The morning news., 1889-05-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


of Trion-A Convicted Negro Shot
While Resisting arrest.
GEORGIA
Capt w P. Manly, of the police depart
ment of Atlanta, is dangerously SICK.
Triplets were born unto Mr.. ard Mrs
Tom Minus OF StatesborO, last week.
John A Mcdonald, member of the firm
of N D. Mcdonald & Co. of Atlanta, died
Thursday.
The water works board Of Atlanta has
asked for $1,000 TO make proper surveys
for the new water works.
Mrs. J. c. McMjchael, wife Of the editor
of the Barnesville Gazette, died at her
mothers home at Thomaston Monday of
pneumonia.
Peter Clifton of Tattn IL was in Hines
Vile last Wednesday night. He is the
largest man in Tattnall, for he tips the
scales at 21O.
Recently a Baxley druggist received a
note which read as follows: mister drug
gist, please send iUecac enough to throw up
a 4year-old child
At the meeting last Sunday at st.
Georges church at Griffin S743 was raised
toward paying the salary OF a pastor One
thousand dollars or 81, go is desired.
West Rome had big land sale Wednes-
day The total number of l5ts sold was
seventy-three, and the total receipts $17,-
242 30. The average price Of the lots was
1886.
1t is believed that fully 200 people from
Perry and vicinity will accompany the
Perry Rifles TO Macon next Monday TO at
tend the military prize drdl there on Mon
day and Tuesday.
JEFF Lucas. of Dorminy's mill, Wilcox
county, got $50 gallons of spirits turpentine
out Of fifty barrels of crude turpentine, and
distilled it in two days. He also made fifty
barrels Of water-white rosin from it.
Old Tom, domestic cat belonging to
Rev. Z. NJ. Pafford, lived thirteen days
tied up in corn sack without a drop of
water or particle Of food. 1t fell out of a
cart when he was moving from Coffee to
Clinch county, and was lost.
Several days ago a lady in Perry saw a
Jay bird eating a chicken on top of a fence
post Only a short while before the chicken
had been seen in the yard alive OF course
it was small chicken-only several days
'old-yet almost as large as its captor.
A cutting affray occurred in Tickanet-
lev, Gilnor county some days ago, in which
Payton II. Lawman was stabbed by Benja-
min II. Anderson. The cuts we're on the
side and shoulder and were painful. The
difficulty was about some business transac-
tions.
H. G.. Highet of New York has let the
contract to W. II. Anderson for the erection
of four large cottages on Union and Dart
mouth streets, Brunswick. The cottages
will be two stories in hight and built on
the most improved style. The cost of the
four will exceed $4,000.
Frank A. Hooper, young lawyer of
Americus has been requested to deliver the
prizes at Andrew Female College. in Cuth-
bert, on June l. and also 10 deliver the
commencement GRAFTON at Lumpkin, for the
Lumpkin high school, on June IS. He has
consented to act in both instances.
very painful accident occurred to Mrs.
Fuller nee Caldwell, at Butler, last Wednes-
day morning. She was engaged in pre-.
pairing her dinner when she became uncom-
fortably warm, tainted and fell against a
hot stove. Her facs and hands we're So
verely burned, and she barely escaped
other injuries.
A gentleman of Murray county has the
deed to tract Of land in kentucky bearing
the signature of the famous Dan
iel Boone as witness. The doc
ument is musty and yellow with
age, but, notwithstanding this, the chirog
raphy OF the old hero of a hundred battles
appears in characters still bright and legi.
BILE.
Charles Donaldson of Abbeville has a
genuine Texas centipede, sent to him by his
brother, f. w. Donaldson of Denton
county, Texas 1t is between 5 and 6 6inche.
long, with long, scraggy limbs protruding
from its body. 1t is said that whenever one
of them comes in contact with the human
body that the flesh Of the person will decay.
This one is in alcohol
A negro man was found dead near the
premises of G. E. Williams, near Aden. 1t
is supposed he was killed by another nsgro
IN difficulty arising from playing car is,
as there was box near where he was found
upon which IL is supposed they were playing
the game. His throat was cut from ear to
ear, and his skull broken. A cut from q
knife was also found IN his side.
Mrs. Miranda Wilson, VINO lives four
miles above Trion, and is in her SOth year,
carries her age bravsly. After feeding her
stock and cooking breakfast, if she feels like
calling on her son, John G. Wilson, she
steps down to Trion, spends the day with
his family till 4 o'clock, walks back, makes
her dumb animals comfortable, gets a good
supper, and then sleeps the sleep of perfect
health.
The people of Marietta are very indig-
nant. A northern man residing there has
written letter to another northern man
that if he came to Marietta he would find
thatlt would be a hard matter for him to en-
ter the social doors of Marietta people--thar
there was a blueblooded aristocracy here
that would ostracise him-that it cost him
CNlS0 a IL uth " i've lneTb as IN Clatba-
nooga, and that school tuition there was
exorbitant.
little daughter Of Robert Anglin of
Butler, with the assistance Of a small dog.
caught very large chicken hawk few
days ago. The hawk had made its descent
upon one Of the best fowls in the yard. but
soon found that il had undertaken more
than it could easily manage. The brave
little girl seeing the scutfle between the hen
and the hawk, called her pet dog and they
soon had Mr.. Hawk, feathers and all, in
their clutches.
Carrollton Times: Rev. J. A. Mundy.
who is well known here, and now stati ned
in Tennessee, went to Baltimore, taking ia
all the low places in that city In his
rounds be went 10 Floods gambling saloon,
where ne got into game of poker with
notorious gambler by the name Of Burns.
In progress Of the game Burns accused
Mundy of cheating, when a fight en-
sued, during which Burns drew a
knife and cut Mundy's thoat, infiict-
ing fa,al wound. Burns is under arrest.
A dog remained in a well in Perry from
last Friday TO Tuesday afternoon, nearly
ilve days. The dog is a setter, belonging TO
T. n. Holtzclaw. lie left home last Friday
and was not seen again until Tuesday after
noon, when he was discovered in dry well,
about 30 feet deep, on the Cater lot. near
the Perry academy. A basket was let down
into the well and the doc fumral into ft