The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
"A Big Land Purchase at Athens-Two
Letters Found at Valdosta That In
dictate the Suicide or Flight of a
Floridian-A Panic at Commence
ment Exercises-A Fight Between q
Cat and Rat.
GEORGIA.
Can't. William Clarke Of Bio raised beets
this wear that measured twenty inches in
circumference.
At Athens. Thursday, VIII Jackson, who
assaulted little Mary Archibald, was placed
under $500 bond.
A great mass meeting Of the citizens Of
Athens will be held Monday, to discuss all
matters pertaining to the good of Athens.
Leslie Dupree. aged 16 years, Of Valdosta,
attempted 20 commit suicide q day or two
ago BY taking laudanum, because a woman
26 years old refused to reciprocate his
wooing. His life was saved.
Quite a panic was caused at Woodbury.
last Friday, during the examination ex-
ercises, from the breaking of a sleeper. The
audience made a break for the doors,
some jumping through the windows.
Fortunately no one was hurt. The remain
ing exercises were held at the Methodist
church.
At Athens Thursday c. J. O'Farrsn,
county treasurer, purchased the old Wed
Barber tract of land, containing 1S9 acres,
and lying around Barberville. Sixty acres
of this land is in the incorporate limits Of
Athens, and more than half Is well-tim-
bered with pine and original forest. This
is gilt-edged piece of property, and the
day is not far distant when it will be worth
a fortune. 1t is said that Mr.. O'Farrell
s~.f ofn hbc IF hfa
purchase.
Mr.. Eugene P. Speer, who has been in
the treasury department at Washington,
and has Just returned TO Atlanta, in speak
ing of the Georgia appointments, said: at
seems to be pretty well understood in
Washington that Buck will get the mar
shalis office if he wants it. He claims that
he does not want it, but it is a noticeable
fact that none of the Buck faction are in
the race for the office; only Longstreet
men are after it. Longstreet will get no
Office at all, it is thought. Few, If any
southern men, will be recognized.
Thursday morning an interesting fight
between a cat and rat, at Lockett &
Elam's stables at Americas. was witnessed
by number Of gentlemen present at the
time. The cat was a large one. and had
been watching the rat hole for some time.
Finally the rat came out, which was large
the hole and then bounced down upon it.
The fur flew for a minute or two. First
the cat on TOP then the rat. On the third
round the cat gave it up and ran off, when
the rat walked Aisurely to his homo with
his fur all turned the wrong way. The cat
was clearly whipped and cannot be induced
to go near that hole any more.
Valdosta Times: About Nov. last two
strange men stepped into Hunts saloon,
Achf ri xuitb
sugar. One Of the men was a moody look
ing individual, with the appearance of
weight or a grievance on his mind
After standing about the saloon
for while he passed two small grip-sacks
over the counter to the bartender and
asked him to put them away until he called
for them later. The two then walked out
and disappeared, and were never seen again
After a few days Mr.. Hunt had
the two grips carried to a plumber
room up stairs and stored away,
where they were forgotten. Several
days ago they were found again, and re-
Numbering that they had been there seven
months, or more, and not called for, Messrs.
Dees and Corbitt, the bar-tenders for Hunt,
at the suggestion of some one, called on
policeman and bad the sachels, which
proved not to be locked, opened. One was
empty and the other contained some value
less wearing apparel, and two letters. One
was addressed TO Miss G. W,
Conway, Fla, y and the other "To whom it
may concern" The first told of love
and babe the girl farewell The
second insinuates that the writer was
in some way involved in a criminal affair."
Both indicated that he contemplated suicide
or flight. The letters were signed w. E.
Vineyard, Jr. Nothing more is known
about the matter at Valdosta.
uoprnA
Six or eight houses are In course of erec-
ton at Orange City.
About forty cottages win go up on the
beach opposite Smyrna this summer.
James Justice, charged with the murder
Of Jacob Arnold, at Cypress last March,
was arrested by Sheriff Watts Of Washing
ton county, in Butler county, Alabama, on
last Friday, and is now incarcerated in the
Jail at Mariana.
Tuesday night about o o'clock the large
wagon and repair shop belonging to
j. ID. Ross, at DeLand, caught fire and the
building and large stock of material on
the second floor were completely destroyed.
The wagons, material, etc., on the first floor
were saved. The blacksmith shop was also
saved.
Preparations for building the North
Beach railroad at st. Augustine are nearly
all completed, and actual work will soon be
begun. The contract for building the
bridge over the North river has been
awarded to Capt Brown, who has lust
completed his work on the railroad bridge
over the San Sebastian.
The British steamships Doris and Cyril
cleared from Pensacola Thursday, the for
mer with a cargo of pine timber and lum-
Der valued at s14 600, the latter with a SIM
liar cargo valued at $17,S00 The value of
the average Pensacola cargo is 81. 600. The
disparity to be noticed in the figures named
may be explained in the fact that about
nine-tenths Of the exports are made in sail
ing vessels averaging in tonnage about 600.
Politics came near undermining the
fundamental principles of the w. @. T. w.
at Orange City, the most active union in
the state. There existed for some time Bit
ter differences of opinions among the men,
bers as TO the proper course to pursue as re-
CARDS the political parties, and some sharp
criticisms have been the fruits of the union
for the past month. At Thursday afternoons
meeting kind of a love-feast was had.
the Ratchet was buried, and no one made to
eat crow.
Concerning Russell and Pye, with the
killing Of whom the NEWS readers are ia
miliar, Geneva. (Ala.) correspondent of
the Mobile Register SAYS: Cal Russell, killed
by Pye, was citizen of Geneva and Coffee
counties, where he leaves a wife and six
children. whom he deserted few months
since to follow degraded sister of Pye's to
Florida. Yancey Pye is. or was, a general