The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

Failures.
GEORGIA.
The taxable property Of Waycross will
reach s2,0O0.00O.
Bee culture is being revived at Lexington
along with grain raising.
There is a probability Of new bank, with
$4,000 capital in Cuthbert in The near future.
}. B. McWnliams of Cuthbert made ship
ment OF leather from his tannefy TO Phila-
uelphia last week
Isaac Howard, who lives in the Third dis
triot OF Worth county has been a justice OF
the peace for over thirty i've years.
Nora Montgomery. notorious negro
woman of Atlanta. only 20 years old com
mitted suicide Friday by taking an overdose
OF laudanum in negro restaurant, Just OPP
posite the station house
The report is very general in the section
around Montezuma that the water melon
vines arc dying in large numbers. Vines that
have attained two or three feet in length wilt
and die without apparent cause.
Sheriff Jake C.. Moore Of Rome has applied
for the United states marshalship OF the
Northern district, TO succeed Col. Buck, re-
Gently resigned. Mr.. Moore application has
been forwarded to The President.
Robert Greer, who recently bought out the
fancy grocery store of L. q. Scheussler. at Co
lumbus. is a heavy loser in the bank failures
at Brunswick Thursday. He had on deposit
In the First National Bank $4,000.
H. B. Mccarthy. an employee in the Central
railroad yards. at Macon, was arrested Fri
Gay GlltINDOu bA deputy ~utIlhS l1ONutlt
and stephens on a warrant charging him
with assault with intent TO murder. His
victim Is his wife.
The wheat crop in Quitman county is a sue
cess. There Will be q good deal Skipped from
there Ia the mills. Oats are greatly improved
since so much rain. FAN oats arc about ready
for harvesting Rice Is more extensively
sown now than for many years.
Mandy Grady, a colored woman residing on
Hargrove's hill near Rome, was struck and
almost instantly killed by passenger train
ON the Georgia division of the East IeuHes-
see railway Thursday morning near the trestle
that crosses the Rome railroad. Her left leg
and her right arm and neck we're broken. She
was about 10 years old.
O T. Dixon of Montezuma lost a complete
SaT-mill ana about 1900 feet of hrst-ciaSs
lumber by fire last Saturday. Tho origin Of
the fire is not known but il is thought to have
been the work of an tncendiary. Mr.. Dixon
carried no insurance on either the mill or
lumber and the loss is estimated nj 81 600 He
had Just sawed the lumber "a few weeks
previous and had closed his mill for the
season.
News comes from DahloneCa that Virgo
Moose and his son Frank who have leased the
1vey mine from Frank W Hail since he pur
chased It a few months ago at receivers sale,
discovered very rich quartz vein at that
mine Saturday. Rocks from the size Of
goose egg up to the size of man $ head lust
literally espoted are covered with gold. Frank
Moose cut out of the solid rock more than
ten pennyweights OF gold nuggets with a com
mon gold Chisel.
At Augusta Friday a cOlOrcd girl had a
tatthleSs lover brought before the judge under
q warrant The defendant Acknowledged his
fault and promised 70 wed her If money was
given him to buy license. This the father
lufnlshed ana the modern Don j uan left, say
ing that the wedding would take place that
nisht After waiting in vain for him the girl
instituted inquiries ana found that with the
money he bought license and married an
other girl Both father and daughter are now
after him with sharp stick.
II. 3. Raiford at Willingham. in Worth
county, has l3-year-old boy who is a born
machtnlst About two years ago he made
complete locomotive from wood with a pocket
knife His mechanical drawings are equal to
those OF "a civil engineer. although he has
never taken lessons. or had any training in
that line. His latest production is a lever
car. something Ike those used by railway
oficlals. which is perfect in construction. and
viii carry half O dozen children a a high rate
OF speed on a track that he has constructed
for it.
difficulty occurred Tuesday morning in
the upper portion of Morgan county IN which
Josiah Whitlock and Ben Thomas we're par
tlcipants. The trouble originated in Mr..
Thomas cattle trespassing on Mr.. Whitlocks
crops, and the subsequent settlement for
damages in which words led to blows. Mr.
Thomas struck Mr. WhitlOCk on the head
with rock. iniuring him seriously. Mr..
WhitlOCk had a warrant issued. charging Mr..
Thomas with assault with intent to murder
Thomas waived commitment and gave bond
Tor his appearance.
w. A. r. Maloch Of MeWhorter ATTEMPTED
TO kill his wife. nee Miss Minnie Owens last
Wednesday. lie ordered her to leave home
that day at noon. but she did not obey him.
That night When he returned and found her
fhere he began to abuse her. and went round
and fastened all the doors but one to a side
room. He then drew his knife and was max
ing toward her when she made her escape
through the side door. He ran after her with
his knife in hand to near John Hudsons,
where she had taken refuge Mrs MalOch
swore out warrant against him for assault
with intent to murder, but he made his es-
cape.
The Atlanta policeman who does his duty
certainly earns his salary and does not have
an easy time by any means. He must walk
ms beat for eight hours without rest. and now
another dutyrhas been added TO the list He
must take physical culture. That means he
must chase around with a big iron wand
ana DO a calisthenics exercise that makes
every muscle In his body snap.
This is no doubt health-giving exercise for
man who leads a sedentary life, but for
policeman it, little too much. There is no
through with II and run around with the iron
SUCKS like ''supes' in a war drama.
BlalSely News: Nelse Nelson, the negro
who burglarized Duke & Bivins' store at ia
kin some months ago. was tried. convicted
and sentenced to five wears in the peniten-
tiary at last term Of April superior court. No
order or sentence however, was written out
as Is the custom or duty of the solicitor gen
eFdl- ana given JuQge Nc 1Orter. cOnSe-
quently this negro, who ought to have been
serving his time in the penitentiary a month
ago. has been lying In an old insecure Jail
until last Friday night. when he. with Dick
henderson, another negro who had recently
been placed there, burnt their way out at a
place made weak by the escape OF other prls-
oners some time ago, and are now al large
The other room of this jail was considered
comparatively safe
The president OF the American Safety Car
Coupling Company of COrdele and others
were at Redwood Saturday to witness a
practical test of their automatic car hook
coupler. 1t couples automatically and cars
are coupled with the greatest ease by lever
from the SIDE without the necessity OF going
IN between the cars They viii test their
passenger coach coupler in the near future
which viii no doubt prove up like the freight
coupler. The cOuplers VIII be on exhibition
and working at the worlds fair. These
couplers were invented by NJ. j. Welch OF
C0rdele. He has been deyoting his time and
attention to car coupling for mum Der OF
years. and has at last come out triumphant
Both couplers have recently been patented
ana highly cOmphmentcd by the patent
Office
There is considerable excitement in and
around TignaH, a small town ten miles from
washington. oyer mad dogs. On Sunday
night as WIN Wright and Miss Lucy Ken
dflck we're walking 70 church az Independencc
they were attacked in the road by most fu-
rlous mad dog which made a leap az Miss
hendrcks throat catching her clothing
about her breast az She sprang back tearing
men almost entirely OK. Mr.. Wright gath