The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
sp News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

Swan Negroes Shot and One Cut in a
4 povv in Dodge Coun ty-A Gentleman
- Greensboro Narrowly Misses
shooting His Daughter-sweep of
4 ..a Flames in Various Parts of the
State.
4 Mrs :. : Epson, OF Lex 1gton, died a few
i ss[- ago. aged g.
the store Of King S Dawson at Greensboro,
il Vas reen closed by the sherln.
porf.e sergeant Frank Watt OF Columbus,
4 81. thursday and broke one of his feet.
r-s south Georgia conference, OF the Meth
y ,sst church South, meets IN Dawson on the
Il 18Th inst
There has probably been more meat raised
Il ~ Cner1sea county this year than any year
since the war.
mere is some talk of putting in an electric
-,snt AZ Bremen to supply that place and
waco with electric lights
By mutual consent on Dec. /, the firm of
psryert Bros. & Co, of Douglasvtlle, was dis
soirad r b. Smith retiring
Il The revenue officers captured two blockade
Il s,'il- aud three negroes within three miles of
woodstock last Monday morning.
The bill to transfer certain lots in the east
s-r mart of Randolph county to Terriu
4 comfy was killed in the state Senate
T. F. Penn. who is charged with the muir
der NJ sim Ballard some weeks since at Crit
sn was arrested at Valdosta Thursday, and
taren to Griffin for trial.
2 A. Harreu. of Dodge county lost his barn
- lis contents last Sunday morning. The
lbs is about 1850, and the insurance 800. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
roSeph H. Lester died at Marietta Friday
,fter 3 brief illness, as he was taken sick
with pneumonia only last Sunday. He was
sor Of the late Attorney Gene al Lester.
.Iobu f. Johnson, who moved from Morgan
corrtv 10 Newborn about three weeks ago
U3~a citizen of Morgan for about eighty
years He is veteran OF the Seminole war
The governor has offered a reward Of 800
t7r thp arrest of Gene Revllle, cOlOred, who is
sgspected Of numbering the cOlOred man
Faiuey who was found dead near Greenville
few weeks ago.
Arch vein of gold was struck at the Davis
mine q few miles from Canton, last week,
and wor, is going on IN earnest there now. 1t
is thought that this will prove one OF the best
having mines in the county
John A. Edenheld, who lived near Buck
creek in SCreven county, was found dead in
The woods where he was working. apparently
having Died instantly and without a struggle.
n IS supposed that heart failure was the
cause.
After discussing the matter and appointing
committee to examine the present Jail, the
grand Jury OF ScreVen county has come to the
conclusion that it would be better, and much
cheaper in the end, for the county to build
new brick Jail.
Quite number Of citizens from the country
are seeking homes al Roswell for the purpose
of educating their children, and houses are in
demand DIR. g.. A. Nlnson has sold his house
and lot on Canton street to Prof. Morris, of
Milton comfy.
On Wednesday night of last week the barn
of Mrs.. Nancy Henderson. who lives on the
Spring Place road, about seven miles above
CasSyile was burned to the ground with its
contents except the stock which was gotten
out The origin of the fire is thought to be
incendiary.
In a general row among negroes on Mrs.
Daniels pace, near Central Point. in Dodge
county. one day last week, seven Of those i'm
plicated were shot and one badly cut. One
party received a ball in the leg and has since
died. ShO'gunS and WlncheSters were the
principal weapons used.
Tough tales are being told on a prominent
Georgian who has been in Augusta during the
past two weeks. The charge is made by
stranger that he gave the Georgian a roll of
money to count for him. Both men, accord
ing to the narrative were intoxicated. The
roll was handed back over 800 short.
John Gibbs a respected citizen of the east
em part of Gilmer county, dropped dead at
his home on Sunday morning last He had
been hauling wood the day before and was
thrown bv runaway team and hurt, but it
was thought not seriously. The next morning
NE attempted to walk out of the house and
dropped dead AT the door.
Madison Advertiser Some dend set fire
TO cotton house belonging to James +. Sto-
house and about one and half bales of cot
ton in the seed were consumed. The fire was
discovered before the house had burned
down, and Mr. StOVal succeeded in saving
two tales Of cotton The party is suspected.
At "a conference on Saturday last it was de-
c'dCd by the members Of the Baptist church
at Lexington to make the proposed improve
meutS in the church building. They have
$1,000 in sight for the purpose. and hope TO
make the amount in the neighbOrhOOd Of
S3QN An architect from Atlanta is expected
within the next few days to draw up plans
an1 make an estimate on the work. There
have been several liberal contributors to the
fund
The revenue officers captured a blockade
sNl. ten gallons Otwhisky and two men about
three miles from Canton on the Rudasill farm
last Friday night. The men captured We're
Frank Robertson, an Old offender Of the
revenue laws. and negro. While the on erS
we're waiting at the depot for tho train to take
them 20 Marietta for committal trial Robert
sonin some way succeeded in making good
his escape from the officers and has not been
heard from since. The negro was taken to
Marietta and bound over to the United States
court
Greensboro Herald Journal: Wednesday
evening r. H Champion was loading his gun
The barrel being turned toward the open door
Seeing his wife and little son coming he
'lrnei the barrel away from the door, toward
ne 0re place. His daughter Miss Rosa, was
'Jtlng m chair almost in range of the guns
rev POSITION, ana by some means the load
Was charged, SCATTERING the mantle just
beyond her head, One small shot entered the
.9lng lddy'S lip and the cOnCuSSlOn stunned
ner for awhile The wound was trlfing, but
lis certainly fortunate the gun was not in
range of her head.