The morning news., 1889-03-15

IQelT uOSs, y EhttA up OlAt VI lnHli diAtl Tdu
around in the road shaking 1t and growing
ferociously. This one e capped when the
monster caught the other dog and carried it
around, too. It was supposed 60 be either
mad dog or a bear. 1t ran one man off
from his work. Murray, Forrest and a
number Of other gentlemen have armed
themselves and gone out to kill it.
Talbotton New Era: A negro man from
Box Spring was here Saturday for the pur
pose OF getting the straight" concerning
the Inauguration of President Harrison. He
said that black republican in his neigh
borhood had announced that Harrison had
"tooken his seat" and that "when Mr..
Harrison token his seat, Mr.. Harrison gazed
at those around him and said: Boys let
me sit here and rest eight days before you
poster me-" The negro stated further, that
he had "heeredn that a state alliance out
west had sent an immense broom TO Mr..
Harrison, and that printed on card tackled
to the handle thereof was the request:
''Sweep the democrats out clean"
The case against the Cotton States Life
Insurance Company was taken up at Macon
Wednesday, Hon. r. w. Patterson acting
as special master. There was very little
done beyond making a start and determn-
ing the parties to the suit and the different
classes of claims. The pleadings were read.
The master stated that he would hear the
question as to what date the expectancies
should be calculated and the rate per cent
which would be allowed to-day. The master
requested counsel to furnish a list of tue
questions that would be involved in the pro-
ceedings, and stated that he would give
notice from day TO day what particular
questions he would hear the following day.
O. j. Cottle of Amercus has bond that
is a relic Ct the days of the southern confed-
eracy. Its face value is for $4,000. o. the
left band corner is No BIS it reads Con
federate States of America. Columbus,
Ga, March IT, 1864. This will certify that
A. NJ. Butt. guard. Z. Butt has paid in at
this office 1000, for which amount regis
tered bonds, of the Confederate States of
America, bearing interest from this date,
at the rate of per cent. per annum, will
be issued to him, under the act approved
Feb. II, 1864. upon the surrender of this
certificate at this office. w. Fl. Young, de-
positary." The certificate is on thick yell
low paper, and is four by eight inches in
size.
Capt. John MilIedge of Atlanta, state
librarian, has received from DR.. r. B. Ms
bet of Eatonton a letter, in which the doc
tor states that he has in his library some
very rare old law books that he desires to
present TO the state library. These books
are the A C's Of law reports, and DR.. MIS-
bet wants them placed where they can be
preserved. Among the collection are Sir
Edwin Coke's reports, printed in 160l-'04;
Chief Justice Hale's reports, printed in 1870;
William Chaucery's reports printed in $780,
and Legs reports, printed in 1859 pit.
MIlledge has written DR.. Nsbet, thanking
him in the name of the state for the rare old
volumes, which will be an important addi-
tion to the state library.
An amusing incident was witnessed at
Nelson street bridge in Atlanta yesterday.
A countryman and his wife started to cross
When the old lady avanced far enough to
see the awful chaSm below she refused to
proceed. The man, after the manner of the
old farmer in the blue-back spelling book
first tried to persuade her to cross. He then
gave her a banana, which she ate with a
relish, but still refused TO go; whereupon he
seized her and a tussle ensued. He gained
ground steadily until they reached the
middle of the bridge. Then, seeing she was
as near one side as the other, she made a
desperate break for the farther side, the old
man holding her back the while, lest she
should go too rapidly and fall
A couple Of musicians from the noun
tains made things hum in the United States
marshaPs office in Atlanta Tuesday evening
They sawed all kinds of good old tunes out
of two old-fashioned fiddles, and kept such
excellent time that half of the crowd were
compelled to pat" and the other half were
forced to shuttle The "Virkinia Reeln
was great and "Old Susanna made the
boys shout for joy. Clerk Hamilton said.
with deep emotion, that the fiddle was the
sweetest of all wind instruments, and Dr.
Nelms observed with intense emphasis that
it beat a whole opera with the scenery
thrown in, and Detective Murphy was
charmed almost to death If two violinists
had entered a room and struck up an oper-
attic air. they would have been lynched on
the spot.
At Lawrenceville, on Saturday, Judge
Hutchins heard petition filed by Mrs. N
NJ. Scales, through her attorneys, Brand
aud Hutchins, VS.. her husband, Willis f.
Scales, to remove him as trustee,
and for other purposes. The judgment of
the court has not been announced. The
plantation in controversy lies on the Chat
tehoochee river and is valued at $40. 900.
The plaintiff alleges, among other things,
the defendant lnterferes with every contract
she makes, which she is entitled to make
under her deed from defendant, and forces
her children and tenants to leave the planta-
ton. The defendant replies, the plaintiff
and the children are seeking to force him to
leave, and asks that a receiver be appointed
through his attorney, Mr.. Garner, to take
charge of this valuable property.
Hon. Charles W. Klgore, member of
congress from Texas, who won for himself
a national as well as an enviable reputati On
in the Fifty-tirst congress as the great
ohjector, (" arrived at Newman, Sunday, from
Washington, minglng with relatives aud
the friends Of his boyhood. His father was
one of the early settlers Of Coweta county,
moving to Texas when the congressman
was a boy Of tender years. As soon as it
was learned Monday morning that the
great objector" was in town, some of the
leading citizens proposed an impromptu re-
ception, which took place that evening from
to 10 o'clock in the parlorS of the public
library, where large number of citizens
called to pay their respects to the illustri-
GUS guest. The reception was a quiet, wine
less affair, but forcibly demonstrated that
the friends of his youth, as well as their
sons, held him in high esteem.
Talbotton Nelo Era: Not long since the
NelC Era gave an account Of Miss Jane
Smiths successful farming, and also men
toned that she was known as Capt. Jane
Smith by her neighbors. During the war
Miss Jane Smith was strong sympathiZer
with the confederate cause, and she thought
that every man in the southern country
should go TO the front. In her neighborhood
were some men who would not go to tho
war, and those men were regarded with the
greatest contempt by the patriotic Miss
Jane. At length Miss Jane announced that
she had determined to organize n military
company composed Of women, whose duty
1t should be to protect the men at home
who were afraid TO go to the war. The
military spirit then shown won her the
title of captain. Col. Ellison says that she
is not now called captain by her neighbors.