The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

A Resident OF Americas a Candidate
for Indian Agent-A Suit for $4,000
Settled By the Payment of $4,000.
The Runaway Witness in the Gentry
Case ct Columbus Brought Back
From Texas.
GEORGIA.
Capt. W. c. Kaigler is understood to be in the
race for postmaster of Dawson.
1t is said that there are about $50 members OF
the aliancs in Root standing with the order in
Talbot county.
a COW IA months old the mother Of a calf is
the latest curiosity at the home of J. A. Bos-
well, four miles southwest of IalbOttOn.
A colored child, 8 months old, was burned to
death at Lavona Tuesday night. The house
caught fire in the absence of the mother.
The fourth annual convention of the Stone
Mountain Baptist Sunday School Association
will be held at Social Circle March a. 25 and %.
It is said that T. L. Allen OF Americus will
probably be an applicant for the position OF
agent at the Mescalero Indian agency, Mesca-
lerO N. M.
Putnam county has behind the bars Of her
Jail negro murderess Her trial will take
place next week. It is thought by some that
she will pay the penalty Of her awful crime on
the gallows.
A colored man gave /. S. Cox Of Marietta an
order for headstone for his fathers grave
Recently the coiored man wrote to mir. Cox:
PLEASE don't send that heRdstOne. De students
DO e got father. " The body snatchers" got
in their work
A committee was appointed at a conference
held at the governors mansion at Atlanta,
Wednesday night to erect a tabernacle that
that will seat 10000 people aud to be com
pleted by the time the Christian workers of the
world meet IN convention in the fall.
Henry Ramsay, the negro murderer of Mar
shat Bob Harriss of the village of Summerville
will hang. Tbesupreme court has refused the
murderer new trial. which dooms him TO
death Ramsay will be arraigned in the supe-
rior court at Augusta at the spring term which
meets on April =, aud will he for the second
time sentenced to death. His execution will
probably take place early IN May.
movement was started at Dawson Wednss-
day by leading citizens and capitalists TO organ
ize the Dawson Mutual Insurance Company with
q cash capital of S25, 900. Onp-half of the stock
is already subscribed in blocks OF 8 900 each,
and II is said that the company Will Dc formally
organized before the end of the week The
projectors are J. R. Mercer, A. J. BALDWIN. W.
citizens.
a case that excited considerable interest A.
Athens some time ago was a suit brought
against the Georgia. Carolina and Northern
Railroad Company by Mrs. Martha gOrdnam
and Freddy Flournoy for $4,000 Freddy
flOurnOy, 13-year-Old boy. had his leg crushed
at the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad
turn-taole while at play, causing him to per
haps be crippled for life. The matter has Just
been settled amicably, however, to both parties
by the payment of IS, 900 by The Georgia, arc
lima and Northern railroad to the plaintiff. The
money was paid over Wednesday by Erwin &
Cobb attorneys for the Georgia. Carolina and
Northern, TO Il S. Price and Thomas & Strick-
land, attorneys for the plaintiff.
George W. Brown, young man formerly of
Columbus but latterly of Dallas, Tex occu-
pied cell 20. at police headquarters at Column
bus Tuesday night and will probably spend
some time at the MuscOgee jail Brown is a
defaulting witness aud IL wanted on an attach
ment issued by the court. Brown was the
principal witness in the celebrated Gentry case
but left town, After leaving he went % Texas
where he remained until a few weeks ago
Sheriff Burrus learned several days since that
ne was 10 Stewart county and wired for his
arrest Tues lay the sheriff received notifica-
ton from the sheriff Of Stewart county that the
arrest had b en- made and the prisoner lodged
in jail at Lunpkin. Deputy Sheriff McNlichaeI
lett on the first train for Lumpkin and returned
with his man. The prisoner seemed to be
somewhat nervous, but told his story to a re-
porter. tie says that he remained in Columbus
some time waiting for the trial TO take place,
but as It was 50 often postponed and he lost so
much time from his work, that he finally lost
his Job snd had TO leave the city In self defense