The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-11
GEORGIA NEWS.
Told by the Constitutions State
Correspondents
And Gathered From Other State Exchanges
A Mirror of Happenings of the
State for the Past Week.

| Brunswick is infested with burglars. Over
halfa dozen houses were entered by these seoun-
drels last week and valuables stolen.
President Northen also invites masters of
oranges lin Alabama, Mississippi and the
Carolinas to bepresent,and invites members of
their oranges.
President Northen has invited President
jackson, of the Farmers Alliance, and the
master ofstate oranges, to invite members of
their respective orders to meet in full force at
the fair.
Last week colt kicked Mr. John Calvin,
near Alpine on the forehead and drove his frontal
bone in half an inch. Mr.. Calvin, suffered great
pain and died on Wednesday night.
Little Maggie Trick, while attending camp
meeting at Emerson Barlow. county, came running
IN and said Mamma, my goose has got religion; it
shouting" The goose was running around, flap
| ping its wings and taking general play.
The disappearance of the little insect known
as the seed tick is uaacGounted for. The Walton
News says that ten or fifteen years ago, so the old
Citizens say, the forests were full of them and chill
dren that CHANGED TO roam through woods brought
home weeks entertainment. but now the trouble
some seed tick is altogether thing of the past
The Americas Recorder says that Hon. I.
B. Myers, of schley, while picking his teeth with
pine straw few days ago bit off small piece ofthe
straw that became lodged in some of the glands of
his throat and caused him much trouble. His
throat has become very much swollen and it is with
difficulty that he can swallow.
Henry Sam. Wong Gen and "Joe'' Quin,
three Chinese laundrymen received naturalization
papers in Savannah Saturday and became citizens
OF the United States. Savannah has now four
Chinese citizens Charlie Lee. Henry Sam, Wong
Gen and Joe Quin. The last three are not Harrison
men, as many people thiuk, but they say they will
vote for Cleveland.
Farmers day" promises to be one of the
greatest events Of the state fair in October
next. President Northern wishes to assemble
the farmers at the fair, where they can discuss
their interests and see the great agricultural
displays made by eighteen counties competing
Tor the prize for the best county display. The
main object of the gathering is for the farmers
to discuss the Dragging trust"
During the rain last Friday, Mr.. Wiley
Glover, the Milton Democrat says at the store
of j. II. Treadwell, at Bells old stand. in Forsyth
county He tied his mule to tree and went into
the store to shelter from the rain. Soon after the
rain began MIR. Glover remarked that he wished he
had not tied his mule to that tree, there dan
ger OF its being killed by lightning. He had hardly
ceased speaking when there o binding flash, q
loud report, and on looking saw the tree had been
struck and the mule instantly killed
Mr.. Miles Hunter, member of the firm of
Hunter q Nunnally, died today from the
bursting Of blood vessel in his BRAIN Yes
terday Mr.. Hunters little son was playing in
front OF his store, when he was knocked down
by negro boy. Mr.. Hunter was greatly in
censed, and pursued the flying negro. He
captured him, but it was a long chase in
which MIR. Hunter was much exhausted. He
went home complaining of pain over one of
his eyes He died today as above stated.
Giles Shoot, of Calhoun county, has steer
twenty-five years DID, with which he made
nineteen crops and is now under good Roadway
with he twentieth During all this time the steer
Las been Mr.. Shoots only plow animal He has
managed 10 support large family, and while his
style OF living, of course, has not been that of q
Vanderbilt, he has succeeded in making both ends
meet, Kept independent and has been contented and
| happy. In the steers young days his color was
| coal black, but now he is as gray as q rat.
TO show how 1t will prove profitable the
| following is given from the Monroe Adyer.
| itiser See what the enterprising people OF old
| Monroe are doing in this direction: "Mr. D. j.
Proctor has just paid s100 to Mrs. Goodrum for q
| five months old colt, sired by his thoroughbred
horse, Knox Now this colt has never cost Mrs.
| Goodrum the expenditure of single cent Mr..
Tom Gray has one also about the same ago that he
refuses $3.50 for There are several in the county
all fine, and the parties Invariably see in them the
DEVELOPMENT of fine horses and refuse high prices
| for these colts"
Miss Mary e. Hudson, of Augusta, was en-
| gagged to Mr. George W. Alexander, well-to-do
| farmer of Georgetown, Co., and Was to have been
! married next Wednesday. Mr.. Bearden of Angus
| ia, who had been In love with Miss Hudson for
| many months, and on last Friday proposed to her
! The young lady accepted, informed her mother Of
| her change of mind and the next day preacher
| was sent for and the marriage ceremony performed.
| Mrs Bearsdcn telegraphed the disconsoate Mr.
| Alexander that she had married Mr. Bearsden ana
| would write.
| The Harlem Sentinel says: A most da-
| holical and murderouS assault WAS made upon the
| person Of Rev. Simon DAntignac, colored at his
~ Q01n
! last He was sitting by the fire quietly resting and
| smoking, when the murderous villain, without
| single note of warning pulled the deadly trigger
| empyng load of shot at short range into the left
| side Of y Antisnac, inficting an ugly and painful
| wound, though not dangerous. Suspicion points
| strongly 10 near neighbOr. who had previously
| made threats Of Il murderous nature. Legal steps
| viii be taken in the matter
"A live and successful farmer OF Sum ter
| county had q drove ofhne hogs to disappear few
| weeks since, and he hunted high and low for
| them but could not find them
Having an old fortune teller living near, he went
to her paid her half dollar and received instruc-
tons as to where they were. That they were
| penned every highland turned out during the day.
and would go to the muscadine vines. He went to
the thick woods and there among the vines found
his grunters fat and doing we'll He carried them
home, and now his faith in the fortune teller is
marvellous.
| Mr.. X. y. EedQnlg, Oh the agricultural de-
pariInent IS busy with the crop report. Speaking
of the bagging trust Yesterday hesaid: IN st. Louis
gentleman who read my interview in TIE CoHsTI-
TUITION has written to me with reference to the
"smailer bale idea That idea, / think, is bound
TO attract wide attention. If the farmers should
adopt II, the WarehOusemen, the compress people
and others would have 10 adopt their appliances to
tie change. Why should they raise u howl about
smaller bales done up III cloth2 Cotton was here
before the warehouses and compTesses. The pro.
ducQrs create the wealth of the country--not the
men who handle the product. Ire farmers gave
tie cotton bale the present size, and if they should
see fit 70 make il smaller the Warchougeinen COM
press people, shippers and factories win have to
change their machinery, ETC., 70 suit"
About fifteen years ago Colonel Willingham,
Of Albany. ca. was putting up q mill at the Blue
Spring. TIE carpenter having the work In charge
generally footed 1t from Albany every morning,
eating his breakfast at home and taking his dinner
bucket along. The mechanic was fond Of butter
milk and generally took about half q gallon In
biz bottle, which lie corked tightly and hung by q
string In the cold waters Of the spring until dinner
time One day be hung his bottle as usual but
when lie went for II at noon II WIS missing and the
string broken. Thopoor fellow thought as a matter
Of course, that some son Of Ham had 70. H. few
days aherward Tom Clark was fishing down the
creek md came upon nm immense rock fish burst