The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Customs Recsipts-Rice Planting in
Lake County.
GEORGIA.
Large stocks of cattle, as well as sheep,
are owned ia Coffee. One gentleman owns
1900 head.
Stock is looking fine 10 Coffee. Sheep
and cattle are now luxuriating on the fresh
burns, and the wool clip promises to be fine.
An English mineralogist has discovered.
so it IS rumored, a rich aud large deposit Of
phosphate rock on Breezy hill, near Macon.
The engineering corps of the Lula, Daw-
sonvilie and DabiOnega railroad are now
running the second line of survey from
Lula to Dawsonville.
The usual memorial exercises will be OBJ
served at Griffin on April %. Col Emmett
Womack has been invited TO deliver the ad.
dress, and accepted the invitation.
A-crazy darby created a sensation on
Patterson street, Naldosta, Wednesday
about noon, by letting volley of oaths of
to thicken the air. A policeman took charge
of him.
Suwannee, on the Airline railroad. in
Gwinnett county, is considerably excited
by the discovery of gold In the village
and in radius of a mile and a-haf fifty
veins are said TO promise rich results.
Rev. Mr. Murray, formerly of Virginia,
but recently of Ohio, has been called TO the
pastorate Of the Baptist church in Valdosta,
and has accepted the call. He will preach
his first sermon on the second Sunday in
June.
The trial of George, Marcellus and Green
Lee, charged with the killing Of Wyatt
Williams, which began at Buchanan Mon
day, closed Thursday, and they were re-
manded to Jail TO await the investigation
OF the grand jury.
Pearson is one of the live towns in Coffee
county, and she is building UP. She has
two hotels, seven stores, turDentlne still
and livery stable. The alliance has bought
out two stocks of goods in the town and
have consolidated them.
Bicycling is becoming very popular
pastiIne with Valdostas young men. The
number Of wheelman is constantly increas-
ing, and 1t Is their intention 10 form club,
prepare first-class track and have grand
tournament. The wheelman Of neighbor-
Ing towns viii be invited to participate.
Charles Williams, a colored boy, was ar
rested at Albany Thursday, charged with
placing Instructions upon the track of the
Savannah, Florida aud Western railway,
near Albany. He was found hiding under
house. The officers are hunting for his
supposed accomplish, yellow boy named
Butler Clements.
colored men, got into difficulty on Ashley
street. Naldosts, last Saturday night.
Lucian pulled his pop and touched off the
double action apparatus, but Burk dodged
the shower of lead and escaped with his
life. No blood was split, but the courts will
inquire into the matter.
Wednesday night Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch.
who live near the school of technology, At
lanta, had gone to sleep together in the
bod &k,s. - l. A
months old. During the night Mr.. Fitch
awoke and found that his wife was dead.
lie was awakened by the cries of the baby,
who was trying to awaken its mother.
There seems to be a burglar abroad in
WaycrosS just now, as several houses have
been entered and money and valuables
taken therefrom- The last one was Mar
shall Carson's house. During the absence Of
his family Thursday afternoon, at funeral,
his house was entered and relieved of ali
his ready cash. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the various robberies.
Monday j. F. Nesbitt of Norcross was
having some fencing done, and, noticing
f1ies swarming, examined the spot, and
found an infant buried there near the sur
face. At the coroner's inquest it was de-
veloped that it was the child Of Carrie
Hawkins, negro girl about 10. She claimed
that the child was stillborn, but the doctors
Jail under charge Of murder
The gin house of Virgil 4. Dallis. who
lives near Chipley, was burned on Saturday
alght The loss falls heavily, as there was
no insurance. With il were consumed
about 10000 pounds of fodder and hay
stored in the building and thirteen sacks Of
guano. 1ncendiarism is strongly suspected,
though Mr.. Dallis is at loss to know who
had such grudge against him as TO infiict
had -.
about the gin house.
Mr.. Youngblood, an old settler in Coffee
county, but yet strong and robust man
Ior ms advanced age, has killed 993 deer
In his time. he sticks to his old flut-and-
steel rifle, and says he can yet see to cut a
turkeys head of with a distance of seventy
nve yards. DE says he would not give the
old gun now for car load of Winchester
rifles He contends stoutly that the old is
better than the new. Mr.. YoungbIood is a
unique character of the old time wire-grass
school.
Thursday morning the residents in the
neighborhood of No. Il CORTLAND street
Atlanta, became panic stricken over the
appearance OF large wild cat which was
terrorlzlng that vicinity. The reserve
police were called out, and after an excit-
ing and dangerous chase the monster was
brought to bay by Patrolmen Thrasber
with small arms, succeeded in killing IN
The Constitution says that the animal was
magnificent specimen of the genus. and
was full grown and spotted like a cata-
mount.
Tuesday nigh at Beverly & Bucks log
ging camp, about nine miles from Thomas
vile, Walter Conley killed Jonas Patter-
son. Both were colored, The reason for
the killing appears that few days ago the
two men engaged in difficulty, in which
Conley was worsted, and he waited for an
opportunity when his enemy was asleep 70
crush his skull with heavy piece of tim
Der. Coroner johnson went out Wednes-
day with a jury and held an inquest over
the deceased. The jury returned verdict
of murder, charging Conley with the crime.
He has escaped. but will be searched for.
The Missouri stone mason, Jack RYAN.
who died in his room in a house near the
East Tennessee depot at Macon, Tuesday,
and who it was reported was robbed of
several dollars while on his sick bed, turns
out to have come from a fine family ia
Hannibal, Mo. The remains were shipped
Wednesday evening to Hannibal. Before
dying Ryan gave ]. G. Wesenvy, another
stone cutter, $37 rs to send to his mother