The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PAR AGRAPHs.

Beach-An Elevator Fails Down
Gold Mine shaft and Injuries
Several Persons.
GEORGIA
The sugar cane crop around Eastman is
very fine this year
Claborn Dalton died at Monroe a day
or two ago aged lo5 years.
Mrs. John Riggin was thrown from a
busy in East Rome, Tuesday, suffering
a fracture of the skull and internal in
juries. Her recovery is doubtful
The first session of the southern chau-
tauqua assembly Is in progress at Gaines
Vile The exercises began Sunday last,
and viii continue throughout the week.
Ike Taylor. a negro timer Of Athens,
has sued the Seaboard Air Line for SO 900
A few months since he was run over by
a freight train and both legs were cut off.
Dan Crawford has been taken to
Waynesboro from Georgetown aud put in
jail Crawford Is the negro who shot his
wife in the head at Waynesboro recently,
killing her.
Willie McLain, who was shot through
the head by his drunken father, is still
at the Grady hospital at Atlanta. His left
side is paraly wed, and he has lost the
power OF speech.
Capt Jerry Rich, 20 years Of age, one Of
The most prominent ex-confederates in
Clarke county. was seriously hurt at
Athens Tuesday by being thrown from his
buggy. He is critically injured.
All the differences existing between the
state officials and the board Of pharmacy
have been settled and DR.. j. w. Good
wyn of Macon will proceed to fill the
place of state inspector to which he was
appointed.
Gen. c. A. Evans denies that he has been
offered the position of state librarian by
Gov. Atkinson. Gen. Evans has as a mat
ter of fact, endorsed the application of
Capt. John Miledge for the position. So
far the governor has given no intmation
as to whom he will appoint
Henry Benhowers and VIII Hood, two
young men living near Frazier, were play
ing with a pistol Wednesday morning,
when 1t was discharged. The ball passed
through the fieshy part Of Bellfower's
hand and entered Woods wrist and lodg-
ed between the bones making a painful
wound.
When the Americas passenger train
reached Columbus Wednesday it was
minus nearly all the window panes on one
side of the train. 4 tree near the track
was cut down so that one of the limbs
Taked the coaches sides shattering the
glass. One passenger, a negro. was slight
~ injured.
Last year the total valuation of prop.
erty in Terrell county was S2.3l5,Si1. This
year it is 81, 49,, POP, an increase of $1l5.36l.
OF this $1O4, O33 Is represented by an in
crease in white returns, while Sl2328 rep
resents the increase in the returns Of ne
groes. The total valuation Of property re-
turned by whites this year is S2.243i0
and by negroes $780, l2.
The Eagle and Phenlx mills at Column
bus have bought one hundred Crompton
looms of latest make. which will displace
looms OF thirty years service. The re-
ceiveTs have about bought all the new
machinery authorized by the federal court
Six new French Tapping machines. the
first for cotton fannels sever used at that
plant, was placed in operation Monday
John c. Eads who was formerly mana
ger of the clothing house Of Eads-Neel
company, of Atlanta has, il Is understood
purchased the interests of J. W Neel, who
has been the manager of the Macon
branch, and the firm will be dissolved. Mr.
Eads will take charge Of the Macon bus
mess about Sept ]. IL Is not known what
business MIR. Neel will engage in, but it
is almost a certainty that he viii remain
IN Macon.
The lift or elevator, in the deepest shaft
at the Royal gold mineA near TalApoosa,
fen 105 feet Sunday evening with several
of the leading citizens OF Tallapoosa, all
of whom were injured. DR.. w. J. McCur-
DIV, was severely shaken and bruised J.
T. Tuggle, the largest dry goods merchant
OF the town, was seriously injured inter
nally, and G. ". Williams. capitalist and
grocery dealer, had leg broken aud was
badly bruised. Had the elevator not caught
at one Of the stations in the shaft. which
IS very deep, probably would have been
killed.
John Maxwell of Bowman. a man with
a wife and three children, has been dis
covered on several occasions practicing
the tactics of "Peeplng Tom" at various
places about town. Tuesday the citizens
of the place held an Indignation meeting
and appointed a committee of twelve men
20 notify Maxwell 60 leave the state with
IN ten days deeming this better than
whipping him The committee was COM
posed OF representative men. Maxwell
could not be found, but the notice was
read 20 his wife. who expressed herself
very forcibly 90 the committee, declaring
that her husband would not leave.
Marietta Journal. a very serious charge
has been preferred again Frank ana Tom
King Of Winnings, in this county. On the
night Of July Y, some one attempted TO
blow UP the dwelling Of J. S. Stegau at
Winnings. 4 stick Of dynamite had been
plaeod.on the yeranda, ana one under the
house on a sill. The fuses We're lighted and
the one on the yeranda exploded which
detached the fuse from the one under the
house and b failed 20 ignite. The vcranda
was damaged. Detectives were put TO
work on the matter ana they had the kinss
arrested, claiming that they will show that
there were bad feelings on their part
against stcgall. and that one OF them had
a street car conductor buy sticks OF dyna-
mite which he brought out by request and
delivered to King, whom ho VIII Identity.
A preliminary trial was held ln Marietta
Tuesday The defense introduced no wit
ncsscs, and allowed the prosecution 10
show ~ hand The defendants were re-
quire0 20 give $3.50 bond each. The de-
Tense will claim that ID is "a orsplracy up-
on the part ~ Stegail 90 inIuro them ON