The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

BOY Drowned In the TugnIO River.
The Case of the Boy Found UncOn-
scious Mt Rome stiII Mystery.
Bud Boyer to HING at Eastman
Friday.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Walter Myrick died at her home
near Culloden Tuesday.
Bud Bowyer. the murderer of the old
German, A. A Schneider, at Eastman.
will be hanged at Eastman tomorrow.
The residence Of ex-AIayor B. II. Walton
at Hamilton was burned Tuesday. Most
of the furniture was saved There was
$3.50 insurance on the house and its con-
tents.
A young man by the name of Sanders
was drowned Friday in Tugalo river at
Eastanollee, by the capsizng of a bat
teau. His father stood on the bank but
was unable to render the drowning boy
any assistance.
Post c Of Columbus of the Travelling
Passenger Association is going to put J.
X. Orr, one OF its members, into the race
for the presidency of the state Travelling
Passenger Association when that body
meets in Atlanta next week.
The Thompson Publishing Company of
Long Island has offered an annual prize
of complete set OF encyclopedias to the
student of the university law school at
Athens WHO shall submit the best essay
OF law. The prize is a permanent offer.
All the hands employed in the machine
shops of Bowie & Terhune. at Rome have
quit work on account of a reduction OF Is
per cent of their wages The employees
are members of the moulders' union, and
they will be guided by the terms submitted
by the union.
D. NJ Crosby, a travelling salesman, as
saulted Col. S. d. Surrency, local counsel
for the Southern Railway Company at
Baxley Monday. Crosby charged that Col
Surrency had made reports derogatory to
Mrs. Crosby when testifyiug as a witness
in the trial of Judge Sweat.
Harry Pounds, law student, had diff
Guilty with an optician named Friedman at
Macon Monday morning about a sum of
money due him for work. Armed with a
shotgun, he went TO Freidmans store and
was about to shoot, when the chief of po-
lice arrested him. The case is to be in
vestigated.
Smith Trammell, a negro, was captured
near Cave Spring Tuesday. Trammell shot
Sam Townsend Saturday night in Cave
Spring, but escaped to the woods lie is
a desperate character, and was wounded
by posse before he would surrender. The
negroes quarreled over some trivial affair,
and ii resulted in the instant shooting of
Sam Townsend.
The boy found unconscious at Rome
Monday regained consciousness Tuesday,
said he was from Atlanta and was en-
route to Chattanooga where he expected
to secure a position. Before he could be
made to give any further information re-
garding himself, he reiapsed into uncon-
seriousness. The physicians fear he has
brain fever.
The speakers chosen by the Phi Mu and
Decora Societies of the North Georgia Ag-
ricultural College at Dahlonega have
agreed upon subject for their champion
debate at commencement, June IS. The
subject selected is, Resolved, That the
combinations of capital and the formation
of trusts will eventuate in a centralized
government in the United States The
affirmative side will be represented by
Capt. f. S. Price and Fred w Stone OF
the Phi Mu Society; the negative by Capt I
w z. Palmer and A. W. Cain of the
Decora Society.
Deputy Marshal Ammons Of Monroe has
secured warrants for George Jones and a
man named Hamilton, who are charged
with breaking open and rohbing the post
office at Campton last week The men
are already in jail at Monroe for the crime,
but are held on state warrants. They
Will be rearrested on the United States
warrants and carried to Athens. The men
are alleged to have broken open the nost
Office "A uyhfa
owned by the postmaster. VIII Camp.
They are said to have stolen $500 in sill
Yer and copper coin from the postof1ce
besides a large amount of goods from the
store. The men claimed TO be from Ala
pama. They were strangers in Campton.
The state will prosecute for burglary of
the store, and the government will prose-
cute for robbery of the postofice.
Fort Valley is indignant on account Of
the alleged inhuman treatment Of two
convicts in the Houston county chain
gang rms brutal treatment, IL is ALLEGED
was administered by two of the guards
AS the grand jury was in session last
week the matter was thoroughly inyesti
gated. The two convicts who were 50
padiy beaten say that they were tied with
rope and one convict was made to sit ON
thelr heads and another on their feet. The
convicts claim they were beaten nv tbe
guards were exhausted and then the
guards made one of the convicts continue
the beating until he gave out. After this
they were turned over and beaten the same
way on their breasts. This was their tes-
timony before the grand jury and Il seem
cd 10 be true as they were stripped ana
the marks were plainly seen on their hacks
and breasts by the members of the erand
jury. true bill was found against the
two guards, but one OF them left for narts
unknown. The other was tried fonnd
guilty and fined $50. There Is consider
able indignation over the brutal manner
In which the convicts were whipped me
convicts are now in precarious condition
from the effects of the punishment
FLORIDA
MISS Pauline Lalane and Charles IT
Brownell were married at Tampa Tues.
day.
F. w. ordway is circulating a petition
for the position Of postmaster at Cara
belle.
]. F. Dunwoody, Jr., who shot himself
at Pensacola CaftrNaw ,trh4