The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-17
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

The Wife of an Augusta Policeman
Burned to Death-A Married Man
who Had Been Passing as Unmar-
ried stabs a Man Who Exposed the
Fact-A Peculiar Application For a
Marriage License.
GEORGIA.
Aldermen Tom CARING and C. F. Conner, OF
Macon came near coming to blows in the
council CHAMBER Tuesday night during de-
bate.
Willis Sherley. coloIei stole wagon load
OF cotton seed at Geneva and drove to talbot
ton 60 sell it. he was arrested at the latter
place.
The 400. Of Atlanta. are shocked by a report
that one of their leaders is going TO open a
restaurant
The firm Of Bailey & Campbell Of Americas
has been dissolved by mutual consent, M. -
Campbell retiring. The business will be con
tinued as heretofore by W. ID. Bailey.
The firm OF Norton s. Humphreys. Of Way
his interest to q. W. Bennett he business
will e continued under the firm name or
Bennett and Humphreys.
Thomas r. Gibson. OF Augusta, consul to
Beirut, syria, province OF turkey, lelJ au-
gusta yesterday to take charge Of his foreign
Office He viii 20 70 Washington first, Tor IN .
structions from the Secretary OF state and
after Spending a couple OF DAYS IN the Gap tai
eign land ! viii make Transforming nVal
trip and will visit the principal citlNs Of
Europe lie ore going to Beirut.
George Lumpkin a well-kuown East Ma
con man, while at the home Of his sister, and
standing beside her sewing ma hine, had a
severe spell Of vertigo, and. fallu upon the
machine, vas severely If not DANGEROUSLY cut
by the point Of pair of scissors that nap
Yened 10 be rrotruding from the open drawer
of the machine. AS soon as possible medlcal
al 4 was summoned ana it was found upon the
arrival OF physician that MIR. Lumpkln had
sustained an ugly cut under the thln, where
in falling he struck the sha point OF the
scissors.
George Prices stockade in Worth county
was burned day or two ago. lie saved ms
live stock. suspicion pointed to a negro
named Charley Livingston, who lived on or
near MIR. Price place, and he was arrested
He was carried 10 the Worth county jail at
Isabella and made a confession and lmpn-
Gated another negro named Andrew trlef.
Frier was arrested and has also been carried
70 Jail. This makes the fourth incendiary
fire that has occurred within the last few
weeks in East DOugherty ana along the
Worth county line.
Earnest Napier was badly cut in the back
and left side at Ridge Friday night, by Davis
Carpenter. he affair occurred at the resi-
dence OF j.. NJ Manus. Carpenter has wife
living in south Carolina, but has been
separated from her some line. entity he
has ueen paying attention TO the young ladies'
of Ridge, and to one especially has he shown
much at entiOn. Napier warned them Of the
true situation and this provoked Carpenter,
who when the opportunity otfEred, took re-
verge. Mr.. Napier was carried TO He1hNoah,
where DR.. w. Ii. BaXley dress ed the WoLn nus.
The affair will have an invesu cation before
the grand jury. g..
1t is not often that golden wedding is ceIe-
brated with the mother OF the bride present
but such al event OCt urred al Augusta Tues
day. The fiftieth anniversary al the mar
rage OF Mr. and Mrs. j. b. TarVer was the sec
ond that has occurred in the family IN the
last eighteen years, the other golden wedding
being that Of Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Tarver
mother 1t is a family of remarkably long
lived people. and there are now five genera
tiOns repres snted in it, the first being Mrs
Butler, who is 50, and the last icing Miss
Fanny DoOltttle Richards. aged 4. Twenty
yeais ago there were i've generations. Mrs
Stillwell leing the eldest and Mrs. Alpheus
Richards he yOVn, est.
A little white hoy had a narrow escape from
death at Augusta tuesday. While the expo
sltion parade was passing the lad stepped on
the down own track Of the street railway
Car No. "A was coming down at moderate
gait, and was within five or six feet of the
boy. The mOtoTman put on brakes with all
his might and hollered at him, but this
seemed to paralyze him. he car struck him
and the next moment the wheels would have
done the deadl WORK had it no been for
william Allen, The mail Carl T. Mr.. Allen
saw the boy danger and rushed to pull him
out OF the way. He caught one of the lad $
legs and. eXertlng all his strength, pulled
him from eneath the fender which by that
time had him p nned to the earth. The
youngster was bruised somewhat a out the
face and ba k, but was not seriously hurt.
Here is a vert atm ad Hteratim COPY of an
order for a marriage license In Union county:
young Cave, Ca, li-l6 93.-Honorable Ordi-
nary Union co. Cap Meeks. Kind Sir. Their
is man by the name Of William X. McKin-
ley, who lives at +. NJ, Atkins on young cane.
he has cen Their over II months. he wants
License to Marry Miss Caroline Helton. he
has teen trying to get the money some time
hut 4rara Hpnrr Ia n.1..v g.
will take or send bu. Of corn TO the Iead ord
mill for you when il gets dry or ] VIII tai ne
corn and pay you Cash in Feb. next when the
Ga. pensions are paid or 1 will paw You in
medicine. or furniture, Billy goats fr lit trees
or grape vines you send the license. and you
shall have your pay, or you fetch them &
come down and do the work your self VIII
nave the parties meet you at my house ii you
VIII come. resp. yours, John a. Anderson. -
The license, it is needless to say. was sent.
Augusta Chronicle: Mrs. Matthew Lyons.
the wife of Park policeman Lyons. met with
a horrible death Wednesday morn NJ She was
burned to death. Tuesday nj hit while nursing
one Of her children sore feet, Mrs Lyons
attempted to put "A kerosene lamp. which
furnished her H. ht to see ~, on the mantle
piece, and as she was in the act OF laying the
lamp on the mantle it exploded The burning
oil spread to the lady S clothes and Quickly
enTeoped her in flames The children OF
Mrs. Lyons seeing their mother on fire
started to rush TO her rescue. Z he mother
fearing her children would be burned leaped
throug WINDOW several feet to the ground
TO escape them, When Mrs. Lyons got out in
the open air the wind famed the flames which
were consuming her clothing and bu min heI
nesh. The piteous cries OF The distress Sc
woman attracted the attention OF nelghbors
VINO ru' b 60 out in the street and captured the
lady. and threw water upon her and ,l0aket
her wi OFT. Viii, S bothered the ire
buJ lot until Mrs. Lyons skin had almos
Teen parchad, and she had been burn ID from
head to foot. The body was almost baked OF
burned y the heat and She suffered the mos
terri 10 pains for nine hours un'jl deoth re
neved her OF all agony, at O'Clock Wed es
day morning.
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