The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-31
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA IN PARAGRAPHS.

tiOn of Sentence-A Mad Dog Scare
in Sumter COunty-An Augusta
Physician Gets an Appointment al
MinedGeviIIe An industrious
Reader of the Bible.
GEORGIA.
Marshall Burke, a well-known negro OF
Americas, is supposed to have been drown
ed in Muckalee creek.
The Atlanta Club in the Southeastern
Base Ball League disbanded Saturday, on
account of lack Of patronage.
Mrs. Haynes, wife of Judge Mercer
Haynes of Dublin, died Friday night after
a long illness with lung trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs J. T. Hall of Atlanta cele-
brated their golden wedding Friday at the
residence of their daughter, Mrs. J. j.
Barnes
The application for Communication of the
death sentence in the case of Henry White
of Columbus will be heard by the COVER
nor to-day.
During the past week there was shipped
from the port of Darien, coastwise and
foreign. 16S5,OS5 feet of timber and lum-
Der, valued at $17,29S.
Jonas Jones, colored, was convicted of
murder at Darien, Wednesday, and SEN
fenced to hang July 9. He shot Luke
King, colored, dead in a gambling dispute.
Dr. J. W. Mobley of Augusta has been
appointed assistant pathological physician
at the insane asylum at Milledgeville. DR..
Mobey win leave June l to take charge
Of his new duties.
The South Carolina and Georgia road
authorities viii in a few days begin to
lay down steel rails on the Augusta South
ern branch. Ten car loads of the best
steel rails have been ordered, and will
arrive at Augusta within the next few
days.
A mad dog severely bit two negro chill
dren on James Wilson's farm, near Ameri-
Gus, Friday. The rabid animal was pur-
sued by a crowd of men, but it bit several
other dogs before he was killed. To prevent
a spread of hydrophobia the people are
waging war of determination on all dogs in
that locality. Fifty or more were killed
Friday.
Dalton Argus: Baxter Bender lost his
fine horse last Sunday morning by a rather
peculiar accident. He had started to ride
to town, and as he rode out of the gate
turned the horse to shut it. The horse
stepped in a rut and stumbled. Baxter
refined his head up quickly, to keep him
from falling, and he fell back over against
the fence, and broke his neck short off,
dying almost instantly.
An excursion train from Montgomery,
crowded with negroes, bound for Ander-
sonville for the national Decoration day
exercises, set the coal chute at Smthville
Uq
Roadway before discovered, but the engine
was cut loose from the coaches, and, with
the assistance of excursionists, the fire
was soon extinguished. One end was
burned badly, but the losses are light. The
train was delayed one hour.
H. D. spinks has fled suit at Atlanta
against the Georgia railroad for the kill
ing of his son. Pearl Spinks, on May G. The
petition alleges that Pearl Spinks was
killed on the Piedmont avenue trestIe
while performing his duties as car coupler.
and that the railroad was negligent in hav-
ing a defective bridge at that point 1t is
alleged that Spinks was earning $50 per
month as coupler and the suit is for $20,-
900. The suit is brought in the superior
court
Marion County Patriot: ]. S. Rogers Of
Doyle has gathered and thrashed out 102
bushels Of oats off of a plot of ground
measuring one and three fourths acres.
The oats were cut in an hour and a half
Mr.. Rogers has been saving his own seed
oats for the past eight years, and these
oats were raised from seed of his last
crop. Oats al 40 cents a bushel would
make the amount in dollars and cents
$iO.SO on less than two acres. That is
good farming.
Gov. Atkinson was waited on Saturday
by a delegation of the Hibernian Rifles,
and asked TO revoke the order accepting
the resignation of Capt. w. d. Ellis. Jr.
of the Hibernian Rifles. Some time ago
Capt. Ellis resigned and the resignation
was accepted. Since then he has recon-
sidered, and has decided to withdraw the
resignation. The question has been sub
mitted TO Attorney General Terrell by Col
John s. Gambler and Acting Adjutant Cen
eral Brown, and the governor will act
when Mr.. Terrell's opinion is rendered.
Tattnall Journal: During the year 1896
John Lewis of Collins says that he read
In the Bible 415 chapters. containing 7.62O
verses. AS will be seen, this is consid-
erably over a chapter a day, and the
chapters average a little over eighteen
verses each. This amount of Bible read
ing, II properly meditated on, cannot fail
TO make man better In life and thought
Mr.. Lewis is not an highly educated man
and this amount OF Bible reading was
perhaps several times more arduous 10
him than II would have been TO a more
fluent reader.