The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Cara Turtle Drops from the Clouds
GEORGIA.
Cotton blooms are rapidly appearing Ir
Sumter county.
A mail route will soon be established be.
tween Ball Ground and Liverpool post
Office.
All the mail routes in Forsyth county
have been let for the next four years, be-
ginning July !.
A shark measuring o. feet was caught al
Morrison's drop" famous fishing spot or
Turtle river, near Brunswick, Monday, by
Peter jackson, a darby.
II Is reported that negro woman living
in the upper part Of Forsyth county had
her head nearly chopped of a day or two
ago, killing her instantly.
new postoffice will soon be established
at Severe Martins, five miles east Of Cum,
ming, to be known as "Southard.n Severe
Martin will be postmaster.
At Carrollton Monday Sheriff J. NJ.
Hewett pulled" Willis Lattlmer and Stan
more Harris for burglary. They are &C
oused Of going into Allen Phillips residence
and stealing SAT in money.
Gabe Moss toolored) has been sentenced to
forty-ave years. imprisonment for robbing
three boys near Columbus, one OF whom
was a son of Col. L. F. Garrard, whom he
held up aud relieved OF a gun.
Several charters have been made from
ports in the vicinity of Brunswick for car
goes of lumber to South America, princi-
pally to the Argentine Republic. But no
charters have been made for Brunswick.
The board of tax equalizers of Forsyth
county completed their work last Tuesday
They increased the taxable property of the
county about 900. An assessment Of
81 per acre was also made on all wild lands.
The store OF Joseph N. Daniel at Will
iamsburg, together with nearly his entire
stock Of general merchandise, was destroyed
by fire Sunday night about 8 O'clock. II
was partly insured. The loss is about 81
300. There is no olew as to the origin OF
the fire.
Some Of the members OF a fishing club,
who are prominent citizens of Macon, are
camping on the Ogeechee, about a mile
from Cameron. They are living high and
having a fine time aud catching every thing
but fish. Bait is Plentiful and the mos
quito is conspicuous for his absence.
VIII Perkins, who lives near Newtown,
was badly hurt by the explosion of a shell
he was trying to extract from shotgun.
The shell burst in his face and knocked
him senseless. He was unconscious for an
hour or two, and his eyes are badly injured,
but he will not lose his sight and is rapidly
recovering from his injury.
Uriah Lockett OF Leslie Sumter county,
was sitting on the veranda Of the hotel at
that place during a rain storm Sunday when
he saw turtle drop. IL was about as big
as a silver dollar. There can be no doubt
about its coming from the clouds, as there
isn't piece OF water near the place, aud
turtles don't loaf about the country,
Lizzie Hall entered suit at Atlanta Tues
HaNY mo atr1dr ofv,1N kkA
dated Street Railway Company for $40, 900.
In her petition she claims that on the night
OF April % she was in a buggy with Tom
Thomas and that one Of the cars Of the COM
pany struck the vehicle demolishing IL and
breaking two of her ribs, and injuring her
generally.
George Brantley, who lives in the lower
part OF Washington county, raises white
rabbits, and they multiply very rapidly.
They run at large on his place and are very
gentle. He keeps fox hounds and the rab-
bits are not molested by the hounds, which
run In the same yard. MIR. Brantley raises
his own supplies and hard times do not af-
feet him much
c. E. King and w. n. Withers OF Atlanta
have purchased of J. M. Chilson his farm.
containing 2,l75 acres, two miles from
Greensboro, better known as the old Early
plantation, and said to be the best farm In
the state. Messrs. King and Withers will
turn 1t into stock farm and will spare no
pains or expense in making it the ideal
stock farm OF the south.
Some one tried to burn the dwelling house
OF Capt Fraser, below the station at McIn-
tosh last week by setting fire TO the passage.
way between the dwelling and kitchen. The
house had been occupied by Nat Hendry
during the winter, who had recently moved
hns~ ntA - Al
the house, awoke in time TO save the dwell
Ing and kitchen from being burned.
Hinesville Gazette: We understand that
the Bell craze, that created such excite
ment some two years ago, is still going on
very quietly not far from the old place.
Queen Elizabeth still holds her court upon
a raised platform, and IL is said there are a
number OF fatherless and motherless chill
dren 10 the neighborhood. The spirit of
Bell, 1t is said, still visits them-in what
form we did not learn.
Phillip H. Estee, agent of the Thomson>
Houston Electric Company, received in-
5uries by the fall OF a scaffold at the ARA
gon hotel at Atlanta Tuesday, from which
he died few hours later. Mr. Estee was
examining some OF the electric light ap-
paratus now being put In at the Arragon
hotel. He and two other men were at work
on platform under the second floor, when
it gave way and the three men were thrown
TO the ground. Mr.. Estee was the only one
seriously hurt He received injuries about
the head.
At Washington Sunday there was an ex-
citing time on the street car as IL was re-
turning from the cemetery heavily loaded
with passengers As the car was going
down the grade IN front Of the Catholic
church the brakes became unmanageabie
and the car went with a rush to the bottom
OF the grade where ii jumped the track.
There was considerable excitement for the
time being, but it was soon over. Mr..
Brooks, the driver, was the only man hurt.
he was Jerked over the dashboard when the
horses got looss.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: News was re-
ceived yesterday of a killing at Greenville
on Saturday night, and 1t was also reported
that the murderer was making for Column
bus. The dispatch stated that Wash
Wamuck, who owned his house, objected tc
the conduct Of Grit Parham, because Grit
had recently been shooting in the neighbor-
hood Of Weshs house. Saturday night
Wash told Grit that he must quit his fool
ishness or die. Grit told Wash that under
the circumstances he thought he would bt
Justified in killing him, and he therefore
shot him, after which he left for Columbus
A Scriveu county school teacher has a
rather unique way of extracting stubs. A
1O-year-old boy stepped upon a sharp stich
which penetrated his heel about three
quarters Of an inch and broke off close Il
the skin. No tweezers being convenient Il
was a difficult matter to get it out. Wher
all other means had been exhausted thG