The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

A COW Killed by Catching One Of Her
Feet in One of Her Horns An At
lanta Residence Fired and It's In
mates Have a Narrow Escape From
Death.
J. G. Ansley Of Griffin died Friday night
aged 20 years.
The yield Of wheat this year will be much
larger in Newton county than II was last
year
The Blairsville Herald SAYS the court house
at that place is so unsafe that it is liable to
fall at any moment.
The increase in the acreage of corn in New
ton county This wear over the acreage last
wear will not fan below 10 per cent The
acreage Of cotton has decreased about per
cent
The officials Of the Brunswick and Western
road have consented TO place telegraph IN
strumentS in the office at sylvester during
the watermelon season. The melon men are
TO pay the operator.
Larkin Brown, 90 years old, died at Ros-
well Saturday night and was buried sunday
morning at the old Presbyterian church
yard in the presence of large number oil
friends and acquaintance.
The trial of Nose Odwell. charged with the
murder of Policeman Parker, commenced in
the superior court at Augusta Monday morn
ing. Mr.. Parker was shot by negro man
while walking his beat some months since.
II. J. Edwards of Worth county lost line
mich COW under strange circumstances her
horns were very crooked and from the posi-
tion in which She was found atterward II IS
supposed that in paving at the flies, which
are troublesome, she hung her foot TO her
horns, and died before she was discovered.
Miss Lille Dure and Frank Coburn OF Ma
con are suffering from bruises received while
driving yesterday They were passing
Gresham high school, where some grading
had been done recently, when Mr.. Coburn
found it necessary to make very short turn
The road was so rough that the momentum OF
the buggy almost overturned the vehicle and
Mr. Coburn was thrown to the ground. so
violent was his fall that he was for moment
senseless. When he recovered he saw Miss
Dure jumping from the buggy. She landed
on her feet but her head hit the ground with
great force and she was dazed. The horse
continued its mad race and soon the buggy
was dashed to pieces.
The home of J. NJ. McAllister at Atlanta,
auditor in the Pullman sleeping car clearing
house, at No. 81 Highland avenue was de-
strOyed by fire few minutes after II CLOCK
Monday. Mr. McAllister and his wife and
Miss Mary Johnson, a teacher in the public
night school, barely escaped with their lives
Miss Johnson had the narrowest escape, haV-
ing been taken from her room on the second
floor by means of "a ladder. The fire is the
result, according to Mr.. McAllister, OF petty
spite which some negroes had against HIM
Who these negroes are he does not know. lie
states positively that the fire was OF lnCen-
diary origin. He claims that there was not
particle OF tire Of any kind in the house all
the evening. The family did not make fire
with which to cook supper. Mr.. McAlhster's
loss is between -, 900 and 1000, which is in
sured for nearly the fun amount
David Askew is the husband of Rachel AS
kew, whowas killed by Georgia southern
and Florida train near EllSo in Houston
county, on Dec. % 1891 and he asks that the
road be ordered to pay him $4,000 for the loss
of his helpmeet. 2 he woman was driving
wagon attached to a mule across the track of
the road when a belated passenger train
struck the vehicle, throwing Mrs. Askew
high in the air and inhicting upon her injuries
from which she soon afterward died. The
plaintiff alleges that the accident was the re-
suit of gross carelessnesS on the part Of the
company through its agents. He claims that
the train was running ut an unusual speed
out of the schedule. Therefore he, upon the
part of himself and children, asks damages
In the amount of $4,000. The case was tried
once before and a verdict of $3.50 granted the
plaintiff. A new trial was allowed by the
judge presiding at the trial and the case Is
now being heard at Macon.