The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-25
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

boro.-A Row over tho Possession Of
a Church, Ended by the Blowing
Down of the Structure.
GEORGIA.
Judge A A Allen, of Chipley, died a
day or two ago
The Cook building at Madison, recently
destroyed by fire, is being rebuilt.
Thursday the two-story Rose Hill resi-
dence of Professor Howard Key at Co
lumbus was sold to Henry Bussey for
$500.
DR.. w. r. Staten, the eldest son of the
late Capt. J. W Staten, died at his home
in Valdosta Wednesday after a lingering
illness.
The next quarterly meeting of the Nor
gan county alliance will meet with the
Mallory surveillance, at Mallory Chapel,
on July 18th.
In the superior court at Macon Friday,
Oscar Golden obtained a verdict of So, 200
against the Central railroad for damages.
A passenger train ran over him and cut
his leg of while he was walking along the
track in Vineville.
Caleb Wright, a negro preacher of the
Baptist denomination, and a member of
the county chain-gang in good standing,
met death at Rome yesterday morning
soon after > O'Clock by leaping from the
Fifth avenue bridge into the OOstanaula
river with suicidal intent.
Charles Hearn, of LAGRANGE who was
a passenger on the vestibuled train from
West Point Friday, accidentally fell
from the platform about two miles below
LAGRANGE, and was considerably bruised
He was hurt in several places, but none
were serious, except badly sprained
knee.
The Montezuma Variety Works was
old last Tuesday, as advertised, at public
cutlery and was bought by Mr. J. +. De
Vaughn for Sl405 The property belonged
to the Montezuma Investment Company
and has been closed and lying idle for
several months owing to the failure to
make it pay.
Rev. White therefore prayed He
prayed that this house of worship which
he, with his own hands, had wellnigh
built, should be destroyed-thus ending
forever the audacious claims of his
mulatto opponent and the wrangling of
his ungrateful congregation His prayer
was answered, as already stated.
On last Monday at her home in the
Nankin District, of Brooks county, Mrs
J. L. Yates, who has been afflicted with
commissions during several years, fell
from the floor onto the doorsteps during q
paroxysm and had the misfortune to
break her left arm near the wrist Joint,
and badly bruised the left side of her face,
also cut several gashes around her mouth
and nose
Despite the stringency of the times and
the .dullness of the season improvements
still continue in Toccoa. The large resi-
dence Of Miles Rollins is nearly finished
+. l.. Goode is erecting neat four-room
cottage near the canning factory; and J.
/. Martin is building a good tive-room
dwelling on the corner of Currahee and
Alexander streets
Thursday night L. G.. Bower. Sr., was
suddenly stricken with apoplexy, and at
late hour was still in a very critical con-
dition He was down at his office and on
the streets all day, seemingly in his usual
health, and did not go out to his home in
Wynnton, a suburb of Americus, until
late IN the afternoon. The stroke came
very suddenly while he was sitting on his
front porch.
The body of colored raft hand by the
name of John Herland was found at Coop
er's bar, near Darien, on Wednesday,
The coroner's Jury after an investigation
rendered a verdict to the effect that the
man came to his death by violence. Luke
johnson, another colored man, was ar
rested by the coroner and jailed on Thurs
day. 1t is thought that Luke had hand
in the killing of Herland
Last Monday at Gay, in Merriwether
county, Justice of the Peace L. A. Ed |
wards and Notary Public G. B. Huddle- |
ston committed Gus Bell. Jr., to Jail to |
await the action of the grand jury for the !
murder of Alex Furgerson. Furgerson
was shot and fatally wounded by Bell |
about three weeks ago. Furgerson lived |
until last Saturday night, when be died |
from the effects of the wound.
George w. Brandon, the young North |
Carolinian who shot Mr.. Poppell through |
the head on May 25 and who has been |
confined in Jail at Darien ever since. was |
given his liberty on Monday. He waived |
the usual preliminary hearing and gave
bond in the sum of 81 900 for his appear
ance at the November term of the superior |
court of Mcintosh county George A. !
Holland, Henry A. Holland, John A. Hol- |
land and Edward w. Lee are his bonds |
men,
Thursdays storm at Atlanta settled a |
religious wrangle by summarily blowing
down the house of worship where the
wrangle took place For weeks the men,
bers of the Brownsville Colored Baptist
church, in the southern portion of the
city have been engaged in dispute over
a choice of pastors. Through trials and |
tribulations Reverend White, far re-
moved in color from his name,
did build this church. After the house
Of God stood complete, and the church
a
bright mulatto theolOgist came to
the neighborhood, smiled upon the
females of the congregation and an
nounced himself candidate for pastor.
That this yellow aparvenue churchman
should receive any favor from his flock
made the black Rev. White indignant.
Statesboro Times: Messrs Bob Kirby
and w. w. Miller came up from Email
Tuesday evening and delivered to taller
Miken one Jim Hill, (colored) charged
with borrowing without their consent,
about 50 from friends who were occupy
ing the house with him. Hills version of
the theft is that the money was left with
his wife for safe keeping, and
he took it an hid it from her
just for a joke 1t was just about this
time that the colored men needed the
cash, and called on the accommodating
women FOR it. The money was found in
the lord S trunk and his apology was not
sufficient to keep him out of the clutches
of the law, so he will have a rest spell
till next court. Mr.. Miller, also, very
badly wants another colOred man, Mack
Bacon, who was detected breaking into
his trunk last Thursday evening with the
evident intention of appropriating some
Of Mr.. Miler's wearing apparel The
negro escaped to unknown parts. and a
reward of $50 is offered Tor his arrest.