Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NrwsOFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

White and Negro Scnool boys CiaSh
At Griffin "A Large Sturgeon
Cauebt in a Creek near Louisville
One of Terrell COunty's Old Time
Jurors.
GEORGIA.
Mi. McGinty, OF Athens, lost $4,000
brlck by the winters rain.
AZ Athens Monday, a man was ar
rested for drunkenness by the police for
Getting drunk on Jamaica ginger.
Oats in Clarke county during the past
u,oot has doubled in height, but wheat is
in the background aud the probabilities
are that not over half crop will be made.
Through efforts of his counsel, Hon. B.
r Hinton, Charles Blackm9n, who was
fried for the murder of StOnewall Tondee,
in Schley county, last fall, has been grant
ed a new trlai.
Walton IL. Jones, who was struck by an
pnoine of the East Tennessee railrOa
while walking on the track IN East Rome
saturday afternoon, died Monday night
from mis- Injuries.
There is a dog in Woodstock which fol-
lows the children of his master regularly
TO school until they stopped few weeks
since. The dog. however, continues to 20
as regularly as before. and remains until
"half past four when school is out"
Colson, the Berrien county eloper, was
captured in the western part of Paulding
county Friday by Deputy Sheriff Moon,
Marshal Bullock aud Albriton, the man
who owns the team which COlson was
travelling with. COlson is now in Dallas
jail.
The committee to secure the technology
cal school for Athens met at the Council
cham Der Thursday. Everything done is
kept a secret for the present, but suffi-
Gent is known that the committee means
business, and will secure the school if
possible.
One of McDono1gh's oldest, best and
wealthiest citizens, Judge A. A. Lemon,
died Sunday at his residence in McDOn-
ough after a brief illness. The deceased
was rs years of age, and has for number
OF years held the office of Ordinary of
Henry county.
Judge Nicholson, of Atheus, saws in We
olden time, long before the war, the stores
sold only I've soap for washing purposes,
made by the good women in the country,
and for which they received from DC. to
&c. per pound. Toilet and CASTLE soap
were also sold.
At Lexington Oscar Wheeless, who was
accidentally shot last week quite seri-
ously by the falling of his gun from the
tree against which it was leaning, is re-
attendance on him think he will recover
with proper attention.
About 80 years ago Mrs. Gaines Ed
wards, OF Marion county, was brutally
murdered and her husband was arrested
for the crime, negro appearing as his
accuser. The case has just been tried in
the Superior Court, now in session in
Buena Vista, and Edwards was &C
quilted.
The Georgia Board of Pharmaceutical
examiners will meet in Atlanta on May
u. Candidates Will apply to DR.. j. 5.
Penn bertOn. Physicians who are drug
gistg must have license from the pres
ent or previous Pharmaceutical Board.
Their diplomas are not sufficient to con-
tinue the drug business.
w. d. Sullivan, editor of the True Cjti-
zen. died at his home in WaYnesb oro, Sat
urday afternoon at ? O'Clock, after an ill
ness of two days. His sudden death
caused much surprise in the community,
where he was generally known and had a
number of friends. He established the
True Citizen on his removal there from
CrawtOrdyille several years ago, and has
been its editor and proprietor ever since.
The stockholders of the LAGRANGE Oil
and Manufacturing Company held their
annual meeting on Tuesday last. The re-
ports of the officers were exceedingly
cheering. The enterprise is in a prosper
GUS condition. A dividend of 8 per cent.
was declared, despite the fact that the
times are so dull. Within the last three
years a surplus of $4,000 has been accu-
mulated and % per cen c. paid out in divi-
dends.
At Danielsville Friday Rev. T. J.
Adams, the school teacher who was put
upon his preliminary trial under charge
of assault and battery for whipping little
B. Hampton, was bound over to Supe-
rIOr Court under bond of 500. In the case
against him for the whipping of the young
lady, Miss Matte Hampton, he waived
trial and gave bond, after being bound
over in the first case. Hon. T. j. Scott
went on his bond.
At Athens it has been reported that
Mr.. SnOdgrass built the street railroad at
an expense of So 000 sold 10 600 first MORT
gage bonds and 10000 second mortgage
bonds, and had left for good, and the bond
holders left TO make the best of bad bar
gain. IL has been investigated, and il is
found that there is no truth in the re port
The street railroad is on a good footing,
and the bondholders will receive dollar
for dollar for their bonds.
DIR. Daniel, Of Danielsville. has a verv
unique marriage license of E'days lang
syne," which he found filed away in his
once. IL was the license OF Mr.. /. j. nj.
Goss and Miss Frances A. Carithers,
dated in September, 1913, and issued by
''R. b. GhOlston, q. G. o." Both the
license itself and the certificate of the Of
tciatlng officer were written in circles, on
sheet of letter paper, and surrounded by
numerous bows of various colored ribbon,
lastly attached to the sheet.
Wednesday several negroes caught a
large sturgeon in Big creek just below the
bridge on the WaynesbOro road. near
Louisville. Ithad been swimming around
in the creek for more than week, and
that day they went prepared with spikes
and axes to capture the monster. The
water was three or four feet deep, and it.
took considerable work to bring him to
shore. 1t w ighed IS pounds and meas
ursd 81 feet in length. IL Is the first
sturgeon ever captured IN the creek. 1t
foated out OF the river during high water
in the spring.
b. f. Kaigler. OF Dawson, is now over
age, and has determined not to serve as a
juror any more. He was on the first grand
jury ever drawn for Terrell county. The
court met In the back room OF M. IA.
Baldwn's store, and the grand jury held
its session under the pine trees back OF
where DR.. Farnum's stables stand. Judge
hiddoo, father OF the present Cdthbertlaw-
yer, was the presiding judge. DR.. Mercer
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