The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
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County Man Saves His Cow From
Choking to Death by Novel Treat
ment.
w.H. Bunkley of Brunswick died Fri
day.
There are thirteen candidates for tax re-
ceiver in Barlow county.
Herschel johnson has been appointed
postmaster at Statesboro.
J. A. Fincher has been appointed post
master Of the postofi1ce at Miner.
The late John Skaters law library YVES
sold at Valdosta last week at public sale for
$500.
j. II. Hunt Is making preparations 70 es-
tablsh bank at Gainesville about the first
of the year.
During the war the farmers through
Houston and Dooly counties raised their
own tobacco.
The johnson Bros, at Friok's Gap, in
Walker county, lost their store and contents
by fire Thursday night
A new church is to built at New Hope, In
Bells district. in Cherokee County. The
contract was let last Saturday.
Albany's cotton receipts will reach about
$4,000 bales all told. this year. This ia
about 10000 bales less than the average
crop brought in there.
Congress will probably appropriate al
500 for additional range lights at Doboy
sound. The Secretary of the Treasury has
asked for this appropriation.
It lie said that eight liquor licenses will be
Issued at Darien next year. This will bring
IN revenue for the city Of So, 200. The to-
tai receipts for liquor licenses now amounts
TO $4,000.
J. W. and s. c. Moore are establishing
fruit farm on the killen place Just east Of
Perry. Tho land has been prepared, and
within the next several days sc, 900 peach
trees will be set out.
Tuesday of last week the Grenaway BOYS
OF LaFeyette went cut to cut and haul q
load OF wood. A tree was selected and the
team left at what was thought safe place
1t proved otherwise. As the tree fell it
broke OFT a limb that few back and struck
the bay horse on the head, crushing his
skull
Fred Wilson, a negro who lives across the
river from Albany, had falling out wi tn
his wife few nights since. and during the
racket slapped her. With that she caught
up frying pan full of boiling water and
threw 1t onto hts face, head and neck, burn
ing him terribly. He saved his eyes by
closing them.
Newton Reid, who lives few miles from
Hogansville, in Troup county, was called
out OF his house on Wednesday night by an
alarm Of fire and found his corn crib ablazs.
1t was entirely consumed, and on returning
TO his house he found his wife lying In a
pool OF blood, with fractured skull The
house had been robbed
Lafayette Messenger: At LaFayett, about
o:4O o'clock a. m. Saturday there was a
rumbhng sound, accompanied with a
distinct jar and the rattle of wIndows 1t
was slight reminder that there are now
erful forces at work beneath us that NAV
some day bring death aud destruction to
the children Of Mother Earth.
Mrs. Patsy Duncan, a resident of Akin
district IN Spalding county, while walking
across the yard at her home about three |
weeks ago. accidentally fell to the ground |
and was badly burt, since which time she |
has not been able to be turned In bed. Mrs |
Duncan is about so years of age, and il is |
hardly probable that she will ever walk |
again.
The Second Baptist church, on Washing
Ton street, Atlanta, is rapidly nearing a |
completed state and when finished will be |
the handsomest tabernacle in the city. Il |
is built entirely of stone and will cost SIS |
OOO. There is no other church edifice in the |
city that can equal it in point OF elegance. |
and while highly ornamental 1t is also built |
for durability.
night or two ago the residence barn
ana all Oh the household furniture, besides
the corn, fodder, etc., of J. E. Love. who
lives near Green's Mill, in Macon county.
was destroyed by fire. Not thing was
saved, as the family had barely time to es-
cape from the burning residence before it
Tell In. 1t is thought that the burning of
tne buildings was the work of incendiaries.
AT Lexington Sunday last as Sheriff
David Wlnn was Starting from his resi-
dence to the jail with dinner for the prison
ers he suddenly dropped to the floor. stricken
with paralysis. For several hours he was
unconscious and his physician feared the re-
SUIT OF the stroke But he has gradually
improved, though slowly since Monday. ir
Is thought that the stroke was brought on
py Kick which he received from a horse
several months ago and from which he has
suffered more or less ever since.
Last Saturday morning the little village
OF F!nchersville in Butts county, near the
line or Henry, was the scene of a very sad |
and distressing accident While out at |
target practice with several friends, Walter |
WEIGH accidentally shot himself with a |
pistol The ball entered the left breast lust |
under the nipple. Medical assistance was |
Immediately called in. but it was soon dis |
covered that he was beyond the aid of |
human agencies, and death ensued the night |
following. Mr.. WEIGH was "a years of age
Lafayette Messenger: The other day a
man approached Joe Phipps and said: "I
want to see about those hides left with
you four or five years ago." A puzzled
locate the man, but couldn't. He tried IN
hvailingly TO think what he had done with
the hides He felt cornered and half way
guilty. Abe Coulter saw his dilemma aud
relieved him by saying, Law Mr.. Joe,
this is Mr.. Will Rogers, whose bin
gone nineteen years. Then Joe Rugged
Will, for they had been boys together.
Blakely NetUs: clever citizen of the
Cuba neighborhood owed q debt last Deem
Der which he was unable to pay, and to So
cure the debt he gave a mortgage upon a
fine hog, making it payable Nov. l this year.
Just day or two before the paper became
due the hog disappeared and was not to be
found high or low. The owner, however,
managed to scufile around and settle the
paper without the aid of his hogship. Upon
bis return home he went out and called up
bis hogs to feed them, when up came the
missing animal stepping as proud as any hog
ever did. He 10 now being put In condition
for the slaughter pen.
peculiar and unusual accident befell a
little colored girl out on Mr.. Shelters
place in Thomas county on Monday even
Ing. She went to the we'll to draw a bucket
Of water. There are two buckets 10 the well,
one coming up while the other goes down
The child, who is only years old, took
hold of one Of the buckets, leaning over the