The morning news., 1889-05-23
GEORGIA.


GEORGIA.
Thomasville has 'ty miles Of streets.
The residence of Jane dicks, at Pat en-,
was bur on Monday afternoon l. 'SS
about $500: Insurance. sou
AZ BainbriIge the jury's verdict II the
case of Aleck Henderson, charged with tie
murder of Am IS Jack sou ana oauShIer-
all colored, /, guilty"
A com nitlee OF te citizens of Monte
yuma we I before the I'd jury Il the
cou1ty the 9th, r day and offered throu Sh
them to tile county 5000 in cash and site
for the new cou mouse. 1t l. tho-Sht thdt
the court house will De moved there.
A little girl a, Ware ton rolled baby
carriapa off tue veraniah NJ ,niav at Lewis
Wicker's hone. The 2-year-old dau inter-
of Mr. Wicker was IN tn vehicle q fell
several feet to the ground, breaking one Of
its leg, and ald receiving other 'nj lries.
The is an oil lady in Rand 1lph county,
who ives thin seven miles OF Gu hbert.
ab we thr average for Intelligence, wh ha,
not ben to her tou ty ,wn in thirty mine
years, hNs never ridden IA any vehicle, ex-
cept a gig aud horse cart, and though l'v-
ing In six mil of ths Southwestern rail-
road ever since it was built, yet never has
seen a liz adj.
Little Mis-, Lois, daughter Of W. b. Hud-
son, met with quite Serious accident at
Gr.f Sunday afternoon, willis swinging
on a flying ring trapeZs, whicn was erected
In Mr.. Hudson's yard by nu nber OF little
PEOPLE for the purp SO OF playing circus.
White In rings we. going at rapid rate
she fel striking o. be head. and was un-
CO scious from the fall for several hours,
but was much better Monday.
Lieut.. Carte o the UnitJi States engin-
eering corr was IN Mncol Tue day. He
called ON Capt. j. G Wheeler and stated
that toe ag talon Of subiec5 Of the
navigation of ths Ocmulgss river ! al
caused him to be s4nt t. ex4 ii into the
matter He said that hj woll n 1t re main
now, but that in a few days he would
either re urn himself or send ais a Sista {
to take soundings OF the river and get all
the information ne could
"FIrel FIRE! flrsp A parrot belonging to
W. c. D ds)n, who Inv at the ,rher of
Clarke ald Crew strestS, IN Atls ia, "a z
out the star ling cry recsntiy, and people
rushed out doors aid di-cJyetet that the
parrot k es what t "a' to king about, for
the residence Of Mr.. va die, across the
street, vas IL blaZs. The fire dep rtment
was called out, and tie wi q bird was give
a cracker ihe flames usd gained nsld-
cradle head yay, bat were eXUngusbe1 as
SOON as the depart nent arrived.
There is an cid ne yress il Clarke county
who prepares herself lor death every night,
ami this IS how sue does 1t; Afte. a short
prayer she clot lts herself in a NJ, flower
bedscked gown, plai Ter hair ca efuilY,
crus eS her alds on her chest and fall,
asleep. Two cOppers are placed on the
table beside her to put upon he svslids.
She nas direcsed that sue be buried on the
banks OF the Oconee river, and believes she
is gol direct eaven. She u angry be-
yond expression as e awAkes each mOrn-
ing-nOt havi mo Ell muse g during
her slsep-a d filds herself alive.
Two lite neg o children, both girls,
living on Patauls creek, we're brought 10
Lumpkin one day tbs week in partially
dsmelJs coudI n. They reeed and sag
gsred | ke uuk, aud were picking at
everythi. with tneir fing rs TLey ere
carried & D.. Patterson flr examination.
He sooh discovered that they mad swallowed
some seeds of the common jamestown we'd
(stranouium) ID administered npprop late
tren ment, ahic soon set them right.
and they have p p-obably fully recov rel
from tue effects 1 it By this time II is a
d adiy pJiSJn WheL taken in suficisnt
quaint les.
At Aksr's mills. eleven miles from Allan
Ia, is an Old man and his wife who have a
rem arkabie et Of cnildren. 0ls Of tue sons
Uub ~ - caAS = O4us - N6lieu DQu. re as
neve beeI aay farther tua NJ rietta since
he was born, at a little VIII 10 ttags
perched ON hills de near the mill. Anu.u-
er son IS Il years OF ags and he has never
Seen Own / his life, having bee ~
farther than McIver's station, ons and a
half miles from Is no ne. The girl of the
family Is kuoE as - Nea. Dsl. - blt shs
is called Sweet for short. The IA nily talk
cracker dialect, sl,ep In two-roo n house
do all he CO king in pots n the yard
Where ignorancs Is tliss. 'tis folly 10 be
wise"
H. T. HUFF, wsll-known coal dealer Of
Aulnta, waile cutting down a lee tree o
his IA m, five miles from Atlanta. on he
Sand-o An roa T., few days ago made a
st anRs discovery. The le4s were la a
hollo' tree, a1d Felix Jacksln tcooredl
was nut to work with an AK 10 hex IL down.
La d a IN rcy,' ex lain Il the negro. As
he drop, ed his ak and pee ell int 10 ,rel-
ing he hai male by tie light of turcn.
The neg o had disc .versl al arsenal wao,,
lmplt ne Z OF wa were Ike The gun Of
KIP Va WI kis after nls sleep Il tsentv
years. Ia the hollow tree we're e.gat old
army muskeis anI two .yonet, winch aI
been stored away by ldiers twenty five
years ago. The stocks OF the guns had
nearly rot ed ay, aud the irreis were
steal Ihe Ire grown about one Of
the oayonets AID made l. ImmOv able.
A rural A1nnis living in Early county Is
In trouble. He went to Biaksiy a 70 \ days
ago and procured lcense from Ordinary
AleNapuer and uad 1t ar aDged with tine
glrl g. meet him when he got back. Tie
81 rs father however, heard of the pro.
posed el, pmsnt and sent word to the or.lin-
ar not tO Is ue the lice aud took the girl
under clntroi. he young man, no
ever, got hls license before tue Old mani.
message arrived, but, alas, when h- OF
back his beloved dii no Iiue t him. The Old
m II then wet aud tre tu yet hi. en-. ~
the motto even Offering to buy us licens.
He replied that he would not taks $50 for
his license. ! be girl, whe she found that
her father was trying IN buy the license
sent word to the young fellow no 10 sill
but JUS to "walt till the clouds roll b..
and, as love laughs at locksmiths. a mar
rlage may be looked for In few dayS.
A gentleman IN Atlanta who discounts
notes te Is Of rather unusual ccurrence
In his business. He numbers every note
that be discounts, a 81 CO he ha be
mum ering them Las discounted 55.5 &
Whenever be was asked TO dlscou a note
that " as nutnbere II, III, live o Is, % 90.
nVe twOs, aud so on. sJinstniug nap Jens 10
prevent the numbeis from being placei on
his books, he LOtes proving t. he D. 9ooI
or bel s take up before he catered ~
numbers on tue BOOK. On Sa urday ih.
dlscounter reached tie uu uber If 81. .555
de wonde ed whether he would ma the
number on the book when he discou te th.
nose. When he was posting up his book.
an Ihe AFTERNOON ne picked up nunUer 55, ,5j5