The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

ed-A Cruel Attempt 10 Hill "A
HOrse-Rome's Fugitive Preacher
Arrested at Chattanooga.
GEORGIA.
The citizens Of Dade county get 500
more money from the state in public
funds than the total amount paid by them.
Recent developments show that band
of cotton thieves have been operating IN
Dawson. Several negroes have been ar
rested.
At a meeting of the board Of trade OF
Rome Wednesday it was decided TO take
active steps toward securing United
States district court for Rome.
Pike county's share in the state pension
fund amounts to 500 per year. divided
= as follows: INDECENT soldiers, $500; Wild
ows Of confederate soldiers, $3.50; maim-
ed soldiers, 500
At meeting Of the Dolly County Con-
federate Veterans Association it was de-
cided to locate the confederate soldiers
monument az Vienna. in the center OF the
park or public square
C. Baker Of Atlanta is lying at the Grady
hospital suffering from a badly burned
face and eyes While in the throes of a
lit at his home he suddenly fell forward
and his face struck the fire I'm CRATE.
The state Of Georgia has filed petition
in the United States circuit court at At
lanta asking for a Judgment against the
government of the United states Tor 81
SOLO as interest on claim OF $4,000. ~
i hSsII - '''' ''4'' u ' $50
Fire at Macon Wednesday afternoon de-
Btroyed three residences on Ross street
belonging to Messrs. Sullivan, Raley and
Wagnon. The loss is estimated at SlO.-
GO The wind was extremely high, ana
for time that entire section OF the city
was threatened.
The little daughter of J. Rich was Sc
riously, if not fatally, burned Tuesday
night at his home. near Rome. The child
was playing round the IRE when her cloth-
ing caught, and before the flames could be
extinguished she was so badly burned that
there is little hope of her recovery.
The south-bouud Southern train which
passed Gainesville at ] o'clock Wednesday
morning ran into a wagon, demolishing IL
and killing the horse. Two men in the
wagon, Corless Williams and John Jones,
were injured. Williams skull was frac>
tured, and he may die. Jones is not seri-
Ously injured.
a chapter Of the order of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy has been organ
lied at Rome. The following officers have
been elected for the year: Mrs NJ. NJ.
Pepper, president; Mrs II. 7. Fouche. vice
presidents Mrs. j. A. Cannon, correspond
Ing secretary; Miss Addie Mitchell, treas
urer; Mrs. Thomas, recording secretary.
At Marietta Monday morning H. w.
Kitchen went out to feed the cows and
while placing feed for one. another one
ran at him butting him down. The COW
then picked him up on her horns, throw
ing him several feet in the air He
struck on his back in falling and was un-
conscious for several minutes. He is
confined to his bed
Wednesday morning between and 6
o'clock, w. p. Mcdowell, one of Ac-
worth's most prominent citizens left his
home to take the train due at Acworth
at $40 o'clock for Atlanta. A few min
utes after the train left he was found ~
ing across the track breathing his last,
and IN few moments he was dead. The
train had passed over his body seems
he was late, and when he reached the
train 1t was in motion, and in attempting
10 board il he fell or was thrown under
the coach and the trucks ran over him
and crushed his life out.
On the petition of Lenonora A. Dean,
Judge Lumpkin of Atlanta has granted
temporary injunction against w. s. NJ.
Pinkham of Florida restraining him from
disposing of certain property decided to
him by Mrs. Leonora Dean. II is alleged
that Mrs. Dean held certain property in
trust for the plaintiff and that she dis
posed of It. She expended portion of the
funds and invested the remainder in the
land which she decided to Pinkham. 1t
is claimed that Pinkham exercised an
undue influence over Mrs. Dean. 1t VIII
be some time before the case is tried
A remarkable piece of veterinary
surgery was performed by DR.. J. NJ. Gray
of Atlanta several days ago on a horse
belonging to Jim Crawford. The horse
had been I'll for several months and was
apparently suffering with nasal catarrh.
During his long illness the animal had
almost become a skeleton. Several vet
Urinary surgeons had seen the horse, but
could do nothing for him. DIR. Gray was
asked to examine the horse and he found
in the animals nose a piece of lath 1116
inches long. This was removed and the
horse is now recovering. The lath was
evidently put in the animals nose to cause
Its death by some miscreant.
telegram to R. A. Denny, chairman of
the investigating committee from the
chief of police of Memphis, says the Rev.
William Bridges, late of Rome, has been
arrested in that city. Warrants were
sworn out charging Bridges with forgery.
Mr.. Bridges bought ticket in Chatta-
n0oga TO Colorado, Tex, and was en- route
70 that place when arrested. He had his
12-year-old son with him. 1t has been
divulged that Bridges, in addition to hold
ing money belonging to teachers, also al
tered checks and drafts by making the en-
tries on his books larger than the face
of the checks. His shortage will likely
amount to 5000. Bridges waived requisi-
ton papers and was taken back to Rome.
William Tumlin, a farmer of Texas val
ley, in Floyd county, was found by the
roadside, Wednesday morning almost
famished and practically unconscious
from exposure to the cold and his efforts
10 Kill himself. He had lain there ali
night without food and water, and when
restored to consciousness, said that he
wanted to die and had determined TO kill
himself. He had knotted a piece of strong
Irvine about his neck and tried to strangle
himself by tying the ends of the Irvine to
the fence and then twisting his neck
around, but he was not strong enough
TO accomplish the feat. He had then
gashed his neck with a dull knife in his
efforts to sever the jugular but had also
failed. The neighbors who found him Sc
cured a buggy, but when they tried to get
him into the vehicle he fought like de-
mon and tried to choke himself by thrust
ing his neck between the spokes of one
of the wheels. He had starved himself to
skeleton in his efforts to kill himself
Deborah WOmack of Griffin has been
adjudged insane and will be confined in
the asylum at Milledgeville, where she
has two sisters already. One of them has
been there for about fifteen years and the
other was sent there about two years
ago.
Madison correspondence Atlanta Con-
stitution: The little congregation that