The morning news., 1889-04-12

| time IN July.
At the first battle of Manassas, July 81
! 1861, J. E. Floyd of Mt. Calvary, Pulaski
county, was a member of Company G
Eighth Georgia regiment, and was wounded
IN the right shoulder The ball divided
after entering his shoulder. One piece wa
taken out, but the other could not be found
IL has given Mr.. Ployd much trouble evel
since, part of the time causing q running
sore. Eminent surgeons were consulted
from time to time, but they gave him NJ
relief. Last Thursday DR.. r. D. Walker o.
Cochran made an incision, found the re-
manning piece of the ball and extracted it
Mr.. Floyd is doing we'll, and after nearly
twenty-eght years Of suffering, is in fail
way to recover.
About two years ago DIR. W. P. Burt Of
Americus, in going home from Buens
Vista, stopped off in Ellaville to extract
some teeth by appointment. He extracted
eghty-two and was ready to return to the
depot in twenty-five minutes from the time
he left the train. The work was done foI
six patients, five ladies and one gentleman.
The greatest number extracted for either
one was sixteen. the least number twelve,
No two patients were in the operating room
at the same time. The actual time consumed
in extracting the eighty-two teeth could
not have been more than fifteen minutes.
This statement is known to be true by Drs
J. N. Cheeny, Robert Bivins and other
leading citizens of Ellaville.
Sheriff Kitchens of Cherokee county was
in Atlanta Wednesday, and at police head
quarters stated that he was satisfied from
the description the murdered man at Stone
mountain last week by REVERE was Neal
Thomas. This man was at Canton a few
months ago and hired out as a farm hand.
He acted so strangely, however, as to ex-
cite the suspicion that he was not all right
and was discharged. The day following
his discharge the sheriff and deputy met
Thomas in the road and tried to arrest him.
Thomas escaped by running, leaving a
valise behind. Several hundred dollars
were found in the valise. The sheriff re-
ceived postal card last week signed Neal
Thomas, directing that the valise be sent to
Atlanta.
Dawson Ne,cs: OF all the funny sights
ever witnessed, that of big black negro,
with a sample case in his hands, selling
goods for Chicago grocery house, heads
the list. Such an object walked our streets
last week, and from what we can learn did
not meet with much success At one place
he got little fatherly advice from gentle
man who was won't to look upon the plOw-
handles as the proper place for the sons of
Ham. At another establishment he was
shown the door. Not daunted, however, he
continued TO work the town, and at last the
fortune that favored the brave also favored
the "black." From prominent merchant
who Is ever ready to encourage an elevating
tendency in the race, the colored drummer
got a real nice order. While prices did not
compare with those of Macon, the clever
merchant was determined to help him out.
as the following order will show: 200 bar
rels of granulated sugar, 200 barrels OF ex-
ira sugar, 100 bags of coffee, 500 cases of
potash, 100 cases of sardines, 5 carlords of
-four, 5 carloads of meat. The colored
knight of the grip left Dawson to work
Bronwood.
The annual convention of the Grand
Lodge of the knights of Honor Of Georgia
met at Fort Valley Wednesday in the
Masonic hall. After the meeting was called
to order by John P. Shannon oflElberton
the address of welcome was delivered by Sir
Knight w. M. Hayes, presiding elder of the
Macon district of the South Georgia con-
ference. 1t was unanimously declared the
most eloquent address of welcome ever de-
livered before that body at any of its annual
meetings. A feeling responsewas delivered
by John +. Shannon, the grand dicta-
tor. The Grand Lodge attended a ban
quet at the Harris house at night, given in
their honor by Houston Lodge No 1883,
K. of H., assisted by the citizens of Fort
Valley. At o'clock in the afternoon the
grand body visited Bay Creek fruit far IN,
one-half mile east of the Harris house, and
inspected the fruit farm of Rumph & James,
from which the proprietOrs expect TO ship
the present season $4,000 baskets of fruit.
The reports of the order show it to be on the
in Georgia, and in very prosper
Gus condition. The delegates all express
themselves as delighted with Fort Valley
and surrounding country. The citizens are
doing all in their power to make their stay
a pleasant one.
In case the liberal offer of the Georgia
Southern and Florida road does not SECURE
the location of the experiment station at
Wellston, the management of tina road will
at some point on the road, a
model farm of their own. This is no new
idea but has been discussed for some time.
the chemist, practical agriculturist
and practical horticultural have been Sc
lected, or at least there are several names
that have been suggested which the COM
pany have IN view, and can secure at any
time. The farm will be strictly first-class
in every respect-a veritable model farm.
The object will be to show to the world the
value of the lands along the road for pur-
poses Of agriculture. There is a mistaken
idea with many persons that when the val
liable timber is removed from the pine
lands through which tho road passes
the land will be worthless. That this
one error can be easily demonstrated is the
purpose Of the proposed farm. An officer
Of the road informed Macon reporter that
II was more than probable that the farm
would be established whether the location
Of the experiment station was secured or
not. If zt is secured the establishment of
the farH with only be delayed. If it is not
secureA the farm will be established at
once.
On last Saturday evening there took
place IN Wilkes county, one of the hardest
and the most amusing struggles for a
prisoner that ever occurred in Georgia j.
II. Smith, bailiff, went out on Beaverdam
creek to arrest Jack Plummer, an old
on the charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. Jack doesn't pay much
attention to the law except to keep out OF
reach Of it. He is as suspicious as deer Of
any one he sees coming in the day time, and
be never sleeps in his house at night. When
the weather will not permit Jack to pass
the night in the pine thicket, he hies him.
self away TO a friendly neighbor's house.
On last Saturday evening j. II. Smith,
who had a warrant for Jack, found he had
ridden mule along down Beaverdam
creek, and Smith struck Jacks trail. Run
ming upon Jack suddenly he threw him Off
his guard by offering to hire him this year
At high wages. Then he told Jack he was
hunting for some COWS that had strayed
down the creek. Edging up step by step,
be finally got his hands on Jack and yelled,
you are my prisonerw Jack said: Il
don't know so much about dat,n and made
A plunge for a creek near by Both
men tnmbled in but Smith hald his