The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Desperate Battle With Negro Muir
derer Near &srietta-An Ice War at
Columbus Two Men Struck by
lightEing-A Negro Child Left IN
attended Until It's Fest Rotted on.
GEORGIA
The Atlanta presbytery viii meet 81 La
Grange next Thursday.
Joe Burke may be the new captain OF tne
Gate City Guards OF Atlanta.
Thomas Berry has bought the hardware stock
of the Hale Berry Company at Rome ana mas
reopeued the business 3ll WiIl commune IL a.
the old stand.
The Brunswick oyster factory, from an ex
pertinent OF last season which was highly sat
factory is ENGAGED m canning sAIlmps TINS
season and will put up large quantity.
John NunnaIy, r. II. Iribbse ana =. W,
johnson have bought one of the BraswelI lots
on the north side of tine railroad al Llthonia
and are now a. work p-eparluE for the erection
of a handsome granite building, winch they Will
use for store.
George Edward Estes died at Lithooia Satur-
day morning asst OF lOco jaw. on March ~ ne
accidentally cut one of his heels with q Ratchet,
but the wound was not very deep CT painful, ana
soon healed. Saturday week ego lie was taken
worse aud died as stated.
Capt Potter. whose terrible experience in the
Bleaching Of the Mascotte near Brunswick IN the
storm Of last week was reared would end fatally
with him, is out again, and but for th.slttend-
ing lamenesS which followed his overeNerAon
and exposure, is quite well again.
Manager Bruce Of the Americas telephone
exchange has received notice from headquarters
IN Atlanta that a change OF management VIII
take place at Americas tomorrow. Mr.. Bruce
is to be transferred TO the Gutaula office Of tie
company, while his successor there has not as
yet been named.
An old coiored woman, known es Aunt Fran
ces Hill died at her home at LaGraugo on sat
urday afternoon OF hydrOphoba She was bit
ten by the same dog which Bit the little coiored
girl who died on c. d. Hudsuu's plantation
few weeks ago, this making the second death
caused by the dog. Or. r.. Galloway the at
tending physician, says it was genuine hydro
phobia.
Hon J. L. Chupp was struck by lightning
Tuesday morning a, his home near Lithoua.
The shock was severe enough to knock him
dowa, but be is not seriously injured W. NJ.
Austin, who was with him at the time, was also
knocked down, but was unhurt beyond \ severe
shock The lightning struck Mr.. Chupp's barn
and killed two fine cows and a hog besides con-
sderably damaging his barn,
Revenue raiders captured Dick Edwards, a
supposed moonshiner, in the upper part of
Walton county Saturday night, and destroyed
three Illicit distilleres ana large quantity Of
beer and whisky. The stills we're being oper
ated near I he scene Of the railroad wreck above
Monroe John Mickey the proprietor of the
moonshiue machinery, escaped from the Of
hcers after giving them an exciting chase.
Columbus people are reaping the benefits of
an ice war. The fight is being wGged between
the Ice factory combine and the outside facto-
down to 70 cents per hundred or twenty pounds
Tor nickel The season has not fully opened
in Americas yet, but prices will very probably
remain about the same Is last year. unless
certain Macon concern now figuring on that ter
rltory enters tie field
Sunday morning the attention Of the town
authorities at Lithouia was called to a little ne
gro girl about years old who was lying sick at
VIII Hills in the up er part OF Lithonia. Upon
lnVeSll2atlpn IL was found a some months ago
the child had accidentally burned her feet, and
IN tg- fl.tA. in
charge tits mother being dead and its father
gOne) both Of its feet had almost entirely rotted
of, and the child was being let TO starge and
Ole. tuesday Drs. Bond, Chupp Farmer and
Jones amputated both feet in an effort 10 save
its life. The child is doiny well
John Willingham flashed his work of
en1merating tue school population of LaGrau.e
last week. Tue total number OF children Of
school age, exclusive Of the young ladies' OF the
colleges from distance. is 96S-l5i WHITES and
BIZ colorad OF whites there are 2OJ males and
2j2 females. There were 266 cOlored males ana
25l females. OF those over 10 years Of age who
can neither read nor write, there were only
whites and 60 cJlored, and OF the whole number
OF white ana coiored, only y have never at
tended Any school, A. F. Simmons who took
the school census in the LaGrauge district out
side OF the incorporate limits, found total of
blacks.
Albany Herald: There is something truly
wonde tul about that cave on Mrs. Towns
property on Broad street Now that the water
on the lot has r coded, the nature aud extent of
the cave can be easily ascertained It shows
that only hole large enough to admit the
chimney, which sank ont OF sight, can be found
terpendlcularly, the hole il about eight feet
but toward the sid walk, south, there is q slant
IN the cave OF about 45o. ON this side no bot
tom can be found, and 1t seems that there is
enough room left for three or four more csin-
neys to 90 down. Thousands of people have
visited the spot and it is the general expression
that such q phenomena was never before known
IN TINS section Of the country.
Marietta Journal. NEe1naedav ,f,.L+ 9
last week, Bailiff Charles Hicks with a Dossp
consisting of Andrew Templetou Howard Rar
Der, Tom GriGgs and Charley Shaw, were ont
looking for a man named Husey They were in
the vicinity OF d. II Narren's about five nnilas
south OF Marietta. When they came to War
rem S store they noticed that the window was
raised. ms looked suspicious and they con
Guided to investigate. Mr.. Hicks handed his
pistol TO Mr.. Shaw and told him to stand guard
whAe ne went for MIR Warren. He hadn't gone
Tar when bang went the pistol A q gro had
bolted from the store anu the crowd colnfuence1
shooting at him, ana went in hot pursuit Amer
negro, VINO began fierce attack uDon Mr.
SHAW: There Wes one load LETT in the pistol but
+dF. SHAW Gldn't know it, but he hit the negro
over the mead with the pistol in seif-defense
howard Baroer came up about this time when
tle pistol nred, the ball striking Mr.. Barber in
the calf Of the riRhtley, making a flesh wound
but they held on 10 the negro and brought MIN
oack lie turned out TO be Oscar Herring who
lived Ia the neighhorhOod He sal that his
brother, Neyman. was in the store with him
While the crowd was after Oscar his brother.
stepped quietly out of the store ana went home
owned uD.