The morning news., 1889-04-22
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

S2NNOA4AN&A " L 4AN = A-s
A Bill for Chewing Gum Sen: to the
Father OF a Girl Who Had Given q
Drummer the Mitten-A Unique Ad-
vertisement Found at Eden-A Bar
nett Mans Strange Claim About
Easter Eggs.
GEORGIA.
The strawberry fever has struck Brooks
county.
Sumter superior court conyenes on tha
fourth Monday in May.
At Darien during the week there has been
but very little timber down.
G. W. Rhodes of Fort Gaines, who went
blind. has been restored to sight,
A negro child at Americus is years old,
but wei CHS only twenty pounds,
WhitesbuDg is agitating the building of a
paper mill and has something over as, 900
subscribed for that purpose.
At Darien l.. Hawes has purchased the
corner lot on Broad street, opposite Joe
Mansfeld's store, and will build on it.
There are now eighteen good bicycles in
Griffin. most of them Just new And yet
people talk about there being no money in
the country.
1t is reported that soms Mormon elders
have been moving through Wilkes county
on the sly and that they propose to do effec-
tive work later.
At Darien Willie Smith (colored) shot
Jim Glover also colored), through the head
on Monday night last Smith is out on a
800 bond, while Glover is recovering.
The fruit crop is safe from frost beyond
all question, and the evapora.or men and
the shippers are preparing to handle the
hlggset crop OF fruit that was eve grown IN
Georgia.
Henry Horell, section hand, while
welding q pickaxe at Albany Friday,
drove it accidentally entirely through the
hand of Ben Smith, colaborer, making a
terrible looking wound
Friday morning Danburg was the scene
of killing. Two negroes, Seymour Val
entine and Alex Noble, got into a difficulty
in which Alex was killed. AS usual a
woman was at the bottom of the affair
{ A bramble root with well-defined head
and legs and other characteristics of an i'm
mense bug, was one of the natural curios-
ties in Sparta last week Oscar Shivers
brought il to light in one of his botanical
rambles.
The Swede who rihsd Judge Bowers res
idence at Bainridge several months ago and
who was awaiting trial at that place, has
broken out Of jail and escaped. Sheriff Pat
tersoD, of Decatur county, has offered a
reward of $25 for his arrest.
F.. S. O'Brien, of Barnett. says that an
egg laid on good Friday will never rot. He
says that be hes tested the claim every year
for five years and has five eggs now that have
kept from year 70 year. They become as
light as an empty she'll, out never decay.
J. Kirklsy Of Augusta has a rare speci-
men Of spring chicken. hatchei oD his place
on Moore avenue. II did not live, and is in
a small bottle in alcohol. 1t has one head,
two bodies, four wings aud four legs. 1t
was inspected by a number of persons yes
terday.
A rattlesnake, three feet long, was found
under the show stand in front of a store
upon the busiest portion Of Broad street, at
Albany, Thursday night. Some ooe pass
ing saw the serpent's head projecting from
beneath the box, and throwing it over
discovered and killed the snake.
Cuthbert presents little negro boy only
~ years old, pure African, as the best
speller of his age and race in Georgia He
spells the most diff eult words correctly and
with ease, and will astonish any one who
will give him a trial His name is Scott
Jackson. His parents are ignorant labor
ers.
Carrollton is to have an opera house.
Capt j. 2. Moore has commenced the erec-
ton Of a large two-story brick building
fronting Alabama street fifty feet and run
ming back ninety-five feet. The first floor
will be fitted up elegantly for store rooms,
ana the second floor will be arranged as an
opera house.
A horse on Dr. j. J. Palmer's place, in
Burke county, was bitten by mad dog
some time in February. and fcr awhile the
hope was entertained that no serious dam
age would ensue; but on last Monday the
animal was seized with spqsms, and clear
case OF hydrophobia was developed, and it
died in few hours
Mr. Pink Moore, of the lower part of
OglethorDe county, had his brag yoke Of
oxen in Lexington Wednesday and they at
tracted considerable attention, one of them
especially. This steer Is a whopper, stand
ing fifteen hands high and weighing 1850
pounds, though only IN good work order
He could easily be made to weigh 1000
pounds. Mr.. Moore raised him himself.
AT Gainesville last week II. d. Thomp-
son, while looking over the ruins of Gen.
Longstreet'S home, found a spur that was
priced very highly by the general, having
been worn by him through the Mexican
and civil wars. Mr.. Thompson had a few
cefects repaired aud the spur frightened,
after which he presented it TO the owner.
1t is unnecessary to say that the general
appreciated Mr.. Thompson's kindness.
At Americus Saturday a gentleman liv-
ing within two miles of the court house
gave his taxes to Receiver Mize, which
made him open his eyes. Five years ago
this property was given in at IS per acre
last year it was returned at SIS per acre,
and Saturday the value was placed at $50
per acre, as the owner has been offered
that for the land. There are 375 acres in a
body, lying well and located in desirable
locality.
Oglethorpe Echo: Monday last was the
4Oth anniversary of the noted April
storm which was followed by freeze on
the following day The similarity OF the
weather of Monday last and Of that memor-
able day was noticed and often mentioned
by the older inhabitants not a few fearing
repetition Of the disaster, but we are glad
10 note that their fears were not realized.
II is the general opinion that there need be
no more fears OF frost this spring.
l.. A Matthews, representative of II.
Myers a. Bro. of Savannah, while at Eden,
No ,, Central railroad, few days ago,
could not resist the temptation of pulling
of Of house the following original and
ungramatical announcement, evidently the
production Of the fertile brain Of an Ethi-
opian individual: "0n april the Is NJ
] i'll gin grand phestival at Eden No
Ga K r we i'll try and have no first come
7 come all We ii sci cheep for cash on the
l5PA We'll hav it aGsn it i'll B Givin by
samuel Greene and company"
Vincent w. Fulcher, the father of Julien
l. and William NJ. Fulcher of Waynesboro
died At THAR roetdapca lace ,.-o.f- f.o-