The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15


GEORGIA
Coroner Hodnett, OF Bibb county, is inves-
tigating the mysterious death Of "a negro
baby in NineviIle. il had been CHECKED ana
Its head crushed
The commissioned officers OF thN First
Georgia Battalion have elected Coz u. -.
Dyer cOlOuel OF the sixth Regiment 1'so. I'd
Volunteer Infantry.
On Mr. Phiuizy place in Columbia c0ul w.
the death of a negro child occurred night b t-
fore last, which has been Gttrl1uscl 10 @ pc
culiar cause. Another Oh had thrown
ashes on the little one head The mar lell
of and bleeding from the noslrils set In. The
little one became very i'll and was pat TO bed,
dying before morning.
Wash1nton Chronicle. While John D.
COXWeu was travelling down g. Augusta not
long ago with wagon load OF country pro
duce, among which was a hundrea dozen
eggs. his mules became unmanaEeahle while
going down a steep and rugged hill ana turned
the wagon over. When the crash came il
made the biggest pile Of scrambled eggs ever
seen IN that part OF the country,
Sunday as a Central train was nearing
WaynesbOro. Engineer Wright saw o man ly-
ing on the track. His head was on the rail-,
the feet extending outward. The engine was
reversed and the train stopped IN few feet OF
the form, Tho man was negro and did not
awake till violently shaken. Tie seemed To- ne
q half-witted sort OF fellow and his laughter
and grinnng indicated that he was not aware
OF his narrow escape from death.
The city 60 Incil OF Macon met Tuesday
night and approved the letting Of the contract
to Gabourv q Noble. OF Admission, Ala, to
build the system OF sanitary sewers at 500
600. Bond for $4,000 viii he given. Their
bondsman is the American Surety Company.
A special committee from the council re-
ported averSely TO the purchase OF seven
eleveuths of the water plant from the Ma
con Gas Light and Water Company at the
figure named hy the company. which is on
the basis of 5000 for the entire plant. The
council adopted the report Of the special
cOmmitte
When the vote in Stewart county on the
whisky question was consolidated and the
auti-urOhi 1itlOniSts were successful by a ma
gorlty OF thirty one, every one hoped that the
question was settled. a notice Of contest.
however has been fled. The 'drvS' allege
general fraud, and Judge Fish has ordered
the turning over OF the tally sheets TO the
"drys. SO the contest is on. Il. r. Watts ).
Il. Harrison. h. 4. Hickey and q. Il. Ellis
represent the "prohi g. and Hon. Jesse
room has opened mp ana Il doing thriving
business. i he town has assessed 10, license
at 1900. One man from Eutaula. Ala, IS there
now ready 20 invest s. OJ0 If the contest is
decided in favor of whisky.
Athens Banner Robert II. Lampkin Is
dead. This news came 10 the city Yesterday
in the shape OF a clipping from one OF the
New OR cans papers Gearing date Of March g.
1t thus appears that Lanpkin died on March b.
and il is ia her curious that the news should
have taken o week TO get here 1t is authen.
tic, however. and there Us no u 10 of Lamp
kin's death. he died al one of the hospitals
in New Orleans, and the disease that carried
him of was cancer OF le-. Some time
since he got into a dinculty in Chicago and
injured a Chinanan very seriously, also
shooting at two Of the officers VINO attempted
TO arrest him lie got out Of the custody OF
the law, and at once broke for liberty. He
left Chicago and soon turned up in New Or
leans. Sickness seized upon him there, and
on Monday he died.