The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

ruo Hengines on the Programme for
Next Friday-A Bid of $40, 900 Made
for the Macon Telegraph-A Book.
xeeper of Macon Accused OF Enbez-
z.emept-A Blaze in Bryan County,
GEORGIA.
,1rdge John Erskine has completely "a
covered from his recent indispCsitton.
The school building at Hamilton had
narrow escape from destruction by fire
Wednesday.
The movement OF guano from town to
shs farms has commenced earlier than
usual this year.
Gus Pease. who shot Lie Eollingsworth
.rs picnic at Loveland, has been sentenced
20 hang at Marietta next Friday.
Houston fruit growers say that a good
Fru;t crop has heretofore invariably fol-
lowed q snow storm 10 December aud Jan
nary.
E. Ellis and r. D. Lsaks, two young
newspaper men OF Rome. are making ar
rangsments to start new paper there in
the near future.
western portion of Whitfield county, was
visited ty band Of masged men one night
las5 week and given a serious thrashing.
The Macon Telegraph was put up for sale
Wednesday. andthe highest bid was SIC, $50.
made by D. G.. Hughes and R. W Patter-
son. Theupset price fixed by the court was
$50, 900. The sale will probably not be con-
flrmed. The Telegraph sold for S45, 900 one
year ago.
The stable. with three mules and a horse
belonging to j. Fl. Smith of Bryan county
were burned last week. The loss VAS total.
There was no insurance on the property,
which WIS valued at 1920. The origin Of
the fire is believed to be incendiary. Smith
ewore out a warrant Monday at Ellabell
charging John NJ. Hendrix, white man,
with the burning Hendrix ~as arres ed
and bound over 10 the Iext term Of superior
court under q 81 900 bond
Oscar Engledow, young. talented and
energetic, IS now an inmate OF Bib county
jail, and on the books at the jail standing
against his name is the word emhezzlement
The arrest was made at the instance OF
George G. Price, assignee for w, J. & c.
d. Julian. Englekow has been in the en-
ploy Of the Julian conn any for quite
awhile, and suspicion was first directed to
him by the reckless career he was leading.
TIE alleged shortage amounts to 81, 500.
In the cell In the Fulton county iail at At
tsnta. giant negro with a youthful face.
VINO has tut seven days % live sits in gloomy
meditation. Night and dag his cell door is
closed, and his perambulations are confined
70 the narrow darkened cell into which a
faint CLEAN Of light steals through an open
ing so high above his head that not a
glimpse OF the outeide W rid can be caught
through IL. He is mover let out, and a
thousand times in the course OF a day his
SAD face appears at the opening in the
grated door, and looks longingly into the
hallway as II be was covetous of even the
slight liberty that it afforded. The negro
IS jeff Rock more, who is to be hanged on
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fellow workman last May. Rockmore has
about given up al hopes Of
life, and has reconciled himself to death. He
Is young negro hardly past his mai rity y.
but the serious, thoughtful expression his
Enlck features continually wears shows that
ne realizes the gravity Of his position, and
that life for him is about ended. RockmoTe
- perfect giant physically. His face is
rbick>featured and british, his neck short
and buli-hke, bis body big and athletic. He
moves about without tbs least effort and
has all the movements of strong athlete.
Strong leather bands encircle his wrists, it
being belief among the negroes that such
bands retain the strength in the arm. All
Ehe pris ners in the Jail fear Rockm Ore on
account OF , is superior strength. but he has
never given them cause to do 60.
He is the match of any two men
81 the Jail, and more perfect speri-
snen of manhood is rarely ever seen. He
Is an uneducated negro, and talks but little
Whenever he does talk it is In InoAosyla-
hles He rarely ever talks about his fate,
hut has told every prisoner about the kill
1ng, OF which he ID to Pay the penalty with
his life, and has enlisted the sympathy of
every one Of them Every prisoner in the
Jail is friend to the unfortunate negro,
and petition has been circulated among
them asking the governor to respite him
Not one Of them refused TO sign it. Prepar-
"a ions for the hanging are going on in De-
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