The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-04

Baby and cath ResuIts-A Saw
Mill Burne,5-tJol. Searcy's Loss BY
the Failure Of the Griffin Oil Mill En-
terprise.
Mitchell county win elect gubernator al
delegates on June 70
The annual conn tenement exercises Of the
university Of Georg Ia beg IN on June TO-
The comrnencemC nj OF Lucy Cobb Institute
at Athens, will be in prog ress from June 10 to
The Burke Light Infs ntry Of Waynesboro
will PROBABLY so TO ST artauburg 5. G., to the
encampment in July.
Col. w. D. Hamrick is being spoken Of as a
suitable man TO repres ent Carroll IN the gen
eral assembly. Also c, f. Gordon.
Cliff L. Vigal supei ii tendent Of the de-
livery Of mails at the n aeon postofice has
resigned, and Asher Biy MS mas succeeded 10
the position.
The Southern Bell Tele phone Company de-
sires to establish an e.S change in Waynes
bore and will do so provit led they can secure
twenty subscribers to star with.
On Tuesday the old struc ture which covered
4he Sayy-Inill once operated by Mr.. Barnes on
the eastern border of Naldt sta, fell ana killed
two cows, and crippled several others.
The populists OF Floyd county, in conven-
ton at Rome, Saturday, mol minated u. b. Har-
for representatives to the legislature from
Flayd..
Frank Slappey, a negro VINO narrowly es-
capped lynching three weeks ago Tor an al
legged assault upon little child at Amerlcus,
was discharged from custody saturday, the
grand jury finding mo bill" +
Wednesday noon, when the hands had all
gone to dinner the Barre Factory building at
Valdosta. which was arge wooden structure,
fell in with crash The building was com
plete wreck. No one was hurt
Another primary viii be held IN Carroll roll
be elected for state house officers, members
OF the legislature and the Senate. IL is time
for Carroll TO name the senator.
Cedartown Standard: Constable r. A.
Bailey, of Young's, brought in a brutal negro
Thursday morning accused OF raplng an
Syear-old colored girl. There is great ex.
element among the colored people over the
awful crime
A section Of the upper part Of Burke county
was visited by fearful hail storm week
ago Saturday. Great damage was done TO
the crops where IL was heaviest, particularly
TO young corn and the cotton plant; the latter
hardly convalescent from the late disastrous
freeze.
The first shipment OF the Hart we'll Cotton
Mills sheeting was made on Thursday, May
81. 1t was sold to S. M. Hume, OF bowman.
The mills are stacking up their finished
product right along. The sheetlng is OF o
superior quality, and will command good
PRICE when put on the market ...
Griffin News: Lieut.. Philip Wales of the
United States medical corps, who is stationed
at Camp Northen during the present epcamp-
ment is spending the time OF the going and
coming of the troops with his friends in this
Olty. Lieut.. w al6s Is a pOllbLeu anu elegant
gentleman, and is an acquisition 10 society
during the encampment.
w. E. Walls steam saw-mill, located on
his plantation ten miles below Dawson, was
burned Wednesday afternoon, together with
the machinery and quantity Of lumber The
fire started in the sawdust pile. Mr.. Wall Is
peculiarly unfortunate in respect to losing
machinery and mills by fire. His grist mill
and cotton gin were burned last fall
At Macon Friday night, while a negro wo-
man, Mary Williams, was walking through
an alley, near the Park hotel carrying her
three -months-old baby in her arms, she drop
ped the child, and, its head striking against
rock, the skull was fractured, from which
the baby soon died. The woman claims that
the dropping of the child was accident.
There a queer sight upon the Marietta and
North Georgia, near Bl1lay, and it Is often
pointed out to passengers. 1t Is a grave on
the side of steep hill. Over it a little
wooden house has been built, and the strange
part about it is lightning rod at either end.
Some say that the old man whose wife Is
buried there has quite snug sum Of money
In the house and has put up the lightning rods
to protect 1t.
Griffin News: Mrs. Young J. Allen and two
daughters, of Shanghai, China, spent yeSter
day in this city en- route from Macon to New
nan to spend sometime with relatives and
friends. They were accompanied by Arthur
Allen, of ,Ocala, Fla, the son of the former.
They VIII be Joined later on by Rev. Mr..
Allen who is one OF the most prominent and
widely known missionaries Of the Methodist
church in the south.
a. j. Baldwin lost 4-room tenant dwelling
al the east end Of Lee street at Dawson by
fire Tuesday night. A negro named Nathan
jackson was suspected as the incendiary, as
his wife, who had separated from him, vas
living in the house and the fire was evidently
OF ineendiary origin The grand jury re-
turned a bill of Indictment against this negro,
as the evidence adduced pointed to his guilt
and he is now in Jail awaiting trial
MonteZuma Record: The reports relative
10 the damage to the cotton by The late cold
snap are various. Some farmers report thatJhe
more forward cotton was very materially
damaged while others regard the damage as
very slight. A noticeable freak in this par
tleular was that very young cotton passed
through the cold spell apparently unhurt.
The farmers are now pushing the cultivation
OF this CROP and, in short time, with sum
mer weather prevailing there will be no yisi-
Bile effects Of the damage from the cold.
Montezuma Record: A colored woman,
Ella Carr, Of this place, died suddenly at An
dersonytlfe- Wednesday. -" she left here-on the
excursion train partially sick and against the
wishes Of her husband. After arriving at An
uersonyille she became worse and went to the
house OF friend, where ball was in pro
gress. She did not appear very sick hut
went into IN adjoining room, claiming that
the fiddle disturbed her Soon afterward
she was found lying in the middle of the floor
dead. The cause OF her death is unknown
but supposed to have been heart disease
Cedartown Standard When b. f. Car
ter was appointed postmaster about two
years ago he-equipped the. office with what is
probably the finest outfit for u town of its
size in the state. His politics not agreeing
with the present administration, his sue,
cessor has been appointed, and Mr.. Carter
offers his entire outfit for sale at bargain.
ghe outfit is OF the celebrated Yale & Town
manufacture, and has $50 lock boxes and
twenty lock drawers. The other furnishings
OF the office are complete, and the entire out
ut eostMr. Carter 81, 900. He offers the whole
at $3.50 ----. -
Z, Washington Gazette: A difficulty occurred
Friday between two negroes on Mr. NJ A
Pope S plantation which may prove fatal
walter Cosby and Henry Burns were chup
ping cotton together and we're Joking each
other and got so warm over it that Cosby
raised his hoe TO strike Burns. Burns struck
back with his hoe and hit Cosby on the head
probably fracturing the skull. DIT. Simpson
was sent out to see the man. He was HAVING
commissions when the doctor left and it is
likely that he VIII die. Sheriff Galloway semi
"a balm after Burns, and he has been lodged
In jaili
Atlanta journal: The Marietta and
North Georgia train was rushing dowr
grade at the rate OF twenty miles
an hour. flock Of geese attempted Il
cross the track. All Of them but one "A be
drasgled looking gander succeeded but ht
was caught by the sengine. 1t whirled ovei
him and / looked out to see his mangled re
mains on the track. for we We're rounding (
dong curve. What was my surprise to SEE
him run from under the last coach unfniilreC