The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

Bicyclist of BlalSeIy i'm Lively
Mix-UP with "a COw-A Clerk of
Court Badly Hurt by "A FaII-A Ne
gro Arrested at MiIIedEeyiIIe on
Charge of Attempting TO Wreck
Train-PrOf. Rutherford Of Ath-
ems Has a Narrow Escape From be-
ing shot.
GEORGIA.
The Waynesboro Academy is nearing
completion.
A state convention OF CHIEFS OF police
viii assemble in Macon next month.
Judge NJ Gormley. the venerable ordi-
nary Of Randolph county, diel at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. NJ -. Hickey. Satur-
day judge GOrmley was upward of 50
years of age.
Pickens County Herald. on last Tues
day Josiah Johnson's wife presented him
with a fine underground son. This is
Mr.. Johnsons fifteenth child and tenth
son, and he is not over As years old.
Sylvester is to have handsome new no.
tel in the near future The contract for
the building has been awarded to H. C.
Mckinnon and work Will commence as
soon as he completes the Poulan hotel
Monday morning DIR. George Brown filed
suit against the Atlanta Consolidated
street Railway for $500 damages. Dr.
Brown alleges that he was thrown from
a car at the corner of Alabama and
Whitehall streets.
Mrs. John Thompson of Bethlehem was
milking vicious COW a few DAYS ago.
when the cow butted her down and paved
her with her feet, and would have hurt
her seriously but for the timely inter-
terence OF some men near by.
Mrs. Margaret Gallagher Of Atlanta
has brought suit in the United States court
Ior $500 damages for the killing OF her
son on Nov. u, 1891. a consent verdict
was allowed Monday morning before
Judge Newman, awarding her $1,000.
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MORTGAGES Monday morning i'm the clerks
office in favor of the following parties:
Georgia Railroad Bank. 500; Fleming,
Thomas q Co, 500; J. NJ. Berry. S451 So; c.
II. OetJen, $i5i.5o, and II. Brooks, $3.50.
Oscar Irwin, negro q years Of age. OF
Marietta, was found lying beside the track
on the outskirts Of the town Sunday in an
unconscious condition, and with his brains
ooZlng from a cash in his head He died
from his injuries. Foul play is suspected.
Fred Hayes, negro of Augusta was
found unconscious and bleeding from
wounds on his head, lying in front of his
home at AugustaSaturday night. He has
not recovered consciousness yet and is apt
TO die Robbery was the motive for the
A. r. Smith, the clerk of Hall county
superior court, was out in the woods with
a gold mining expert. about one mile
west Of Gainesville and in crossing
branch at a very rough place he stepped
on rock, his foot slipped and he fell
heavily TO the ground, striking on his
race. The bridge Of his nose was mashed
While number of Blakely blcyclists
were flying along a country road a cow
chanced TO be coming, in her poky way,
but one, son Of Biaekstognre' '1 He t nded
to turn out of the cows way and the cow
tried 10 turn out of his way, but both made
the same mistake and they tangled. Legs,
arms, bicycle wheels, COW horns and bell
lowing, were suddenly mixed and the law
yer was badly bruised.
Capt. w r. Haygood of Mlledgeville.
as special officer for the Central railroad
has arrested John Champion, white and
holley Dorsey, colored, on the charge of
an attempt to wreck the passenger train
from Macon to Mlledgevtlle about two
weeks ago, seven miles from Nilledgevine
Ihey We're arrested near the scene of
the negro has confessed that Champion
engaged him TO wreck the train.
Sparta Ishmaelite: on Monday morning
Id Brown showed the Ishmaelhe Curl
Gus and interesting illustration of the al
most Iorrid neat which prevailed on Sun
day. Mrs. Browns sitting room has a
north and south exposure, and the win
doWs were open, TO get the benefit of anv
ar that might venture to circulate on
the table, in metal candlestick, was a
ParaInn candle, almost whole and near
Dy was half ounce bottle of spirits of
ammonia. Parafiin fuses at about 100
degrees Fahrenheit. The heat was SO
great that the candle became too soft TO
preserve It's erect position 1t bent over
anu then down in an irregular curve
until the top of IL rested on the table
In bending over the top of the candle
touched the side of the bottle, and i'm lis
ssml-melted condition adhered to it. In
thls posi- the candle resumed it's rigid
Ivy as the weather grew cooler The can
Sie was sun maintaining its curve and its
nold on the bottle when exhibited to the
iShmaelite. This is quite an interesting
illustration of the extreme high temnera.
ture of Sundays weather. If parafJin
Iuses at about 1870 and a candle was al
alost dissolved in a room some distance
ABOVE the ground, and with the windows
open, what must have been the tempera-
lure out OF doors in the SUM-
Macon Telegraph; In tine city court the
other day the trial of a negro chicken
ShleI brought out right good suggestion
Tor the protection of the fowls against
the midnight depredations of colored fan
elels An old negro man had lost a great
many chickens by thieves but he le-
lermined not to be outdone. His dogs
We're tanned or poisoned until he lost
talth in their protection. The white scare.
crow would be pulled down and the cloth
stolen. Every time the old man Woul1
SIT up TO watch for the thieves he w1uld
20 sound asleep, and when he would
awake next morning il would be to dnl
himself robbed. As a last resort he fas
tened small cords all about over the ward
near the chicken roost and running one
emu OF each string into the house. he
fastened 1t 10 some part of his ANATOMY
rms worked well. He hadn't been sic -
ing more than an hour before he got a
olte. one OF the branches of his foot was
Jefked nearly off at the first Joint but
that was required to awaken him. SaIzs
ing his gun, forgetting about the chiskan
house, he rushed about in the room try
ing 10 md what was the matter until The
chicken thief had secured a nice bag of
fowls and was making his way up the
road; An old hen in the bag began to
ssa acSs as if in distress. The old man
heard her dropped his gun and gave
chase. The thief ran for several miles
The old man was determined to capture
MIN, although he was frequently out Of
sight The hens cries marked the course
OF the chicken train. When the thief had
gained a sufficient distance, he STONED
and sat down on the railroad track. ieis-
urely lighting his pipe as the old man
rushed up. In court the old man was
called upon to prove that the real thief
hadn't escaped through the woods. IeaV
ing the captured man with the bag to hold.
FLORIDA
Watermelons sell at 10 cents each IN
Plant City. -
Bury Brothers of Orange Lake received
"a per crate for tomatoes shipped nortl
last week.
There are six negroes under sentence Ia
be hanged in Florida for murder-three in
SuWanee, two in DuVal and ono in Cl,-,