The morning news., 1889-05-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

J. wilkes Booth-A Little Bucke
Cherished by Colquitt County Lady
as Souvenir OF a Sad Incident o
the war-A safs Carried into the
Woods.
GEORGIA.
DR.. Joshua F. Usry OF Gibson died Fri
day.
Thers ia lady in Darisn who wants
To be a road commissioner on the she'll
road.
I'm 70 date Georgia has paid pensions
70 nearly 1850 disabled confederate vet
erans.
There are cases enough now bsf0re
Brooks sup srior c purt to keep the court IN
session for two solid months II all OF the
cases are tried
Ge rre Malcon Of O,oaee county had a
sheep to commit su cd, te" Gays ago
The sheen pushed it, head through crack
in the fence and thea pulled back until its
neck was broken.
The jackson Herald wants to know il it
is true that Rsv. Mr. Pic Iens of Athens.
member OF the Christian church, has ha1
the doors of the churches in The town
closed against him. II is 80 reported
Athens Banner Wdtchmdn: Samps Co
hen is still in Athens, and is confirmed in
the NOR, hine habit. H. Is quite young
man, and would not be taken for gentle
man who handled tne pasteboard abomi-
nation.
Judge Gustin has bean informed by Capt.
John B. Rutherford that he thinks ne viii
be well ough t. 60 on with the Woof 'lk
trial at Perry the hrst Mo lday in June, SO
the proba ilities now are that the case will
be heard at the time appoi ted.
Miss Ida Howell of Duluth, who at a
recsnt meeting OF ths wouan's visionary
board of the Met odist E isc pal clurc
south, al Little Rock, Ark, was accepted
as visionary TO Brazil, South America,
will sail from New YORK on Jule5
A GriftiI boy just II says he has drank
In the last three months no le than 800
glasses OF beer. besides liquors two or three
times day. 10 was led as ray by some
older thai himself. He has seen the folly
of his course and proposes to iaage it.
Incv Norwood, no killed Harriet Ba ks
on the Pritchard place, near b usheye, in
Sp1lding county, ab5ut ten days ago was
to have had Ter co nmitme t trial Monday,
but owing 70 the fact that she gave oirth to
a Child Sunday morning, the trial will have
70 be postponed.
The United States court at Atlanta
yesterday began to move into the second
and third stories of ths Lochrane buildi x
on Pryor street. The clerk, the marsha
and the district attorney will 60 into the
new quarters. 1t will take about two days
20 move tbs department.
A Young christian met party of Ameri-
Gus young men on the streets there the
other ngAt .t O'Clock, an after few re-
marks as to the state of their sJuls, 9
chri ,tian asked the party to kusel prayer.
THIS they did, and a long, earnest praye.
went up from the dozen kneeiing there o.
khA side walk in the dead of night.
At Newman Su day, little Child, years
old. the son Of Pal uer Harris, a cJlored
drayman, killed itself by drinking pint
of whisky, which its parents d OF the
manilepiece their room. 1t secured tue
bottle unknown to its father and S allowed
tbe eatil quantity b9f re it was discovered.
A physicla was called but too lase to save
the life OF the infa t.
Moreland Pa k academy at E igewo ID,
nea All n a, posses ed, among othe things
q fire ami burglar fe. Su day nigut
gang of thieves broke open the do n OF the
academy and carried the burglar p of safe
quarter Of mile INTO th3 woods. where
they proceede at their leis ire 10 break I5
open. TIE burglar pro fdoor " as knocked
off. s"d the contents, one gol badge, car
ried of.
Twenty cars of heavy steel rails wsre re-
oeived at Cordele Friday for tae Savan-
u.
Posts for iidependent telegraph line are
being aloIg tie Savannah, Americus
and Montgonerv road. Col Hawki Is re-
fused the propositio of the Western Unio
Company TO put up line. He prop Sos to
have a line of his owl, connecting Savan-
nah, Montgomery and Atlanta.
In the U nted s ates court at Atlanta
Monday Ed Thomas, a colored mail carrier,
pleaded gu It,. to roooi1g mail poucl and
20
penitentiary at Columbut. q. Thomas
carried t Q nail beIweeI Pleasant Grove
and Gainesville. Near the former placs he
stabbed the ouch AMI gutte1 two re is
ter letters. getting 500 out of one and IS
out from the other. he burned the eA-
velopeS
Al Atlanta Monday at roll call CAPT.
Wright of the police force told the first
waite that b. wanted every pat Gilman to
notice per ons who stand around the street
corners from day to day, a d when it was
evident that such ers ns were habitual
loafers To pull them for vagrancy. Caat
Wright also sta ed that he inte ded to see
the mayor and get him to pass an orai-
nance prohibit Idle persons from co =
gregating or staEding about rect corners
At Atlanta Monday, Gov Gordon, il the
case OF the comptroiler-generai VS.. j. NJ
Wilson. ex-tax collec or OF Fulton coisty
and his securities, issued an orler suspend
ing he C llecion Of ths ii. f.. against NJ.
C. Martin, one of the su eties, and It's tn.
forcement sgl linSt him until he meeti4g OF
the general as elbls. Tuii was ne by
reason representatio made to the ".
erner, havi & reference to the condition Of
Nj. G. Martin a ald The defeas., which he de.
nres to make az inst the euf1rcsment of
the Il. ia. in the abov .ss.
An old army musket, loaded with slups
hands a a a J.,
his I'm -er on The trigger aod death in his
eye Is the dangerous position Dave Osborn
and John Ward of WatlIinsvile were placed
in on Monday nlorui < last. This negro boy
had contracted work for Mr.. Os yorn tnis
year. and violat d lis contract by ru in
away, and the above named gentle men Nent
out III search Of him and found him in a
negro cabin on tue Fulton place He tn eat
ened 10 shoot any man that advanced / b
ward him sertheless, these ge itleme
arrested him without much difficulty and
lodged him Jail.
At Atlanta Saturday evening a negro
man and bis wife boa d d a rect car o |
the West End street car line. and the car
being little crowded the woman tt.mpteJ
TO crowd in between two white ge III men |
They resented IL. and quarre ensu d !
The result was that the man and wo.nnn
were both made TO get Off, but after wards |
perm tied to get on the car again. Soon |
after they got on burly negro got on. and |
IN very bpisterous manner ,old the ma |
groes to do just as you - please. I'm |
EAA that thtav n. 81 ma oR