The morning news., 1889-03-03

W tAutnuhF ttiltA heAibELACblA W bAt Nhhlh~ =
for two years for shooting negro little
over year ago.
There is a Young man In Washington who
formerly resided IN tho country in one of
The djJinIng counties On one occasion he
was summoned for road work and failed to
receivs the summons. Toe overseer asked
some one where he was and was informed
that he bad not rec aivei the sum pons. bis
reply was: "Well, | had just as soon nave
that little dog as him, because be would not
work II he ca..e." Toe young man was IN
formed Of what the overseer mad said, and
the next day he sent the dog out in his
place and for three or four days thereafter.
Tho cas-, was carried 10 Justice court and
the young man gained bis point.
Reuben Jones' negro switchman in the
employ Of the Central road at Savannah,
is badly wanted IN this city by bondsman
whom Reuben left in the llrch Friday
morning there reached Macon q deputy
sheriff from Savannah, who had warran nts
for Jones. He Lad tracked bis man to Ma
coH, AID calling IA to his aid an officer, he
SCI 3. wat b upon several Fourth stree.
saloons ia the hope Of capturing his man.
Att late h ur, however, be had failed to
accomplish his mission, although the man
hal been seel on Fou TN street during the
day A reward OF s. 600, oue-h3f Of the
b)ad which be jumped, was offered, and 1t
is possible that 20 tioa of the amount
will be gathered in by some Of the officers.
a poor old hunchback was one OF the
callers ou NJ ayor Glenn Of Atlanta Wednes-
day morning. His clothes we're tattsFed
aad his shoes were torn, and there was a
plaintive wall in his piping voice as he told
his story. His name is John Hembree.
Last August he married a Mrs. Hammond,
a widow with three children, who was liv-
ing then and is living now at No. l89
| Chapel. A few weeks ago Hembree went
| O.. l. 4An, rhot kah1 1baa
| river, and when he returned home his wife
refused TO allow him to enter the door, say
ing she was tired OF him and his bumped
back" The hunchback's heart was broken,
aid he called on the mayor and asked to be
s. It to the poor house. He will 20 there
| tais afte noon.
The Dekolo people sare again agitating
the question OF having that county cue in
two. great deal of diss ABSTRACTION pre-
walls throughout the western portion Of the
cOu ty, wAere IL borders upon Fulton
Fesling is running high in Edgewood, Kirk
| wood and Decatur, and the people are talk
llg excl edly about QUITTING 10 SO from the
eastern end of the unity. The trouble is
In the couuty roads In the matter of roads
DeKalb county IS no better of than il it
lay ia the Okeienookoe swamp, The old
eystem Of working the roads, or making
p.eie1+e Of working them, by summoning
tue 2dllt male iAAnhita its for one day
work, is st.l in vogue in Dekalb, and there's
toe ruJ. Tne western end wants to join
tutol county.
So ne time ago the NEWS published an
account OF the murder of al aged white
bsiy 10y the D. ans of Mrs. Hargrove near
Snyr IA, IN Cobh county Later on it was
| discovered that the murderer was probably
ole othec tlal Jim Brown, negro who
at one time worked ON the Covington and
Macon road, d wa also at sundry times
empiJ5 ed in II rent livery stables in this
cl-Y. Law afternoon a detective with
wlrrA is for nun reached Macon and at
o cs Gale in the aid Of an ex-policeman.
A visit was pail to n number of Fourth
s'eet dives, and At a late hour the detective
[ loa lis departure for Savannah. Wnile Ia
ths city he sno we'd letters from The man
whic had been Intercepted. He was alsc
re that ne had returned to Macon.
An Athens young man paid a young
laiy'S father S FOR the privilege of court
i her. IL seems that he bad escorted tbs
al one all along the winter m1nIhs, burn
& both wood AID ker0 ne freely aad hay
a spleadid tims. He ID the father Of the
y0u u1g lady a COW aud received all the pay
exc 7pu s.. In course of time there came
mp he esceue another young lady VIII I'm the
IA msn likei letter. ha cJurted her
pr3 nosei and hardly was tIe marriage
I lsS over beso"e he was in need of the 80.
II > ga lsd upon the father OF bis old sweet
uesrt aad asked for the money. His re-
quest was refused with the reply: "YoC
uurned my wood and kerosene aud now I'n
going to keep this S5 as pay. Sadly tn,
yuung mao took his departure, and he get,
little mad now wnen you ask hi about
that s.,
Thursday morning, Josie Hutohins, q
negro girl about l6 years old, living Old B,
smiths place near Hutchus' mill, in Jones
coulty, was burned to dea h. The girl wa;
{ weak mind ana was subject to fits. HeI
mother had left her in charge of a younger
ss-er while she went off few miles tC
nu-sa a sick grandchild. Josie had pas
sion Tor playing with fire, and her sister
moving this put out all the fire in the
house and left only a little in the yard
Were she was washing Having occasion
t) step out # the house for few minutes
Josie took advantage OF her absence and
we aut to the fire in the yard. 1t is sup
posei she was p aging WITH the fire ent
her clothing caught. She gave no alarm
but RAJ off iatO the woods, and her
found was crouching behind some bushes
ard horribly burned.
Chief Joyner has issued the seventh an.
nual report of the paid fire department OF
Atlanta, aud in it sets forth some interest
ing figures. There were Isl alarms turned
oa during the past yea out OF which nam-
| b. lC9 proved 10 he actual fires. T 70 total
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caught on fire during the year was 81 ,0SS,-
Cos, and the total damage for the same
time was only $S4, ,34l, or only little over
| S per ceIt. The report shows that there
were more fires in the month of April than
any other month Of the year, but the loss
was create" in May, during which month
the large fire occurred IN the buiding on
the corIer OF Pfyor and Line streets, owned
by Mr. W. ". Austtl, when the 10 was
over So 600 The expenses Of the depart
nent for the yeas we're S44 9A -. Tna
city appropriates S4j 900 for the expense,
| OF tha department, SO that q bAlancs of
SIS 80 remains TO It's credit
The following amusiag .circumstance oc-
| CURED In a little town not far from Athens.
| lady called IN store and sked for six
ounces Of zephyr The clerk kaew nothing
| of 10 aud the merchant was no better In
| formed, and when tho lady departed she
| requested the firm 20 send to Athens ard
| get it for her After looking at each other
| FOR momgnt a bright idea seemed TO dawn
| upon the Dir, SO they go. hold of little
| dictionary aud found the meaning Of
| zephyr to be Il gentle wind" Ghereupon
| they wrote a letter q Arm IN this city and
| explained the call OF the lady asking for the
| goods, and telling Row Trey found the mean
| ing Of the word To be gentle wind-closing
the letter they said; please send on six
| ounces Of gentle wind. - The merchant and