The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-03
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
Put in Type.

by a Train at Elko-The Cotton Crop
Around Gordon in Poor Condition.
GEORGIA.
The next term Of Mercer University at
Macon will open September q
A hundred cars of melons will be
shipped from Sparks this season.
The teu-year-old son of James Pitman.
Of Ty-Ty. was so unfortunate as 10 get his
thigh broken by falling from a tree on
Sunday last.
At Atlanta Saturday the grand jury
returned a true bill for felony against
DR. j W Gardner. who is now in jail
- charged with criminal abortion.
A negro man who lives near Joseph Fan
ning's in Wilkes county, was bitten by a
cat about three weeks ago, but nothing
was thought of il. Friday the man was
raving with hydrophobia.
Marshall J. Hatcher has returned to
Macon from his fruit lands near Mar
shallville. He says that there will be
not less than 100000 crates of peaches
shipped from that point this year
1t is very probable that "a number, if
not regularly organized party Of the Ma
con wheolmen will 20 over to Charleston
on the Fourth of July to take part in the
tournament on the magnificent cement
race track of the City by tae Sea.
Mrs. Powers. wife of Josh Powers,
whom he claimed had deserted him at
Hehira, was found Friday Mt the Home
Of the Frendless at Macon whore her
four children were sent some time ago
Mrs Powers suYs that the reason she
left home was because her husband
would come in drunk almost every night
and beat her so that she fed for her life.
John Clements, from near AGREE, was
in Sylvester a few days since, and says
hogs are dying from a queer disease
in his section. They are taken with
something Ike cold in the head, their
eyes get sore and almost close up, they
have a violent cough. and in few days
pass in their checks 1t affects fat and
poor alike and several of the farmers Of
that section have lost a number Of hogs.
Jim Lucas, a negro boy seventeen
or eighteen years old, was killed
at Elko Thursday night by
freight train No. Is of the GeorR-
la Southern and Florida railroad
a bout 10 20 o'clock He attempted to jump
from the train when il was running
twenty-five miles an hour and was struck
by the wheels One of his hands was cut
off and bad cash was cut in his head.
Messrs. Pritchett & Pridgen, who were
visiting in poulan last week, were on a
mission that means the opening up of
dLOlItI tAutllHlNt bAA llttttlAb BAollAbSb IA
Worth at an early day, they having pur-
chased l2,0O0 acres of turpcntiAe timber
in the lower part Of Worth, near the Col
Quit csunty line from Capt. J. G.. Nc
Phaul of POulan Mr.. Pridgen was for
merlv located at Willingham, but has
been away from the county for n number
Of years. ..
Friday night at twelve o'clock, having
had a settlement with Mat Davis, Post
~ all Tl,r &c
the post Office at Athens. He has APP
pointed the following as his assistants:
j. H. Reaves, assistant postmaster and
money order clerk; II. j. Rowe, mailing
clerk; G. f. O'F'orrell, delivery clerk;
II. E. McDorman, carrier for the first
ward; E. p Stone, carrier for the second
ward O. G. Gibson, carrier for the third
ward and G. II. Colson, carrier for the
fourth ward.
L.uch Harris, a negro was caught steal
ing meat in Stellings store at Augusta
and is sore from hip to head in conse-
quence. He was given his preference of
being turned over to the courts for prose-
cution or receiving one hundred lashes
"Beat me boss; beat me-" was his re
sDonse. He took his punishment well for
a while The blows were piled with q
determined hand ard strong arm,
though, and before long he could be heard
v
elected punishment in full
A certain young man of Albany started
over to Brentwood recently, riding
through the country on a high bicycle
He ran into a pack of hounds up in Lee
county, and they went for his machine
just at the wrong moment, he struck a
log and was sent sprawling The hounds
jumped on the machine and tried their
their best to tear it to pieces, paying no
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finally called off by their owner, but not
until they had frightened the rider and
scratched the wheel pretty badly
John J. Sims, who lives near John F.
Twins crossing, on the Savannah, Amer
icus and Montgomery Railway, lost his
dwelling house by fire on Thursday morn
ing last. The fire originated in the stove
room, and was discovered about 3 o'clock
in the morning. The inmates of the
house had but little time in which tosave
anything from the spreading flames A
few articles of furniture were saved
from the front room of the house,
but the most valuable portion of the
household appurtenances were destroyed.
Governor Northern has just disposed of
q very remarkable case which came up
from the Chattahochee convict camps Jim
Jenkins, negro, claimed that his name
was Jack White, and that he had been
caught in Brunswick as an escaped CON
Wet named Jim jenkins, and had been
wrongfully held for six years Jenkins
was brought from the camp, and IL was
proven by his own uncle, whom he repu-
dated and others who know him in
Brunswick, that his whole story was a
fabrication. He is at work in the camps
again.
About miles south of Lumpkin last
week on a. 7. Forts plantation, Miss
Beulah Worthington, while out picking
blackberries, came very near being bitten
by rattlesnake. She was picking berries
from small bush when she heard pecu-
liar noise under it, and upon looking found
a large rattlesnake in its coil awaiting In
readiness to bite if she advanced any
further toward it. Miss WOrthington
Immediately procured q stick sufficiently
large 10 Stay the snake and in q few min
utes she had it killed 1t had eight rat
ties and one button.
John J. Falvey, citizen of Atlanta,
won very decided victory in his case
before Judge NJ j. Clarke at Atlanta
Saturday 1t was the case of o. E. Hod-
gins ct al. VS.. J. w. Phillips K Co and j.
J. E'alvey. The suit was brought by an
injunction to restrain Mr.. Falvey from
disposing of his stock to Phillips g. Co.
There was q petition to annul the sale,
and an application for a receiver.
Mr.. Falvey's friends never doubted the
outcome of the case; and now that the
courts have sustained Mr.. Falvey he is
tbOrOUph yryiudi ra ted in tho 1vhola r,,at+o,