The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs,

Elected Ordinary Of Floyd County.
a Terrell County Boy Fatally In
jured in His Fathers Gina Crazy
Printer Trying to Pass Himself OF
as Wealthy Planter.
GEORGIA.
Mr.. and Mrs D. Michael, Of Athens, have
just celebrated their golden WeddlnB.
Tramps are beginning 20 come south for the
winter. Six were arrested in a freight car at
Macon, Wednesday.
The famous Norristown, n. y. fire depart
ment is to make "A tour OF the south. Ihete
will he 80 to 100 members OF the party ana
they Will arrive in Atlanta on Monday, OCT.
% and viii remain for several days.
Two new stores have just been opened In
Dawson. T. j. Tucker, Of Randolph county.
has opened in one of DR.. Cheatham's stores
on Fourth avenue, and Mr. b. d. Moody IN
Mrs. Anthony building near the hotel
John 2. Davis was elected ordinary of
Floyd county, Tuesday, by majority OF ABOUT
SEQ. Not enough votes were cast in the cleo
ton TO authorize the issue Of $4,000 in county
bonds. Although nearly all are IN favor OF
the measure, the required two-thirds OF the
last county vote was not reached.
JEFF Rockmore, twice convicted Of murder
in the Dekalb superior court and sentenced si
TO hang Friday week, was refused new trial
by Judge Richard Clark, Monday in chambers.
His attorneys will carry the case to the
superior court, and pending the hearing there,
Judge Clark will be asked TO stay the eXecu-
ton.
HIM Turner. OF Concord, has hen that was
imprisoned under a new barn that he built on
Aug. 20 and lived there without drop OF
water, though with grain that tell through
the floor, until last Sunday morning She
came out q little gray-headed and wobbly IN
the legs, but took a drink, Draced up, and Is
now doing well.
At meeting Of the Americas Athletic Club
Tuesday n ght it was decided to wind up the
affairs Of the organization and disband. The
club had several hundred dollars IN the treas
urV, arising from the insurance upon their
property destroyed by hre several months
ago and this was divided among the mem
bers after the debts OF the club had been pro
Vided for.
Fred Walker the 19-year-old son of Isom
Walker, Of Dawson, met with fatal accident
at his fathers GIN, a few miles from the city,
late Monday evening. His left arm was
caught in the saws of the gin and terribly
lacerated from the elbow down. DrS. Dean
and Goneke we're summoned, but the loss OF
blood made all efforts to save him OF no avail,
and he died about o'clock
Z. w. Rose, of Talbotton, who owns large
farm at the Rock, reports ten cases OF CLAN
ders among his horses and mules. Not salts
fed with his own diagnosis Of the cases, he
telegraphed for DR.. j. N. Cook, veterinary
surgeon, Of Atlanta, who pronounced them all
hopeless. The lowest estimate of Mr. Roses
loss is 81 400. This will be heavy loss to Mr.
Rose. For the past season he has been traV-
cling for fire insurance companies, and his
horse contracted the disease and gave it 20
his entire lot Of farm animals
Marietta Journal: The little 4year-old son
OF Mr.. Awtrey Moore, Of this place, was
burned to death on last Monday. Mr.. Moore
lives with his father-in-law, Mr.. John Waters,
at Olinville on Roswell street. About
o'clock Monday morning Mrs. Moore came to
town, leaving her two children at the house
with Mr.. Waters two daughters. Shortly
thereafter, little John Swift Moore got hold
OF some matches and went out TO the wood
house and built fire. BY some means the
dress on the little fellow caught on fire.
Milledgeville Chronicle: A fearful accident
happened Tuesday at Tom Pugh S gin over the
river, in which Robert Flagg, the engineer,
had both arms and legs broken. While the
engine was rushing along with its work the
engineers arm was caught IN some OF the
shattiug and he was hurled around until his
legs and arms were broken up in a terrible
manner. He is a negro and has been faith
full hand about the gin DR.. Moran was sum
moned and he did all possible in the way Of
applying bandages, but there is little hope
that the negro will recover.
serious accident occurred at the Pied
mont Marble Works, near Tate, Wednesday,
killing Steve Bowers and seriously inluring
Elias Pendley After hosting a block OF
marble with horse power, the derrick horses
were unhttched and six men began lowering
the block by hand, but in some manner the
lever got loose from them and struck Bowers
IN the back OF the head, crushing his skull in
anu instantly hilllllS ullu Az tLt Stult time
II struck Pendley just below the hips, badly
fracturing both thighs The other four men
barely escaped with their lives.
Marietta Journal: One day last week,
wel-dressed young white man, stranger in
the city, went into the store of Mr. Cook c.
Grist and purchased p cents worth of goods
ana gave him as payment a check for S6 on
the First National Bank of this city, with
Rev H. j. Ellis name signed to it and made
payable to Geo. M. Davis. Mr.. Grist did not
suspect anything at the time, and gave the
man S5.75 in money. A few minutes later he
examined the check more closely and the
similarity OF the handwriting aroused his
suspicion MI Grlst at once investigated
the matter and found that the check was a
forgery. A search was made for the slick
forger, but he could not be found.
Marietta journal: Thursday night Randolph
Howell, son of Mr.. A Howell. and Willie
Mace. negro boy. went OpOsSom hunting
and when three miles from town the dogs
freed, and Mace was selected to climb ana Sc
cure his game. He spied Mr.. OpOssum sitting
Tar out on limb, round fat and happy and
grlnning as only an opOssum knows how to
grin. He made several efforts to shake him
out, but the clamp of his claws and tenacty
OF his tail far eXcelled all the power that the
boy could use at the other end After irving
this for awhile in vain, he made one last ex-
traordlnary effort TO loosen the hold of opos-
sum, but II resulted in his losing his own
hold. He, MOI the opossum, came tumblng a
great distance to the ground, resulting in his
left thigh being badly fractured.
Albany Herald: A strange man went into
the store Of Hofmayor & Jones this morning
and represented himself as planter. and
told the proprietors that he had 100 bales of
cotton stored at a certain warehouse in the
city he wished to purchase some goods and
one OF the clerks, with his usual a1ability
showed him through the establishment. Al
ter about one hour and a halfs work the
clerk sold the would-be planter
about $50 worth of goods In
the meantime one Of the proprietors be
was fake about the 100 bales OF cotton and
further inquiry proved the man to be a tramp
printer OF course the goods were not deliv-
cred. II is understood that the same man
went into other stores with the same tale
and selected goods. His name is not known
1t is supposed that. from some reason the
man mind has become affected and he cher
1shes the delusion that he is a well-to-do
planter.
Covington Enterprise: A few DAYS ago our
weu-knoWn veterinary expert, Doctor Angus
tuS Berggren, formed the acquaintance OF q
number OF gypsies who had been trading
upon his own invitation and proceeded al
once TO make himself "a welcome guest at
home big fellow, nearly seven feet tall
got up the idea that Gus wanted to run the
camp, ana, being boss himself. he concluded
TO give him gentle hint that his absence
would be preferable to his sOvial company.
he watched his opportunity, and when Gus
tipped his derby hat and smiled at an the
tribe, the fellow threw a two-bushel
sack, with about peck Of meal in il
over MS head and began to kick him
around the camp, while the others padded
MN with oak boards and frying pans lie
tfleu 70 plead Tor mercy, but his mouth wa