The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-24
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

a Sensation Turn in Failure at Can
ton-a Train Kills Horse at a Cross
ing but the Occupants of the Buggy
he Was Drawing Miraculously Es-
capped Injury-Two Killed by Light
ming at MT. Vernon.
GEORGIA.
Miss Maggie Gordon will assume con-
troll of the Perry postoifice on July /.
Ike Ross and Frank Hayward, two mail
carriers of Columbus. have been suspended
by Postmaster Redd.
Mrs. Elizabeth A Mann of Perry was
granted pension last week as widow Of
a veteran of the 1889 Indian war.
colo. c. Duncan left Perry last Mon
day morning for Washington city III re-
sponse to a summons to report at once Tor
duty as Indian inspector.
Adams steam saw mill near Mt. Yer
non was destroyed by fire Thursday
night The engine and boiler was saved.
The loss is said to be about S40O
A large wolf is in the swamps of Mid
die river, near Gainesville, and is playing
havoc with everything it comes across.
Mrs z. Z. McEntire lost fifty chickens
recently.
The Eastman District Conference of the
M E. Church, south, which is to be held
at MI. vernon. Will gu ull w thlAtoNAtlJ
July 20, and include the 9Th Sunday in
that month.
d. G. Fleming, of Hawkinsville, has
''wild goose" plum tree that has produced
q Weld Of at least ten bushels of fruit this
year The plums are nearly as large as
hen eggs, and are juicy and delicious.
Rev. S. M. jefferson. has resigned the
pastorate of the First Christian church
at Augusta, having accepted a call to
the chair of theology in Bethany college,
Virginia He will leave there on July l.
Two dogs killed and score of wo-
men and children frightened almost into
mysteries is the record made by a huge
and hungry gray bear that is infesting
that portion of the country two or three
miles south of Rome.
The are more democrats in the Augusta
postofice now than at any time since the
war between the states. There are about
AZ democrats to every republican. And
there is another thing about it-business
methods characterize the department at
present more forcibly now than ever be-
fore in this city.
Thursday morning during a thunder
storm the blacksmith shop of G. w.
Adams two miles south of Mt. Vernon,
was struck by lightning and torn up.
Miss Mary Emma, Mr. Adams young
daughter, who was in the kitchen about
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the stroke. She remained insensible for
several hours, but finally revived and is
now recovering.
Miss Nellie Jay, daughter J. L. jay, Of
Albany who has been attending school at
Forsyth, met with an accident Wednes-
day that came near proving fatal. She
was out riding with a young man, and in
crossing the railroad in the city passen-
ger train on the Central dashed into them
killing the horse instantly and smash
ing up the buggy but fortunately neither
Miss Jay or her escort were hurt, only
receiving a severe shaking up generally
A man named FARRELL was killed last
week near Mt, Vernon. A terrible hail
storm set in accompanied by lightning
and thunder. A severe fash of lightning
struck in the yard, frightened u small
boy that was there and angered FARRELL
FARRELL uttered a curse, telling the light
ming to try itself again. Hardly had he
uttered it, when it entered in the house.
ignited it and killed farrell outright
His body was cremated in the building
beyond recognition.
The failue of j. w. & J. D. Johnston Of
Canton took quite a Sensational turn last
week. Warrants Were sworn out by Col
M. M. Sessions, representing the Marietta
Trust and Banking Co., one charging the
parties with dispOsing of collateral notes,
and the otheP with making false state
ments for the purpose of obtaining credit.
j. w. Johnston gave bond on the first, but
as Col. Sessions would not accept local
bondsmen and desired to force him to
Marietta jail, his bondsmen in the first
case gave him up to Sheriff Coggins and
hefwas committed to jail. Later, how
ever, local bondsmen were accepted and
MIR. Johnston was liberated j. d. John
ston has, however left town and thus far
evaded arrest as his whereabouts are
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left with the whole burden to bear, but he
says he will be able to clearly show his
innocence of anything eliminating, and
the disposition of the whole or greater
part of the money passing through his
hands, although there may still be a bal
ance of some So, 900 or "a, 900 due his credi-
tors on account of heavy losses his firm
sustained on leather, etc,
The news of a sensational runaway mar
riage comes from Whiteburg, Carroll
county, about nine miles north of New
nan. John Glass, assisted by some of his
friends, stole Miss Lila, the beautiful
15-year-old daughter of Col. C. P.
Gordon, prominent lawyer of
at midnight, ~" and " took her her I iDto
Carroll county, where they were married.
Some of Glass's friends procured license
and met the young couple and their friends
at the Chattahoochee. The whole party
crossed over the river from the Carroll
side to the Coweta side on O large fat
Just as it landed on the Coweta side of
the river, the young couple were married,
standing on the fat. MIR. Glass carried
his beautiful bride back to Whitesburg.
Tyre Jones' a prominent young mer-
chant of Whitesburg, who had lent
Glass assistance in stealing the young
lady away, met Col. Gordon, the father
of the young lady, in the street just after
the marriage occurred. Col Gordon hit
MIR. Jones with his fist and pulled two
pistols on him. Later, it is said, the
father went to his office with a Winches-
ter on his shoulder Jones, who was in a
buggy at the time of the attack, and I'M
armed, is a pluclly young man, and it is
feared that serious trouble will be the re-
suit. Both Gordon and Jones will fight.
The young lady's parents objected to the
marriage on account of their daughters
age. All the parties are well connected,
and the affair has caused a considerable
sensation in the town. The father had
forbidden the ordinary of Carroll county
to issue license, but it was obtained at
Newman
FLORIDA.
The Trenton phosphate company of
Brunson has closed down and its mules
are for sale
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