The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Negro Perishes in a Burning jail at
sycamore-A Man Takes as His Fifth
Wife Woman Who Had Previously
Been Married Twice-Express Com
psny Clerks Put OF Train.
GEORGIA.
An alligator feet 9 inches long was
recently caught in the Houston factory
pond by Mayor Parker Of Dennard.
Rev J. A Scarboro has procured about
1000, 900 feet of yellow pine lumber for the
Freddie Ship Female College at Cordele.
A site for Hawkinsville's new public
school building has been selected and the
building will be erected thereon at an early
date.
1t is estimated that not much more than
half crop Of corn will be made in the
vicinity of Rochelle on account OF the dry
weather.
A marriage took place in Wilcox county
few days ago in which the groom took
his fifth wife and the bride her third hus-
band. The contracting parties were Jo-
seph Hudnell and Mrs Octavia Brown.
Miss Sara Tibbie. eldest daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. John Mcintosh kell, is to be mar
ried on July to Mr.. Nesbitt. clerk of the
city court Of Macon and son Of Judge Nos-
bitt. formerly Gov. Gordon's chief secre-
tary.
The store house OF ]. H. Witherington at
Dexter, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
morning last at l o'clock The stock of
goods in the store, valued at 81, 500 to 900
was also destroyed. The goods were in
sured for $4,000, but there was no insurance
on the building.
George Thompson, who lives near Reeves
station, in Gordon county, boasts OF novel
and valuable peach tree. This tree produces
two crops Of peaches each year, and has
done 80 for the past three years. Already
this season Mr.. Thompson has gathered the
first crop, aud now the second crop Is on
the way and promises to be ripe at an early
date.
Augusta Herald: 1t was reported around
the street Thursday morning that j. H.
VonSprecken had been taken with the lock-
jaw. This was thought at first to be true
but DR.. Doughty was called In and decided
that it was not lockjsw. Mr.. VonSprecken
had an ulcer in one OF his teeth and while
out driving yesterday contracted cold in
the right side of his jaw, causing a stiffen-
ing OF the muscles so that he was unable to
open his mouth. Under DR.. Doughty, how
ever, he is rapidly improving and no
trouble beyond slight inconvenience is
feared.
James T. Blain, one of the Oldest and
most respected of the citizens of Bruins
"aSht tAleu Dldl0 was IN
his 18th year at the time Of his death. hav-
ing been born Feb. 5, 1915 He moved to
brunswick from Greene county, Georgia,
in 1857, and has lived there continuously
since. Before coming to Brunswick he had
been connected with the press OF Georgia.
He held the position of foreman in the office
of the Augusta Constitutiondlist and sub
sequently edited the Christian Indep and
the temperance Crusader. After going
to Brunswick be went into the drug bnsi-
ness, which he followed until be was burned
out in 1884. He became postmaster after
that disaster Since the expiration Of his
term OF service as postmaster Mr. Blain was
practically retired from active engage
ments
Chattanooga NeiCS: Wednesday night
twenty Of the express clerks employed in
The auditors department Of the Southern
Express Company at Augusta, passed
through Chattanooga en- route to Memphis
AS has been previously published in the
Net0S. the Southern Express Company's
consolidated auditing department will be
located in Chattanooga some time next fall
AS a temporary arrangement the company
has removed the force from Augusta to
Memphis until the new buildings here are
ready for their occupancy. Owing to some
defect In the passes the conductor of a train
which they boarded at Atlanta Wednesday
refused to pass them and they
were compelled to walk over a
mile back to the city. There were twenty
In the party. They arrived IN Chattanooga
on later train.
Macon NelCS: VIII Simmons is the name
OF negro who was confined in jail at Syca-
more, a small station on the Georgia South
ern, just below Macon, on Monday, for
petty larceny. VIII did not have the repu-
tation OF being desperate character but he
chafed under confinement and made a des-
perate struggle to keep from being lodged
behind the bars. On Monday night about
II O'Clock the alarm of fire was sounded and
the jailer awakened to find the jail wrapped
In flames. It was too late to attempt to save
the structure and the people gathered
around could only hope that Simmons, who
was the only occupant. had escaped the hor-
r1ble fate. When tina building was almost
totally destroyed by fire, an investigation
was made and CHASTITY sight was revealed.
The negroes body had been burned to an I'M
distinguishable mass and presented no
feature that could leave one TO believe that
1t had ever bore human being. 1t is sup
posed that the negro had secreted matches
on his person and endeavored to free him.
self by burning the Jail, but fell victim to
his 0vyn aOhapa