The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-21

Among Negroes in Leurens County
Pulaski County's Tricky Negro
Teachers.
GEORGIA.
Jake Blackshear, living on Hollinshead's
plantation, in Houston county, killed his
wife day or two ago by beating her with
club.
The Augusta hotel changed hands Tues
day. L. E. Doolittle, the former proprietor,
sold out to his son, Burton Doohttle, who
will continue the business.
At Lagrange, some miscreant, one night
last week, cut the buggy tops belonging to
g. H. Reid's stable into shreds, mutilaung
them so they were not fit to use longer.
Clarkes Light Infantry at Augusta de-
cided to 60 TO Jacksonville. Fla, for the
military encampment to take place April
10. II and 10 They will go in a private
car and have been rendered free transporta-
ton.
Work on the Palmer barrel factory at
Macon is progressing at lively rate. Under
the superintendency of John Knight fifty
hands are busily engaged on the laboratory
building preparing it for the purposes Of
the factory.
Georgia is entitled to fourteen scholar
ships at the Nashville Normal College, and
examination of applicants will be held some
time in August. These scholarships are in
great demand.
Porter Nolan of Athens, has a very sim
gular pet, and one that he is very fond of.
1t is nothing more nor less than huge owl.
He has had the bird since it was quite small
aud has ATTEMPTED by kind treatment to
tame it, but all to no purpose.
Tuesday morning, on the plantation of
Col. C. G. Duncan, near Perry, John Leary,
a white man, the overseer shot and NOR
tally wounded a negro, Sol Jackson. The
negrois a desperate and lawless character,
and was advancing on Leary with long
open knife in his hand. After repeated
warnings Leary was compelled in self
defense to shoot the man.
The city council Of Macon has decided to
accept the proposition of the Macon Gas and
Water Company, to furnish the city water
at 10 cents per thousand gallons to sprinkle
the streets, and council will furnish water
free to any responsible individual who will
furnish carts and sprinkle the streets, his
pay TO come from the citizens WHOSE houses
or stores front on the streets to be
sprinkled.
Monday morning at 2:20 o'clock the resi-
dence of Dr. W. G. Patrick, on Calhoun
street, Townsville, was burned and the
house occupied by H. NJ Cave adjoining,
and owned by B. A. Bass, fell a victim to
the flames. 1t is supposed the fire originated
in defective fiue. DIR. w. G. Patrick was
insured for 81 ,600-$S00 on house and $500
on furniture Mr. Bass had his house in
sured for $500, and Mr.. Cave had $500 on
his furniture.
There has been an increase Of $50. 600 in
the value of improvements in the old part
of Brunswick over the assessment of last
year, notwithstanding the fact that due
allowances were made for depreciation In
value for old houses In other words, allow
ing for this depreciation, and also for the
fact that assessments rarely reach the full
value, it is safe to estimate that there has
been at least 500, 900, or perhaps 500, 900
worth Of new buildings put up in one year.
young man went around TO Porter g.
Wilson's livery stable late Saturday night
and ordered the negroes who sleep in the
stable to hitch up a horse. The negroes
refused, when they saw a pistol flashed
around, shot fred striking the side OF the
wall, throwing bricks in every direction.
This settled the question with the negroes.
who hitched up the horse in short order.
1t will not, however. settle it with the city,
and the young man will find himself several
dollars out.
b. F. Harris of Franklin, has probably the
Oldest chair in the state. He is now 60 years
old, and the chair was given in a set to his
grandmother and had then been in use
SONY time. What remains of the chair is
yet good. The posts, though, have worn
away to the lower rounds, which have long
since worn out and gone. This chair has
followed the Harris family from South
Carolina to Georgia, from Georgia to Ala
bama, and then back to Georgia and is
highly priced as an heirloom by Mr..
Harris
Albany NetUS and Advertiser: Here is
the best one that has yet been heard on the
Chautauqua: An old woman wandered into
the sitting room Of one Of our most promi-
TENT ladies, and announced herself with the
query; Say, Miss Lizzie, when is this here
She-talker gwine ter take placer she was
informed that the opening ceremonies would
be next Monday. ''Well, I'm mighty glad
they're gwine let the witnmen folks taikn
she said. 81 never has talked as much as I
wanted to, and if they'll only give us a
chance when they have the She.talker, I'll
be satisfied
The tax assessors rendered their report to
the city council Of Macon Monday night.
The total valuation Of city property for the
year 1885, is 81 300, 423, an increase over
last year Of 81, 1888, 921. OF this increase
S446,6I5 is on the real estate and $917, 246 is
on personal property. The rate of taxation
Is q per cent, which, on the total property
valuation, will yield S141 ,255 in taxes. OF
the total valuation $780, 475 Is on Masonic
society buildings and church property other
than church buildings. The council will
decide whether or not to relieve this Of tax
alton. Macon's rapid growth the past year
is clearly and satisfactorily shown by
nearly 81 100000 increase in the value Of
property.
La Grange Graphic: A book recently
published under the title OF Typographical
souvenirs" is causing some trouble among
the subscribers IN this city, but as the mat
ter IS about TO go into the courts we forbear
commenting just at this time. But what
we started out to say, was the fact that this
community has been laboring in dense
darkness in regard to the age Of one of our
most popular attorneys. The book puts him
down as having been born in 1889, whereas
he has been passing here for a much
younger man. The fact that be was re-
well posted id ancient history
has been often remarked by friends, but
even the most suSpecting never dreamed
that he was an eye witness and a partici-
pant IN the scenes he SO graphically de-
scrloed. The book has perpetrated a fraud
on the judge in giving his age, or else the
Judge Is one OF the greatest deceivers OF
this age.
matter that is very discreditable 10
some OF the colored teachers IN Pulaski
county has been reported TO the state school
by Hon. Jacob Watson Of
ltawklnsvllle, q school commissioner Of
that county. 1t has been discovered that
at the recent examination OF applicants for
license TO teach, numbers Of the colored ap-
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