Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
pHE Is EWS OF THE TWO STATES
IOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

An orlando hTan Flourishes His Knife
wBth Bloody Result at Kissimmee-A
Runaway in the Rome Cemetery
Neur'y Results in Fatality-Twin
Oh ems in Monroe County.
GEORGIA.
There is no jury scrip in Liberty county.
70 was caught in an Oconee pond
last week that weighed nine pounds.
Clarke Superior Court has adjourned
without trying the case Of Skies for the
murder Of Moon.
A project IS afoot at Athens to issue
$4,000 in bonds to build the necessary
sewers and macadamize the streets.
Twenty-Five colored converts of HIPS
Baptist Church, near Athens, were
baptized at the upper bridge Sunday.
The Gainesville match factory has lust
received orders for three car loads to 20
eastward as far as Richmond and Balti-
more.
P. p. Casey, Postmaster at MaysYille,
died Monday morning with measles. Mr..
Casey has been Postmaster at MaysVille
for number Of years.
lobe Murray, of Athens, has a fine
trotting colt sired by Beaumont, once the
property of Capt. j. W. Brumby. Beau
mont lately sold for 100000.
Gainesville boasts of pair OF twin kit
tens. which are perfectly white and look
exactly alike. Each ones left eye is a
bright blue and the right dark gray.
The wife murderer, Jesse Cook, colored,
of Butler, was cantured Tuesday night
near Dranesville, Marion county, by w.
A. Murray and William Mathis, of Schley
county.
The negro who was arrested by Marshal
Hopkins as Robert VIM implicated in
the Joscelyn tragedy, was released as
soon as he was taken to HinesVille. He
was not Robert VIM.
James Wright Baggs, of the Twenty
fourth district Of Liberty county, has a
curiosity on his place in the shape of a
chicken with four well developed legs.
The chicken IS quite thrifty.
The effects of the engineer, w. r. Jones,
who recently killed his wife and then him
self, were sold at the court house, at
Macon, Tuesday. The proceeds were de-
voted to paying the funeral expenses.
The charge of rape brought against
LYLE Williams, OF Gwinett county, the de-
tails Of which were published in the
MORNING News yesterday, has been dis
missed by the Trial Justice at Lawrence
Vile.
Capt J. p. Imboden, of Dahlonega, is
largely interested in gold mining in Hon
duras, and expects TO sail for the latter
place from New Orleans about June %.
He has engaged number Of men to 90
with him.
Mrs. William Keith, an old lady 76
years of age, who lives three miles north
Of Harmony Grove, who has for some time
been insane. committed suicide Tuesday
morning by jumping into well slXty-fiVe
feet deep.
Mr.. Munday, of Athens, brother of j. A.
MundaY, and a carpenter in the employ
of NJ B. McGnty, who boards at Caroline
Thomas restaurant, offers to bet $40 that
he can eat at one meal 10 eggs, and will
perform the feat in the presence of wit
nesses.
The identity of the negro who made the
outrageous attack on Miss Nittie Lamar
at Macon has been discovered. His name
is Charlie Lowe, and he formerly worked
at the Headlight saloon on Fourth street.
His capture is probable.
At CarrolltAn with population of over
1900 souls, there has not been an arrest
by the Marshal Tor a violation of the city
ordinances in over two months. No whis-
ky is sold, and there is no drunkenness.
no fightirg. and no disturbance of any
kind whatever.
Robert Cushing, the sculptor of the
Wadley memorial, at Macon, who is
experimenting the erection of the statue,
is pushing the work with all possible
NthEtit. Inc lOlItl1llNl WIS COItD-GAtfk
Tuesday and the work of raising the
superstructure began yesterday.
Eastman correspondence NEWS, May
90: The Council have decided to bore an
1 artesau well, and the work will be COM
L menced as soon as competent man can
II be secured. It will be located in the
Il centre Of the town. in park donated to
n the town by Hon. VIM. Pitt Eastman for
II park purposes only and to be known as
n Artesian Park.
III A crazy cOlored boy, about % years old,
/ named J. T. Hancock, of Bold Spring,
III Franklin county, was in Gainesville last
Ill thursday on his way, he SAID, to Jerusa-
Ill lem. where he is to ne King. Among
Ill other crazy prankS was the purchase of
dollar bottle Of hair restorative at DR..
I'll Parsons drug store, which he proceeded
TO empty on his woody head and his
clothes.
Il Mrs. w. J. Skies, Jr., of Forsyth, in
taking a brood Of young chickens from
the nesta few days ago, found among
them one fun developed chicken, to which
was attached, by a small ligament. a half
chlctcn. having perfect tail, and fun
developed legs ana feet with life in them.
eeYerng the iigament the half chicken
oIed, while the developed twin lived and
Is doing well.
Hi w. w. Bolts, farmer and timber man,
hng seven miles south Of Bainbridge,
mas been compelled to dacamp by
Ill Uolner-'n-law. Both men married well
connected ladies' named Patterson. Bolts
"th 10 housekeeping, taking one sister
bis wife, Kate. TO live with them. The
tcett Dirth of n fine male child, offspring
Miss Kate, disclosed the painful truth
criminal intercourse had existed
tween herself and Bolts,
negro boy about rs years old, named
HI ioa omitn. shot himself with pistol