The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22
|GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the States Told in
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1edgeville Found Dead on His Faith
er,s Grave-A Sumter County Boy
IN Danger of Death From the Sting
of Snake.
GEORGIA.
A cas- plant for Waycross is spoken Of.
McDoonugh is to have new Methodist
church.
Redden Carroll has been placed in jail at
Camilla under a charge OF assault on his own
f9-vear-Old daughter.
Wilburn RhynhaTdt, an aged citizen of
Grimm was knocked down and badly hurt by
a switch engine on the Central railroad.
Hartsheld's ginnery, in Colquitt county
fourteen miles east OF Camilla was totally
DESTROYED by accidental fire on Wednesday.
Americus has received two train loads Of
cotton from Alabama. 1t is the biggest out
SIDE shipment ever received at that flourish
iug cotton center.
Isaac Beard (colored), who killed his wife
at Townsville afew months ago, was found
guilty Friday, bnt he escaped the gallOws by
a recommendation t. mercy.
Charles Johnson tcolOred) was triel at
SwainsbOrO Wednesday for the murder of
Andrew Fields and found guilty in the first
degree without recommendation to mercy.
At Carrouton a day or two ago "a colored
man got John Stewart to take his picture
N was three or four shades lighter than the
subject but he refused to take the picture on
the ground that it was too dark.
The cotton crop is short in McDufie county
hut the expenses of its production have been
kent within economical limits. and, if the
price continues to advance, the farmers will
be in a better condition than for several years
past.
AT Rome Saturday. the Jury, after being out
all night in the COthran case, returnedsa YER
dict of not guilty James COthran was in
dicted for the murder of Joseph Weber, "a
tailor, in 1889. AT a former trial the jury
failed to agree and the case was postponed
from belongs
prominent family.
T. b. Lamar a prominent citizen of Mil
ledgevlle, and member OF the firm of La
mar Bros. insurance agents, was found dead
in the clty cemetery at that place Friday
morning. Mr. Lamar was troubled with
heart affection. and it is supposed that the
tender recollections of his father while stand
ing over his grave, caused this sad end
Albany Herald: A good, heavy frost
before Nov l would be the very
best thing that could possibly make its APP
pearanCe in southwest Georgia. There Is
great deal Of sickness ON the plantations and
small farms in thesoally woods and, although
the recent drop in the temperature has de
creased sickness considerably, frost would
have a most happy effect.
Last Tuesday morning about o'clock, B
M StOvall barn and corn cribs at Madison
were destroyed by lire Three mules and one
morse were also burned to death. The barn
contained large quantity OF hay ana fodder,
land between 10 and 200 bushels of corn all of
tmated at 8 900 to ii 200. and the ire is
supposed to have reen the work of an tncen
diary.
sad accident occurred at the Piedmont
Marble Company, eight miles from Jasper
$. G.. Bowers was killed and Elias
Penelly had both legs broken. A large stone
was being removed when some OF the ma
Chnery Of the derrick slipped from the con
troll of the men, with the above results. Mr..
Bowers viii be buried at Tate, Ga. He leaves
a wife and seven children. Mr.. Penelly is
resting quietly and may recover.
JEFF Taylor a young negro man, broke into
John White house, about seven miles below
SylYania, Tuesday morning ana stole pistol,
a gold watch and chain and 80 in money.
Mr.. White saw him when he came from the
house and Immediately gave pursuit lie
caught the young burglar several hours after
ward and recovered the pistol and watch, but
the negro had gotten rid of the money, and 1t
has not yet been found. Taylor was put IN jail.
John Henry Rainey ColOrcd, was found
dead near Grecnyille last Sunday, with a
bullet hole in his side. Coroner j. T. Adams
held an inquest Monday over the body OF the
deceased. The coroner Jury found that the
dead man came to his death at the hands Of
parties. suspicion points strongly
to the guilt Of Gene Revil as he was seen
with Rainey short time psior to the killing,
Gene Revill has left his accustomed haunt5
and cannot be found
Arthur Smith one of the negroes impl-
Gated If the assassination Of Berry Meri-
wether. cOlOred, at Atlanta, two or three
Burke. smith was in the party mat shot
Berry MeriWCther ana left him in. the Ell set
at the corner of Fair and Chapel with bullet
hole through the temples. Jim Poole, who
was also one Of the crowd, has given himself
up The policemen are now on the lookout
for two other negroes, one Of whom, John
Riley, is alleged to have done the shooting.
A very distressing accident happened to
GuilfOrd Mccall, of Weston, Sumter county.
The boy had gone to the spring for a
drink and while in the act of stopping was
bitten by snake. J he reptile chung to the
foot so tenaciOuslV that young Mccall was
obliged to rake it against the tree to break
its hold. The boy was black in the face by
the time he reached the nearest house,
where some simple RENE lies were given him.
since then he has lain helpless in ted, the
flesh peeling from the one of the foot The
physician 5 opinion is that il will lie months,
II ever, before he gets up.
A romance of the civil war has come to a
pretty conclusion at Louisville XIV by the
marriage of NJ. L. Henry of Macon Ga, and
Miss Sallie Jesse, Of Waddy Ky. Mr., Henry
was wounded ut the battle Of Missionary
Ridge, taken prisoner and sent to a federal
prison at Rock island, III. Miss Jesse used
TO send parcels Of clothing for the use of the
soldiers, and Henry. receiving one Of these,
wrote to her, thanking her. A correspond
ehce sprung up ana an engagement resulted
Henry having been Impoverished by the war,
ana Miss Jesse having to take care of her
WIDOW mother. they postponed the wedding
SO long that all interest in one another was
lost He finally settled in Macon where
he prospered, and six months ago determined
TO renew the suit and wrote to his old love
mat he was now enabled to take care Of her.
his proposal was immediately accepted. .
negro deck hand on the steamer hesacca
was drowned in the COosa river Tue S tay
AlEht. The steamer had stopped at HOke
Bun, and after loading up was starting of.
clayton Hull was the last hand to step on the
gang plank. The steamer was moving slowly
on as IS the custom. and the negro made
InlSatep. He tumbled andplunged into the