The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-20
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

A Fox Hunters Club Organized in
Talbot County-The Augusta Negro
Who Killed a Woman He Was Jeal-
Gus of Caught in South Carolina-A
Travelling Clock Agent Commits
Suicide.
GEORGIA.
A movement IS on foot TO annex North
Rome to the city Of Rome
W T. Avera has purchased the new resi-
dence Of Henry J. Fife, at Amerlcus, paying
81, 100 for it.
Col. ]. H. Holland. Of Madison, will oppose
Col. ". A Broughton for state senator from
Morgan county.
Rev. B. F. Elliott. OF Athens, is related TO
three distinguished ministers, viz: Bishop
Stephen Elliott OF the Episcopal church,
Bishop A. G. HaygoOd OF the Methodist
church, and Rev. Or. Fuller, the famous Bap-
tlst divine Of Baltimore
J. II. Whitman & son nave purchased the
Madison MadsCnian and assumed charge.
Editor Whitman is an ardent admirer OF Cen
G. A. Evans, and says the Madisonian will
doubtleSsly become an Evans paper from now
on until the end Of the campaign.
An Americas man who has thoroughly
studied the subject is going to get rich by
manufacturing potash from watermelons. His
scheme Is to burn the melons ana make
potash OF the ashes, and TO this end he will
plant a large acreage in melons this spring.
1t was reported at Macon Sunday that Mr.
Van Horn, a well-known Maconlte, died sat
urday night few miles from the city from a
pistol shot wound received In the abdomen Fri
day. II is said that Van Horn and his nephew
were tusseling oVera pistol, when the weapon
fred and the ball shot OF two OF Van Horns
fingers and then entered the stomach.
A L. Davis a travelling clock agent, shot
himself through the head at Winder Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock. BE left no trace OF the
reason for the deed. Ike has been in bad
health for some weeks and was under treat
ment. He was laboring under delusion that
some one was attempting TO have him placed
in the ASYLUM. He had rented farm Of Mr..
jackson about one mile out of town. and en-
ployed Mr. Pierson to keep house for him and
cultivate the land. He was at this place when
he committed the act.
Bill Nelson, the negro who shot and killed
Louisa williams at Augusta two weeks ago,
and for whose arrest GOV. Northern offered
also reward and the city S25, was captured
Sunday morning and taken to Augusta. He
was caught on the farm Of Nixon, a negro
planter, in Barnwell county, South Carolina,
fhirty-fve miles below Augusta and four
miles from Dunbarton Joe Nixon, John
Rroes, captured him. Nelson was betrayed
BY Joe Nixon, who sent him TO his fathers
plantation to be harbored until reward was
offered. Nelson says he Will try and keep
Nixon from getting the reward. The muir
derer was caught at o'clock In the morning,
before he got up. He was called to the door,
and as he opened it he was covered with guns
and forced TO surrender. His reason for
numbering Louisa was that he was jealous OF
her.
new organization, known as the Georgia
Fox Hunters Club, has been formed at Cor
mans mill, in Talbot county. The following
Of1cers were elected: Thad F.. Murphy, Ma
con Ca, president; vice president, W. Woods
White, Atlanta, Ca; secretary, II. G. Brown,
Atlanta, Ca; treasurer, s. A Crump, Macon,
Ca; master Of hounds viii Q elected at the
first annual meet. Board of directors; f. L.
Rousseau, Manchester, Ga; w. r. German,
Paschal, Ca; George j. Garrett, Columbus,
Ga: Henry HARRISON Atlanta, Ca; William
b. Lively. Decatur, Ca, and the officers of
the association. The following gentlemen are
charter members Of the club: DR. J. B. Haw-
thorne, II. G. Brown, Henry Har
alison and W. Woods White, OF At
lanta; S. A. Crump and Thad f. Murphy.
Of Macon; W. r. and W S. German, ~
Paschal; F. L. Rousseau, Manchester; w II
lam B. Lively, Decatur; Wallace Stinson,
Talbotton; Capt. II. b. Ridley. Cornucopia;
Marshall Goolsby, Hillsboro. and G. w Nc
Carly. The object Of the club viii be to pro-
mote good fellowship among fox hunters, the
protection and development Of the Georgia
fox hound, and the holding Of annual meets