The morning news., 1888-12-21

ing the local pastor, Mr.. Fulton. In the
morning, b. D. Brantley, ST., ". T.
Brautley, Allen r. smith, Mrs Allen N:
Smith and Miss Leila Smith were received
into the church. The infant son OF Hon:
J hn c. Nichols and the infant daughter oi
| W. G. Brantley were christened. In the
evening Hon. John c. Nicho Is wss or
dained an elder of the church and W. G.
| Mcmillan and B. D. Brantley, Jr., were
ordained as deecons
A tall. handsome gentleman, whose black
hair and moustache are tinged with gray,
| and whose entire bearing bespea Ks the mill
tarv, is registered at the kimball house at
Atlanta as w. w. L1wton, U. s. A 1t
was Mai Lewton. inspector general OF the
army, who is in Atlanta looking over the
| books and accounts of the army oincers
there. Mai. Lawton was in command of
the Fourth cavalry in the famous campaign
which resulted in the capture OF Geronimo
| and his Indians in Mexico, and for his
| bravery was given the appointment Of in
spector general, with headquarters at Wash
ington.
| Said Savannah valley planter at Au
| gusta Wednesday: "You ought to warn
| the public against feeding their stock on
| damaged grain Over $1,000 worth OF
| horses and mules have been killed in Geor-
| gia and South Carolina since the freshet by
| at least 81 900 worth in my own nelghbor-
| hood that have been killed. Corn, or, in
| deed grain of any kind that has been
soaked with water, no mstter how sound 1t
may appear, should not be fed to stock.
A,ong the Savann h river very little grain
escaped injury from the overflow, and 1t
would be much better to throw away the
| remnant that was saved than to feed 1t to
stock, for it is nothing more than poison
which will kill nine times out of ten."
jesse Charles, Sr., of Gilmer county, is a
tolerably old man. He is older than the
government postal service in Gilmer county.
In a converse m the other day he stated
that he carried the first mail on regular
government contract that was ever carried
in Gilmer county. He arrived at Ellijay in
1884 in the month of February All the
rich bottom lands about the town were in
native forests and primeval swamps, and
only few roads led out of the village. In
July, following, the first regular mail rou g
into Glmer was esta bllshed from Ellijay TO
Dahlonega. He made the trip once a week,
and consumed two days in the round jour
ney, There were only two postoffices on
the line, one just on the Ellijay side and at
the foot of Amicolola mountain, the other
just across at the base of the other side of
the mountain. That was in '34-just fifty
four years ago.
u. ,.
ham, Ala, formerly of hlll & Law of
Columbus, Ca, was entered on Monday
night by burglars, and robbed of several
valuable articles. Entrance was effected
by turning the key in the lock of the front
door from the outside The daring thieves
entered Mr.. Hills bedroom and took from
the bureau his gold watch. AT the same
time there was from 81 500 to 81 800 worth
of jewelry in the bureau, which Mr.. Hill
E.,I ,rr1N frx Re 70 To ali
from, that the burglars, for unately, did
not find. They then went to the bedroom
of Master Hill, and rif1ed it. The brave
little fellow was reused by the noise, and at
once called his father, and Informed him
that there was a man in his room. Mr..
Hill considered the call as only the effect Of
dream, aud pal no attention to it. The
fellows accordingly escaped, and there is no
clue as to who they were.
Ebert Ware who was charged at At
lanta with the murder of Charnel Hign-
tower. white boy of that city, in Decem-
Der, 1887, has been released from jail on his
own recognizance. On Thursday night,
Dec. 2, 1887, he was arrested, and on the
| following morning he was sent TO jail He
was tried for murder, and the case resulted
| in mistrIal. He was tried again for mur-
der, and a verdict of voluntary man
slaughter was returned. Judge Clark set
aside the verdict up the ground that it
was contrary to the evidence. Ware went
back to Jail to await q third trial. Three
weeks ago, after hearing all the evidence
and examining the new developments in the
case, the grand jury unanimously recon-
mended that Ware be released upon his own
| recognzance. Since that time, until
Wednesday, Judge Clark has been busy in
| Douglas superior court. and it was only
| Wednesday that he signed the order.
Al,
| Gle which appeared in the Ne,oS and Aduer.
| tiser not long since, on phosphate of lime,
| in which we surmi ed that it had possibly
been found in paying quaint ties near the
| surface in this county, excited the interest
| of Howard Bunts, one of the most intelli
| gent colored teachers Of Dougherty county's
| public schools. He remembered find that
| had greatly astonished him, and promised
| ta send it up to the NelCS and Advertiser
which he did Wednesday. 1t was one of
| the vertebra of some mammalian mann
| moth, either marine or'land monster. Ii
| was found about twenty feet below the sur.
| face when digging welt, not long since,
| and to a lover of n ltural history and
| geology is invested with interest akin to
| veneration. The bone is one of the dorsal
| vertebra. and is 9 inches long and averages
| 6l4 inches in diameter. 1t has petrifed, We
retains perfectly its osseous appearance 1t
| is the largest vertebra we ever remember tc
have seen, and we would like for some ex.
| pert naturalist to get possession Of it anC
restore the whole animal so as to know ex
actly how large it must have been.
| Tues lay was set by the ordinary for the
| hearing Of the contest of the election helc
| in Newton county on Dec. 8, under the gen
| eral local option liquor law, but the prohibi
/ tionists withdrew their notice of contest or
receiving from the antis a proposition
| pledging themselves to ask the city council
of Covington to pass an ordinance provid
ing strict regulations for the sale of liquor
IN the city. The regulations are to be a
| follows: No license is to be granted to retail
| liquors except in house fronting on a mair
| street the house is to have but one door
and that is to be in front, with glass in the
same and it is to have glass windows
| which shall remain open at all times and be
| uupainted; there is to be no back door, side
door or trap door, either above or below,
| and no cellar to the house, and nothing i.
| to be sold in the house except liquor, to
bacco and cigars; and upon conviction Of d
| violation OF the license laws of the city, the
license of the person so convicted shall be
revoked. Upon the withdrawal of the
| notice of contest, the ordinary proceeded u
| declare the result of the election, which was
a majority of 1853 votes for the sale of liquor
| in the county.
| There are some very absent-minded peo
| pie in Sumter county, as the following from
the Americus Republican shows: Last
summer one of the farmers OF Sumter was
| left alone at home for n few wee ,s by his