The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-28
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
KEW, OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.


Tronsicide ut Cabanfss-one Hundred
,tsu volunteer at Albany to go to
the War-NegrO shoots His Mother
Dcnd at observation-disclosures in
the Lincoln County Jail Narrowly
Escapes Cremation.
GEORGIA
The peach crop at Elaville will be
enormous.
DR.. John H. King of Adairsville has ten
deuer his service to the government as an
army physician.
AT meeting of the two companies of
IN, Albany Guards Monday night, forty
men from one company and sixty from
the other volunteered to fight for the flag.
The trial of Edward c. Flanagan, the
double murderer, was postponed for thir-
~ davs at Decatur Monday on account of
the illness of his leading counsel, Col.
". C. Glenn.
A negro woman named Mile Hicks was
found dead in her house in the outskirts
Of Montezuma Monday, and suspicion so
strongly pointed TO her husband, jeff
arrested.
George Young, white man, was bound
over 10 the United States Court by United
States Commissioner Broyles at Atlanta
Tuesday for attempting to defraud the
government by means of forged postal or
ders. The man confessed his guilt, it is
said after his arrest, and said he had
bought his outfit from a man in Macon.
H. c-o, cont 10 iai in 1efault of S500
bond.
At Pinebloom Sunday afternoon Jack
Edgar, negro about % years of age,
while under the influence of whisky Sc
cured a Winchester rifle and started out
on the war path. His mother attempted
10 persuade him to desist, when he de-
Eberately shot her down, killing her al
most instantly. He was captured after a
desperate fight and lodged in Jail at
Willacoochee.
Sunday night about 10 o'clock lot of
rowdy negro soldiers attempted to raid a
fruit stand at Chickamauga, operated. by
Walter Funderburk of Rome. The negroes
became very offensive and TO protect him
self and property Funderburk fired a
shotgun, wounding Private Dick Madden
in the legs and arms. F'underburk runs
the stand for S. d. Camp of Rome. IL
is said that the negro will lose his leg.
The Church of the Sacred Heart, located
on Ivy street, near the junction with
Peachtree street, at Atlanta, which will
be in charge of two Marists, Fathers Glib
bons and Martinell, will be dedicated next
Sunday morning. Mass will be read in
the new church next Sunday for the first
time. Bishop Becker will arrive in the
city from Savannah during the latter part
OF the week, and will conduct the dedica-
ton services.
At Cabaniss Saturday night Bose Lamar
shot and killed John Laster. 1t seems that
Bose Lamar was passing by the house
Of John Laster, when Laster and wife and
several daughters attacked Lamar by
throwing stones at him. Lamar, after
driving down the road a short distance.
tied his mule and returned to the house
Of Laster and shot him in the leg, result
ing in his death shortly after. Lamar is
still at large.
The Lincoln county Jail was saturated
with kerosene oil Tuesday morning and
burned down. Tut Edmondson, a negro,
was confined therein, charged with shoot
ing al Young Gill, white man. Edmond
son was with Revenue officer Whitley
and in pursuit of Gill for dlstilling. Gill
| ran and Edmondson shot at him. The
jaier reached the scene just in time to
save the negro from being burned to
death. No clue to the incendiary has yet
been found.
A new volunteer military company, to
be known as "Atkinson's Guards" is be-
ing formed at Atlanta by c. K. Maddox,
superintendent Of the Atlanta mail SER
vice, assisted by o. C. Fisher and Frank
Myers, who are salso connected with the
mail department. The company will con-
sist of an even hundred members and viii
be captained by Mr.. Maddox. Seventy
Young men have already been enrolled
They have rendered their services to the
| Governor.
About o'clock Sunday afternoon row
occurred in the waiting room of the depot
al Flovilla. The report of a pistol shot
drcW a crowd to the place, who found Sec
lion Foreman Sturdevant lying uncon-
seous upon his back, with an ugly wound
above his left temple, made by dow
with a pistol, and another wound IN the
thigh from a pistol shot, fired by WIZ
Alexander. Alexander boarded the north
bound train for Jackson, where he sur
| rendered to the sheriff, and Is now IN JAN
there Sturdevant is resting quietly
from Atlanta Tuesday The bids for mules
to pull the long wagon trains that Will
60 with the invading army through Cuba
were opened in Chattanooga by Col. Lee
Tie quartermaster of the Iwenty-ffth
Regiment, Monday and the contract Tor
furnishing large number OF these mules
was awarded TO Capt. John A. Miller OF
the Brady Miller stables of Atlanta HOW
many mules Will be needed has not been
d".led. Bids for 500 cavalry horses were
Co. be opened in Chattanooga Tuesday.
THE Brady Miller stables have put IN
b1 for these as well as other hrms IN
Atlanta and II is probable that contract
Tor furnishing these animals Will De
awarded to some one OF the Atlanta con-
Germs. which viii cause a lively trade IN
strong horses and mules.
FLORIDA.
Around Neptune forest fires are raging
and doing great damage TO timber. ss
1904 as endangering other property.
'rna steamer sI,hree Urlends Is 20 be char