The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

10 O6aL4 ANGaE ID ANCA4
Brutal Murder IN Laurens County.
An Eagle and an Owl in Deadly
Combat.
GEORGIA.
The alliance warehouse at Quitman has
about $3.50 on the credit side OF Its ledger.
1t is said in Macon that In the case q A.
F. Parrot against the Capital Bank some
spicy developments may be looked for. The
case comes up this week.
Luther Williams, cashier of /. c. Plants
bank, Macon, was Sunday critically fl, and
prayers for his recovery we're offered In
Christ's church. Mr.. Williams is suffering
from bad attack Of nervous prostratlon.
A little child Of about years Of age was
burned to death near Bruton one day last
week. The mother left the little one tied
in "a chair before the fire and while she was
gone the chair tilted forward into the fire.
The Lincoln county alliance met IN the
court houss at Lincolnton Thursday. Reso-
lutions were adopted indorsing Tom Wat
sons course in congress. District Lecturer
8. a. Walker, Senator Ellington and As
sistant State Lecturer J. L. Gilmore will
address the public at Lincolnton on the
first Tuesday in February.
Hawkinsville DisDdtch and NelCS:
Preparations are being made by the Baptist
church of this place to hold a missionary
centennial convention, beginning Friday,
Jan. 25, and continuing through Sunday,
Jan. 81. A number of prominent divines
and speakers from other parts OF the state
will be present and deliver addresses.
At Macon it is probable that before the
Macon Georgia fair and exposition is held
the present system OF street cars to Central
City park will have been abolished and the
electric system extended to that point. The
Central railroad has been required by the
council to change the bridges on Walnut
street. which will allow of the passage OF
electric cars.
cambridge Democrat: Capt. Snow OF
Tobacco Barn fame will visit this county
and city soon, reaching the county on Jan.
Is. He will spend some days at Whigham
with Maj. Connell, with whom we learn he
will be interested in tobacco planting this
year-both the cigar ard heavy leaf. Capt.
Snow is convinced that he has fourd in De-
oatur county the ideal tobacco lands of the
continent
A young man named Johnson, who works
at the lower cotton factory at Griffin had
the misfortune to get his right leg broken
In two places Saturday night about 9
O'Clock while crossing the plank walk from
the rear OF o. II. Ison's to Hill street,
through the burned store lot belonging TO d.
J. baily, Jr. He was taken to Harris
drug store, where the broken limb was
dressed, and then carried home.
Bailey Banner: Bailey can boast of
something in the way of barber that will
down anything Of the same Sex 10 Georgia
She is little miss, quite young, Ellen by
name. and can often be seen in the shop of
her father s. Barnes, at the Centennial
hotel. She is an expert at the business and
can handle the keen blades with the rapid
ity and carefulness of ono Of the opposite
sex. leaving the face smooth and without
cuts.
Lee Joll, white man from near Dexter,
was adjudged insane on Friday Of last
week. There being no room in the asylum
at Milledgeville for him, be was kept in the
Jail until Wednesday, and then transferred
20 the Laurens county aims house. That
that night he escaped from his keeper, and
is still at large. Many think that he is not
crazy, but is only shamming. There are
several true bills against him for selling
whisky Illegally, and it is also said that he
Is guilty OF various thefts In the neigh Dor
hood from which he came.
Bakley Banner: One day last week
while T. E. Moody was out in the
swamp hog hunting he discovered a very
large gray eagle that had captured "hoot-
ing owl" and while they were engaged in a
deadly combat Mr.. Moody secured good
stick and lit in among them in dead earnest,
taking good care to dispatch the eagle first
This being finished he then set about to dis
pose of the owl. The eagle was the largest
seen In this country for long time, meas
uring nearly s feet from tip to tip and
~ inches between the points Of its talons.
Brunswick Times: Between and 8
O'Clock yesterday morning, as Mounted Po-
liceman William Club wss on bis last
round in New Town previous to reporting
at headquarters, he met with a very serious
ont Ela
brother officer and had occasion to dis
mount from bis horse, and in doing 30 his
pistol fell from the holster and the hammer
struck upon a hard substance, presumably
the street car track. exploding one of the
cartridges in the chamber. The bullet en-
tered the officers thigh in the rear and but
short distance above the knee The wound
ed man received such a severe shock that he
lay prone upon the ground for nearly a
quarter Of an hour before he could recover
sufficiently to be taken to his home on G
street, when medical assistance was sums
moned. DIR. Hugh Burford responded and
found Mr. Club in considerable pain. Upon
examining the wound he found that the
ball had ranged upward and passed almost
entirely through the leg, and Ii was ex-
tracted from the front of the thigh, Neither
bone nor artery had been penetrated, and
thus flesh wound only was produced. Ii
will be quite a while before he will be able
to resume his duties again
Macon Telegraph: The military advisory
board will meet in Atlanta in a few DAYS
when the question of the location of the
Georgia state encampment for 1892 will
probably come up. Last year Macon stood
fair chance as second choice for the en-
campment. The military of the state were
almost unanimously in favor of Macon, and
as the central point of the state it was gen.
orally conceded that IL would be- economy
TO make this city the place for the parma-
nent encampment. Macon has a sufficient
number of enterprising men who,
recognizing the importance of
this matter, will not be backward
in taking such steps as will secure
the location of the state encampnent in
their city. 1t has been suggested that Cen
tral City park would be an admirable site
for an encampment. Instead Of tents the
present buildings might be improved so as
to serve admirably as barracks and the ex-
penditure of a sufficient sum Of money on
the large field In the center OF the track
would make it one of the finest drill grounds
In the United States. The money thus ex-
pended would be a permanent benefit TO
the park and its buildings, which could be-
better utilized the balance Of the year for
the purpose which they were originally IN
tended.
Dublin NeiV Era: The most brutal, fiend-
ish, cowardly murder ever perpetrated in
Laurens county was committed on Dec. lG
last In the western portion Of the county,
near Haskins' crossing on the Macon aud
Dublin road. On Dec. IL Frank