The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
ITEMS IN THE TREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGR APHED.

1oS's Skull Crushed in n Bicycle
Accident in OcOnee COunty-SchOol
Census of Amertcus-ChiId Burned
to Death Near CarrsIItOn and Its
Mother Probably Fatally Burned in
Trying to Save II.
GEORGIA
The pigeon shoot at Macon opens We'd
nesday.
The grand jury of Columbia county has
named four men in the county who Il
thinks are not entitled to pensions.
Sheriff Blount of Mcintosh county has
arrested Henry Haynes, colored. who SIX
years ago, killed his brother-in-law in
Laurens county.
The news Of the death of Brother Fran
els of the order of the Sacred Heart at
the Hotel Deu, New Orleans on Wednes-
day, will be received with deep regret in
several cities in Georgia, where he was
known.
Frank Gaslins colored. who secreted
himself in the bedroom of Miss Sears, at
Douglas, has been found guilty of assault
with intent to rape and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary. in just one week
from the time the offense was commit
ted.
Capt. p. II. Williams and David Speer
have just completed the school census OF
Americas, and the result shows a hand
some increase over that of five years ago.
The school population of the city at pres
ent is ? ,068 against 1,S79 for the last CEN
sus. OF this number 619 are white and
1,449 colored. All of these are between the
school age of G and 49, OF this number
1900 attend the public schools.
In attempting to rescue her child from a
burning barn, Mrs. c. W. Critics, who re-
sides about seven miles from CarrolIton,
was fatally burned by falling in the flames
with the child in her arms. Mr.. Critics
is member of the grand jury and was
absent from home attending court When
Mrs. Critics discovered that the barn was
burning she rushed frantically to The door,
knowing that one of her children had been
left there. SEEKING the child in her arms,
she started out from the barn, when she
fell in the flames. The child died within
three hours.
Naval Cadet C. P. Burt is young Geor-
gian who has been rushed through into
active service because of the need of naval
officers al the present time. Cadet Burt is
the son of DR.. w. p. Burt of Atlanta, and
was appointed to Annapolis five years ago
by Speaker Crisp. telegram received
from the young cadet informed his father
that he had been ordered into immediate
duty as assistant engineer of the steel
cruiser Minneapolis, now part of the
squadron lying off Hampton roads. The
young man had just returned to Annapo-
lis from Honolulu, whittier he had been
on cruising service on the United States
ship Baltimore.
Ed saxton of Oconee county met with an
accident few days since. and may die as
result of the injuries he received Sax
ton is about II years old. and is the son
of II. M. Saxton, well-known farmer
living near Goshen, in Oconee county. and
one of the few Democrats in that section
of the county. Young Saxton was riding
his bicycle along the public road several
miles from his home. The bicycle crashed
through a little bridge over the public
road that had rotted away. As the bicy-
Gle went through the rotton tImbers the
front wheel was smashed, and Saxton was
thrown forward fully twenty feet with
great violence. He fell upon his head and
at once became unconscious. Medical ex-
animation disclosed the fact that Saxtons
skull had been crushed by the fail He
or some very hard substance.
The following statement is made by w.
j. Henderson, a respectable citizen of
Abel: Il overheard last night some men
talking in the dark. 1 supposed them to
be negroes. They were talking about war
and blowing up railroads. One said: Well,
II the war started the railroad bridges
would be blown up all on the Plant Sys-
tenn in Florida. The United States would
not get any troops TO Tampa without great
delay Another said: Yes, the thing was
all fixed, and another said: L had as
soon live under Spain as the government
of the chain-gang.' l don't know who il
was. I never thought much of il until
this morning. l kept studying about it,
Who knows but what there is plan to do
this dirty work to the railroad bridges?
Our country is filled up with all kinds of
people, and nobody Is looking into any
thing. These Florida Spaniards may be
conspiring against US"
The Washington Gazette is in possession
of a unique fish story. couple Of fisher
men were padding around on Little river.
One was very dry and discovered some
thing in the pocket of the other that he
thought would quench his thirst He re-
quested the owner of the thirst shaker 10
divide its contents with him. Upon being
promptly refused the dry individual
threa tened to capsize the boat unless a
division was Immediately declared. Again
being refused he Immediately put his
threat into execution. and giving the boat
a tilt, its occupants were soon fiounderlng
In the icy waters of the stream. While
the owner of the bottle was struggling in
the water the other swan alongside ana
snatching it from his inside pocket swan
OFF down the stream. meanwhile emptying
its contents into his parched interior
Gaining the bank he Immediately disap-
peared in the swamp, leaving his hapless
comrade hanging on to the overturned
boat.
FLORIDA.
John l.. Beaman will be a candidate for
treasurer of Osceola county
The Sunny South is the name of a new
weekly paper which will be published at
Miami IN the near future.