The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


n Knife While Suffering Prom a
Fit of Temporary Ensanity-Tramp
Hfghwaymen Routed ny n Pistol
ShOt-Five of the strike Leaders at
Tampa Have Been Arrested.
GEORGIA
Dahlonega's property tax is % cents on
the 100 this year
Seventeen new industries. says the Man
ufacturers Record, were begun IN Geor-
gia last week.
Mrs. Ward an Augusta hypnotist
claims to have cured cancer on "a lady $
face by her will power
Some Of the ladies Of WayCross are
exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition.
Miss Floy Caswell Of bonneville dropped
dead Saturday while ironing. Heart dis
ease Is supposed TO have been the cause.
Charlie Williams, a white boy Of Au-
gusta, severely cut "a negro barber named
Henry VILLAINS In fight Sunday after
noon.
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles inspected the troops
at Fort Mcpherson barracks. near At
lanta Saturday. and then LEFT for New
Orleans.
Two thousand head Of cattle are being
ted on cotton seed on farm six miles
from Atlanta as an experiment The
results are highly gratifying.
The woman and child killed In Fridays
wreck az Scotland are the FIRST fatalities
occurring on the Southern system OF
roads since the change in ownership.
The firm Of Preston * Martin. proprie-
lots OF the southern Moss Factory al
Brunswick, have dissolved copartnership.
Mr. w. ID. Martin retiring from the busi-
ness.
There Is a civil suit now pending in the
superior court Of Lumpkin county over
a space Of ground one inch wide and
nity feet long, that viii require more time
70 Try 1t than any other case on the
a motion was made Saturday in the
superior court al Columbus to
bbe sT sa1, a. Sr. member Of the
barred several months aeo. The court took
It's noon recess before hearing was finish
ca. 50 the case was then postponed until
next Saturday.
An agent for the Interna tional Migra-
tton Society has been among the negroes
IN Ware county endeavOrng to get up "A
crowd to go to Liberia, on vessel which
negro has to pay S4l for transportation
from Savannah TO Liberia, including keen
while en- route. So FAR as learned the
agent has failed to get a single negro
from that section.
About ten days ago a negro named
smith Fate was on trial al Columbus be-
lore lore justice Tor some onense. one of the
witnesses in the case was Walter Jones,
A prominent young farmer of Marion
county near Buena Vista. The negroe,
fogether with his brother tried to iuipeach
MIR. Jones, who. after the trial. gave them
a severe thrashing. on Friday night.
whme returning from the fields. he was
nred upon from ambush by the negro
Snith Fate, and narrowly escaped death
Mr.. Jones being unarmed ran. and was
pursued by the negro. who fired five shots
At him, none of which took effect. The
negro then escaped to the woods but
efforts are being made to effect his cap
ture.
About two and half miles from Frank
lin, on the west side of the river. near 10
NJ. wilson's s, lives John Lavender and
FAMILY. On Friday afternoon last, Mr..
Lavender went over to Mr. Wilson'S and
iett MS wife and three little children the
eldest little girl about years old that
mas been very badly deformed from its
infancy, at home. In a short time he was
summoned home by his little girl When
ne arrived in the dining room he found
his wife lying PROSTATE upon the floor
welterlng in her blood, and in her mother
ly embrace upon her breast, her infant
was soundly sleeping Under her Law an
ak red with blood, with which nearly all
the flesh on her forehead had been cut
from the skull, which was exposed and
badly fractured. In an arms reach was
a case knife, stained with blood and on
her throat was several marks as If an
attempt had been made to cut her throat
When she was asked who did Ii. she
said she did 1t herself She said she re-
membered very well going to the woodpile
and getting the AK and going into the dim
ing room with II, but nothing more about
the matter. She was conscious when her
husband and Mr.. Wilson found her She
assigned no reason for committing the
act but IT Is supposed that she had a Mt
OF momentary alteration. She is improv-
ing now and bids fair to recover soon.