The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Sunnmervllle's New Hotel in Ashes.
A Negro Who Claims to be Zulu
Chief Taxing in Grif1iu-Sandersvi 9
People Poisoned by Eating Ice Cream.
The Atheniaa Stung by a Tarantula
Improving.
GEORGIA
Sixtv-five members were added to DR..
Bays church at Rome Sunday.
at Rome Sunday morning Col. John
Locke Martin was united to the First Pres
byterian church.
The knights Templar coach which will
go to Denver from Rome in August is all
engaged except three berths.
In Washington county the dry weather
has killed the germs Of good deal OF cotton
which will have to be replanted.
The state convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will begin at
Milledgeville and will remain in session
until the following Tuesday.
A tall, slick, black negro has been
promenading the streets at Griffin for two
or three days, with a large white ring In
his nose, claiming to be Zulu chief from
Africa.
RN. Lamar, secretary. has sold the old
"Bookkeeper's house." on the grounds OF
the Georgia Normal and Industrial College
at Milledgeville, now occupied by Mrs w.
H. Hodges, to NJ. and J. r. Hines. This
old landmark will be removed at once.
DIR. 8. D. Brantiey's horse was found IN
his lot at Sandersville with his neck broken
Sunday afternoon. 1t is not known
whether he was struck by lightning, or was
frightened by a peal of thunder which
caused him to run against fence and break
his neck.
W, s.. Appling of Athens, who was stung
by tarantula Saturday night, is steadily
improving At first it was thought that
there we're few chances for his recovery,
and all day Sunday he was In an uncon-
scious condition, but yesterday he began to
improve and is now out of danger. The
tarantuls that stung him has not yet been
caught.
The Liberal Enterprise Of Cuthbert Is in
the hands OF temporary receiver. and APP
plication was made to Judge Gober, presid-
ing for Judge Query, to make 1t perma-
nent, in behalf of the minority stockhold-
ers, who are getting no dividends. Judge
Gober ordered the books and papers sent to
Marietta, where he will take the matter
under advisement.
Jack Newsome, a white fagman on the
East Tennessee, met with a serious and
probably fatal accident Monday night at
DANES Ferry, fifteen miles from Macon.
Newsome was sent ahead Of the train to flag
down another and was walking along the
bIdCh Wuen Ln6 Ghlu buuu6ul1 u
curve. Before he could spring from the
track be had been struck. His jawbone
was broken and his mouth badly crushed
and mangled. He was taken TO Macon in
an unconscious condition.
Sunday night at Summerville the Price
house, the elegant new hotel,s burned with
all its contents. Loss $4,000. insurance
$4,000; $4,000 on the building and So, 900 on
the furniture. The fire was supposed to
haVa OripiDafad from a from,
road engine. No fire had been used in the
hotel since Sunday morning. DR.. Genison
and son swung from second story window
by rope 20 save their lives.
Several people in Sandersville were pois-
oned with ice cream Sunday. Mrs. r. T.
Pounds made the cream. The zinc in the
freezer coming in contact with tine acid in
and family, Mrs. W. p Lovett, Miss Sallie
Warren Lovett, John Lovett, Ben
Duggan, Mrs. Boutwell,, and Miss Annie
Belle Boutwell, partook Of the cream and
all showed signs of being poisoned within
two or three hours They received prompt
medical attention and are DOW recovering
from the effects Of the poisoning.
Mrs. Martha Eber hart, the wife of Rich
ard L. Eberhart Of Athens, was in usual
health on Saturday evening Mr.. Eberhart
was In the business part OF the city early ia
the night, and went 60 his home on Mitchell
street, little dreaming Of the great bereavs-
ment that was so soon to darken his home
The family retired between 9 and 10 o'clock.
About IL o'clock Mrs. Eberhart woke her
husband, stating that she was smotheripg
and must have air. Mr.. Eberhart arose and
opened the door and assisted his wife to a
chair near by, where she sat for some min
utes. Some neighbors came in soon after
and it was deemed advisable to place the
sufferer in bed again. A messenger was
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before one could be secured. Gently she w as
led to the bedside and placed upon it, but
scarcely had this been done when the vital
spark had fed.