Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-08
SOUTHERN GOSSIP.
BOILED DOWN FACTS AND FAN-
CIES INTERESTINGLY STATED.

1lLc 1NIEhLSIlNGLI S1AIEU.
Accidents ON land and on sen-New Enter-
prises--snicides--l Religious, Temperance
and Social Matters ..-....
Plans are on foot for city hospital in
Athens, Ga. \
Eighteen persons escaped from the
Shreveport, La, jail. Ra
George w. Barber, Of milwaukee, Wis,
has bought large tract Of Barlow lands
in Georgia.
| The thermometer at Lynchburg, Va,
recently registered eight degrees above
zero--the coldest Of the winter. @
axThe nomlmont to the memory o. ilic
| late Bishop Pierce will be erected in
/ Sparta on the 1st Of next September.
I George s. Haines, brother OF Col. IL.
s. Haines, has been appointed superin-
tendent Of the Brunswick & Western
Railroad.
| The ninth annual commencement of
the Southern Medical College took place
in Atlanta, Ca, in the presence OF an
immense crowd.
Peter Mccartney, veteran counter.
feiter, has been arrested in New Orleans,
La, for passing one dollar silver certifi.
Gates altered to fifties. *-e
| Norman Lawshe, son of Col. Peter
Lawshe, formerly of Gainesville, Ca,
committed suicide in Atlanta, by shoot
ilg himself in the head with a parlJr
rifle. ..a.s
The East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor-
gia Railroad Company has contracted with
the Birmingham bridge and bolt works
for the iron work Of large carshed and
passenger station at Rome, Ga.
| DIR. W. ii. Tutt, who has recently re-
turned to Augusta, Ca, and is building a
handsome dwelling, offered to put his
valuable residence site in as S15, 900 in
stock of Summerville hotel company.
The Georgia Midland announces re-
duction OF rates between Columbus, Ga,
and Atlanta to $2.90. This is about one
dollar less than the present rate, and
means o war between the Georgia Mid
land and the Central system.
The wagon and oxen that were confs.
Gated by United States officers few
days since at Admission, Ala, with keg
Of illicit whiskey, were stolen from the
stables Of s. Kelly by unknown parties
and gotten safely away with.
A convention is in session in Atlanta,
Ca, to effect permanent union Of some
fifty Congregational Methodist churches,
several Free Protestant Methodist
churches, with the Congregational
churches Of Atlanta, is one that will at
tract attention throughout the South.
The Georgia railroad commission, at its
meeting, issued "a circular which will
have-the effect of bringing the cent into
general circulation throughout the state,
for after the first day Of May all railroads
will collect exact mileage for passenger
fares, thus creating demand for the
cent.
The Presbyterians of Atlanta, Ca, are
discussing among themselves various
plans for establishing in that city Pres
byterian college. The idea seems to be
to establish at Atlanta n Presbyterian
university of the South of such high
character as to attract patronage from
other states.
Revenue Agent A. II. Chapman, and
Deputy Collector Colquitt, assisted by
two Alabama deputies, made raid in
Franklin and Monroe counties, Alabama.
They seized six large distillcries, with
six stills and fixtures, and destroyed 102
fermenting tubs, aud 1000 gallons Of
beer aud other things.
/ DR.. John ]. Dayit, once citizen Of
carrollton, Ca, having practiced medi-
cine there number Of years ago with DIR.
w. w. Fits, was accidentally killed in
Cass county, Texas, where he Inns been
living for number of years. lie was
ont hunting, and while getting over n
fence he fell, his gun was discharged, the
contents lodging in his head.
A man named N. II. Ripley, hailing
from Hartford, Conn.,, passed q forged
check on J. J.. Thompson, furniture
tlealerin Lynchburg, Va. Ripley claimed
that he wanted TO buy largely and Sc
lccied $1,000 worth Of furniture and
gave check ON Hartford bank for 81, !.
500, which was cashed 10y the First Ma
tiOnal bank. .+~
The dynamite factory Of She Dixie
Powder Company, located five miles from
Chattanooga. Tenn, was the scene Of an
explosion, wilich resulted in serious in
, iury 10 George NJ. Perry, the superin-
iendent and one Of the proprietors. Per
nv was soldering in tin funnel used in
lin cartridges, when the red-hot iron
come IN contact with small quantity oi
nitro elycerine, causing IL 10 explode.
II A fire broke ont on Second avenue and
lincoln street, Savannah, Ga, in
double tenement owned by J. 8. Collins.
The flames spread rapidly and destroyed
the two tenemcnts, and communicating
with adjacent structures, consumed cot
tage occupied hy Collins himself, and an
unoccupied grocery. During the prog
! rcss Of the fire, fireman J. J. Conally fell
through the floor Of burning building
! and was badly bruised.
F.A. Brynner, drummer represent.
iur tlle Cclluloid Novelty company, oI
| New York, was found in room 10 Of Oh,
planters hotel, at Augusta, Ca, will
brains and blood over his face, thcpillov
and the sheets, and a Smith q Wessol
! pistol in his hand. Blood was congealcd
showing that the shooting had occurred
durino The nipht. TIE coroner fOunt