The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS o. T4s Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Cat-A Negr) Killed in Eibb
County By the Husband of a Woman
With Whom he Was Intimate-A
NeEress Dies In a Dentists Chair.
GEORGIA.
An Oconee county democrat lost 81 900
on the result In OcOnee.
Boil worms have made late cotton fail
ure in Oglethorpe county.
''Twickenham," the home of Judge C. G.
Jones at Cedartown was destroyed by fire
Thursday.
The Holiness Association of the South
Georgia conference convenes at Sandersville
tomorrow.
Some cotton sold in Lexington the other
day for cents. but it was a long staple va
Tiety OF excellent quality.
A. Lee Of Bulloch county shipped the first
lot of manufact. red tobacco from Ellabelle
this season. 1t was grown on his place,
eleven miles from Ellabell.
Grin Coney, who killed another negro in
Cordele last year, will be- hanged ia public
at Vienna on Oct Is, having failed to get
new trial. This will be the first hanging
that Dolly has had in many years.
Waysross linton: The SAVANNAH NEWS
of to-day gave a full account of the cleo
ton throughout the state The NEWS is
the old standby here, and hundreds of peo-
pie anxiously await its arrival every
morning.
Taxes will be lower this year than usual
In Meriwether, although a tax is levied 10
pay for the building of a vault and offices
IN the court honse yard. The county Is out
of debt and has "a large surplus in the
treasury.
The residence Of J. J. Mumford on Third
avenue, at Eastman, caught fire at II
o'clock Tuesday and was burned to the
ground The furniture and everything else
in the building was saved. 1t is supposed
the fire caught from defective fiue There
was $500 insurance on the house and furnit-
ure.
A Florida horse thief passed through
Lowndes county last week and sold his
stolen horse to WASH Bostic, near Hahira. !
The day he victmizad Wash he scent |
several hours IN Hahira trying to convert |
the town to third plrtyism. The morse was |
recovered by the owner, but the thief
escaped
After about year Of watching and in
Qutry for Pleas Evans, noted negro III
Oglethorpe county, Sheriff VIM succeeded
in spotting him IN Macon last wesS, and he
now peeps through the bars. He is charged
with quite list Of crimes, the gravest Of
which is forgery he having forged some
papers on Col. James NJ. Smith.
A. w. Watson, express messenger on the
Tuesday evening on his trip to Athens. A
negro had shot man late in the evening at
Wlntervlile, and trying to make his
escape on the train. \ party Of mon were
trying to keep him off the train, ana COM
mencsd shooting at him. Mr.. Watts n was
standing in his car door, and one bullet
passed through his coat.
Billy Holbrooks a timer who has lived in
Athens all of his life disappeared about the
middle Ia wac |
near the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
depot Ia Atlanta, and failed to appear at |
the place where he was working, and since
that time nothing has been heard of him
He had been a little crazy at times, but not
enough TO keep him from work. He was a
very hard working. orderly mustto, and
was well liked by his white friends. His
family are in grea. distress over his disap-
peRrence.
Friday afternoon as the steamer Hessie |
was going from Darien TO Brunswick. and |
when in Currie's creek, tetween Frederick |
aud St. Simon mills the steamers deck |
nand, negro, fell overheard aud was |
drowned. He had been sent to put out the |
headlight as night came on, and in getting |
over the rail he slipped and went overheard |
capt. Allen at once had boat lowered and
sent out to the drowning man. A preserver
was thrown to him, but he was so badly
excited that be didn't catch it. Before he
was reached by the boat he sank the last
time.
Lexington Echo: G.. w. Smith came
hear having another serious accident befall
him In one Of his gins last week While re-
moving some locks Of cotton that had be-
come caught in the mouth of the gin and
throwing them down to the saws his atten-
ton was called away and he let his hand go
so FAR as'to get it caught by the saws. He
succeeded IN getting it away before any
more damage was done than pretty severe
Iaceratlon of two of his fingers. Had his
hand gone only little farther into the
machine his whole arm would have been
cut to pieces.
On MIR. Lamar's place in the Hazard dis
trict of Bibb county Thursday, John Jack
son shot and killed Bill Davis. Both were
negroes. From the reports brought to the
city it seems that Davis had been too init
mate with Jackson's wife and had been
repeatedly warned by jackson to keep
away from his house. Davis, il seems, did
not heed the warning and kept up his at
tentions. Thursday jackson went to the
cotton field where Davis was working and
a difficulty took place between them, DUR
ing which jackson shot Davis. Davis. it is
said, seeing that jackson was in a hurnor TO
kill, took up a hoe and started for the lat
ter. AS he did SO jackson drew his revolver
and fired. The ball enteaed a few
inches from the heart. Death is supposed
TO have resulted from suffocation.
Valdosts Times: A. T. Nicholson came to
town on Thursday TO the consolidation OF
the returns Of the election, in a disturbed
condition of mind. He is the Justice of the
peace of the Ousey district, and has been
bringing in the Returns of the elections for
many years. On Wednesday last he held
the election as usual. and called w. T.
Briuson, democrat, and Parson Henry
Albvitton, third party, to his aid. Il so
happened that several young third party
men we're made clerks After the voting.
hen all had left the grounds except the
managers and the clerks, and when
Squire Nicholson was. about to take
the box and returns and carry
them home for safe keeping To
bring TO Naldosta next day, o Of the
clerks rose aud made motion that Parson
Abortion take charge of the returns
Three clerks and one manager out voted the
two democratic managers, and Albritton
marched off with the returns The returns
came In all right, but Squire Nicholson has
been trying 10 figure out how it happened
that the clerks had voting power or any
thing else TO do with the management OF the
election, and he has been trying to learn
why they could not trust him with the re-
turns, as usual. he squire is disturbed
IN his mind about it, aud thinks be has not
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