The morning news., 1889-05-20

Out of Pike County.
GEORGIA
Ten grown persons have died in Barnes
vile during the last few months.
A negro convict was killed Thursday at
Cole Citv bv fall of slate in the mine.
Ina game of base ball Friday afternoon
Warrenton defeated Sparta by score OF IA
to 3.
There is but little timber coming down to
Darien just now. The demand, however,
is better than for some time
For the first time this season there is not
a vessel at the Darien wharves. However,
there are half a dozen or more due.
A petition to the Central railroad author
ities for the building of a new depot at
Dawson was circulated in that place Friday
and signed by all who saw it.
Rev. DR.. Dubose of Decatur as he was 60
ing TO the Presbyterian church at Griffin
to preach Friday night, was injured by
falling on the railroad track near the mar
ket house leading to Central railroad track.
He broke his collar bone and dislocated his
shoulder.
The report OF County School Commits
sioner Fussell shows that i'll Coffee county
last year there were 2S white schools, col
ored: 772 white scholars, 162 colored, 933
white and colored; 699.3l average attend
ance; 81 25 paid on the average. The total
amount received was $3.50 Is.
A few weeks ago on Johns mountain, in
Walker county, about two miles from the
Chattooga line, there was considerable
landslide A space containing five or six
acres has slipped down about 6 feet. This
space is full of cracks. The trees on it are
thrown down and some Of them split Open
E. c. Reese, IN charge OF the first INSTALL
ment of the stock of the Florida Perfumery
Company, reached Atlanta Friday. The
rest of the company's machinery and stock
is expected in a few days. This company,
which has for several years been dong a
successful business in jacksonville, will
make Atlanta its home hereafter.
On Tuesday the six-room residence Of
Bryan Tanning, near Bethel church, IN
Wilkes county, was totally destroyed by
fire. The fire originated in the stove room,
and had gained great headway before it
was discovered. This room, with Its con-
tents, was a complete loss, but most Of the
clothing and furniture were saved from the
other part Of the house. There was no in
surance.
The individual prize, gold medal, to be
presented by Y an q Co, to the best drilled
soldier in the Macon drill, was put on exhibi-
tion Friday for the first time. The medal is
shield, bearing the inscription, Macon, Ga
1SS9.n on which is a silver wreath, in the
center Of which is a knapsack and pair Of
guns crossed. On the reverse the awarders'
names are inscribed. The pendant is a
gold scroll, on which the words, "Individ-
ual Drill" appear.
A small force Of hands are now at work
on q recently discovered iron mine four
miles from Union Point, in Greene county.
,S- ,- rosI 20, 10 ba bod Of II.
America, aud when tested with the needle,
carries it entirely around the circle. The
vein is from eight to ten fest broad, aud a
shaft sixty feet deep has been sunk without
reaching the bottom. This deposits on the
same vein as that which crops out in the fiat
woods of Ebert county.
Messrs. Gardner, Arnold & Co. quarried
on Stark Brewers place, six miles from
Elberton, a granite door sill for their new
store which will weigh over 1000 pounds. Ii
took eight mules to pull this stone to town,
and the new bridge across Beaverdam creek
was strained to bear up the load. It was,
without doubt, the largest stone ever
brought to Elberton, being twelve feet Oh
one side and seven on the other, four feet
wide and one foot thick.
A serious and perhaps fatal alteration
occurred between h. G. Nesbitt and Mr.
bldck 1uuI SQGy gu inc ldA III OL Llt lDIlUEf, p,
eight miles east Of Calhoun, in which Mes
bitt was seriously and perhaps fatally
stabbed in the neck and chest. Black is a
tenant of Nesbitts land, and some differ
ence having arisen between them, Nesbitt
went to Blacks house TO SEQ him, and the
cutting took place. The chances for Nes-
bits recovery are said, by those who have
seen him, to be slim.
Levi Hege of Savannah, superintendent
of the Central railroad, was in Barnesville
last Friday His object was 10 confer with
the cotton factory committee in reference
TO giving them accommodations in side
tracks. He, with Col j. j. Rogers, visited
the site for the factory and promised every
aud and cooperation possible for the enter
prise. He also made arrangements to give
two new side tracks ~ the depot, one above
and one below, which will be more con-
venient for the public
At Atlanta, Tax Collector Stewart has
completed the assessment of the value Of
the taxable part of the Clarke university
property, ard fixes the amount due the
state in taxes at IS, 5G5 IS. The number of
acres owned by the university is 49j. All
of this was purchased by the Freedman's
Aid Society for the institution. The col
lector allows the university fifty acres for
campus, and therefore AS acres are held to
be taxable. The total amount paid for all
OF the property by the Freedman's Aid
Society was $lS,77j.
In east Spalding county, on the night of
May 9, Lucy Norwood and Henrietta Banks
engaged in q little difficulty, during the
progress Of which Lucy shot her adversary.
OF course the leaden missile had the desired
effect upon Henrietta, but it did not reach
final elimination until Thursday night.
The murderer was arrested Friday and
lodged in Jail 10 await the conveninZ OF
Spaldlng superior court in August. Lucy
and Henrletta were both married, but were
enamored with the same young man Of the
Settlement more than they were attached
to their lawful husbands is why one is now
corpse and the other jailed murderess.
White Caps still operate on the line Of
Spalding and Butts counties No serious
occurrences have as vet been reported. but
the citizens among the better class live in
constant dread Of a fearful ending Of some
Of these would-be law ana order committees.
An amusing incident is told on negro
Tom Horton. VINO received a call while al
the house Of his "lady love.m Tom couil ilrit
stand the idea Of having his hide tanned on
his back. So while the door was being
opened to admit the unwelcome visitors.
Tom passed out Of the houss through the
opening left for smoke TO 20 up. ami soon
announced himself at his own home. He
says be intends remaining there in future
after night
Marion F. Boyd is tenant Of James L.
Webb's, on the McArver farm. fourteen
miles from Rome, on the south side Of the
Coosa river. Twelve years ago Mr.. Boyd
had an attack Of typhoid fever, which