The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.


There are two brothers living in Pickens
county whose names are respectively Jesus
Christ and John the Baptist.
The returns Of property owned by
colored people in Baldwin county show an
increase Of over $4,000 during the past
year.
Rev. J. T. Bruce notified the members Of
the La Grange Presbyterian church last
Sunday that he would, to-day, offer his
resignation as their pastor.
H S. Edwards of Macon has been en-
ployed by the Georgia Southern and
Florida railway to write descriptive book
of the region traversed by this road.
Mrs. John S. Denmark, who is now 20
years Of age, and who has lived all her life
in twelve miles of Suatesboro, visited the
town this week for the first time In sixty
years.
Floyd Cogburn was in Alpharetta last
week and told about remarkable bunch of
wheat that be found in his rye patch. One
grain Of wheat produced twenty-nine
heads, and the twenty-nlne heads made 995
grains.
Friday, the depot agent at Lula liberated
eight homing pigeons that had been sent TO
him from Baltimore. The birds rose high
in the air, aud, after making preliminary
circle or two, flew away in a northerly
direction. In about ten minutes they re-
turned, having flown as far as Bolton,
where they we're Joined by a strange
pigeon who led them astray. The stranger
alighted at Lulu, but the hOmers, like so
many arrows released from the bow strings,
continued their fight to the north.
Near Milledgeville, Thursday, Jack
Brooks and Anderson Scroggins, both
colored, had some words about a
woman, which resulted in the shooting Of
Scroggins by Brooks with shotgun loaded
with buckshot. A physician was sum-
moned, and Scroggins is getting along very
well. Brooks Immediately went to the
city, and surFended himself to the sheriff
and found quarters in the county jail. He
will probably be tried at the present term
of the superior court, which is now in
session.
The highest birds nest in Atlanta is in
the dome of the new cauitol. 1t was built
by two enterprising English sparrows, who
have hatched brood of five small birds.
The nest is built where several iron rafters
cross, and is near to one of the open win
dows. When this is closed they search all
over the dome for a place TO egress, and
sometimes are compelled to find their way
TO the bottom Of the dome and fly through
the open transom. The nest is built where
no one can modest it, and the five little birds
have been raised in perfect security
Col. j. ii. Lowe Of Buena Vista has a
dining table that is, as far as he knows,
sixty-one years old His mother used the
table when she was first married, and per
haps the colonel came into possession of it
soon after he married When his son, w.
H. Lowe, married three years ago and com
menced to keep house the table was given
him that it might 10 handed down from
generation TO generation, but when the
young household was broken up few days
ago by the death of its head, the table was
returned to Col. Lowe. 1t has served
through two generations of children, and
its condition is good enough to stand
through another.
McRae Enterprise. James Mcleod, ST..
Of this county was in town last week.
While here he gave the Enterprise the fol
lowing facts about himself VIII be 70
years Old on Oct. 10 next. He cultivates
thirty-fve to forty acres of land each year,
does all his own blowing, never bought
any corn, but usually has 1t for sale. Has
on hand for sale now seven barrels of syrup.
He makes from five 10 seven bales of cotton
annually, and from 200 to 800 bushels of
corn, oats, peas and potatoes. He was born
IN North Carolina III 1918, and moved to
Telfair county seventy-four years ago. He
is in perfect health.
Blackshear Inder.: A negro left at this
office on Monday a copy Of letter he de-
sired to have printed. He said that the orig
inal was written by Jesus Christ and buried
for sixty-five years beneath the cross, where
it was found by a faithful Jew, and that
the original had descended from one gene
ration to another in a certain celebrated
family until it came into his possession.
Following is the closing clause: And who
soever shall have copy of this letter in his
house nothing shall hurt him; neither pes
thence, lightning nor thunder will do him
any harm. You shall have no news Of me
but the Holy Spirit until the day of judg-
ment. All goodness and prosperity shall
be in the house where copy of this letter
shall be found
LaGrange Graphic: A shocking discov-
cry was made by several little negroes on
the branch just beyond the cabins on Dr. J.
+. Parks place on last Saturday They
noticed dogs tearing some object with their
teeth, and when they arrived at the spot
found that it was the decomposed body OF
negro baby. The flesh had been eaten
from the bones by the dogs and the indlca-
tlons all pointed to the fact that the re
mains had been placed there five or six
weeks ago. Marshal McComack took the
case in hand on Monday and worked ar
enough evidence to authorize the arrest and
failing of q colOred woman named Laura
Mcfarland, who is believed to be the muir
derer of her own offspring. While there /,
but little doubt in his mind that she i.
guilty, he fears that sufficient evidence can
not be secured to legally convict her of the
crime
Brunswick Times: On last Monday Joe
Smith and Jim Thomas, who were rafting
timber on Thornhill creek, eight miles from
town, killed a monster alligator, full II
feet 10 &, which must have weighed $50 OF
400 pounds. Smith and Thomas had quite
hard jo) to kill him. The creek goes dry
at low water and he was found aground
just above the raft of timber. They first
approached him with an ak, but be was SC
savage and furious they could not get neal
enough to strike. They then got long poles
and belabored him, till, as they said, she
got kind O sick" when they went TO work
with the ak, which, for number of blows
made no more impression upon his head
than if struck with a cane. They secured
bis skin, which, as it hung on fence near
by, looked like a beef's hide This gator
was fully able TO handle full grown COW
or man, and could have knocked Sullivan
out easily on first round.
Abbevlle Times: The junior editor was
absent last week, and failed to get in the
locals he had gathered. Among them the
following is one. Tue first Sabbath in the
month, at the house of DR.. Crimmon, 8
crowd was seated engaged in a quiet con.
versation, when suddenly from the back
yard came the sound of trampine
feet and shrieking voices of about
half dozen children. Some thought
amad dog was biting them, and others tia,
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