The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Colored Girl Found Murdered Near
Thomson-The Chief OF Augustus
Fire Department Has a Narrow Es-
cspe-A Curiosity Cut From a Tree
In Warren County.
GEORGIA.
The telephone line being erected between
Atlanta and Griffin will reach Griffin to-
day.
Several counties have already entered for
the prize for the best display at the state
fair next fall. Ebert, county which has
never before been q contestant, notifies
President Waddell that she is coming with
a grand display.
A foul murder was committed on the
plantation Of D. NJ. Holsenboko near Thorn
son on the night Of April :. A colored girl
named Lena BroomIeid was found dead
near the spring. She had been choked to
death as finger prints were visible on her
throat. The house in which she lived showed
evidence OF a hard struggle, aud the
coroner's Jury was clearly Of the opinion
that she was murdered ia the house and
taken TO branch near the spring. The
murder was " ell planned and executed with
skill Lena hailed from McDuffie county.
Warrenton Clipper: This week Henry
HOLMAN OF this county brought to the
Clipper Office great curiosity. II was
block of wood cut from Spanish oak tree.
and In this block there was a hole bored
about seven inches long, with a three
quarter auger. At the bottom OF this hole
a lock Of negro's hair was placed, then the
hole was stopped with white oak pin.
VINO put 1t there. or how long IL has been
in the tree, is impossible to tell; but az the
wood has grown over the pin several
inches. it would lead us to believe that IL
had been twenty or twenty-five years since
In uvae rlaNo1 IL 6OuDk the
work Of some darky wanting to kill or cure
some of his race. You never find a colored
person who will acknowledge that they
know anything about "kunjuring people"
At Augusta Saturday about O'Clock an
alarm of frs was sent in from box "a in
Rollersville. Only few shingles on a house
were burned. While on the way to the fire
Chief Roulette and his driver Albert had a
narrow escape from being seriously in
jured. The chief IS trying in bis wagon.
Abb, the big borse tnas has been pulling
the engine at No. house. Yesterday just
as the horse reached the engine house. going
on dead run, he suddenly bolted and made
a dash TO run into the engine house. Two
of the wheels of the buggy few into the
air and on the sidewalk plunged the horse.
TIE fiTemen stood frightend expecting al
most to see their chief dashed to pieces
against the brick wall Albert the driver,
exerted all his strength on Abb, and he
was kept from going into the building. He,
however, ran into the uptown window, de-
molishing the glass and shutters, and tear
ing up things generally. All that saved
the chief was the splendid driving of AL
bert.
Flowery Branch Journal: Just In front
OF Moons brick store stands two large aspen
trees recently set out on which are several
images Of snakes cut with pocket knife
ana with them is connected a story. Several
Years ago party coming to town killed
large raJtlesnake out at Flat creek, took off
his rattles and left him lying near the road
came in town and reported it. A short
time later two men, who we're then citizens
of the town, came along and found the dead
snake and brought it to town, claiming that
they had killed it. Then the naughty boys
knowing the truth of the killing tormented
the snake Chalmers by yelling snake
snake whenever in sight or hear
ing. The two men made complaint TO the
council. ard an ordinance was passed max
ing it a tine of IS for any person TO halo
SNAKE" upon the streets OF the town.
Pitt Canning teasei them more than any
other boy and would draw pictures OF
snakes and exhibit them whenever he could,
and It was his hands that cut the images on
the trees above mentioned, the trees having
gro En near his fathers residence just out
OF town. The ordinance referred TO Is still
upon the ordinance cook, but was repealed
by the council short while since.