Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHs.
The Monroe Parricide Set Free by a jury
-Disgrace and Death of Young Girl
Of DeKalb COunty-A Large Alligator
Dispatched at CarabeIIe.


GEORGIA
work on the new artesian wei At Americas
las been commenced
three and half year old child in Gaines
slie has never cut its teeth
The South Georgia Truck Farmers Asso-
station will meet in Valdosta Thursday.
>. L. Chandler and his wife, near Harmony
Grove. were buried in the same colin. They
died from pneumonia.
James W. Tate. who ran branch stores at
IhOmastOn and Washington and left the state
owing considerable money. has been cap
trrCd.
Memorial day was celebrated at Columbus
~ parade, decoration Of graves and re
iielous exercises Business in the afternoon
waH almost at standstin.
The Democratic Executive Committee Of
v likes county VIII meet in the court house at
" a=nngtOn the first Tue-day in May, for the
transaction Of important business.
The thirt, five new guns promised the
Brunswick E;Iemen by Adjutant- General
stevens have arrived, and are OF the most an
proved pattern OF Springfield breech leaders
orty-fve calibre.
Washington Gazette: There viii probably
be signal service station for taking observa-
tions OF the weather established as this place
very soon. This much has been intlmated bv
signal Service officials"
Cumming CTdrfOn. Zone of the richest gold
discoveries ever made in the state has recent
ly been made by Joe Bell. midway between
DahiOncga and AurOria. Some specimens
were shown and given to us that would Weld
thousands to the ton"
Armstcad Cove. q quiet and hard-work ing
farmer. who lived in the Red Hill district OF
stewart county. ten miles from Lumpkin, died
Tuesday from the effects of an overdose OF
morphine, taken with suicidal intent. Finan-
sial cmbarrassmcnts made him despOndent.
Monroe Advertiser: 'AbOut two weeks AGO
cow belonging to DR.. G. J.. Moore died
leaving very young calf. The calf is a fe-
male and half Jersey, and Is Of course quite
valuable. Not wanting to lose il, DIR. Moore
thought he would try the experiment of nour-
ishing il on a bottle. after the manner Of hu-
man babies. The little creature took to the
treatment quite readily, and Is growing and
tOmg we'll
jesse ID. Gum, OF Monroe, the SLAYER OF his
Iather. has been liberated as "a result of the
inquest hold upon the body of his father. Wm.
K. Gunn. the verdict being, "Justifable hon.
lclde." The latter, 10 seems, had a shotgun
loaded with buck-hOt in Madison recently.
and remarked at the time that he intended To
shoot his son with it,. He, upon arriving at
the home OF Jesse d. Gum, called him out of
the house with that intention, and in coming
forth the son shot his father with a pistol.
putting one ball IN his shoulder and another
between his eyes.
Barlow correspondent NEWS. Barlow school
aas nfty 70 sixty pupils name upon her rolls,
which noCessitate5 the employment Of an as
sistaut by Prof. kinman. Barlow Council OF
Royal Aroanum's Treasurer has received and
delivered to Mrs. Z. +. Evans the widow Of
she late Hon. NJ. A. Evans a check for So 900
4f " lAoMh anu Olnu0u5 BeueuL Eunu. lhls
Is umofy and oppOrtune. We have had quite
frequent showers of rain, followed by some
cool nights and days. The small grain crops,
corn and The gardens are looking very well
sil things considered. The farmers in the
nain arc through planting cottOn-some al
ready up-aWaiting the hoe.
Near Wanace's mill in DeKalb county last
Monday Miss Cash, daughter of Mrs. Nancy
Cash a widow living near Wallace mill, was
about % be confined, and her mother drove
her from the house, and after an absence of a
lew Rours she returned and went to bed.
The ucighbOrs hearing OF her sickness sus-
piCiOned that she had given birth to a child,
but she denied il. An investigation was
made, and a dead child was found in a hollow
log near the house, covered up with leaves
and trash. IL was taken out and carried to
The house 0f Mrs. Cash, but Miss Mary still
denied being its mother. She remained very
sick until Thursday, when she died.
a Neville correspondent writes "In 1878
about siG years Of ago, MunrOe Browning a
Young Wau of about q years age. from this
vicinity, very mysterlOusly disappeared from
the community, and has never been heard of
since. His poor old widowed mother is very
anxious about his whereabouts, and any one
who happens to see this that can give any in
formation as to his whereabouts would confer
s. lasting favor and would be literally re-
xarded by communicating with Mrs NJ. A
browsing, Towns, Georgia. 1t is feared by
lls friends that he was fOully dealt with on a
scrtain night near Neville in ISIS while elud-
ing arrest Tor some minor Ohense, as he has
seer beer seen or heard Of since
Sometime ago DR.. Il. II. Pate, of DoOly
eourtE decided to remove the stumps from
90 acre field. and employed a man to dig them
AZ for cents apiece. Last week the man
completed the work, having taken up $40. DR..
Pate gave the man his board during the time
he was engaged in tine work. and he made
from 81 10 81 90 per day Besides the $40
stumps taken up by this man, DR.. Pate had
sbout zoe s@Aen up by another man. The tools
used for extracting the stumps were an ak
sud q spade. Having 40 acres now entirely
sleaF Of stumps, the doctor can use 2-horse
}low with ease and profit. He proposes to
rake the stumps out OF the entire farm. The
stumps viii furnish an abundance Of the rich
ast fuel.
Augusta correspondent Atlanta COastitU-
fion The grand jury now in session found
true biil against George p. Curry for lar
oeuy after trust. The prosecutor is J. K.
Palmer, OF Luther, Warren county, whose
stock In Langley factory Is held in trust by
Curry for q loan Of $1,000. Curry used the
stock 10 the National Bank Of Augusta as col
lateral for . loan to himself Of $1,000. On
Curry's failure, February Il, Palmer returned
the 8, 600 borrowed and demanded
,ould not produce the stock, as
It wss held by the bank as security. Palmer
thereupon prosecuted Curry before the grand
iurv. and the case will be heard In this term
of she Superior Court. Curry's failure sur
urisc3 She community. as he owned the sum
merviile mills, valued aJ Sl60,oO0, and dld
banking business i'm augusta with deposit
account OF $4,000. The failure was for nearly
quarter OF a million, and his mill Is now adj
FeTiisod for sale with reserve bid Of SoSO00.
His failure involved his best friends and
caused his brother-in-law, r. II. Stelling, to
suspend a big grocery business, because he
aad indOrset curry IN perfect trust.