The morning news., 1888-12-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Unexpected Return to Albany of a
Long Absent son-Return of Mis-
s.onary from China-Inspecting the
Accounts at the Military Barracks
Near Atlanta-Stock Killed by Eating
Damaged Grain.
GEORGIA.
Edward Williams will be hanged at
Marietta Jan. 25.
At Sparks, j. B. Rowan has purchased of
B. w. Lovitt his house and lot.
A large hawk is feasting on English spar
rows daily in the park at Marietta.
The city council of Marietta concluded
their years work last week, and had left in
the treasury S1,0l1.
George B. Roberts is under arrest at
Atlanta, charged with stealing silver cup
from table at fair
A meeting of the Appling County Agri-
cultural s ciety is called to assemble at the
court house at Baxley this morning.
A spelling bee will take place at Bruins
wick at an early date. Mrs Spencer r.
Atkins N Is at the head of the movement
Rev. J. B. K. Smith has Withdrawn from
the South Georgia Conference aud has been
admitted to practice law at the ba. in Co
lumbus.
The editor of the Toccoa NelUS claims that
over 81 800 is due him from debnqents, and
he calls upon them to have regard for bis
Christmas necessities.
Michael Awtrey Moore, collector for
Peter Bros. of Atlanta, has left the CITY
and the firm charges tnat he has embezzled
money collected for them
j. G. Spurlin was in Sparks, Wednesday,
Iooki after his mercantile interests there.
He sold his stock of goods 10 j. b. Rowan
& Co., and closed his business.
Il is stated that r. NJ Hall of Atlanta
Ga, who is in disgrace in Colorado, is not
related to Senator Colquitt, as has been
stated in dispatches sent all over the coun-
try.
Col. Albert A. Carson gave bond and was
sworn IN by Judge Riley last Friday as so
icitor general Of the Chattaho circuit.
He will soon enter upon the duties of his
Office.
Julia Florence Winfrey, aged years,
died at Atlanta Wednesday night from he
effects of burns resulting from the gDltion
of her dress while she was standing before
an open fireplace.
The consolidation Of the Morning Ne,oS
and EUening Breeze, of Brunswick, with
Col. Illege of the Breeze as general man
ager and Col. Brobson as editor-in-chief,
takes place on Jan. l.
Revenue agents found an illicit still in
the northeas ern part of Pulaski county
Tuesday. 1t was in a smokehouse owned by
Harry Roar (colored). Booth Trip was
operating it. Both men escaped.
The young men seem to have taken a
hand in the organization of the city depart
ments this year in Macon. The city clerk
is Bridges Smith; city recorder, II. V.
Washington; city attorney, Z. L. Bartlett
As yet the robbery of the Wrightsville
and Tennille railroad safe at Tennllle re-
mains mystery, as nothing has developed
that would lead to the arrest of any Ole.
Detectives are at work on the cise and some
new developments are expected soon
At Tennille the store Of j. NJ. Jones &
Co. was burglarized Tuesday night and
quite an amount Of goods stolen. The
burglar effected an entrance through the
back window, and escaped WITH his Doodle
without detection. As yet no one has been
arrested.
BY Sunday night there will not be a gas
burner on the streets of Atlanta. Mr..
Woodward, chairman of the council COM
mittee on lights, has nearly located the 400
electric lights which are to take the place of
the gas lights and by Saturday will have
completed his work. Mr.. Woodward will
have nearly every street corner brilliantly
lighted
Five white men and two negroes are in
Jail at Buchanan for the murder of Adam
Golden (colored). While crowd of men
were rocking the house of a woman of bad
repute, living seven miles north of Bu-
chanan, Adam Golden went to get them to
stop, when the crowd shot and struck him
over the head with an ak, killing him in
stantly.
Rev. George Leohr and family, from
China, reached Elberton on Wednesday
evening last, all having stood their long
journey remarkably well. Mr. Loehr went
to China eight years ago as a missionary
and has been woi king faithfully there ever
since, until his health began to fail. He
married the daughter of Rev. Young j.
Allen of China.
DIR. J. c. Montgomery of Chauncey has a
curious garment in his wardrobe, one that
will probably excite more than ordinary in
terest among the lovers of curiosities. 1t is
vest made of the sides OF a rattlesnake,
killed by Eleazer Warren of Emanuel
county, forty-fve years ago, and made by
bis wife, IL is lined with home-spun cloth,
known as dimity.
John r. Conner. of Sylvania. has a sow
which is now years old, from which he
has raised up TO this date 119 hogs, she hav-
ing Just weaned the last litter of pigs. He
will kill this fall forty head Of meat hogs
raised from the old sow. He killed his pet
pig, one of the lot, last Tuesday morning,
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weight being 4S0 pounds.
Robert Humphries, who moved from
DeKalb county TO Alabama 80 years ago. is
visiting relatives in DeKalb and Milton
He is now 50 years old, and came through
the country from Alabama alone in
buggy. He is a very stout man of his age,
and attributes his good health to his man
ner of living, he having been very particu-
lar all his life to eat only plain food, and
never too much at time.
Wiley Oliver, who has been in Texas for
about twelve years, retured to Albany
Monday night to spend Christmas with his
mother and family. Mr.. Oliver appeared
at his mothers house in the role of trav-
eler, seeking nights lodging, none of the
family recognizing the stranger as the long
absent son and brother 1t was not long
before his identity was discovered, how
ever and this will no doubt be happy
Christmas for that family.
Notice is given that bill entitled an act
TO change the time Of holding the superior
courts of the southwestern circuit will be
presented the general assembly. The
changes to be made are as follows; Web
ster county, first Monday April and Octo-
ber; Schley county, second Monday April
and October; s ewart, third and fourth
Monday April and October; Lee county,
first Monday May and November; Macon
county, second and third Monday May and
November: Sumter county. fourth Monday