The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


as "a Missfonary-Death of One OF
GeOrgia's oldest Railroad Engi-
neers-Jail-BrenIS at ValdOsta.
GEORGIA.
Echols superior court convenes next
Tuesday.
Perhaps the youngest tramp in America
hit Americas Saturday. He is cripple
and halls from Columbus. and while not
more than 10 years old, is a shrewd little
beggar
Tom RUSSELL a well known cOlored man
of Americas. was bitten on the thumb by
& rattlesnake while fishing on Muckalee
creek dav or two since So far ne has
experienced no i'll effects from the bite.
Several extra trains passed Americas
via the Central Saturday. They We're used
Sunday I'm hauling the crowds to the great
negro campTneeung az Chunnuggee, Ala,
which is equal to 'AndersonviIe day.
here
The Thomasville city council completed
revising The cry tax returns on Friday
night, and their figures show she taxa
bic property OF the city TO be $500, 91),
which is an increase Of $4,000 over last
year.
The Courthouse Chess Club has been
reorganized for the winter season at
Americas. and even now the treasurer's
Office is daily the scene of spirited games
between the judge, the major, the doctor
AMI colonel
An exciting runaway took place on lower
Cotton avenue at Americas Saturday
country wagon was left hanging on a tele-
graph pole. While bundles bottles and
strllgs Of fragrant 90 mullet covered the
earth near by.
Banners The Athens Manufacturing
Company has started up the lower factory
and the Check factory, and will run stead
lily through the winter to the fun capacity
of the machinery. These factories are now
in shape 10 do the very best work. and
their goods find the readiest sale In north
ern markets.
Ka1soefa RFor,fnv Ners-e. AFa~eba1 nam
pier OF Hahira passed through Naldosta
Saturday with a negro man charged with
obtaining goods under false pretenses at
Hahira- The negro was captured at
Whigham, Ga. officer Dampier is a
brother 10 our efficient chief Of police
and will accept a position with our police
force at an early date.
Athens Banner: The Presbyterian
church at Lexington, Ga, was the first
Presbyterian church established in GeOr-
gia. Its first pastor is buried in an old
grave yard a few miles from the town,
and the church members are thinking of
having his remains removed TO the yard of
the church. This church is one of the
most historic in the state.
The Florida official who carried Gre
ham and Bennett through Thomasville to
Lake City on Friday returned Saturday
2:lO Grain, carrying with him Ben BrutOn
the last of the THO Of negroes 10 be
rested. 1t is said that all three of the
negroes are implicated ia the killing of a
woman about week ago.
Fire broke out in the roof Of the build-
ing, 3lg Oglethorpe street, Brunswick. oc-
cupled a. a restaurant, Saturday evening
at 5I5. The department. responded and
eXtinguished the flames before any dam
age of consequence was done The build
ing was owned by +. Joseph Doerfiinger
aud occupied by Roberts q Roberts, who
did not allow Il 10 interfere with their
business. They kept on serving meals
and enjoying very good patronage right
after the FIRE.
Rr1,ue--inlr Tsr,oc- A4r-ar4g.o~.
Mary Rhinelander King Of New Hemp
stead, Queens county, New York, has pre-
sented to Bishop c. Kinloch Nelson of the
Episcopal diocese Of Georgia Old Town lot
No. 1898, between Wolf and Carpenter
streets, this city. The deed was placed
on record in Clerk Beachs's Office the
past week. The consideration named IS 81
Il is said Bishop Nelson intends 20 build
a residence on II and will make his home
here in the summer months.
Banner: DR.. II. NJ. Edwards Of Athens
Is going TO pull up stakes in Athens and
move 10 Japan. He will go as a medical
missionary at the instance of the Sarepta
Baptist Association He is simply await
ing the confirmation of his appointment
by the Southern Baptist mission board
at Richmond, Va. DR.. Edwards viii not
carry his family with him when he poes
but will send for them later. His many
friends Will regret his determination to
leave Athens, but wish him much success
In his new field.
Times Recorder: The Young Ladies'
Aid Society of the Baptist church who
took charge of the Gatewood Grocery at
Americas Saturday for a percentage of
the cash receipts, mas cause to be proud of
their great success. Throughout the day
the store was a veritable bee hive and
every bee a queen. The young ladies work.
ed with a viii and made customers of all
corners except the poor reporter who
again failed to work off a Confederate
e 1ill, ms entire cash assets. The society
realized about $40 for the days work
Americas Times Recorder: Two ne
IN Schley county, had a lively
fight at Council & McGarrah's warehouse
crowd OF interested onlookers. After pun
meling each other in great shape the
eombatants were separated by friends,
but I'VE minutes later fought a second
and bloodier round The face of one of
the negroes looked like a slaughter house
at the end of che second round. Later
one OF the negroes was found and arrest
ed, While the other escaped.
Albany Herald; A plain, every go
as-you-please country mule made things
lively on Washington street about z O'Clock
last night. affording fun for a large crowd
Tor hfteen or twenty minutes. The mule
mad on his runaway harness. so to speak
lie ran away about half a dozen times
ana mat too, when two strong negro men
mad hold of the reins. He just wouldn't
pc subdued by the time he was brought
20 standsul and given the leas, liber-
~, off he would dash again But he
never broke up anything The mule was
however finally convinced that it was
went along and behaved himself very well.
Americas Times Recorder: Gus Haw-
klns, worthy negro living in the Fiji
teenth district of Sumter, is the latest
victim of rattlesnakes bite Early Fri
day morning Hawkins, with other ne
sfoes, was going to the cotton field for
the day 5 work. Hawkins walked in front
OF the others and accidentally stepped
upon large rattesnake lying in the
path. The snake struck the negro on his
bare foot and turning. struck the man
Immediately behind Hawkins The FIRST
bite was fatal, Hawkins dying in an hour
in great agony. The foot of the second
negro bitten has swollen to an immense
size, but he is not yet dead. The snake es-
capped.
One Of Coroner Johnson's little chill
oren had very narrow escape from be-
ing bitten by a monster rattle snake a
rev days ago, near Townsville The
child in question was in the corn field
with several others and was standing di-
rectly over the snake, almost touching il
when some of his companions saw the
animal aud shouted to him to jump He
looked down and it is needless to say that
ne acted on the advice. Coiled up between
his legs was huge RATHER The little fell
low went after his father and when Mr.
johnson arrived he secured a fence rail
and dispatched the reptile. His snakeship
sported sixteen rattles and a button and
measured five feet In length