The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Nora Fa,rr's SIayers Claim She Was
Mistaken for "a Man and Fired at
Them Before BEING F<fIled-A PocIS-
etbOOk Lost From Train Found
After search-The Macon TeIe-
graph Defends the Payment of the
big Fees in the Case of the GeOr-
gia Southern anu Florida Road.
GEORGIA.
Counterfeit half-dollars are in circula-
ton in Brunswick.
The McDonough uostofice was broken
into Wednesday night, and robbed of about
SIS in cash.
There is a rumor ahoat to the effect
that a lady's bicycle club is soon to be
organized at Brunswick.
Columbus Parks the best known and
most successful bird hunter in that sec
ton of the state, died at his home near
Sand Creek, in Clarke county.
DIR. j. G. Gamhrell, of Macon, president
of Mercer University, has accepted an in
vitation to address the Baptist Social
Union, of Philadelphia, on the evening
of May 10.
Matt Kellum, a prosperous farmer of
Talbot county, shot himself accidental
ly with a Winchester rifle a day or two
ago, from the effects of which he died
Thursday.
petition for the establishment of a
postoffice at Buffalo Mills 10 be known as
Wise is being circulated and numerously
signed. The office will be about eight
miles from Lexington.
Richard Murray was tried at Buena
Vista Thursday for the murder of Tom
Goddard about three months ago in Har-
ris' bar. The jury returned verdict of
guilty with a recommendation of mercy
J. E. Thigpen died at his home at Val
dosta last Monday, after several months
confinement to mis- room from wound
received during the war Mr. 'Thigpen was
in the naval stores business in Clinch
county.
w. f. Carter, of Macon, received dis
patch Thursday night, announcing that
his son, VIII Carter, had received the
third prize in the Medical University of
New York, and first appointment in Belle
yue Hospital.
At meeting of Uniform Rank Knights
of Pythias, held at Macon, Thursday, it
was unanimously decided to go to the
meeting of the grand lodge to be held
in Atlanta on May q. 1t is understood
that large number will attend the meet
ing.
There is a movement on foot in the
Tenth district looking to the shipment of
cotton to Charleston instead of Augusta,
The movement has its inception in what
is charged by the populists TO be the I'M
Just treatment accorded Mr.. Watson by
the politicians of Augusta.
Thursday night about O'Clock, in that
part of Milledgeville known as Factory
Hill" two negroes by the name of Char
lie Williams and Jim Moore engaged in a
Moore on the head with a club, crush
ing his skull DR.. Tom Hall was called
in, and says his chances for recovery are
slim. Williams was arrested.
During the month of April there was
measured at the public boom in Darien
100000 feet of square. scab and sawn
timber This does not include the saWn
timber and lumber which came in during
the month and was carried direct TO the
private booms. During the past month
there was shipped from Darien, coastwise
and foreign, 7,OSO,7 feet of hewn and sawn
timber and lumber.
A special from Athens to the Atlanta
Journal says: "A story of almost inhu-
man cruelty comes from Center, a small
station on the Northeastern railroad. 1t
appears that man named Matthews
went to his house apparently sober and
began row with his wife, who was quite
III. he made her get up from sick bed
ana DO several little things about the
mouse, while he quarreled with her all the
tlme. After the poor woman had again
zone 70 bed he threw a chair at her bur
1alled to hit her. The lamp was thrown