonshiner's
establishment in Cabins district, Spalding
county, capturing a few gallons OF corn
whisky and about Coz gallons of beer in
process of distillation.
Athens Banner: John r. Nichols Of
this county certainly has some relics Of
which he naturally feels proud. Three
chairs that have been in active use for more
than hundred years is something rarely
heard of, and a shotgun that has been iire1
for more than a century is indeed a
curiosity.
A negro named Red Thomas, a character
we'll known in Dawson, was killed
on the track Of the Columbus Southern
railroad last Sunday night by the train be-
tween Dawson and the own of Sasser He
was walking on the track unmindful Of the
danger signals given by the approaching
train. His body was horribly mutilated.
After brief season Of hard trials and
great tribulation the Num- minstrels, made
UP largely Of Atlanta boys, have stranded
at West Point, Miss. The company was
organized in Atlanta about a month ago
and after a few rehearsas started out on
the road. G.. G. Num-, formerly with
George Wilson, was at the head Of the or
ganization. With the exception of himself
and two Others the members Of the company
were all amateurs.
The enthusiastic members of the Hill
City Cadets and prominent Romans are
now making desperate effort TO capture
the state military encampment for Rome
as permanent thing. The North Georgia
aud Alabama exposition ground will be Of
fered alta very low price. and the location
was very favorable in the eyes Of the menu
bers Of the military advisory board, OF
which Col, Walton is a member, when they
were at Rome last year.
Saturday the Pierce county Alliance met
for the purpose Of arranging for guano for
this year, and it was unanimously resolved
that they would only buy guano on cotton
notes, giving l25 pounds Of sea island cots
ton for one ton Of finest class guauo. Out
Of $50 men present 100 signed pledge net
TO use sack if this failed to arrange with
the guano factories satisfactorily. A oom-
mittee was appointed TO confer with the
fertilizer factories and report at the next
meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the King mill was held at Augusta Wednes-
day. President Estes made report of the
solid condition of the company which was
satisfactory. The following officers were
elected: President, Charles Estes; directors,
II. B. King, I Q. Mathewson. William A.
Latimer, E. r. Schneider, George r, Lem
bard, W. e. Mccoy, l.. A. Thomas. Jr. and
Charles H. Howard. The only change was
the election of Charles Howard a director,
in place Of D. r. Wright, deceased.
Brunswick Times: A case was reported
on the streets Wednesday Of a certain young
man in this city who some time ago married
a well known and popular lady, and was
visited by lady and two children who had
arrived from an adjoining state and claimed
the nice young man as her husband and
father OF her two children, much to the dis
gust OF the too much married young man
and his loving wife .No.2, 1t is said that
when the young man saw his visitors he left
the house very suddenly. Gossips are on the
qua Ufte for developments.
Dawson NetCs: Monday Sheriff Dave
Christie went to the upper part Of the
county and arrested white man by the
name OF McCarea on the charge OF bigamy.
IL is said that McCarea has a wife No. l
aud No. 2, one of them living in Alabama
and the other IN Randolph county. The
prisoner was put in Jail in this city, and
Sheriff Bynum of Randolph county was
hoS4LCu VI bAc 4uCOdK6d Is all AO-
quaintance Of John Whidden, one Of the
young Alabamians confined in jail here for
committing murder in Clay county.
Atlanta Herald: Widows pension claim
1855. duly approved and ready for pay
ment, is that Of Mrs. Sarah Penelope Oliver.
She is the widow Of Col. Thad Oliver, who
enlisted from Buena Vista, and was
mortally wounded on Johns Island, near
Charleston, S. c.. in the latter part of 1864.
Thad Oliver was a brilliant and brainy
young lawyer-one of the most popular
men In the state. It is pretty we'll estab-
lished that he is the author of thu famous
war song, "All Quiet Along the Potomac To-
night" There have been several said-to be
authors, the first of which was Lamar Fon-
taiGe of Texas. But to gallant Thad Oliver,
whose widows name has just been placed
on the pension roll, the honor has been
finally awarded.
A special from Milledgeville to the Macon
Telegraph says: THE Rev. w. d. Shea,
who was made an Odd Fellow in this city
forty years ago. when the order was in its
infancy in this state. the lodge here at this
time being the fourth lodge organized in
Georgia, spent Sunday here and preached in
the Methodist church a sermon Of great
spiritual power TO the edifcation and Joy of
his old friends. Monday night be de-
hvered a lecture in the church on " Brother
hood Of Humanity in the interest Of the
Independent Order OK Odd Fellows. The
eloquent address was not only instructive to
the members Of the order, but placed the
subliTna ObipctS and yrinciDfea of tho ord Tor