The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-30

or assembly passed at Smltnneif the l5tf
day Of May, no. Signed by p. Hunt and
John Taylor"
In Tallapoosa party had run a large
bill with merchant, and given his promis
sorry note in payment. To avoid paving
| Legitimate debt, the said party brought
action to show that said merchant had
never had his weights aud measures tested
and for this reason could not collect any
! bill for goods sold by weight and measure
| The law is rigid on this point, and specifies
that merchants cannot collect bills for
goods sold by weights or measures not bear
ing the stamp or seal of the ordinary.
| Intelligence has reached Macon of the
death Of r. f. Jones. Mr.. Jones WAS well
known in Macon, having resided there
several winters He was a partner of the
late W. A. Hopson in the dry goods bust
ness, and at the death Of Mr.. Hopson came
to Macon and took charge OF the business.
Mr. Jones was native OF New Hampshire.
He lived for a number OF years in New
York, doing business at IS West Broadway.
He had large southern trade and an ex-
tensive acquaintance through the southern
states.
young married man Of Washington
who has been annoyed by vagrant dogs at
night, conceived the idea of setting a fish
hook to catch one He succeeded in catch
ing one which he killed. A few nights
afterward he dreamed that a black dog was
after him; nfter a while the dog changed to
Il bear which seemed intent on his destruc-
ton. His gun dropped from his hands and
no set up such an unearthly yell, calling for
his nearest neighbor TO come and kill the
bear. as TO awaken him and brighten his
wife almost to death.
The mining interest Of North Georgia
gets recut now and then. Col =. c.
- LII. IL L., i
mine few miles from town out on the
Chattahoochee river. Extensive mining
machinery will be put up at once
Col. o. B. Thomson has adopted new
plan to secure the golden particles He has
built dredging boat, ami it is nov at work
on the Ches alec river. With this the dirt
and gravel il the bottom of the stream are
lifted out and the gold washed out. He is
getting some gold and may find some very
rich deposits.
John d. Coxwell, the great sweet potato
grower OF Wilkes county, last wear raised
1900 bushels of potatoes on eight acres of
land, making more than 200 bushels TO the
acre. He finds ready sale for as many as
he cares to sell at so cents at his place, or IS
cents delivered in Washington. Devoting
special attention to them, he raises them
and keeps them very successfully, making
considerably more money than he could out
or cotton, on the same land and with the
same labor. Whenever he wants any money
he bitches up wagon and sends load Of
potatoes to town. He never fails TO find a
demand for them, aud never sells them here
for less than IS cents.
At Macon Thursday morning, when Fred
Sparks, j3pitOr of the Bib county court
house, came down town, he saw in front of
the Academy Of Music a flock Of English
sparrows feeding in their energetic, nervous
way. In among them was pretty canary
The sparrows seemed to be paying a good
deal Of atten ton to the little stranger and
seemed to he taking especial care Of him
Fred concluded to capture him, and walking
toward the flock, the sparrows all few away
and the canary remained quietly eating
Fred walked closer. and holding out his
hand, called to him and he hoped on it,
seemingly glad to hear a human voice.
Fred Gagged him, and he was as happy as he
could be-
Rochelle WGtchnIdn: Among the many
drummers who have been with us recently
was representative of a Savannah drug
house. who stopped at the Mcleod hotel
Upon retiring he placed under his pillow
the sum Of $2l5 in greenback, and in his
hurry to get an early start on long JOUR
ney he was to make by private convey
ance, forgot the precious paper" and
AiONO O'eshNOCh ihhCS bClOIb discovering his
loss The ever-watchful proprietor, Mr..
Mcleod, as is his custom, was on his morn
ing round through the hotel to see that
everything was properly attended to, and
discovered the pocketbook, which he handed
to the owner on his return trip. 1t is use
less to say the drummer's feelings were re-
vived.
At Macon, Thursday, jury was sum
moned to try Henrietta Perkins on a writ
OF lunacy. She has been we'll known in
Macon for a number Of wears, and her hal
luclnation Is well known to a great many.
Shs is about 20 years old and black, with
the genuine African features. She says
she has $S6, 600 900 in the bank, owns
several pa tatons in Jones county, and
houses and lots in New York, Philadelphia.
and Baltimore. She also says that she had
great deal OF trouble keeping her
property, and that in one suit
she had judges TO come from
New York and Baltimore and Jerusalem,
and that She had to give bond, and that the
judge from Jerusalem went on her bond
for $4,000, 000 When asked where the
deeds to her property were recorded she
promptly replied that they we're recorded
in the United States court house by George
Washington, who gave them to her with
his own hands. He etofore she has been
considered harmless, but of late has be-
come abusive and rather violent She was
adjudged a fit subject for the lunatic
asylum and was carried there Thur5day
night.
The following is fuller account than
that published in Thursdays NEWS of the
Gilmer county tragedy: Saturday morning
last, John Woodward, George Jones, and
Will Lenore went hunting, and after
rambling about for some time they came
to field where But Banks was working.
A conversation was soon struck up between
Woodward and Banks, and Jones and
Lenore having only one gun between the n
began scutfling for the gun. Wood ward
observed the muzzle Of the gun pointing
toward him and stepped TO one side. He
had hardly moved when the gun discharged
and Lenore fell over and exclaimed
to Jones: You have killed mer'
IGNORES clothing was sooa detached
and hole about the size of a silver dollar
was discovered in his aid men. A messen-
ger was dispatched for a physician and the
boy was carried to Banks house near by on
blanket. The wound was au ugly one,
his body being almost against the muzzle
of the gun when it fired. and bled very pro-
fusely. The gun was double barrel breech
loader. The boy expired in about thirty
minutes after the shot in much agony. His
father, who is q painter in Chattanooga
was telegraphed and arrived Monday lust
before his burial
The growth Of the ramie plant promises
to be quite an industry in Thomas county.
For the past year Pittsburg Pa com
pany have had man there cultvatlng the
| plant TO test the effect of the climate and