The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

the OQO Fellows IOu4S W 10 LIZ
Gated at Manchester - Negro
School Teacher Arrested for a
Felonious Assault.
GEORGIA.
The confederate veterans OF Telfair
county will hold a reunion at McRea on
May 81.
A letter was received by a young lady in
Baxley last Sunday that was mailed In Sa-
vannAh over a month ago.
A. G. WHY, for long time one OF the
most prominent Wholesale merchants OF At
lanta, died at Kansas City Wednesday
night.
Edmund Rogers tainted on horseback in
Reldsville last Monday, but was caught be-
fore he fell. He was removed to drug
store near by and received prompt medical
aid. He will recover.
Trouble is brewing in the Deshon Opera
Company. Mamie Mcguire, the girl who
Joined in Atlanta, refuses TO put on tights
1t is said she will return TO the printers
case before she will do so.
The Masonic fraternity Of Abbeville in
tend to dedicate their new and commo-
dious brick lodge some time In the near
future and invite the fraternity of Wilcox
comfy to unite with them.
Last Monday was the appointed time
perior court to convene, but it has been
again adjourned-this time owing to sick
ness in Judge Roberts family.
A prohibition paper will be started In
Augusta when the campaign opens. The
prohibitionists are now negotiating with
Mr.. Weigle to print the paper daily for
them with the old Progress material.
John II. Parnell of West Point ia expected
to return from ireland in June. lmmed-
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Stewart Parnell, he returned to his old
home to look after the estate left by his
brother.
j. D. Friall, the lineman arrested at
Thomasville for murder and carried to
Troy, Ala, is free again. He was not the
murderer. Friall passed through Thomas
vile Wednesday en- route to Jacksonville to
report to Supt. Dillon.
s. Morris of Cartersville, whose stock
was burned on the night Of Feb. 80, in the
Attaway building on the east side of the
square. after quibbling tor quite a time
with the adiusters, effected q settlement
with the company in which he was insured
on Monday last. His policy was for 81 300,
but he settled for 81, 100.
j. NJ. Swan, negro school teacher of
Atlanta, was arrested Thursday for at
tempting a criminal assault on 10-year~
old girl that attended his school. At IL
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girl. Clara Nesbit, TO remain in the room.
He then attempted an assault upon her, but
released her, becoming alarmed at her
screams.
The senior class of Oxford visited Atlanta
recently TO have their photographs made in
group, as is their custom. Upon the re-
turn it was reported that the prospective
fret honor man had been drunk. The re-
port is said to have originated with the club
mates Of the second honor man in order to
allow him 20 receive the first honor. The
faculty are investigating now. The class is
divided in feeling and as yet are unsettled.
There is considerable excitement
Mrs. Price, wife of Jasper Price. a car
penter living near McRae, was burned to
death last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs
Price was dong the family washing out in
the yard, with a fire around pot of boil-
ing water. and in passing near the fire her
clothing igniUed and was burned from her
body. She was alone at the time, and some
friends heard her cries and ran to her as
sistauce, but they were too late. They
hurried to town for her husband, and he
carried Dr. Kennon out with him. There
was no chance for her recovery aud she died
some time during that night
Townsville Times Enterprise: DR.. T,
S. Hopkins, while in Milledgeville re-
Gently attending meeting of the board of
trustees Of the insane asylum, figured out
the number Of inmates from five counties
IN the state, and the percentage OF each &C.
cording to population. Here are the figures.
Baldwin county. 81 inmates, out of a popu-
lation of 14.60S, making l TO every All
Thomas county, with population Of &C..
l54, has II inmates, or | to every ,4S OF
population; Brooks, with population of
1895, has Z, or to 1880 of her popula-
ton; Lowndes, with a population OF Is, 1902,
has 4. making to $500, and Decatur, with
population Of Is, 949, has Is, making to
every 100 of population. These are IN
teresting figures. 1t will be seen that
Baldwin has more crazy people, according
TO her population, than any of the counties
mentioned and that Lowndes has the
smallest percentage of the counties named
What in few hours might have resulted
In the most sensational assassination and iail
delivery ever recorded in North Georgia
was prevented at the county jail at Rome
Thursday by the vigilance aud watchful-
ness or Floyd's faithful county officers. The
Gentry brothers of HARRISON county were
the men in the scheme. They were to saw
two OF the bars out, escape into the hall
await behind the jail door until Sheriff
Moore entered, then brain him with heavy
piece OF iron piping they had broken from
their water basin, drag his body on the in
terror, wait few moments, SO as not to
raise the suspicion of the keeper of the door
on the outside then tap on the door as
Sheriff Moore always does when he want
to get out, when the door was thrown opel
brain Deputy Sheriff Mcconnell, who gen
orally had charge of the lock, throw his
body in the jail, rush out and lock the doc
and their crimes behind them, and max
good their escape with the keys
The prisoners are Asbury and George Gen
try, and their ages are % and 20. They ar
both stout, thick set men with faces thu
give them dead away. They are sons o
County Surveyor Gentry of HARRISON ooun
ty, a respected citizen, but these sons hav,
always been wild. They are wanted 70
horse stealing in Alabama, for house burn
ing, and they are held for several othe
ohenses equally as serious.
The Odd Fellows orphans home will b
located at Manchester. in the suburbs c
Atlanta. The twenty-five acres offered b
the Manchester Land Company and th
East Point Land Company jointly is ia
site selected by the committee appointed 70
that purpose. The committee was IN ses
sion two hours Thursday having five locs
tions to select from. Every member of tt
committee. except d. B. Woodruff {
Macon, was present. The site decided uDo
is beautiful one and fronts on the Wei
Point railroad. 1t is well situated and is
nicely wooded grove. Plans for the hon
will be commenced at once and ii
home erected as soon as DO
sible. The building will cost S25, 200 whe
finished and probably several thousan
dollars will be spent in identifying II