The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Misdemeanor Cases ia sumter
County 4 Family on the Tramp
to New HOme-BrutaI Murder ut
Church in Brooks COunty-AnOth-
err Attempt Made to'Wreck n Train
On the Georgia Rond.
GEORGIA.
Cuthbert is now lighted by electricity.
DR.. II. L. Battle died at Wadley Mon
day.
Jim withrow, negro of Elljay. is
somewhat of a hunter. He recently killed
two wild turkeys weighing forty pounds
The Methodist churches of the Watkins
VILE circuit have shown their loyalty IL. to
the cause by assessing themselves $eOO
for their presiding elder and pastor.
CaIHe Loehr, aged p, was badly burned
at Athens Tuesday. She stepped on a
match in the rear of her fathers store,
which exploded aud ignited a can of gaso-
line.
It is reported that the father of Miss
Fannie Hester, the 13-year-old magnetic
wonder of Oconee county, has been offer
ed 5000 for her appearance on the stage
in New York for season.
A movement IS on foot among a num-
Der of Atlanta's most prominent women
whist enthusiasts to organize whist con-
gress for the benefit of the Georgia room
at the Nashville Centennial.
JF. Adams of Hubert is experimenting
with a cinder shield on the Georgia and
Alabama railroad 1t Is said to be quite
a satisfactory arrangement and to serve
well the purpose for which 1t Is intended.
John McGauey young farmer of VIII
kinson county has gone crazy on the SUBJ
ject of religion When the mania first de-
Veloped he was placed under confinement
in Jail. His friends are hopeful that ne
will recover his reason.
The Washington Chronicle says ]. G.
Hunter of Hillman has in his possession
some popcorn which was popped in the
ear by the sun while it was on the stalk.
Capt. Hunter did not discover this fact
until he was shucking it this winter.
T. ]. Airline. A. f. Daley, ]. NJ. Page.
B. b. Tanner. w. c. Tompkins, j. w. A.
Crawford, F. w. Daley and w. w. Cook,
citizens of Johnson county, have been
granted a charter TO incorporate the Bank
of Wrightsville. The capital stock viii
be $4,000.
Charles Classett, a barkeeper, whose sa-
loon is at the corner of Peters and Nc
Daniel streets at Atlanta. was assaulted
and robbed by four white men Monday
night at IL o'clock while going from his
bar to his home. The thieves secured $l3
The Montgomery Monitor says Jack
sonboro is thing of the past and attrib-
utes the decline of the place to a visit
many years ago of Lorenzo Dow, the &C.
centric Methodist preacher. The tradition
is that he was scofted at by the natives,
and, being much discouraged, he walked
upon bridge spanning Beaver Dam
creek, near by and brushed off the dust
of the place from his feet, then departing
the town. From that time the town is
said to have begun to wane.
One of the most pitiful looking sights
that have been seen in Dahlonega in many
years was witnessed Tuesday. 1t was a
man and a woman, supposed to be his
wife, each one carrying a child in their
arms and the man leading poor old
horse heavily packed with bed clothing,
cooking outfit, etc, followed by two small
children who were trudging along in the
mud. They came down the Gainesville
road and went up the Cooper Gap. Where
they are bound for no one knows, as they
spoke to no one.
An attempt was made Sunday morning
to wreck a passenger train on the Georgia
road, on the Macon division. This is the
third attempt within the past ten days,
and came near precipitatlng the entire
be wreclIers had wedged a fish-bar used
in Joining the rails, between the rails, and
had the bar been a little more to
one side the entire train would have
below. AS a result of these repeated eff
forts to wreck trains the Georgia railroad
officials have offered a reward of $500 each
for the arrest of the perpetrators of the
outrages.
A very lively issue was raised in the
criminal branch of Sumter county court
at Americas Monday by County Solicitor
]. A. Ansley, Jr., relative to the right of
Solicitor General +. A. Hooper to prose-
cute lin the county court cases handed
hsa la
session of the latter court nearly 200 mis-
demeanor cases were thus transferred,
and the outlook for a goodly amount of
fees was quite promising. As the bills I'm
these cases were drawn In the superior
court, Solicitor General Hooper contend
ed that he had a right TO prosecute them
in the county court, and in this he was
sustained by the presiding judge, Hon.
r. /. Maynard.
Charles Hatcher, a negro who lived in
the southern part Of Brooks county. was
killed by Henry Silas, another negro Sun
day. Hatcher was in church and was
leading the singing when Silas came to
the door and motioned to him to come out.
The two walked off from the church to-
yards off the report of a pistol was heard
by the negroes in the church. Hatcher
was shot in the right eye and died al
most instantly. A number of negroes
started in pursuit of Silas and ran him
across the line into Florida and to thee
house of one Woods, a white man. Woods
refused to let the negroes arrest Silas.
They surrounded the house and kept
watch until they could send for Sheriff