The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-16
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
News Of The Two States Told in Para.
graphs.

The Membership OF the Florida Legis-
lature as Shown by the ofcial Re
turns-A Macon Boy Stabbed and Dan
gerously Wounded by a Negro, to
Whom He Had Given no Provocation.
The Populists of Carroll County
Nominate a Ticket.
GEORGIA.
The telephone line connecting Albany
and Americas has been completed.
Two long banana trains, consisting Of
twenty-five or thirty solid cars of the
fruit, passed through Americas Saturday.
The trains were loaded at a Florida port,
and We're bound north and west.
While boring one of the artesian wells
at the reservoir at Americas three years
ago a workman dropped "a ten-pound
sledge hammer down the shaft. The force
Of water from the Pohle air lift pump
brought the hammer to the surface Sat
urday.
There was a meeting Of the wholesale
grocers of Columbus Saturday. 1t is not
known definitely what was transacted
during the session, but IL is understood
that the meeting was held for the purpose
of taking measures to stop the brokers
from selling the retail trade
The bill for an appointment Of a re-
ceiver to the Simon stock at Columbus
was argued Saturday. The result of the
decision was TO place the stock in the
hands of the sheriff, and he is ordered to
dispose Of il within ten days, putting the
proceeds in the Fourth National Bank.
Judge Gustin has appointed the follow
ing committee from the Macon bar to
present the name and application Of
Lloyd Moore to Gov. Atkinson for the
city court judgeship: 3. NJ. Davis, chair
man; A. L. Miller, Washington Dessau,
w. II. FELTON,, w. NJ. Wimberly J. H
Hail. NJ. r. Freeman, w. T. Stone, George
S. Jones and Il. II. Cohen. This COM
mittee will 80 before Gov. Atkinson and
make known to him the action of the bar
in indorsing Mr. Moore and use all legit-
innate means at their command to secure
his appointment.
AS a result of the populist success in
Carroll in the state election, the popu-
lists met at the court house at Carrollton
Saturday and nominated a fun ticket for
county officers, as follows Clerk of the
superior court, J. f. Durett; sheriff, w
L. Kinney; tax collector T. ]. Jackson;
tax receiver, J. NJ. Thurman; treasurer
7. o. Houston; surveyor, b. w. Bonner;
coroner, N. D. Elrod. One of the sensa-
tiOnal features of the convention was tho
declaration of Col F. N. Cobb, one of
Carrollton's leading lawyers, that he had
renounced his allegiance to democracy
and would espouse the cause of populism
In speech to the populists at the court
house he stated that he was one Of them,
and was ready to go where they wanted
him to preach their doctrine He has
made dates for three places in Carroll.
On Oct. p he will speak in Carrollton;
on Oct. 27 at Villa Rica, and on oct. 80 al
Temple. He bittery antagonizes Con-
gresham Moses.
Arthur Young, a 13-year-old white boy,
and son of Mr. Young, who is Waterman
at the Central railroad crossing near
the Acme Brewing Company, was stabbed
in the back by an unknown negro at Ma
con Saturday night at 6 o'clock, while
walking along Fourth street, near Heads
store, in company with Clyde Roberts. IA
years old. Arthur Young lives with his
parents on Boundary street, and was on
his way home with Clyde Roberts when
the negro walked up behind him, and
without word drove a knife into his
back just behind the left shoulder, making
q wound 215 inches deep and 2 inches
long. Neither of the boys knew the ne
gro, who ran off and made his escape.
Arthur Young was carried to the office OF
Dr. Hope, close by, and given prompt at
tention He bled profusely and was ex-
hausted from loss of blood. DR.. Hope and
also DR.. Sullivan, who was called in TO
assist DR.. Hope, are of the opinion that
the boy is dangerously if not fatally
wounded. From the statements of both
boys, it would seem that the attack was
not only unprovoked, but premeditated
as the boys had not even noticed the
negro until he struck the blow He is
described as being about 10 years old and
tall.