The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

burning of "a Residence in Lump
Kin County-A Bull Pup Adds Him.
self 10 the Beauty show at At
Iantn-A Relied Squirrel in the
woods Of LumpI1in County.
GEORGIA.
Bowdre Phinizy Of Augusta has beer
admitted TO the bar
Col. J. w. Baum. formerly Of Syracuse
y ". died al Atlanta Saturday.
Tom Alexander a young white man, had
his left aEln cut OF in gin az Sen0la on
Saturday afternoon
Airs. Margaret Mcdowell wife Of Capt
H T. Mcdowell. died at the Wilbourn
house at Macon Saturday night
Dawson Williams of Pittman district,
in Madison county, has gathered from one
acre niuety-two bushels OF corn
T. A. Gillespie formerly of Chicago.
was found dead in bed at Atlanta sat
urday morning. He is supposed TO have
died Of paralysis of the heart.
Arnold & Arnold, attorneys for Anna
Amos. have filed suit at Atlanta for $500
damages against the Atlanta Railway
Company for killing her son, william
Amos.
on Sept. % a train on the Central rail-
road ran over and killed W. 4. Uranium
at Beasleys station. Inc rallfoad com
pany has just compromised the case By
paying the widow 81. l02 damages.
Robert Hutchinson Of Lumpkin county
tips the beam at 20 pounds, though only
a short time ago he was said TO be moth
ing but skin and bones" He takes The
prize as the latest man in Lumpkin
county.
Capt. Daniel NJ. TAYLOR, who has been
transferred from the national armory az
Springfield. Mass, to the command OF
the United States arsenal at Augusta, to
succeed Mai. John G.. Butler, has arrived
and taken command OF ms new post
William II. POsey, a well known yard
fireman on the Central railroad, was
struck by a Georgia Southern passenger
train at Macon Sunday at the Georgia
mill crossing and received severe inJu-
ries. The engine pilot struck him on the
spine.
The dead stranger, who has been at
Patterson's undertaking establishment
at Atlanta since his death at the Grady
hospital has heen posltiEeN IlenIll
bv Miss DORA Smith of "a Plum street,
as her divorced husband, W. H. Hum
phries.
Col James +. Dever died at Rockmart
Saturday after long and painful III
ness aged Il years He at one time was
collector OF internal revenue for the north
ern district of Georgia and also repre-
scented Polk county in the state legisla-
ture for two terms.
The Miss Scroggins, who attempted to
kill her child in Union county a few
weeks ago, was tried last week at Blairs-
Vile, convicted of assault and battery
and fined by Judge kimsey $50 and costs,
which was at once paid by the citizens
has caused considerable comment.
A great deal has been said of the bell
buzZard. Now comes talk of belled
squirrel II was seen near the Stanley
place. in Lumpkin county, last week, run
ming and playing. An effort was made 10
capture the squirrel, but it was too wild
TO be caught without WOunding II was
heard later in the woods tinkling it's bell.
At Hephzibah Sunday night while re-
turning from work to his home, IN one
of the dark streets of the village,
Charles Williams, Jr., cOlOred was fired
upon by unknown parties in ambush and
was seriously If not fatally wounded by
six balls from 32-calibre pistols. Warrants
will be sworn out for the arrest of two
wen known characters enemies Of VIII
liams and they will be arrested.
Hon Boykin Wright of Augusta says
that it was not he who telegraphed Col.
w. c. Glenn asking why Watson had en-
ployed a goldbug to conduct his contest
case. 1t was reported that Mr. Wright
telegraphed Mr.. Glenn asking him why
Mr. Watson had employed a "goldbug'
TO conduct his contest and that Mr..
Glenn had wired back the reply that ii
was because he wanted an honest man.
New light has sprung up in regard to
the burning OF NJ. G. Smiths house in
Lumpkin county, on Shoal Creek,
two years ago. Some relatives
of the accused person have given the mat
ter away. John II. Moore, clerk of the
court, il Is reported, sent a baiim after
the witnesses on Friday before court TO
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the bailin and on Saturday morning the
witnesses could not be found.
A large rattlesnake was killed at the
edge Of a swamp near the railroad track
al Meldrim last week, by a colored man.
1t was subsequently cut open and skinned,
the stomach containing full grown rab-
bit. Its length was six feet two inches,
actual measurement, and II had twelve
or fourteen rattles and a button, which
were broken of in the killing. The skin
IS being dried and prepared by Herman
Cohen, who will convert it into a belt.
Among the visitors to Atlanta to see the
exposition are two gentlemen from Wilkes
county, North Carolina, who are the
guests of their brother, and all three, the
Albanian and North Carolinians, are OF
exactly the same age. They are triplets.
The visitors are Robert Jackson Gibbs,
Thomas Lafayette Gibbs of Wilkes
county, North Carolina. and the Atlanta
brother is William Washington Gibbs.
The three brothers We're born in Wilkes
boro, n. c., on May ., 1888.
Frank Moss, colored, a renter on the
plantation of j. w. Walker, of Laurens
Hill, in Laurens county. left the place on
Sunday carrying all of the crop to a place
several miles distant. The sons of Mr.
Walker followed as soon as they learned
or the theft and two of them, Ed and Ira
came up with Moss in advance of the 9th.
ers, who were on a different road. 1t seems
there was melee, in which shooting was
done, which resulted in the killing of Moss
Who did the shooting is not known
The correspondent OF the Morning New,
at Warrenton, under date of Oct Is
writes as follows: The Warren county
fair has just closed, with a good degree
OF success. The agricultural exhibit was
varied and fine in quality. The domesti,
exhibit was kept up to its former excel
lence. The races attracted much interest
There IS much interest in the raising O.
fine stock in this county. The two ne
grOes, man and woman who are in iai
for murder. will pay the penalty by hang
ing Nov q
Sarah Greer, a negro woman living a
Atlanta, went on the streets Monday t.
see the parade of Buffalo Bill ieavini
her three-months-old girl sitting on IN
floor before the fire. Thirty minute
later, the neighbors heard the chi,
screaming and ran into the house TO lin,
her clothing on fire The flames wer
extinguished and DR.. ]. l. Curtis sum
moned. He found the child perhap
fatally injured. The cheeks and arm
were burned to a crisp while the lowe
part Of the body was also burned
Jen jefferson has filed a suit for 81 90
IN the city court at Macon. naming Ste
ven n Noble as defendant Jefferso
claims that through the negligence a
Mr.. Noble, as sewer contractor. he wa
permanently injured. and will be a phy
steal wreck for life jefferson was
sewer hand. He was working in a ditc
OUT near Bibb mill The sides of tn
often having no support, the dirt cave
IN on him and crushed him almost [
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