The morning news., 1889-05-19

Newspaper at Jefferson.
GEoRGIA.
A Baptist church is to be built at Cor
dele.
Rev T. C. Tucker Of Lafayette died last
Sunday.
There is a movement toward the building
Of cotton seed oil mill in Lexington.
A swarm Of bees is ensconced in the
court house tower at Lexington and IS
making honey.
Gainesville's new postmaster, w. A.
Wood, expects to enter regularly on the
duties of the Office about June l.
A blight has seized upon apple and pear
trees in Emanuel county. 1t is especially
bad on apple trees, and is killing them.
The old steam mill near Mt Vernon, be-
longing to G. w. Adams, and formerly
known as the Brown mill, was destroyed by
fire on Thursday last.
William Minor and e. j. Wilson, has been
organized at Montezuma to manufacture
brick on a large scale.
Thomas Thornton is said to be the champ
ion jumper of the state university. The
other day, in trial Of strength he made
o leap Of S feet u inches.
Thursday Griffin lady sent the commit
tee $50 in cash for the experimental farm,
stating that she expected TO get that much
value out Of it in Horticultural informa-
tion.
Mrs.,J. G. Truitt Of LaGrange is a great
raiser Of poultry, and her supply Of eggs Is
always bountifuL The other day she made
an estimate Of the number she had obtained
from her hens since Oct. /, and found that
it was about 262 dozen.
Wesley. the Stuart house porter, picked
mp $40 in bills at the passenger depot at
Thomnsyille, Thursday. He made inquiries
among the passengers and found that tho
con. 20 whom he returned it.
The lower portion Of Elbert county is
sadly IN need of a boom of some kind to
arouse the people and develop this splendid
section. A cotton factory is spoken Of, and
it il ako highly probable that now rail-
road viii be built before another year.
A. B. Handley has the contract for the
rock work on the machine shops and foundry
to be run in connectionswith the LaGrange
Cotton Mills, and has q force at work lay
ing the foundation. The dimensions of the
building will be 40x150 feet; the foundry
proper 40x42 feet.
Armory Brown of Taylor county has a
hen egg that seems to be magnetzed. 1t
will not lie on the side or on the large end,
but when it is put down it Immediately
turns up on the small end. It makes no
difference in what position it is placed 1t
win turn until it stands on the small end.
Several manufacturing enterprises are
now being earnestly talked of for Cedar
town, and there is a general feeling that
the present is the time for action. A
woolen factory, q cotton seed oil factory,
cotton factory, a tannery and a boot aud
shoe factory are among the projects sug-
gested.
Hon. J. +. White Of Hartwell has an old
and curious relic. 1t is a surveyors mark
ing knife that was presented to Mr. Whites
grandfather by his father when he left Vir-
ginia ninety years ago. 1t is undoubtedly
over 100 years old, and is yet as good for
the purpose for which it was intended as it
eyer was.
Mt. Vernon Monitor: W. H. Mcqueen
returned from Savannah last Friday, with
tne measles He thinks he gave the disease
to about a thousand persons, as he had no
idea what was the matter with him until
ha s.hroke out, y in s5Avshpah, and there
fore took no precaution agairs5 the spread
Of the contagion.
At Louisville the jury commissioners of
Jefferson county sued the publishers Of the
Free Press newspaper for libel in the sum
Of $4,000. The defendants had charged
bias and prejudice in revising the jury list
OF Jefferson county. The jury, after all
nights dehberation, returned q verdict for
the plaintiff for $50.
In George B. Lumpkin Oglethorpe county
has an inventive genius. His last invention
is plow, or rather device by which the
wear and sharpening of plows is almost en-
tirely saved, aud by which all the old plows
F1fsrr l.
use. 1t is almost costless, and by it farmers
save s4 or S. a year to the horse in the cost
Of plow hoes.
. There is considerable complaint in Ogle-
thorpe county of new and heretofore un-
known enemy to cotton, which has made
its appearance to a disastrous extent this
spring. 1t is a worm resembling the COM
mon cut worm which is attacking the plant
and In places destroying whole fields. Some
farmers report that they have lost almost
their entire crop by them.
Mr.. Chambliss, of Buena Vista. had the
misfortune to have his right wrist twisted
out OF joint at the mill Wednesday morn
ing. His hand became entangled in the
belt OF the feed pulley which twisted it
around about three times. The steam had
been cut of and the engine was running
with its own momentum, otherwise 1t
might have twisted his entire arm Off. The
hand was twisted back into position by his
brother.
An effort is being made toward adjust
ang the inconveniences which at present
exist with regard 10 the seating accommo-
cations In court house park, at Columbus.
The plan proposed is to set aside certain
portions Of the park for white visitors and
The remainder for colored people. Up to
the present almost every seat in the park
has been monopolized by colored folks. and.
as result, very few whites 80 near the
place at all.
Dr.. Jefferson Of Buena Vista was badly
frightened by fire few days ago. He had
long box Of hen nests nailed to trees in the
plne grove in the rear of his home and rs the
mites were bad, negro was instructed 20
Durn out the nests. Fire got into tle deep
straw underneath, and large volume Of
Ire .lrs snot out through the pine tops, which
Sook haId work to subdua The Doctors
Darn, nlled with oats in the straw, was near.
40 ne thought for q while his barn. dwell
4ng and all would 60.
Col Briant Of Monroe at n recept nrofae-
slonai visit into the country showed lis
IeAflhg. Being at dinner with some friend.
hAe Eool housewife delighted him with
lls ooLns iosely Strawberries. The colonel re-
la.' thst ne was experienced in the best
14s15sagusol cultivating the delicious fruit.
sl1s We've were requested, and he remarked
nny, serve them with sugar aud cream
sanu raise Them with SPOON" The bogtees
was 50 taken with this lively hit that the
coionei was presented with a gallon Of fuo
berries upon his departure
builolng lots on the public souare M FL
berton are IN great demand. aud higb nrices
49, nsnoo y, 90 ME- Sanders will not take less