Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-26

son OF Mrs Coleman of Atlanta-A
War Time Hand Bin.In Athens
Floyd County's Taxable CANNES Ex-
ceedingIy Numerous.
GEORGIA
Dr. Thomas p. Chain. Of Columbus. il
dead.
a peafowl 80 years old recently died in
this state.
GanesuIle's flock Of sumner visitors is be-
ginning 10 pour in.
The Congressional convention Of the Eighth
district c0nveues in Athens July Is.
member Of the Legislature in an adjoin- .
ing county 20 OcDnee hasn't voted for years.
as be ls iu arrears for taxes.
Rev. j. NJ. St0uey. who for many years has
been pastor 81 ST. stephens Church al Mil
letEeyille, VIII remove to Camden, S. c.. next
week
Mrs. Francis Emily Ford. widow Of DR..
Ford, 0f Augusta, died Tuesday, aged IS.
Mrs. J. l.. B0wles, Of the same city, died on
Monday
In the ease Of Charles c. Brown. who was
shot by Daniel Powell while entering his room
at Augusta az night the COruuer's jury has
returned verdict Of guilty Of murder.
The County school Commissioner OF Liberty
is actively at work making arrangements TO
get the public schools under way There will
De q great many schools IN operation by the
middle Of July.
The frames Of sixteen houses are already
up on the grounds OF the Griffin Manufactur-
ing Company and work on them Is prdgress-
ing rapidly. Eight more houses viii be put
up when these are cOmpleted-all for the use
Of the factory hands.
:. a. Gilbert won In the walking match at
Albany Monday. a match between Albany
aud Amerirus is now on the taps. The teams
viii be selected from the Albany Guards and
Americas Light Infantry. aud the contest
VIII be incident 70 the Fourth Of July celebra-
tI0n at Americus.
S. T.. Rhudy, the Receiver Of Tax Returns
Hna air Ave. arNF for
Isl each-Over 2.e00 dogs in the county. He
ls 7till after them, and thinks he Will bring the
number up o. at least $500 before he gets
through. Last year there were $500 polls in
the county. so it viii be seen that there are
nearly a. many dogs as men who pay pOll tax.
The Augusta District Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, south, cOnvenes
DO -. Johns Church, Augusta, this morning.
According To the statistics Of last year, the
Augusta District contains a church member
ship % 6-6ls. being The largest district in the
Sorth Georgia Conference The additions 20
the Methodist Churches within its territory
aggregated last year more than 1000 members.
George Long. negro man, who has been
confined lu jail at ElbertOn for some time.
charged win burglary, Is a remarkable char
acter. He was indicted IN Madison county
and broke jail there twice. breaking a large
log chain with which he was chained to the
nOOr. He was brought tOElbertOn for safe keep
ing and soon cut Through q stone wall, broke
three locks, and came very near escaping.
sheriff Alexander then chained each hand
and foot separa ely % the floor with strong
chains. but % his surprise. the other morning.
he found that George had broken all the
chains. and was standing up i'm the floor. He
has damaged both jais considerably.
Athens E1BRer- WGtchmdn: We were ives
fprilay shown the following old haudbfll That
was circulated In Athens at the close Of the
war: headquarters United States Forces.
Athens, ga. May ., lS65. S360,000 Reward
The President Of the nited States has issued
his proclamation announcing that the Bu-
reau Of Military Justice have reported upon
indubItable evidence, that jefferson Davis,
Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson. George y.
Saunders. Beverly Tucker and W. e.. CIeary.
melted and concerted the assassination Of Mr..
Lincoln and the attempt on Mr.. seward. He,
therefore, Oilers for the arrest Of Davis, Clay
and Thompson. one hundred thousand dollars
each. for that0f Saunders and Tucker twenty
five thousand dollars each, and for that of
Glearv. ten thousand dollars. By command
Of Btv't Brig. Gen. W. J. Palmer Henry
McAllister. jr.. Capt. and 4. 4. a. c.
Mrs. c. r. Coleman. of Atlanta. is Lulu
Hurst's latest rival. The Atlanta Consultation
says: The lady is well known and highly re-
spected in Atlanta. She is Mrs. c. r. Cole
man. wife OF e.. +. Coleman. SuperintendenI
of the Atlanta Cotton Factory. Mrs. Cole
man had seen the wonderful Lulu when she
was in Atlanta. and her husband had felt her
peculiar ami ineNpicable power. About ten
days or two weeks ago Mrs.. Coleman acciden-
tally ascertained that chair would WELD %
her touch and twist i'm any direction at her
VIII without the use of muscular power.
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had. bat after many trials Of various kinds
assigned To herself the same power Lulu
Hurst manifested, and which so mvsti-
fled an who saw her. She impaired
the knowledge TO her husband and repeated
TRIALS were made. These trials only strengths
cn5d Mrs. COlcmans power and convinced her
husband that she could repeat Lula Hurst's
freaks. Mr.. Coleman made the discovery
known TO his friends, and last night quite a
number of invited guests assembled in tho
Young deu's Christian Association rooms 10
witness her first public manifestation Of the
strange power. Among those present were
cN-G0v- Bullock, Hon. ii. 1. kimball. Rev.
fir. Thomas j. e.. himbali. W. NJ. Scott and
Memo White. and about twenty ladies. Mrs
Coleman was 40 first somewhat embarrassed.
but as she proceeded with her task she be-
came calm and succeeded in everything she
undertook. A stick held by Mr.. Scott and
Mr. kimball was made 10 pass around
freely despite their strenuous efforts Il
hold % still. One Of the gentlemen was COM
PEELED. very much against his will. to give NJ
a pleasant chair in which he was easily SIT
ting, while a table was raised almost en-
tirely from the floor, simply by Mrs. Coleman
holding her hands upon lt. The masterpiece
was performed when Mrs. Coleman took q
walking cane in her hand. She held to OnC
end, and by simply touching the other enditC
the edge Of the table, made the table stand on
two legs only. During the entire entertain
ment the gentlemen present watched closely
They all declared that the lady's power was
something wonderful, and while all said thai
she was equal to Lulu Hurst some declared
she c1cclled her. Mrs. Coleman is at thC
same loss Miss Hurst was TO account for the
power she commands"