The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
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a Dry Goods Box Death Under a
Failing Tree.
GEORGIA.
Cotton choppinE is getting 20 De the order Of
the day In South Georgia
The now hotel 40 Warm Springs viii be q
beautiful building. 10 IFS lS1 lcct long ana
contains IS guest rooms.
Capt owen ~ Kenan has been appointed
INSPECTOR of company drills ana guard mount
AT the state eucampueul TO be held az Griffin.
Coyinrton and Atlanta are now connected
by "a telephone line. II the line proves 10 be
paying Investment it will be extended to
Madison.
The Douglas contested election cases have
been disposed OF and the democrats won.
Sherid Henry Ward and Clerk II. j, Bowen
have consequently been installed in office.
Hamburg seems determined to retrieve her
past reputation ana take her place among the
moral towns of the Palmetto state. On July
! the liquor traifc viii he stopped there, and
now the town council Is going to stop cock
fighting.
The new buildings OF the Georgia factory at
Athens win soon he completed and the mills
be in operation again. The new factory viii
be only two stories high. whereas the old one
was three, but there win be more spare room
in the new building than there was IN the old
one.
Ben H. Eve Of Burke county, who was
gOred by bull on Saturday. is not expected
TO live. The wound is terrible enc. MI Eve
In trying to place d ring in the nose OF the
bull was resisted 10y the animal and thrown
into the air, the horn Of the bull going into
Mr.. Eve neck.
Col. j. Z. Hobbs who formerly resided in
Atlanta has returned from Australia. where
he has been engaged in journalism for several
years past. Col Hobbs is an accomplished
newspaper man and distinguished himself
while abroad He Will probably remain In
Atlanta for some time.
The ordinaries of Georgia will meet in con
vention IN Atlanta, on july IL. Inc meeting
Will probably be held IN the court house.
There are l31 Ordinaries in the state and the
convention promises 20 be very important
one It's object viii be to get a law passed
making uniform schedule Of fees
A NJ Richardson has sent bill for sos to
r. A. j. Majors who challenged his vote in
the October election at DOuglasville because
he did not pay taxes on his property In the
year 1891. Richardson lost ten days work
and spent FIVE hours in "a cell on account OF
the legal proceedings that followed the ehal-
lenge.
Monday. as the down mail train was pass
ing through Hon. j. b. Wheelers pasture
field, near Lafayette, young colt was on
the track. It's mother was in safety, but
when she saw its danger She went TO IL and
attempted to shield IT, 1t cost her her life.
Both were knocked of the track. The colt
was crippled, but was not killed.
Newman Herald: Cannon, the blacksmith.
beat the record in the horseshoeing line last
Saturday. TO tit and adjust forty horse
shoes is accounted q good day work. Yet
cannon ltt on ClGulN -NlN nolHtSIotSs HtslNGN
shrinking nine buggy tires, and the last heard
of him Saturday afternoon he was begging
somebody to "bring in another horse
In No. p Columbia county, within short
distance of shady Grove the home Of
Pnocon Ramsay, the beautiful new church
St Mary was considerably damaged by u
stroke of lightning which occurred about
dark Thursday evening. Both stove pipes
were completely demolished and the railing
around the altar was scattered promiscuously
over the house.
Mai. Wilkins Of Waynesboro has purchased
another steam launch. This one is larger
than the one that was recently burned and he
viii make the return voyage from New York
to Savannah on it, He is accompanied on the
trip by Capt. William L. Jones. 1t will re-
Quire week or ten days to make the trip, for
they VIII only travel during the day and will
stop at all points OF interest along the route.
Tho Mnlen Herald says: Hi. Jones who was
familiar with Burke COuntyS early history
related to us in the course Of an interesting
conversation with him that Lyman Han, one
of the signers Of the declaration OF independ-
ence, was buried in the county, and Subse-
Quently the remains were removed to their
last resting place in Augusta. The marble
SLAB which marked the original grave was
afterward used for a barroOm counter in the
eastern part of the county.
Lige Barrett a white man living in the
Eighteenth district of Thomas county, was
killed Friday morning by a falling tree, He
was engaged in cutting down trees for a saw
mill. one Of the trees lodged against another
and he was at work telling another that would
tall on the lodged one and break IL loose
when the latter fell upon ana crushed him
He was carried to his home, but died about
ten minutes after reaching there. He leaves
a wife and four little children, two Of whom
Gwins) are less than months old.
j. b. Daniels Of Chulio district FLOYD
county, has just returned from trip through
the gold fields of Alabama. Both Cleburne
and Randolph counties are experiencing quite
an excitement in the mineral sections, and
prospectors are abundant looking for valuable
deposits of gold. The stamp mills in opera
ton are doing we'll. the owners of the mill
on the Hicks Wise property. cleared up after
eleven days, run anu took of the plate about
81 SEQ in gold, at an expense of about 1900
The Pinetucky Company is also doing We'll.
Waynesboro True Citizen: a cow that gives
milk which changes to butter without churn-
ing is q rare thing. Lawson E. Brown of Ro-
Zier this county. says he has one. When the
milk is strained OF after milking the cream
which rises on il is very thick, changes or,
rather hardcns, into the consistency OF but
ter, ana it is used as butter without going
through the process OF Churning. such a COW
IS valuable part of the housekeeping as the
churning occupies much time and labor. Mr.
Brown has been using this cream-butter for
several weeks.
deputy United States marshal from Ma
con was in Americas Friday serving SubpnnaS
upon Witnesses in the case Of the government
against Adams the young man arrested there
several months ago upon the charge OF making
counterfeit nickelS. Witnesses in the case of
VIII jackson, also charged with counterfeit
ing were likewise summoned, among whom
We're several members of the police force
who made the arrest and located the mint 4"
The federal court will be IN session this week
and it is altogether likely that both these
cases Will soon be disposed Of.
Thursday afternoon about O'Clock light
ming struck the college building at Douglas
vile, almost completely demOlshing the
tower. The recitation room, occupied by
Prof. j. G.. Camp and Miss Lottie Quillian.
We're considerably damaged. Homer Selman
was in the room devoted to bookkeeping
when the building was struck ana the con
cussion was so heavy that il knocked him on
OF "a desk, bruising his head and deadening
his right shoulder. The tower was set on fire
by the lightning and had il not been for the
timely arrival of j. T. Duncan and r. l..
Wadsworth the flames would have soon been
beyond control
At Brunswick Friday night Wesley Green
field, young man well known about town,
became engaged in q dispute with Eli We.
rouslzi one Of the numerous Italian fruit ven
ders in the city. II seems that Greenfield
had accidentally broken one of Verouski S
extract hotties, and upon being requested to
pay Tor it, responded that he would do 50 as
soon as he got the money. The Italian was
not satisfied with this, however. and followed
Greenfield out of the door, evidently with
henigerent intentions. Greenfield ran out
into the middle OF the street. drew a revolver
and with an oath shot twice in the direction
OF his pursuer. Neither of the shots took
effect
Members Of the colored Masonic lodges OF
Avn nff at-sn loo Fv..e e.. 81.