The morning news., 1889-04-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

federate Home Movement-A Novel
Weather Diary at Dawson.
GEORGIA.
Perry has no fire service, but needs 1t.
Perry's municipal election occurs tod ~
The county treasury Of Perry cont aims
now about 5000.
Fred Douglass lectured at Thow asville
Wednesday night.
The Protection Hose Reel Company of
Brunswick has disbanded.
Homes have been provided fer 500 dele
gates to the Baptist state Convention at
Marietta.
The voolfolk trial will begin in Houston
superior court, at Perry, e,n or about Tues
day, May7.
Houston county paid last week s., no for
the new Jail cells, tho last payment of a
total of $4,000.
Judge J. H. Houser of Perry is jubilant
over the fact that ne gathered full mess
of English peas from his garden.
Maj. n P. Csrreker and DR.. j. H. Bryan
of Talbotton, will visit Griffin in a few days
TO establish q council of Royal Arcanum.
Houston superior court jurors were paid
last week $500. The other expenses of the
court will not be paid until the term ex-
pires.
Nothing has yet been done in the way of
recapturing George Hightower, the alleged
murderer of Hardy Guyton (colored), in
Laurens courlty.
NotWithst Anding the fact that Perry had
frost last M onday morning, it is still be-
lieved that there will be a large crop Of
good fruit in that neighborhood this year.
Last Sunday, at each of the Perry Sun
day-schools, a committee of six was ap-
NtrNSa IN ha ffrNaa a,.l lr.1a fN.
holding the annual May Sunday school pic
nfc.
The outlook for a new railroad in Coffee
county is splendid. James Mcdonald is
talking of building a line from his mill
TO Douglas, a distance Of about eighteen
miles.
A negro who was giving evidence in a
Georgia court was reminded by the judge
that be was to tell the whole truth. "Well,
yer see, boss, said the dusky witness, Use
skeered 10 tell the whole truth for fear i
might tell a lie.
Charles Munroe Of Columbus exhibits a
Fadish grown on his truck farm which is
an exact counterpart of a human hand,
having four perfect fingers and q thumb;
the wrist and general outline Of tho fore
arm was also fGc SinIile.
At Clayton Judge Welboru's decision in
the contest case of Bleckley VS.. Long has
Just been received by the clerk He decides
that Long was elected ordinary by ma
jority Of one vote. The case viii probably
60 on to the supreme court
A mass meeting Of citizens was held at
Macon Wednesday night at Morgan's hall,
on Fourth street, for the purpose of adopt
ing a name by which the southern suburb
of the city should in future be known.
South Macon was the name agreed upon.
A northern gentleman who has been
spending the winter at Townsville, one
who wore the blue during the late struggle
between the north and the south, handed
Mayor Hopkins check Thursday for $50,
to aid in building a home for ex-confeder-
ates In Georgia.
A large fire broke out on Lin Bells
place, about two miles from Americus on
Tuesday, and burned 200 or 800 acres of
woods. Several hundred panels of fencing
belonging to L. B. Bosworth, J. l. Hudson,
and Lin Bell were consumed, and between
800 and 400 acres of forest.
Mad dogs are roaming and raging in the
Hopewen vicinity of Schley county and
playing the very dickens with the nerves of
people. They have got them all terror
stricken They are biting all kinds of
stock, and the male population are all in
arms and hunting them down.
Col Tip Harrison, Of the state executive
department at Atlanta, says that ], 300 ap-
phcations under the manned soldier act
have been allowed, and $l23, 600 paid in pen
Aons to confederate veterans to date
About 100 applications are now on his desk
and the demand for blanks is good.
The Perry Rifles have accepted an invi-
fation TO attend the annual picnic of the
Floyd Rifles of Macon, at Beech Haven. on
May ]. Beech Haven is the name of a
park near Rentz's mill, in Houston county,
that has been recently established by the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad.
While John W. Green of the lower part
OF Laurens county was absent from home.
some Of the tenants on his place took his
buggy horse from his barn without his
consent, to plow. They were putting guapo
out in the field where they were blowing the
horse; he became frightened, ran away and
was killed.
United States Marshal Corbett has filed
his bond and has taken the oath of Office.
His commission was signed by the Presi-
dent on March q and mailed to Judge
Speer, but was by some means lost in the
mail. Everything is moving along
smoothly, however. as though the commis-
sion was on hand.
NJ L Kirk, near Kennesaw mountain
discovered that rats were destroying good
deal OF ms corn. He began to upturn his
fodder and turned his three cur dogs loo SO.
AS the rats would scamper from their hid
tng place the dogs would nab them. and
when they got through the slaughter 1856
dead rats lay in heap
At Sparta, at a recent meeting of the
Ladies Memorial Association, Hg.rry Ed
wards OF Macon was selected as tine orator
for April 20, but they have not vet learned
whether he has accepted or not. The
Sparta cemetery has been prlt into the
bands Of the town council, who are having
1t cleaned up and put in beautiful order.
Hon. R. w. Patterson, special master in
ehancery in case Of 2. d. Harrison et al Wv
the Cotton States Life INSURANCE Company
was engaged at Macon Thursday hearing
evidence on the question of fees. The at.
torneys for complainant ask that they be al |
lowed reasonable fees fer bringing the fund.
which consists of 100000 or other large
sums, into the court.
A well-founded rumor reaches Macon that
Col Northern has sold his farm and stock of |
dairy cattle, and will abandon the business
OF farming. He sold $50 it is said) to a wes- !
tern syndicate, who will colonize western |
farmers on that and other lands that they |
own in HancocI county. Col. Northern. Il |
Is said VIII be employed by the syndicate |
as immigration agent.
AT Clayton last Saturday a negro was |
arrested aud lodged in jail as a suspect for |
ioI the murder OF an infant in Tennessee 1
IL IS said a large reward is offered for him. |
II ne proves 10 be the right man. He |
refuses 70 ans Eer anV questions cr tall anv