The morning news., 1889-05-16

q Family 200 Y6ars-A GoVernmen
Inspector Who Has NO Fear o
Snakes or scorpions-Where Igno
rance Was Bliss on a Railroad.
GEORGIA
The residence Of John Barnes and its con
tents at Warm Spri IS, Troup county, ha
been destroyed by fire.
The porter in the grocery store of Smith,
Gallagher g. Smith, Of Iennllle, found a
dynamite cartridge on the counter day OF
two ago.
At LAGRANGE the foundations are being
laid for the foundry and machine shops al
the cotton factory, auI the building vii
soon be completed.
A Mrs. Martin, living a few miles from
Vienna. claims to have h-tls black b tile
that has been in the ia nily for 200 years,
having been handed down from generation
TO generation.
At Americus Judge Allen Fort has pur-
chased from the heirs of the late William
A. Black the residence occupied by j. j,
Nicholson on Lee street, paying IS, 900 for
it. Judge Fort will build new house on
the site.
The board of directors of the LaGrange
Mills met Monday in regular anRual session,
end after transactinE the necessary business
demanding heir actearion declared an
annual dividend Of per cent. on the stock
Of the nils
It is Thought that there will be between
1000 and 1900 cords of tsnbark shipped
from Summerville he present season. At
$6 DER cord, which is the prics OBJ aimed,
ths will bring into the county betweea
$1,000 aud 81 600.
Mrs. E E. Patterson of Griain shipped to
w. +. Chaplain ef Savannah, Monday, q
Fl peacock. The bird measured over
seven feet fsOm tip Of bis bill to tin Of his
tail. He was in full plnmage aud very
fine specimen Of his kind.
DR.. H. H. Carey Of the Georgia fish CON-
mission has gone to Phila2elp1 ia to attend
the convention Of the American Fishers
Society on May - azd 10. DR.. Carey is a
mem or Of thai ciety and will represent
the Georgia fish commission.
In Monroe county. Monday, John a.
Vaughn and Fl. j. Wilder were busy un-
hitching a horse from UAe buggy whe light
ming struck and INSTANTLY killed Mr.
Vaughn, but did no harm to Mr. Wider or
the horse, except partial shock.
Eugene Turner of Vienna has an old hen
thar doubtless has picked up scraps of pa
per and read of negroes tuK1iag Waite and
men turning to women. THIS old hen is
nov diligently trying to turn to a rooster.
She has learned 10 crow; but she don't Fl p
her wings.
Mrs. J. B. Everitt seat 70 the Office Of
the Boston World last week a curiosity in
the shape If a ross. IL consisted of a full
blown rose, with three separate and dis
tinct roSebuds growing out Of tae center of
the large T SO. 1t was certainly strange
freak of nature.
John F-ankha of Athens was very Inuch
surprised when ne went 10 his home last
Monday night 70 Ans tlat during the day
a swarm Of bees had taken posses ion of his
house. They entered through knot hole
in the weather-b boarding, aad he is puzzled
10 know what 10 do about it.
The military company of LaGrange is
showing more interest in military affairs
this summer than ever before, and is deter
mined TO become prize winners this year.
The company has decided to 20 TO the great
encampment at st. Simmons, aad will drill
tri-weekly between now asd the time to 20.
In tie superior court at Atlanta Tuesday
the case Of Perry NJ. DeLson, Of SavaauRh
against Heller, Hi sch & Co.. Of New York,
for false imprisonment was begu1. DsLeon
dol z business in Savannah, refused 70 pay
a bill against aim in favor of Heller, Hirsch
q Co., claiming that he did not owe the
Till He was imprisoned for larceny after
trust, and now sues for 800, 900 damages.
The late Judge Iverson L Harris of
Milledgeviile always were a bright cravat
or necktis Of fancy colors. When asked
why he preferred those bright colors to
plain black or white, his answer was
We'll, sir, look at the birds Did nature
make anything more beautiful? and around
the necks God painted the N 1st variayated
and brilliant colors. Let his example be
initiated"
Dred Cook, well known ia the upper part
Of Douglas county, was arrested and Dlacad
In Clayton county jail last week, charged
with stealing. He had a cave on his
premises which contained barrels Of -four,
srSar, meat, SITS Of harness, and maay
ot1er things Of value. He had bee
Swallowed, and was seen to enter the cave
where be was captured and the stolen things
discovered
Roscoe Morton, cigar maker of Macon,
feI from second story window in that city
Tuesday. The lower part OF his back was
broken and the flesh very much bruised.
his right wrist was also very badly sprained.
and from this he complained of suffering
more than frem his back. DR.. Moore re.
ports him as having recovered from the first
shock and doing tolerably well. He NAV
recover, still he may liuger for years an
invalid.
Near McRae Monday joe Lowery went
70 the woods where - Rabun was cutting
logs aud shot him with a double -barrelisd
gun, tho oil load taking effect and pro-
duciug instant death. Tue diHiculty arose
about an account Lowsry owed Rabun AMI
about which they had an alteration on
Saturday, in which Lewery came out
second best, and to get revenge he muir
oered Mr.. Raoun as a povs stated L1wsry
he'd and 1t is not known whet er anv efforts
are being made TO apprehsnd him.
Harry Stockdell Of the Atlanta Fishing
Club was in Bruins ick last Saturday nur9
Chasing supplies for his party, which win
arrive this morning and camp out on the
Cumberland for a week or two. HIS sun.
plies viii prove Satisfactory TO the club. Tn
speaking Of buying them, he said: "The
club once gave me $50 to buy provisions
with. Whe bad finished nv pure laSing
found Q at had bought SAG worth OF
cocktails and 81 worth Of bread. and by
1oye the club wa ted 20 expel me for buy
ing too mucn bread.n
In putting down the heavy iron for ths
broad glage on ths Savannah. Ameri-
Gus and Montgomery railroad, the rails are
laid just outside Of the present track. One
morning last week Co ducter Lewis re-
marked 70 passenger, just after they had
reached the place whe the heavy rails had
been laid, that they we're running at that
time over the heavy rails The fellow ex.
claimed: u knew II, ! could tell by the wav
the tram rides. ] have been raiIroadipy
Tor fourteen yeSrS a1d you can't fol me
about railroad track" Ignorance was bliss
with MIN.
Little Bessie McKissack, tina 3-year-old
daughter ~ JEFF Mckissack OF Fort Gaines