The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-29
GENERAL NEWS.
Gathered From All Parts of the
State.
Mort Winters in Jail--GiIbert McRae's Sud-
den Death-CoDductor Bells Record
Other Important News.
Whitfield county Jail is without an occu-


pant
Monday last two women by the name of
| Taylor in ToccOa, were arrested and sent to
| jail for selling liquor to minors.
1t will not be long before LaGrange will
have first-class foundry and machine shops.
! Some monied men are now figuring on the
enterprise.
The recent grand jury presentments of Ran
| dolph county show that within the past decade
the holdings Of property by negroes in that
county have increased from $42, 900 to $50, 900.
The West Point mills are now consuming
twenty bales of cotton per day, and turning
out twelve thousand yards Of cloth from two
| hundred and twenty-four looms. 1t is great
factory. Duck is the kind of goods manufac-
tured.
Two Mormans from Utah preached near
| White Oak church last week. They wanted
| TO preach in the church but the members OBJ
| jected. We learn that they were not well re-
| ceived in that community, and they moved
| over into Glasscock county.
| James NJ. Edwards, of Catoosa, has planted
| this season twenty barrels OF Irish potatoes on
| seven acres of land and expects to raise 900
| bushels Of potatoes. He once raised 335 bush
| els. The seven acres now in potatoes, he will
plant in corn, and thereby get two big crops
| off of the same piece OF land.
Some superstitious negroes have created
| sensation among their superstitiouS race by re-
porting that McDufiie, the negro who was hung
| Ill ITcenSDOiO rFuty IdSt prCacncQ at n
| church near Antioch that night. OF course
majority believe the lie, and some are anxiously
awaiting to hear the same ghost ut its next APP
| pointment.
Monticello Times: Messrs j. r. Jones and
! James Mclaughlin, from Upper Jasper, were
| in town this week. Mr.. Mclaughlin is seven
| ty-eight years old, and has not been to Monti-
| cello but twice since the war. He says it was
Immediately after the close of the war, and
the town was lined with yankees. lie had al
ways said that Jasper county would never have
| railroad, and he came to town this week ex-
pressly to see the train. He has been afflicted
| for many years, and is quite feeble.
Gilbert NJ. Mcltae died very suddenly Mon
| day morning at his home two miles from Nc
| Rae. His son Frank was blowing, and he him.
| self spreading out guano after the plow.
| While Frank was at the opposite end of tho
field from his father, he saw his father lying
| upon the ground, with one Of his little grand
| daughters trying to pull him up. Frank
| FASTENED to his father, but he never spoke
after he reached him, and he died in a few
| moments.
| A fatal difficulty took place between two
negroes on Mr.. j. NJ. Mallard's place in
| Screvcn county. A mulatto by the name of
William Jackson stabbed one Joe Brunson in
several places, and on last night he died. After
| committing the deed Jackson sent his wife to
| a neighbours house for help to administer to
| the wounded boy and while the wife was gone
! the boy died. His slayer locked him up i'll the
| house. took all of his own clothing and all of
| the dead boys clothing and left He has not
| been heard of since.
| A few days ago, while Mr.. J. C. Rigsby, of
| Buena Vista, was pulling Jerusalem oak weeds
| in the fence corners around his place for his
| horse, he received what he supposed to be a
| briar scratch in the right hand. lie could not
! find the bri2r, however, and placed his hand
| back in the weeds with the same result. His
| hand soon commenced TO swell, and lie thinks
| he YVES bitten hy snake, though not by q
rattlesnake, as the result would have been more
serious. He used tobacco poulticcs and other
anti-poison remedies and is all right again.
| W. A, Davis, proprietor of sale stable at
| Brunswick was severely cut in the abdomen
! by one Of his negro employees, Henry Tooke.
Davis had ordered him to rub down horse
! and he had refused. Davis told him to leave
| the premises. The negro drew knife and
| before Davis was aware rushed on to him and
| plunged the knife into his abdomen But for
his extra flesh the knife would have done bad
work, AS il was he received an ugly flesh
| wound. Toolle has been in Mr.. Dayiss employ
for fifteen years. He is now i'll Jail awaiting
the r,sdlt of the wound
Conductor Sanford Bell has been on the
Western and Atlantic railroad since 1S52--in
other words, nearly thirty-SiX years. lie las
seen its business assume al phases. He ii was
who was conductor Of the train that brought
General Folks remains from Marietta to At
lanta after the general had been killed on zine
mountain. June 18th, 1864. The remains were
brought to Marietta over the Burnt Hickory
road around the western end OF IEenncsaw
mountain, under military escort, and were
placed aboard MIR. Bells train aid hToUeiit to
Atlanta, whence they were sent TO Augusta.
Mr.. j. e. Bivns, who has small farm out
on the edge of AmeIicus has uue-t twentieth of
an acre planted in strawberries. From this
small patch he has sold already this season
forty-ve dollars worth Of the luscious fruit,
and will sell ten or fifteen dollars worth molc
before the season ends. His berries are the
largest and finest favored OF amy that are
brought to market, and such is the demand
for them that he often has them engaged two
three pckings ahead. Tic entire expense
OF working and picking these berries will not
exceed five dollars Mt the utmost, and one can
see at glance whether not trucking pays.
Mrs. j. T. Longino, wife of John T. Longino,
of Fairburn. died at 7l5 Thursday night,
Mrs Longno was an old LADY, nearly 80 years
OF age. She had been an honored and consist
cnt member OF the Methodist church for over
forty year,. She was always kind and affec-
Tomato to all of her children. She leaves six
children, her honosed and faithful, husband.
and host of grandchildren and friends with
out number to mourn her death. DIR. Y. II.
Longino, OF Atlanta, her son, was with his
mother until she breathed her last. Hon. j.
NJ. Wilson's wife, of Atlanta, was Mrs
longmo's daughter. Mrs. Longino was sick
only few days. All of her children came to
see her before she died.
Quitman Free Press: The citizens living
few miles east Of Quitman have been consider
aulN cACltcu ana alarmed over the nllSuteuS OF
one Mort Winters for the past few days.
Winters is white man about thirty years
old and was raised in this county. He mar
red Miss Molie Joyce, n daughter of MIR.
! John Joyce, who is now living Mt Fort White.
| Fla, He was no account, vagaboud sort of
! fellow. and at no time provided for his wife
and children, his wife being compelled to wort,
! anywhere she could get something to do in
! order TO provide meat and bread for the little
/ ones. Things went from bad TO worse, and
! Winters finally got to be so trhing and no ac-
/ count that his wife could no longer live with
! HIM. and about the first Of the year she took
| the three children and moved to a house on
1 MIR. Talt Joyce's place. A few days after This
/ Winters stole two of tho children and carried
! them Off but brought them back in few
/ days. Shortly after this he took Johnnie, the
/ oldest boy. one night, and carried him TO
/ Fort White, Fla, aud from there wrote
! several letters and postal cards to Mrs
| Winters telling her that the little boy was
/ dangerously sick. and urging her TO come 10
/ him The sickness of the boy was all fegned,
/ though as was proved by letter from Mr..
/ John Joyce. which stated that he was all right.
! About week ago Winters came back from
/ Florida, and on Sunday night about L. o'clock