The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-02-18
THE NEWS IN GEORGIA.
PENCIL AND SCISSORS AMONG OUR
STATE EXCHANGES.

1t is said that several promi
nent Atlanta men have recently
adopted water as 3 beverage.
This is the year that-the Grip
pied soldiers in Georgia receive
their Communication for lost limbs
Clay county will soon test the
strength Of prohibition. Meetings
have been held recently in it's in
terest.
The Lumpkin barrooms have
only three weeks longer to ran,
when the prohibition law vii GO
into effect.
Mr.. S. H. Lattimer, OF Stew
art county, 'hasarmad stone in his
possession. 1t is about the size
OF a butter bean Of dull white
color.
The Daily Herald, a new pa
per, has been launched in Fort
Gaines. Friends. we are, afraid
y 1ur life will be as brief as arab
bits narrative.
The prospective candidate is
caltivating the political smile
pickering his lips for the cordial
"how-d'y-do' and 'hdw's your fam.
ily," and practicing the hearty
yice-like hand shaking.
A Waynasboro clerk, unaware
that the vinegar barrel had RI,
dry, sold a customer a quart OF
s marking Ink i'll place thereof. I'm.
agino the mans surprise when he
seasoned his cabbage the next day
The people of Southwest
Georgia want to be more self-reli.
ant. This thing Of waiting fol
Northern people to come here and
develop our country will not do.
We must take the first steps our
selves.
"A doctor near Cedartown had
q difference with one OF his pa
tiants and tried to kill him with a
pistol, whereapon the mans broth
er demonstrated with the doctor
with a club. This was exactly
right. If . doctor wants to kill a
man let him do it in the orthodox
and ethical way.
Senator Colquitt, OF Georgia,
has introduced into the Senate n
local option bill for the District Of
Columbia. It is modelled after
the Georgia bill, but Of a some
what milder form, as it permits
druggists to sell liquor. # is
Thought its chances of &ecoming a
law are not good, though several
prominent Senators favor it.
-At-Carnesville, Monday, Rev.
Mr.. Westmorelanl. a Baptist
preacher, was lodged in Jail by
Sheriff Mcconnell under Il war
rant that had como through the
mail from soma of the western
counties Of the State. He is
charged with swindling.
The followingiten has 5aen 60
ing the rounds of the press for two
or three week =. There has been no
Hire at Brentwood, and how the To-
port originated we DO not know,
TT G little town Of Brentwood, be.
tween Dawson and Smithville, was
almost totally destroyed by fire on
last Monday morning. 'rlle post
office aad hearty all the business
part Of the town were. bnmed.
Loss, $50, GOO; insurance, 5000"
A lively time is expected over
q few lois of land in the South
west corner Of Worth county
There seems TO be some mistake
2n the original survey, and some
of tie lots are numbered wrong
Some Of the citizens have Just dis.
covered that they Have been living
On one lot of land about 90 years
while they paid taxes on and helt
Titles to another, while one man
has lost an entire lot. As all par.
ties seem to be willing to have the
matter amicably adjusted; it wi
probably be kept out of the courts
A good deal has been sait
upon cur streets, recently, relative
TO The exposures claimed to have
been made by the negro, Tom Per
klns, before Commissioner Erwin