The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-18

The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

A Io-Year-old Boy Steals a Horse-A
Mercantile Firm of Sparta in the
Hands of a Receiver-A Hawkins
vile Lady Kills a Hawk-A Strong
Man Who Rivals Sandow-A Negro
Kicked to Death by a Horse.
GEORGIA.
Macon now has fully equipped weather
station.
J. s. Grady. a saw mill man OF Higgston,
died few days ago.
Joshua l. loon. a pioneer citizen OF At
lanta, died there Thursday.
The residence Of Mrs. Natilda Hodges, at
Cuthbert, was burned a night or two ago
Columbus has about 800 colored Methodist
ministers within her gates attending con-
ventiOn.
A. s. and J. ". Jones. Of Athens. butchers,
were burned out in that city Thursday at a
loss Of $500.
joe Fulton and Mile Bond. both colored.
were held up by hlchwaymen near Athens
Thursday and robbed.
At Atlanta THURSDAY loyear-old hoy stole
a horse and had ine r.le in the saddle be-
fore the police caught him.
homer Williams was in jail. at Sylvania
charged with theft and William Clark, who
was charged with selling whisky. escaped
from he Jail last saturday.
Another one o. the We negroes who was
wlle1 the pro erty George w. We. O.
Elberton. is yea Several Of he negroe
havl died since The property vas wll.eJ to
then.
The stock OF general merchandise OF Silver
& Co, at Sparta has been placed IN the hands
Of Pope & Fleming OF Augusta, with T. Il.
Lamar as manager. The assets Of the firm
are about $4,000. The liabilities are $4,000,
The barn Of Jack Deal an Fleming. was
burned last week with all Of its contents. He
had just finished gathering his corn CrOp
which was consumed in the flames. The loss
Is severe one TO HIM, amounting TO over
eZVU.
The Madison Advertiser appears this week
printed on new type, and Is enlarged from six
TO seven columns, each column being also
longer than heretofore The paper always
gives all the lO,al news and good selection
OF miscellaneous matter.
At the receivers sale at Cordele last Tues
day the saWmtl and outfit of the Fem
Lumter Company was sold for 5000 This
Is not more than a fifth of It's a ,tual cost. It
was bought in Ov a large syndicate who will
at once begin operations.
Postmaster Sweat. Of Coffee county is once
more r-athing free AIR again. or at least for
a short while. gntiI The charges AGAINST him
are disposed of ~ Judge Speer. He gave
bond in the sum OF 500 az Macon Wednesday,
and was released by an order from Commits
SlOner l.. NJ. Erwin.
William Howard who lives near Svlvapia
was shot and seriously wounded by a negro
named sam Roberts Wednesday, Roberts
owed Mr.. Howard for rent and supplies and
upon Mr. Howard refusing to let him move
his produce before paying him Roberts shot
him. Roberts fed Immediately after the
shooting.
AT Augusta Thursday negro man named
Harris from CLutouward was driving JAS
Pom S horse, hit ched to a cart. when the horse
took fright at d merry-go-rouud and com
menced TO kick. The negro was kicked on
the breast and fell forward on his head He
ealed almost instantly. The horse dashed
INTO the front window of w. e. Lynchs drug
store. The horse was horribly cut by the
glass and it is thought will die
Mrs T. /. Carruthers, who lives near Haw-
kinsville, is entitled to premium as a hawk
exterminator. ~ few DAYS ago ghlle churn.
Ing, she heard one OF her hers squau out as il
frightened by something, and stepping to the
door to ascertain the cause deserved a large
several Intellectual ate 4pts TO "shoo" il
away she picked up the churn lid. a piece of
stoneware, and threw it at the hawk and
killed it.
Among the sights soon to be seen al the
Augusta Exposition is William Heckler the
SWISS strong man. Heckler at one time re-
sided IN Augusta. and was EMPLOYED At the
Fhseh bakery. Mr.. Flisch gives him an IN
usually good reputation, and SAYS he is hon
est, sober and reliable in every particular
heckler is but2l years Of age. but his STRENGTH
Is wonderfully developed. Among OF her things
he moves a freight car with his teeth breaIys
chain with his teeth lifts four horses
breaks ropes with his naked hands wraDS
chains around the muscle OF his arms and nv
contracting the muscle rends the chains
asunder etc
Waycross Herald: Everybody knows DR..
j. L. walker. OF Waycross, theexcel eut uhv-
stefan and kind-hearted genial gentleman.
Well the doctor had a lady patient in the
country recently. for whom he prescribed
9ulnlne and furnished same in capsules.
When the doctor was leayin after the second
visit finding the patient much better. She
caiIed TO him as he was getting in his buggy.
saying: hold on, doctor, here S the little bot
tGs that the qulnlne wa in; I've saved them
all for you" And sure GA she had talIon
the qunine out Of the capsules pItltlua
spoon and swallowed it; and saved The little
bottles for the doctor