The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


ney Complaint in the Case of Leary
Man.
GEORGIA.
The bar-rooms closed Saturday night, and
now Harris county is dry.
White Oak camp meeting, in Lincoln
county, will begin next Friday and continue
the usual length of time.
The Americas, Preston and Lumpkin has
had all its rolling stock, depo,s, offices and
section houses insured with some northern
company
Asbury Kodgson Of Athens says that his
firm will subscr be $500 toward the right of
way for the Covington and Macon railroad
through Athens.
All the dates booked for shows in the
opera house at Americas for the next
month or two have been revoked on ac-
count of yellow fever i'll jacksonville.
Mr.. Burbank of Brunswick has just
taken O contract from Rev. a. G.. p. Dodge
to erect an Episcopal church on the beach
below Arnold's and the Hotel st. Simons.
The building will cost about 5000 when
completed, and have a seating capacity for
30 people.
Petitions are being gotten up for the o.
Establishment of postC fiiceS at Milestone in
Oglethorpe county, and at q convenient
point in Ebert county to be known a.
Wyche TO supply these Offices the Craw-
ford and Eiberton route will be detected at
Point Peter so as to take them in.
Rachael Reed, colored woman, aged IS
wears, and mother of a blind man, who had
his hip broken few days since, fell
from the steps of her home Wednesday
night and dislocated her left hip, tha same
one that was broken by her son. Her
old age makes her recovery long and pain
full.
At Athens, Friday, warrant was sworn
out against Nose 1hresher for perjury by
negro who is now serving a sentence in
the 'chaiu-gang on Thresher's testimony.
The case was tried ia 1885, but Thresher
has been absent. He waived trial before
Justice Evans, and demanded indictment
by the grand jury.
Jack Keith, a well-known colored man of
Newman, loft several weeks since to accept
a job of work that bad been offered him in
Southwest Georgia. He became sick and
on last Sunday started home. Notwith-
standing his critical condition, he managed
to hold up until the train reached Newman,
but died in few minutes after his arrival.
Mrs. Lucy Pope, a daughter Of Gov.
Wilson Lumpkin, and the mother Of the
first wife Of David c. Ba row, ST., and
grandmother of Hon. Pope and Prof. d. c.
Barrow, died at the home of Col Barrow,
in Oglethorpe county, on Friday, in her S5th
year. She was buried at Ave,on, in Ogle-
thorpe county Mrs. Pope was reared in
Athens.
At Athens, Friday, Judge Howard Van
Epps, in speaking of Maj McKinley's
speech, said that, as a speech against free
trade, he considered it very strong aud re-
plete with argument, but that it hardly
touched the real issue between the two
parties. A prominent Athenian was heard
to say that he considered Judge Van Epps'
speech much the finer of the two.
The citizens of Lexington have decided
to build standard gauge dummy line
Fl om Crawford to their town. there is no
doubt about the road, as the matter is in
the hands of capable and thorough business
men, and will be pushed through. The mat
ter has been carefully Investigated, and it
is said the road will cost about $13, 900 and
will pay s per cent. on the investment.
At Americas Friday morning Judge
Pilsbury tried negro upon some char re
and finding the evidence did not sustain the
charge he dismissed the case. When he did
so a negro in the audience clapped his hands
in approval Judge Pilsbury promptly i'm
posed a fine Of s. upon him or twenty-four
hours in Jail for contempt of court. AS he
had not the wherewithal be was placed in
Jail.
A relic of the West Point catastrophe was
in Griffin Friday. 1t consisted of mule
and driver. both of whom were in that i'll
fated wagon containing about twelve
colored preachers, when it was struck by
the West Point express year ago and
nearly all the preachers killed. The mule
shows deep scar on tho hip from that smash
up, and is afraid of cars Tho driver was
sn of one of the preachers who were
killed.
The old adage of a imam being mean
enough TO steal the copper off of a dead ne
gro's eyes" has been verified in Athens A
negro died at the camp of Bradeen 81
Hampton, and On being laid out his wife
was asked for some money to put on the
dead mans eyes, She gave all she had,
which was two silver dollars, that were
placed on his eyes, and in two hours after
ward some tend in human form had stolen
the two dollars. Tho thief, negro, was
arrested.
Last Thursday morning w. w. Collins,
Will Drane and the three young brothers,
living in the Twenty district OF
Sumter county, cut down bee tree they
had found. 1t was large swamp cyprcs5.
They went to work on it about G O'clock
and got it down about II 80 o'clock, and
kept four axes running all the time. Afor
the tree fell the bees pitched into the young
mon and had Il lively fight, so that they
bad to build fire TO met them. The tree
opuu, ana great zeal OF money ran out on
che ground, and much of 1t was burned up.
They got fifty pounds of honey for their
hard work.
Washington Chronicle: A young man
went to dinner, Thursday, and walked
into the parlor to wait until it
WAS ready. He found his sister asleep
on the sofa, and the idea struck
him that it would be great fun to frighton
her little. He went to the kitcken, got a
tin pan, came back into the parlor, and,
standing by the sofa, played tune on it.
The sister awoke with scream, and such a
look of horror on her face that the pan wa $
dropped by the joker as he sat on tho sofa
10 comfort the sister, who was sobbing, with
her face hidden. He thought she had a
spasm and was one of the worst frightened
boys you ever saw. He called his mother
to hold the sister and made break for the
doctor, swearing he would play no more
jokes
Washington Chronicle: Tho little son of
Col. Webb Hill, near Mallorysville. has a
novel pet in the shape of a small black
pig, about two or three weeks old. When
piggy first saw light it was in so feeble a
condition that it was taken to the kitchen
and fed on fresh milk aud other Injuries
IL soon began, however, TO wax IA: and
kick, and grew so precocious in manners, as
we'll as IN &c, that the little boy retnined it
as a pet giving it the name of Jumbo.
Jumbo now refuses to associate with Other
pigs, but remains in and about the garden, oe-