The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
News Of The Two States Told in Para
graphs.

Erect a 6ul1QlnR AT aInpa-A E4or1Qa
Town That Once Had $4,000 Resi-
dents Now Not in Existence-PoIk
County to Have a Hanging.
GEORGIA.
The lawyers of Athens viii in all prob
ability set up in the near future a hand
some law library.
The latest news in local politics at Az
gusta is that Jesse Thompson will be a
candidate for mayor.
John Bruce, a young farmer living near
Rochelle. was thrown from the saddle by
a Texas pony he was riding last Wednes-
day, and his leg was broken in the fall
The imports at the port Of Brunswick
thus far this month amount to 1853, S42, or
S79.754 in excess of the imports for all Of
last month, which amounted to S2S6.OS
Messrs. Holman, Carithers, Hunnicutt
and bearing will apply to the legislature
for charter for a company, to be known
as the Athens Electric railway company.
The Grand Lodge, of NIasons of Georgia
viii convene in Ma con on Tuesday morn
ing next, and the outlook is for one of the
largest gatherings of Masons ever seen in
Georgia
Hugh MeLendon Of the Fourth district
of Terrell county has gathered 40 bales of
cotton averaging a little over 800 pounds
each, from three mule farm, and will
get seven more.
The -Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church at Rome sent sew
eral hundred dollars worth of clothing to
ministers Of that denomination in Okla
homa fWedk esday.
Secretary Gambler has granted a char
ter to the Globe Cooperative Fire As
ISOLATION of Atlanta. the incorporators
being John l. Adams, Jr., W. NJ. Pharr W.
E Shirley, Is. E. Pharr, and J.. w. Adj
ans,
A negro child years old with head
as large as a waterbucket, was carried
through Americas Tuesday by its parents,
and will form one of the curiosities of the
midway" at the Macon fair. 1t was in
deed freak Of nature.
The attendance at the University of
Georgia continues to reach up. 1t has ar
rived at figures beyond those of any pre-
Vious year for some time past. There are
21S students registered, and by January
the figures will reach nearly 800.
Assistant Postmaster owen of Marietta,
has a rock taken fran the Hiwassee river
bank, in Tennessee. upon which is photo
graphed through the trees of the imme-
date locality from which it was taken. 1t
is thought flash of lightning did the
work.
f. NJ. Floyd of Cordele was out shoot
ing birds with three little boy friends a
few days ago when one of the boys shot
a bird, he thought in an opposite direction
from where Mr.. Floyd was. But he had
changed his position and was in direct line
with the shot fired. Several shot entered
his right eye and face causing the loss
of his eye.
The British steamship Kingdom, one of
Brunswick's deep draft traders, has un-
loaded 500 tons of salt in bulk valued at
$500. brought direct from Liverpool, at
the Southern railway wharves at Bruns-
wick. The salt is consigned TO Gilbert &
Co, of Savannah, and will make a COM
Portable load. 1t was handled like ballast
being stored loosely in the hold of the
steamship.
Policeman Lotion Of Brunswick was
taken suddenly i'll while on duty Wednes-
day afternoon. and had to he carried to
his home. Wednesday night he grew
worse, with terrible pain in the head
and very high fever. He is regarded as n
very sick man. 1t is believed that the i'll
ness is the result of the blow in the head
given him by Oscar Heisaxon, the sailor
Sunday morning. Officer Lotion would
not lose any time on account of his in-
jurfes and evidently exposed himself too
much.
Vienna Progress: Coroner Graham came
up from Wenona Tuesday where he had
been to hold an inquest over the body
of Fate Joiner. a negro who had been
killed by AK Grice, another negro. The
two were quarreling over trivial matter
at c. G. Greer's turpentine stin where they
were employed when Grice grabbed up
a piece of scantling and dealt Joiner a
death blow on the head. The wounded ne
gro died Monday The murderer skipped,
as usual, and Mr.. Greer offers 500 reward
for him.
Vienna Progress: The train killed fine
mule for N T. Christmas, Tuesday He
had carried his mules and wagon to cot
ton field on the railroad to haul home
what cotton was picked during the day.
The mule killed broke looseSrom where he
was tied, and grazed off down to the rail
road. Hearing the train coming Mr.. Christ
mas ran TO keep his mule off the track
But the mule persisted in getting on the
track and staying there He then tried te
waive the train down, but to no effect The
mule was killed outright.
The registration for the congressional
election at Atlanta closed Monday, ant
the number Of persons qualified to cast &
ballot will very nearly reach 5000. The
number of voters put on the list since the
last election Is 500. OF this there are sew
enty-five negroes registered. The regis
trauon lists used in the last election will
be used in the congressional election. TIL,
voters registered since that time will b,
placed in an appendix. Fulton county ha'
now registered vote that is unequaleC
by any previous one except that of tn,
prohibition election. At this election Their,
Were over 10000 qualified voters.
Monroe News: DIR. Poore met a strang
coincidence in his practice last week OF
Wednesday. he was sent for TO rende
medical aid to a negro child which ha,
been burned on Tom Stills place. The maj
who came for him said that a negro bah,
had been burned near David Moore's plac
and for him to hurry there. This was Of
his way as he went to attend the first call
but the child died before ne reached Mr.
Moore's. The other patient, a negro boz
some seven years of age, he found fatalI
burned about the neck, face and abdo
men. The ehid's clothing caught fu
while in his mothers house with tw
smaller children.
Three frame houses on Cochran avenue
between J and X streets at Brunswick
We're burned Wednesday The fire origl
mated in the house Of John Carey col
ored, from defective flue. No one was Il
the house at the time, and the fame
spread with rapidity. The two adjoininl
houses, one occupied by Kitty smith
white, and the other by Fred Lewis, col