The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26

or any other woman since his second mar
riage. Sworn to and subscribed before me
this Aug. 70, 1882 Mr.. Parker is one Of
the most prominent men in the county and
is said to have good reputation.
Hige James Of Mountaintown, who has
been working il Murray county all this
summer, was returning home last Thurs
day when he met two strangers near Pru-
den's tan yard at Ellijay. One Of them
asked him 70 change $50 bill, which he
did, putting his pocKetbOOk in his coat
pocket Mr.. James laid his coat down on
bis valise and stepped out of the road to cut
a walking stick. Looking around he saw
one Of the men getting his pockatbook. BE.
fore he could reach him he succeeded in
getting 1t and broke TO run down TIE road.
MIR. James was prevented from shooting
hIm by being caught by the other man. A
| considerable tussle then followed in which
Mr.. James used his knife to some advalt-
| age giving him an ugly cash on the cheek,
. which caused the accOmpiice 10 turn him
loose. Mr. James then shot at the man run
! ming with his pOcketbOOk, which contained
$3j. He succeeded in making good bis
escape. Mr.. james got posse Of men and
| followed the fugidves, but failed to over
take them.
Mrs j. D. Stocker Of Atlanta mas piano
| 1870 years old Where this instrument
differs from the greater number Of old
| instruments is in its legs. 1t s upheld by
| only two legs, one at each unt, but these
| legs branch at the floor int claws, whlcl
are of brass and Handsomely beaten out
! The woodwork OF the piano is of mahogany,
! trimmed with ebony, and the tuning board
| is in front of the case There is facing
about five inches vide above the keys, and
! this is of ivory, yellow with age, and ex-
| quisitely engraved by Medairy &
| Baunerman from drawing made by s.
i IL, . =.
| Risky Of Baltimore, long ago dead and prob
ably forgotten but for his pianos. There
are four pedals, which come from a small
! pipe organ-one soft, one loud. one that
| rings bell and beats a drum in unision,
and one thnt plays a banjo accompaniment
while the performer plays. 1t is 81 x Octaves,
and is still "A very valuable and handsome
piece Of furniture. With this relic of the
past Mrs. Stocl1er has the music played and
sung by her ancestors in the long ago, and
many of the songs are curious and quaint.
Quite a sensation was created in Cedar
town Friday when the Polk County Citizen
came out. in which appeared the following
card rejecting upon the editors of the
Cedartown Standard, signed by w. q.
Lynch: Editors Citizen: | notice in the
columns of that valuable and able journal,
the Cedartown Standard, that my name
appears as in common with the ct ler crimi-
1
$25 for a game of cards. The position
which the notice occupied, and the way in
which 1T is written, shows very clearly that
rldicule was the intention of the article
and my humiliation its chief object The
article IS as low and contemplate through
out as the puppy who wrote it, aud will
evoke the disgust of all decent people"
This card was called forth by the fact that
IN an article of the Cedartown Standard
Of the 22d instant, there appeared an article
headed Among the Criminals In con-
nection with other paragraphs Of like
character was the following: "Gabe Hall,
a sable son of Ham, was given 500
and twelve months, for living with a woman
not his wife. Charles Thorn, a gentleman
of color, paid 500 and cost for blind
tiger. William Lynch paid $25 for game
of cards. Joseph Dyer was assessed $10for
the privilege of abusing his nelghbor." Mr..
Lynch is carpenter who stands we'll in
the community, his only trouble being that
he sometimes allows his sporting propensi-
ties to get the better of him, and INDUCES
in game of cards. His feelings were
greatly outraged when he found his name
In connection with negroes and other low
criminals. 1t is not known what will be
the result of the card. Lynch is a very mad
man, and should he and the Standard come
together there will be trouble in the air.
Atlanta Journal: A single stroke of a
pen recently caused firm to lose hundreds
| OF dollars and broker to lose an agency
which brought him a fine commission.
Ernest Clarke, of 7. q G. r. Dodd & Co.
tells the story. Mr.. Clarke does all the
buying for his house, and a short while ago
ordered carload of flour from broker
| who represented western mill. The flour
was bought for customer In Laurens, =.
| c., and ordered shipped through to Laurens
from the mills. To have had it shipped
| TO Atlanta and then to Laurens
would have cost freightage of "a
cents per hundred, while to let it go as
| through freight cost only 40 cents. The
| flour was to be shipped via Atlanta. and
| Z. x G. t. Dodd & Co. we o given the priv
ilege Of stopping the car in Atlanta, and re-
sacking it. The -four, when it left the mill,
was in large Jute bags, and the Laurens
! merchants desired it in small cotton sacks.
| MIR. Clarke wanted the number of the car,
so he could order it stopped in Atlanta. The
broker gave it to him. He called in Mr..
Dodd's store and wrote the number of tho
car. Mr.. Clarke instructed the rail-
| road office to hold car No. 22,S4I, and
the number was duly recorded. Daily
inquiries were made for the car
and the answer al ways was: 1.-THE car
| hasn't come" After two or three weeks
had passed by, p. g. G.. T. Dodd q Co.,
received telegram from Laurens stating
| that car load OF flour had been received,
but it was packed in jute sacks and would
not be accepted by the consignees. That
was the car which Mr.. Clarke was looking
for. But it wasn't No 22,S41. 1t was No.
2,24. The broker had made one figure too
much on the memorandum which he gave
Mr.. Clarke. The figure was the last and il
was made with one stroke of the
pen, and it proved very costly stroke
The flour was shipped back to Atlanta and
sold at a heavy loss. The return freight
and the loss from forced sale footed ur
hundreds of dollars The broker lost the
agency of the mill, which amounted to sew
eral hundreds of dollars per annum. "Ir
all my business experience" says Mr.
Clarke, ~ have never seen so small thing
cost SO much money"
FLORIDA.
Lake Cisy's knitting mill started up Tues
day.