The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

-6aulted By Negro IN monroe
County-An Elevator Falls at Monte
yuma and Endangers Several Lives.
GEORGIA.
The work on the cotton mill at Elberton
is progressing rapidly.
H B. Parks has subscribed $500 toward
starting a canning factory at Rome, and
Z. B. Ellison will donate site.
Ben Ezzell had his right foot cut of
while Jumping from a train at Atlanta
Thursday night.
A new postoffice has just been established
In Gordon county, known by the somewhat
curious name of FamOro. FeH French is
the postmaster.
Girtman is the name of a new postofice
In Emanuel county at Neil l. ellis on the
postal route from ZaIdee, in Montgomery
county, to Covena, in Emanuel county.
Mr.. ellis is postmaster.
The case Of Dutton, who Is charged with
the killing OF Sallie Mobbs at Cariesville,
has been postponed in the superior court
until another term on account OF the abb
sence Of a Mr.. Brooks, a material witness
for the state.
A little daughter Of A. r. Clarke who
lives 90 miles from Blakely on the Fort
Gaines road, wens into her faith
er's smoke house q day or two ago and was
getting along all right and the attending
physician apprehends no serious results.
During the month ending July 81,
there was measured at the public boom in
Darien 8. 600 feet Of square. scAb and
sawn timber and lumber. This does not in
olude the sawn timber and lumber which
came in during the month and was carried
direct TO the private booms and lumber
yards In Darien.
Reports from the various farmers around
Fort Valley who embarked in the tobacco
culture last spring say the crop Is doing
finely, but they did not get out as many
plants as they anticipated, owing to the
drought about transplanting time. The ex-
pertinent has resulted In establishing the
fact that the soil In that section Is well
suited to tobacco culture.
George A. Stuck of Selma, who has been
prospecting for several days for the loca-
ton Of a bauxite furnace, has concluded
that Rome Is the place and will locate his
furnace there. He desires to put in opera
tion q Acton furnace, but will probably
commence work with only Cotton capacity
for the first year. Mr.. Stuck says that be
can obtain all of the bauxite ore he wants
in Floyd county. He desires TO operate a
plant that will work the ore into the bar
metal.
A 1S-months.old child of Moses Lee of
Nashville was fatally scalded last Thurs
day. Mrs. Lee had set a cup about half full
OF hot grease upon the table, and this child,
just beginning to walk reached up, turning
the cup over, the contents falling upon the
side of the head and In one Of the ears,
burning out one eye and running down its
arm and body, cooking the flesh wherever
1t touched. In this condition the child lay
and suffered until IL o'clock the following
day, when death relieved it OF its misery.
Montezuma Record: Last Wednesday
evening while Elmo Lewis was carrying
several stoves TO the second story in r. b.
Lewis.store on an elevator that had lust
been put in position the cable rope which
propels the car was cut in two by q piece of
the machinery which had not been put in
the right position aud dropped to the lower
floor, distance OF about sixteen feet. At
the time of the fall Elmo Lewis Masters
Elijah Lewis and Lionel Engram and E. B.
Lewis small daughter, Miss Pauline, we're
on the car. Fortunately none were thrown
from their position until reaching the bot
tom, thereby avoiding a most serious &C
cldent. Elmo Lewis and Master Lionel
Engram both sprained their foot and
Master Eli 1ah received a cut on the chin
and narrowly escaped being hurt badly.
Miss Pauline, as by a miracle, did not re-
ceive scratch
Much excitement was created on the
streets at Madison Thursday by a fight
which occurred between Mayor r w. Bnt-
Ter and Mark Z. High. The trouble arose
over petition which Mr.. High had pre-
sented the mayor praying that Capt r. B.
Terry be allowed to conduct livery bust
ness at Highs stables without taking out
new license. Capt. Terry lost his entire
stables, including two horses, by fire early
Ihursday morning and desired to use
Highs stables until he could arrange other
WISE The rafttaad 70 Nol -.
the matter, which appears to have angered
Mr.. high. de met Mayor Butler on the
streets. Some words passed between them
and the two men olinched. Friends inter-
fered and the two gentlemen were sep
arated without any great personal injury to
either. The mayors coat was nearly torn
OIL, while Mr.. Highs finger was hurt
slightly.
Thursday night at Golfers station, five
miles from Forsyth, Reuben O'Neal, a l6-
year-old negro, assaulted the pretty l2-
year-old daughter of Sectionmaster Wood
lift. The girl was alone at her fathers
house when ONeal quietly creps into the
house and, despite her cries for help. sue
ceeded in accomplishing his purpose Mrs.
w oodhH, who was at a neighbours house
near by, returned in time to see the YOUTH
full heno making his escape through the
woods. After an unsuccessful search by
the neighbors to find O'Neal Mr.. Woodliff
had warrant issued for the fiend, and. ac-
companied by Deputy Sim Britt, renewed
the search. At o'clock Friday morning
Deputy Britt was rewarded by finding
O'Neal concealed in a clump of bushes. He
was taken TO Forsyth. The whole com-
munity is thoroughly wrought up, aud the
Negroes fate is uncertain. He was placed in
Jail. but may be removed at any moment.
Lirtle Miss Woodliff is in precarious con-
dition.
Washington Gazette: The case of the
soldier ia the Pennsylvania militia strung
up by the thumbs until he tainted, for
hurrahin9 when Frick was shot, recalls
some Wilkes county history. just twenty
seven years ago, viz, in July, 1865. there
was just such hot spell as now In July.
ls92. This country was then under military
rule, and the federal soldiers, who had a
confirmed habit Of plumber, got wind of
some gold belonging TO the Richmond banks
which had been deposited in our bank, and
had been stolen on its way to Richmond.
They believed or pretended to believe. that
1t belonged to the confederate government
and undertook to hunt for it in the county.
Iney went to the house Of Rev. Dionysius
Cnenault. much respected Methodist
preacher, and began TO search. One Incl
dent was hanging Mr. Chenault up by the
thumbs under that hot July sun until he
tainted. Another was the stripping of a
young lady, his daughter. The family
were brought here and Imprisoned. The
general, Wide, under whose rule this han