Hillsboro recorder., 1888-08-02

aO8lnu nun uean In the WOODS. lie had
threatened to suicide, and the deed was
d ne There were no marks Of violence
about his person, and the general verdict
was that he poisoned himself by his own
hand, being driven to the act by remorse.
Georgia.
The 35th Georgia infantry had grand
reunion at Conyers. a
Speaker Carlisle declined to leave
Washington, ID. c., to deliver a speech
in Atlanta. ''
The Add Georgia infantry held a re-
union at Ponce de Leon Springs, neaI
Atlanta, and out of the 1000 men that
composedit, in 1861, only lS we're present.
The grand lodge of Old Fellows of the
State of Georgia, win hold their annual
meeting in Gainesville on the 10Th and
10th of August. Arrangements have
been made to tender the members of the
body an excursion to Iallulah Falls on
the nth of August.
The Augusta Exposition received an
application for space from one of the
biggest loom manufacturers in Massachu.
setis. The exhibit alone will cost several
thousand dollars to place, and the six
fancy looms will be operated by six
blooming Yankee girls.
William Gaines, chief porter at the
Hotel St. Simons at Brunswick, had his
head blown off in the cook room Of the
hotel on Monday while handling a gun
belonging to one Of the guests, who
earelessly failed to warn him that it was
loaded. Gaines was formerly employed
at the Kimball House, in Atlanta.
The Columbus g. Rome, the Eufaula
& East Alabama, the Eufaula & Clayton,
the Columbus e. Western, the East Ala
bama Railway Company, the Buena
Vista & Ellaville, the Savannah & West
ern railroads will be consolidated under
the name of the Savannah & West
ern. The capital stock of the Savannah
s. Western will be $5,0O0,000, divided
into 90, 900 shares Of 81. 900 each. Gen.
Alexander will be president Of the new
company. The Central paid p. w. Mel
drim and his associates $4,000 for the
name Savannah & Western with its val
liable charter and franchise.
The Haines Normal and Industrial In
stitute is a boarding school in Augusta,
and during the regular school term had
325 pupils enrolled. During this vaca-
tion there are only few who remain
through the Summer. There were sew
eral cases of sickness in the school, and
as preventive, the attending physician,
DIR. A. ii. Baker. directed the principal
to give the children quinine capsule
every morning. This has been done for
some time past. Sunday morning the
supply Of quinine being exhausted, one
Of the teachers was dispatched to drug
store for new supply. The quInine was
weighed out, placed in vial and labelled
by the clerk and delivered TO the cristo.
mcr. When carried back to the school.
the drug was put in capsules by the prin.
ciipal and given to the children and one
teacher. In short time they showed
peculiar symptoms of languor and drow-
siness, and soon it became apparent to
the principal that some potent drug had
been taken and the children were poi.
soned. The drug was found to be NOR
phine, and for few hours there was the
greatest excitement, as the scholars sue
cumbed 10 its influence.
sonn CareIina.
Columbia has decided TO rebuild its
almshouse, which was wrecked by the
earthquake two years ago.
The Ice Mission OF Charleston, has dis.
tributcd nearly ten tons Of ice among
poor people, 50 far, this season.
Tho people Of Columbia love their
sleep. The Council decided TO squelch
the cries Of street huckstcrs before . a. m.
The river phosphate miners around
the South Carolina coast have entered
into pool to put up the price OF rock.
This, Of course, does not include the
land miners. The production of river
rock amounts to nearly 10000 tons an.
uually.
A committee was appointed in Charles.
ton on Wednesday TO open books Of sub
scription for the purchase Of steamship
10 run between there and Baltimore. The
steamer Is TO be built outright, with 6
capacity Of 5000 to 5000 bales Of cot.
ton, and TO have first-clsss accommoda.
tions for 100 saloon passengers.
Tennessee.
| The Knoxville Cold Storage company
will discontinue business.
! Knoxville's old city hall building was
sold at auction. A new building Is to be
put up.
The Prohibitionists of Nashville are
making an aggressive campaign, and are
organizing clubs in every ward and dis.
trict.
Sam Watts, a clerk, and Charles Hum.
phreys, o married miner, fought at Coal
Greek while on drunken spree. The
latter was shot through the body and
will die.
Policeman w. T. Russell, who week
ago killed Jesse Bishop while, it Is al
legged, Bishop was resisting arrest, was
taken before Judge Shepherd on d writ
OF habcds corpus at Chattanooga on
Wednesday. As result Of the examin.
alton, Russell was held 10 bail Ii the sum