The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Mitchell County-A Story About a
watermelon-TwoL Legs Amputated
at Eastman for Different Men on the
Same Day.
GEORGIA
A farmer near Lexington killed eighty
porkers Wednesday.
One Oglethorpe farmer is about SIS, 900
ahead by the rise in cotton.
The law firm Of Eason s. Swain Of McRas
has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Maj. Sterling Neil is planting out 1000
peach trees on bis McCarty place near Flint
river, in Houston county.
Mrs. L. E. Veal has purchased the Ham
burger place, near Barnesville, and will at
once remodel and greatly improve it.
Mr. Schuler has sold out his interest in
the turpentine firm of Snooks SCHUYLER &
Co.. near Ellabell and moved to Sa-
vRnnah.
s. Harris has been elected one of the
trustees OF the Eastman Academy to all the
vacancy accustomed by the death Of DR.. Har-
ris Fisher
tar manufacturing company has been
organized near Pembroke. and several hun
dred barrels Of the valuable article will be
turned out soon.
Farmers of Houston county are planting
an increased acreage In oats this fall, and
every one will diversity his crops more
another season than ever before.
An effort will be made to save the neck Of
old man Won PolnieZ-convioted of murder
at cambridge last weekly asking the gov
ernor to commute the sentence of the court
20 life imprisonment.
On Nov. 25 the 3-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs, Enoch SILVER, who lives near Brin-
bery's mill, Mitchell county, accidentally
caught hre while the mother was out, and
hale -
that be died soon after
Up to Thursday night there had been
shipped from Washington since this season
opened II, 4O4 bales OF cotton. There was
IN the Dublin warehouse , ,374 bales, and in
Mr.. Colley's warehouse about 400 bales.
Ibis makes the receipts up 10 date about
12,778
Camilla Clarion; A farmer from:Colquits
county, came 20 town q week or two ago
aud brought two bales Of long staple cotton
which he had picked from five acres.
Messrs. Butler & Turner shipped the cotton
for him and got returns for It a few DAYS
ago which will net "a cents per pound. The
farmer told John Turner that he would get
two more bales from his five acres.
rice barn belonging to William C.
Wyily OF Darien was burned a few DAYS
ago. IL was located on Broughton island
About 5000 bushels of rice. together with
Sl,OOO worth Of Tools were destroyed be-
sides the barn. The barn was valued at
$500 and was insured for $2,5OO The
rice was insured for IS, 900. Mr.. WyllY had
already shipped about 5000 bushels Of rice
this season.
= Drs. J. N. and T. J. Buchan and DIR. ].
u. Herman Amputated the right leg of
Charley SHELTON of Eastman Just below the
knee st the upper third on Thursday morn-
ing last. Mr.. Skelton has had a bad sore
on his leg since childhood, aRdI recently gan
green bad set in, rendering the amputation
absolutely necessary. The operation was
sklllfully and successfully performed, and
Mr. SHELTON is improving rapidly.
At Brunswick Friday, while F. E. Tickle
OF New York was INDUCING in @ stew of |
brunswick blvalves. he discovered some |
ehing resembling in shape large bean. On |
investigation he found il to be a rare pearl /
OF the very finest color. aRd Immediately |
made known the valuable find 10 mine host |
Wallace, who offered a very handsome |
price for it, but the gentleman declined. |
The oysters came from Back river
Drs. J. D. Herman of Eastman and Max
jackson OF Macon amputatsd the left leg
OF Judge William McRae of Eastman on |
tuesday morning last at the upper third Of |
the thigh The amputation was rendered |
necessary by encondroma-a tuna at the
knee joint, composed OF bone and cartilage |
The doctors found the blood vessels in a |
state OF Classification, which gave serious
trouble. The operation, however was sue |
cessfully performed, and while Judge Mo-
Raes condition Is very serious, the attend
ing physicians have strong hope for his final
recovery.
On the morning of Nov. 26 the store
house OF Duke & Bivings Of Jakin was
burglarized Of about s75 worth OF goods
aud fine Parker shotgun. A reward of
$50 was offered for the thief without sue
cess. day or two since j. w. Duke a
member of the firm, captured Nelson
Nelson, a negro, in Dothan Ala, who
proved to be the party wanted. A search
OF his person developed the fact that he had
on two hats, five shirts and three pairs of
pants, aud was toting the gun at the time
OF bis arrest, all OF which were stolen from
the store. He was taken to Blakely
Thursday and jailed.
Eastman Iimes-Jour7laI: One Of the oil
ored convicts, Tom Walker by name, at the
Dempsey camp, this county, was the victim
OF terrible accident on Monday morning
of last week. 1t seems that all the con-
vlcts had been loaded on the trucks and the
start to the woods made, when just as the
train had gotten under good Roadway,
Walker fell between the trucks, and was
dragged by the squad chain perhaps sixty
yards before the train could be stopped.
Upon examination it was found that
Walkers right hip was dislocated and one
bone in his right hip was broken, besides
receiving Obner reartuI bruises. DIR. Thomas
9. Macon, the camp physioion, assisted by
DIR. T. ID. Walker of Cochran. administered
60 the necessities of the unfortunate negro
and he Is now recovering rapidly.
A clock that strikes only twice day is
located In Columbus, and it is reasonable to
suppose that it is the only one in the world.
The Third National Bank, which occupies
the most conspicuous place in that city, the
interior of its bank being fitted up in nat
ural cherry, has added another piece of
furniture in the same wood, making that
model banking house now complete. The
time Of opening and closing the banks of
Columbus, under the resolution Of the clear
ing house, is o'clock a. m. and O'Clock
.. N. The officers Of this bank, to be GER
tain that they comply with this rule as to
opening and closing time, have had very
handsome and accurate clock especially
MADE by the New Haven Clock Company
for this purpose. with striking arrange
ments that never strike except the hours of
9 and 8. Thin calls the jsnitor's attention
TO the opening and closing time, and the
employees and officers will be liable to be in
their places in the morning prior to the
opening hour,