Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIRE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Madison just Escapes a Negro Riot
An Interesting Church Case Decided
In Atlanta-Cedar Keys to the Front
with Midget-A Saw Fish.
GEORGIA.
large fruit crop Is expected in Barlow
county.
A Jersey calf, four days old, sold for $50 il
Monroe last week.
Several valuable cows have been poisoned
ia Athens by eating evergreen.
meeting Of the Liberty County Sunday
school Association viii be held in Hinesville
tomorrow, 10Th inst.
a boot black, just killed by cars at Vincen-
mes. Indiana. is supposed to have been Ran
doiph Ridgley, of Columbus.
Charles Juaterman. a small boy Of Liberty
county. was accidentally shot and killed while
shooting birds i'm the field with his little uncle,
boy OF about u years.
A high wind. last Saturday, blew down. the
Methodist Church at ROystOn- on the ElbertOn
road. but did no further damage. TOccOa, for
time, feared q cyclone.
Next Monday Liberty Superior Court con-
venes. From the amount Of cases on the
docket there is work enough to keep the court
in session four or five days.
Warren Price, Of Johnson county, mur-
derer Of Il. =. Perry, son-in-law of the
slayer, viii probably have to hang. the SUI
preme Court having affirmed the decision OF
the lower court.
=. n. Northington. of Sandersville, has just
discovered that he Is the possessOr Of some
precious stones of the probable value Of S., 600.
These stones are pronounced the genuine ruby
by experts here. but Mr.. NOrthingtOn has for
warded some TO Tiffany X Co., OF New y Ork,
for inspection. Weight 90 grains.
Judge Willis, in his charge to the grand jury
0fMuscogee county, called attention to the fol-
lowing subjects as needing their notice: sell
ing liquor 90 habltual drunkards after notice,
furnishing deadly weapons to minors, keeping
open tipuliuE houses on sunday. minors may
not play billiards or ten pms. Vagrancy, car
rylng concealed weapons, adulterated food or
drinks. practlcmg medicine without license,
oicOmargarine, sale Of liquors TO minors. gam T.
ing houses. retailing spirits without license.
sam Rumph. proprietor OF Willow Lake
Nursery. near MarshallYIlle, is shipping daily
between 25Q and 800 quarts OF strawberries,
and viii. after q good rain, double the guam
uty. The Elberta peach. originated by Mr..
Rumph. Is one Of the finest and best in the
market. and he has already sold several thou
sand trees of them Last year he shipped as
early as the 18th Of May, but VIII not COM
mence this year until the 10th, a week later.
He has sold and shipped to the different parts
of the south during the past year 100000 fruit
trees of various kinds. some were sent TO
California.
Walton Neirs: A few days ago, Madison
came very near having a riot between the
whites and blacks. Mr.. Pete Bearden. the
Clerk of the Madison House, succeeded m
George Young. q negro porter OF the HOugh
House. stated that Mr.. Beardeu had to lie 10
get him. This gross insult to a white man
was resented Oy "a blow. which Knocked the
negro seusele-, for "a while. This made The
negroes. especially the negro women, furious,
and the police force of the town had to be in
creased % disperse the mob. The whites pre-
pared themselves TO protect Mr.. Beardeu.
Waynesb0ro True Citisen: In our last
weeks issue. speaking of DIR. Perkins candi-
uacy for the senate. we said he wished a seat
in the senate 10 ''vindlcate' his past course
Amid the hurry and pressure OF business al
the time. we used the word ''vindieaten uu-
advisedly. and it did not express the meaning
we intended % convey. for we know of moth
ing for which Dr. Perkins either needs OF
wishes 'NluulcatlOn Tor any act which he
did during his long course of service in the
House of Representatives. We should have
said approval of his friends and cOnstltu-
ents, which we think the doctor may most
honorab'y claim for the faithful performance
OF the duties of Representative during the
many wears that the people of Burke county
have trusted their interests into his hands,
Henry County Weekly: A curious-look-
ing egg Of oblong shape, with short han
die OF Knob at one end, was shown us by Mr.
John Henderson this week. In addition Ia
the above peCunarities it has the figures "l4l
indeIibly impressed on one end. and meas
urcs eight inches one way by SIX the other
Mr.. W. b. Pierce has taken charge of the egg
anc viii set lt under some careful Old hen TO see
what the hatch viii be-A man in the upper
edge OF HAN county NaU twenty mems 10 lay
----i eggs from the lst of December to the lst
Of April. which he sold IN our town at an ave-
rage of sixteen cents per dozen. netting him
Sl6 32.-Colonel ". III. Bonner, of Gordon
county, has turkey egg which weighs SIX
ounces, and measures six and three-quarteT
inches one way and seven inches the other.
As a companion 20 this IL may be stated that
Alr. Royal, of Crawford county, found hen
egg OF remarkable proportions which he
VOuches for as true. Its length was three and
onc-Quarter inches and It's circumference was
slN and oue-quarter inches.-Ordnary eggs
are plentiful around Fort Gaines.
Atlanta Coustitption: The case concluded in
the superior Court Tuesday was one OF con-
siderable interest To the cOlOred people OF the
City. Hiram O'Ncal and Others trustees Oi
the second Colored Baptist Church, known Is
Mount Zion Church, on the corner of Baker
and calhoun streets, sued Mr.. A. NJ. Rhein-
hardt for possession Of "a lot, IS feet on Baker
street and 80 feet ON Calhoun street, and
asked that certain deeds held by him cover
Ing sand property be delivered up and can
ccle1. The property was bought by the
trustees Of the church from J. X. Wallace in
lS69. I'm 1870 Rev. owen George was the pas
tor of tbs church. lie was carpenter and
helped build the church For his work the
church owed him over $500. When he asked q
settlement from the church they gave him q
note for $500 and refused his offer TO take the
corner half OF the lot for his debt. The church
also called him to the pastOrate for life
and granted him the use of the lot for his resi-
dence and monthly salary. About 1850
George died, when II was found that he held
what purported TO be deed in fee simple &c
the half of the lot in question. He had deed
ed this 10 his wife FOR life and the remainder
10 his sons Madison and Jefferson. They
upon getting control. sold the lot to Mr.
Rhemhardt for $3.50. The church people
ousted Mr.. Rheinhardt's tenants and ther
brought the suit just tried. They claimed
that the deed purp0rtng to have been made
hv the trustees TO owen George was forgery
and two OF the alleged makers so testified
upon the stand. The jury found that the
deed TO owen George was a forgery and that
the title To the property was in the church
should be delivered up and cancelled.