The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHE news OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Veteran of Two Wars-A Fugitive
Tries to Fool Els Bondsmen by Send
ing Home a Report of His Death.
Big Winnings on the Turf-The Gate
City Guards Trip TO New York.
GEORGIA.
A bicycle club has been organized at
Macon.
Miner has a telegraph station and is
talking OF telephone connection with In
dian Spring.
Sheriff Christie closed the establishment
of c. W. Smokes at Dawson Monday morn
ing under an attachment In favor OF Bates
g. Co. of New York.
Henry Washington, the negro who was
shot by Joe Carter in East Macon on Fri
day night last, and who was afterward car
ried to Rolf home, where his arm was
Rmputated Sunday afternoon, died Tuesday.
Sidney Maund of Talbatton, who was
sent to the penitentiary last March for
term of two years for shooting at another,
has returned home. Eighteen months OF his
sentence was commuted by Gov. Northen
on payment of 500 fine and costs. dls
petition was signed by ell OF the jurors and
recommended by the solicitor general.
J. J. McCafferty won $4,000 in bets last
Saturday. His 2-year-old, Huey Penny,
won a five-eighths OF a mile race at Morris
Park In IS seconds, breaking the record
Odds were fifteen to one against Penny"
Mr.. McCafferty will arrive IN Columbus
about Oct 20 with forty horses to enter into
the exposition races. He will also winter
his stock there.
The Gate City Guard of Atlanta will be
the guest Of Capt. Higglnson Of the war
ship Atlanta during portion of the COM
peny's stay in New York. A letter has
faor1 "A I'm Wit IA
pany to visit the Atlanta on Tuesday next
and witness the naval operations that Will
be given on that day. The letter also re-
quests that the address of the company dur
ing its stay in New York be sent him, IN
order that be may send an officer TO escort
the command to the ship.
]. E. kumney of Dawson is q veteran OF
two wars. 10 1886 be was one Of the guard
of the steamer Georgia, which pa rolled
the ChattahoOchee river between Columbus |
and EufRula, and which was fired upon re- |
peatedly by the Indians that lined the banks |
of the river. He was at Roanoke the day |
after it was burned He was in the first /
battle OF Manassas as a member Of the Ninth |
Georgia regiment, where he was severely |
wounded by the explosion Of a shell, and
from which wound he suffers to this day
That same she'll killed two men and wounded
five. For his service in the Indian war he
has already received 100 acres Of land.
Atlanta has an interest in Miss Harriet F.
Monroe, who wrote the worlds fair ded-
icatory ode She is a Chicago woman, %
years Of age, and pretty, though not a
beauty. She was educated by her brother
in-law, John W. Root, son Of Maj. Sydney
Root Of Atlanta. John W. Root was the
architect who designed the plan and scope
of the worlds fair He had a national rep
utatlon, but just as he was about to bring
his great work to maturity he died. Maj
Root, who is a tolerable old gentleman, can
entertain one by the hour chatting Of Miss
Monroe or Of Miss Winnie Davis. He is a
close friend Of the Davis family and was a
regular correspondent of Mr. Davis and is
OF Miss Winnle's, who writes him bright,
cosby letters from Beauvoir, New Or
leans, New York, Bar HarbOr, Paris or
wherever she may be- Just now she and
her mother are at Bar Harbor, Me-, but
they will soon start for home. Along
with the acceptance of the ode went 81 900
prize, ana some admirers added $500.
Griffin Gail: About fifteen months ago
Henry Alexander lcolured) of this city was
running restaurant on Broadway, near
the city hall, aud one Sunday was pulled by
the police for running blind tiger, for
which he had preliminary hearing and
was put in jail to await the action of the
grand jury. A day or so later be was re-
leased under bond of $500, w. B. Hudson
and X. s. Council becoming his bOndsmen,
whereupon he went back to his old stand
and continued the restaurant business
Shortly after this and just before Spalding
superior court convened, when his case
would have been looked after, Henry disap-
peared and all efforts to locate him proved
futile. He is painter by trade, and
Often did work of this kind, and
few weeks after he had left
here letters we're received from
little towr in Southwest Georgia saying |
that while doing job of painting he fell |
from the scaffod aud was killed. These |
letters we're read around to his kindred and |
friends, whereupon the kindred put on
mourning, and his lodge, of which he was
shining member, displayed the usual sym
bols in memory OF their departed brother
for thirty days, and Henry was soon for
gotten by all save his bondsmen, who would
have been out $500 but for lucky discov-
cry. A few days ago Mr.. Hudson Incl
dentaly found out that Henry was In
Atlanta and that the little fairy story OF
his death was fake, and at once took steps
for his arrest, which was effected by the
Atlanta police, and on Monday afternoon
MIR. Hudson went to Atlanta and arrived
here Tuesday morning with his prls 1ner, who
is now safe In the county Jail, where he will
. ,,ytf a-r Of