The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

With a Terrib g Fate Near Forsyth
A Negro Shot Dead Near Toomsboro
While Eating His Dinner.
GEORGIA.
Crop prospects are gooi Ia Cobb county
The fruit ami grain crops will be larger
and the cotton crop less this season than In
many years.
Saturday night NJ. Brown, who lives in
South Bend district, in Fulton county
killed black wolf near his home. He says
that this was probably the only wolf in that
section of the state.
The house of William Bradshaw, two
miles from Geneva, was strucA by lightning
last week and one of the front columns was
completely demolished. This Is the second
time lightning has struck the same house.
Work on the South Georgia college at
McRae will commence IN earnest next week.
The contracts for the UricK and wood work
have been let, aud tue lumber for the
former is now arriving, The building will
be pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
sible.
The movement OF melons on the Ssvan-
nah, Florida and Western railway west Of
NaldoSta amounted Monday TO twenty-five
cars. This is by all odds the heaviest on
record for this early dale, and Indicates
that the crop is earlier than usual, and that
by July the bulk of the crop will be sold
or given away.
Capt. Bull OF the Southern Rifles Is con-
sidering the advisabi ity Of having an ami
versary company celebration at some place
near Talbotton on July s. He has written
to Gov. Northen to learn If he can be there
on that date and if favorable reply is re-
ceived the programme will be announced
and all of the old vets OF Talbot county
will be invited to participate in the festivi-
ties.
The first carload of peaches was shipped
from Marshallville Monday. This COM
menoes peach-shipping IN earnest. Refrig-
orator cars will lie on hand from now on
during the season. Shipments of peaches
will increase daily until the middle of July,
when it is estimated that ten carloads will
be shipped daily. Six dollars has been real
lied per crate for peaches shipped to New
York
The first two cars OF Fort Valley peaches
left Tuesday for New York. They we're in
refrigerator cars we'll iced aud filled with
500 crates each Of choice Alexander peaches.
One car was shipped via the Central rail-
road by Deitzen Bros, and the other over
the Atlanta and Florida railroad by /. n.
Royal and o. Nj. Houser. Both left on
special trains which will compete for time
and service
Edmund Green, sentenced to be hanged
June "a for killing Keener in Fannin
county, is now in Gilmer county jail He
wrote a letter last week to u prisoner named
Foster in the Marietta jail, in which he says
he is innocent of the crime and will so
state on the gallows He thanks Jailer Ed
Williams for his humane treatment OF him.
self and the other prisoners while be was an
inmate Of the Jail at Marietta.
At Abbeville last Thursday evening a
horse bled to death under the following
circumstances: Osse Wooten was riding
him In a walk along The street, when he
stepped on the end Of q stick, which few
up and penetrated large artery on the in
side of the horses thigh, from which he
bled to death in a short time All efforts
to save him were in vain. The horse be-
longed to Bailey Brothers and was valued
at 1856. Mr.. Wooten had taken care Of the
horse for its feed for some time.
A negro named Jerry Tarver was shot
near Toomsboro Wedna sday, while sitting
In the house Of friend ca ing his dinner, by
a man from Washington county by the
name Of Whitaker. Whitaker claims the
negro had threatened TO Kill him and burn
him out. After learning these facts he
took his shotgun. located the negro and
went several miles from Washington county
to Wilkinson, and after he found the negro
requested him to come out OF the house.
The negro replied: wait until 1 get
through my dinner" Then Whitaker put
A4Ao vi w LIE sAOuAOeI dHu uTbO. lie ne
gro lived about two hours.
Chester Brown (colored), who resided at
or camp 6, in Telfalr county was lodged in
jail at McRae few days ago on the charge
OF a criminal assault on one of his own
daughters The affair is said to have been
committed some time during last week.
Brown was arrested and carried before
Justice w. II. Studstill at Milan for a pre-
tmlnary examination, and at the trial his
h1f hR
mitted a nameless offense Justice Stud
still bound him over 10 the next term OF
Telfair superior court. The same negro or
one by the same name, was tried In Mont
gomery superior court several years ago,
charged with the same ofFense, committed
upon the person of a respectable white lady
or that county, and upon some technicality
In the law he was acquitted.
Intense excitement prevailed among the
negroes three miles northwest OF Forsyth
Wednesday. Tuesday evening Anderson
Moreland, the leader Of a disreputable gang
of negroes, criminally assaulted a negro
girl on the plantation Of Messrs Brooks and
Newton as she was returning from the field
where she had been at work Moreland
dragged the girl into clump of bushes and
after accomplishing his purpose left her in
an unconscious condition. She was soon
discovered by a negro man, Co whom abe
disclosed the name of her assailant. The
news spread rapidly over the neighborhood,
and soon 100 or more Infatuated
negroes were searching the woods and
fields for the fleeing fiend. He was,
after several hours, found in a
cabin where he had taken refuge from a
dozen or more enrsged negro men, He was
subjected to the most horrible punishment
which will cost him his life. He was stripped
of his clothing and beaten into lnsensibility
and then bruised and bleeding was forced
into huge tub of hot salt water. His cries
and groans was the occasion for laughter
from his tormentors. Moreland was left
In the house to die, but was taken in charge
by relatives. 1t is said that his recovery ID
impossible and the negroes are seemingly
Jubilant at the treatment he received, which
was worse than if he had been lynched.
Atlanta Journal: There is yet to be writ.
ten a sadder story, and one more pathetic
In its features than the burial Of a mother
and her little babe In the same coffin Tues
day. The mother was Mrs. Leila R. Ian
den, and the child her 6weeks' old infant
Mrs. Landen had been iii for some time and
when the child was born IL was placed IL
the care of its aunt, who lives only a few
hundred steps away, on Hull street, The
baby was taken very sick about two week.
ago but everything possible was done TO sus