The morning news., 1889-05-07

Henry Clay's Visit to the Centra4
City-Atlanta's City Clerkship.
GEORGIA
Two of Grifin's hveliest young men are
getting ready TO open and operate the broom
factory.
A Georgia grocer advertises his business
by stamping bis name and address In red
ink on every egg he sells.
A gentleman of Americus purchased a
building lot about three weeks since for
$450 and on Saturday refused $3.50 for it.
A movement is on foot to build a cotton
factory in Wavnesboro A gentleman who
is interested in the enterprise says that if
Waynesboro will raise $4,000 outside capi-
talists will put up $780, 900.
The stand of cotton is not generally good
in Terrell county, and some Of the farmers
have been compelled to plant over. The
cotton that was up was considerably dam
aged by the severe winds of last week.
Editor A. D. Fits of Carrollton is not
insane The item quoted from his own
paper turns out to be only joke Of the
devil of the Times office. Mr.. Fits went
to the asylum as the escort of an adjudged
lunatic, and has returned in sound health
and mind.
A negro woman on the place Of Kit Har-
ris, near the cross roads, Terrell county,
fell in the fire and was severely burned last
Tuesday. DR.. Hammond was called in and
rendered all the medical assistance possible,
but at last accounts recovery was thought
impossible She was subject to fits.
Last February Hon. James NJ. Smith of
Oglethorpe sent to Washington his applica-
tion and bond to have postodice estab-
lished at his farm, Smlthsonia, but has
never heard a word from it. Congressman
Carlton has complained Of the matter, but
cannot avan rac aiNyp q rarliV m his laftarS
Postmaster Col. j. d. Alexander dropped
dead in the postoffice a Thomasbon Sat
urday, He hal been quite feble for long
time. but had been at his post of duty for
several months. His wife was present when
the awful calamity came. Dr. Hannah
was soon at the scene and pronounced him
dead from heart disease.
There is private movement on foot at
Augusta which is liable to create great ex-
citement when it develops A committee
of 100 is being secretly organized TO reform
city and county politics, and to place in
office men of standing and character.
Quite a number of names of prominent
citizens have already been placed on the
list.
There is near Eureka, in Ebert county, a
fne deposit of magnetic iron ore. la sur
veying land there the needle refuses to
work. The day is not far distant when IL
will be developed The e., c. and N road
will pass near this iron mine. Nearly all
the rocks contain more or less iron. The
supply is inexhaustible. Rev j. H. Grogan
has a vein on his land.
DR.. David Mathews has been at work in
veStigating the kaolin deposit found on mis-
farm, near Elberton. Thus far only little
work has been done on an embankment by
the roadside, but a superior quality Of
kaolia has been found. It is not known as
yet the extent of the mine. The vein re-
vealed is not very large one But this is
only the surface mineral.
There is a broad difference in the price of
ferriage on Broad river. AT Moons ferry
between Bowman and Danlelsviile they put
buggy across for only ten cents. Lower
down the river the charges are 15 cents, 30
cents, 25 cents and So cents, until you get tc
the Point, where it is 50 cents The stream
is about as wide at Moou's ferry as where it
joins with the Savannah river
The discovery of big vein of coal on the
Oostanaula river is reported at Rome. The
location of the outcrop of the vein where
the discovery was made is on the western
side of the Oostanaula river on Turkey
mountain. 1t is southwest of Shellev's
station, but lies in Floyd county, on the
farm of 6. w. Horton, and is twenty-five
miles, by the river. from Rome.
The large gin and grist mill belonging 10
J. z. Galloway, in Leesburg, was destroyed
by fire on Friday morning between 3 and 4
o'clock Mr.. Galloway lost 500 bushels of
corn and meal besides the machinery in the
building. DR.. Duncan lost about 60 bushels
OF malt, which was In the building that ne
expected to use in his distillery. There was
no insurance. The impression prevails that
1t was set on fire.
At Dawson nearly 81, 900 hss been sub
6CrlhA1 for fha rlurOhasa IF n otta
Methodist church Rev. B. w. Davis has
the plans and specifications IN his hands for
the Baptist church. l. is to cost IS, 900,
and will be a wooden structure, but el >
CANT and attractive in appearance. TIE
Presbyterians are progressing with their
building nicely, which there seems nothing
to prevent being completed at the appointed
time.
Oscar O'Farrell. nephew of Capt. w. d.
OFarrel of AtheEs has been removed from
his position on the Northeastern railroad
and little son of Pledger's appointed in
his place. Thenew official is not over 13
years old, and Congre sman Carlton has
written to the posJoffice department ex-
posing the fact. The law requires that a
postal clerk shall have reached the age of
Is years. All these places are being flied
by negroes.
At Macon a few weeks ago Mrs. Ann
Taylor was bit by mad dog. The bite
was not consider d serious, but Saturday
symptoms of hydrophobia were manifested.
The lady was attacked with spasmS and has
a perfect revulsion TO water, and refuses TO
drink at all. 1t is said thai size bit tow ei
that was put over her face. Her physician
has not yet determined whether She mas
hydrophobia or not. He says her refusal 10
drink water is a bad symptom
jeff Graves (colored), a disciple of Tuhal
Cain at Leary. while busily striking "while
the iron was hot.n was nearly blown
through the roof of his shop by an explo-
sion of gunpowder which some miSchievous
person had placed under his anvil, and
which was exploded by the hot scales which
new from the iron on which he was az
work. The surprise which jeff manifested
on his return to terra tirma was very great,
and he swears he'll never leave his shop un-
locked o. nights again.
A colored man of good character named
Calvin Alexander, living about fourteen
line, on the Cason place, belonging to Mrs.
Dukes, was assassinated just after supper
last Thursday night. The evidence dis
closes that Calvin had just finished his sup
per, wnep some one on the outside called
him to-the window, and as soon as the SHUT
ter was opened be received the contents of
gun loaded with No. 4 shot, which pro-
duced almost instant death. A white man
named Cain has been arrested, charged
with the killing.
Frederick d. Bush, district passenger
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