The morning news., 1890-06-02
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE

A Washington Story OF Love and
Marriage-The Slayer of Pink Law :
renee acquitted In Pike County
An Incendiary Burns a Barn, But
First Drives Out the Live Stock-A
Macon Boy Drowned.
waynesboro has three handsome church
edifices.
William Gary, said TO be the defaulting
treasurer OF, "a church in Worth county, IS
under arrest at Macon.
DIR. A. F. Durham, Jr., died at his home
in Sparta on Tuesday, in the Goth year Of
his age, after long illness.
n. C. Smith, commercial traveller for
New York and Rochester shoe manufactur-
ers, died at Augusta Friday.
A little son OF Car Inspector Gus Hardy
of the Z. & w. broke lis arm in falling
from a car truck at Cedartown Wednesday.
William Gordon, a negro boy IL years of
age, will be hung in Fort Gaines IN June
for outraging white child only Is months
old.
The Waynesboro True Citizen is one Of
the neatest papers in Georgia. Furthermore,
it is as good from an editorial standpoint as
it is neat.
ton has decided on building handsome
new church. About $4,000 has already
been subscribed.
Maj. John II. Jones, one of the Oldest,
most prominent and best known citizens Of
Elberton, is lying at the point of death at
MS home at that place.
In Newton county Friday Boyce John
son (colored) accidentally shot his cousin,
Charley Smith, killing him almost instantly.
johnson surrendered to the sheriff.
The parties who intended opening origi-
nal package agencies in Athens have de-
cided to take no steps until Congress de-
cides what action will be taken in the north.
Invitations have been issued by Rev. and
Mrs. s. P. Richardson, announcing the
marriage of their daughter, Leila, to w.
Milton Legg, at the Methodist Episcopal
church at Griffin tomorrow.
As Master Walter Beeks was out gun
ming near Beeks' pond, north of Gritfin,
Saturday, he shot and killed large blue
crane. It was feet inches high and
measured 6 feet from tip to tip of wings
At Macon Saturday, Mrs. johnson
stopped to tie her shoe while walkingin East
Macon. She laid pocketbook containing
about S25 on a bridge while doing this, and
left it there. When she went back for it
she could not find it.
The case of the state vs. Hiram Brown,
Hiram Matthews and Alonzo Canther,
charged with the killing of the negro Pink
Lawrence, near GAINESVILLE, last Christmas,
came to close Friday with a verdict of ac-
quittal on the ground of self-defense.
]. f. Porter, who lives on Turkey creek,
about twelve miles from Irwinton, had his
barn and contents destroyed by fire last
Tuesday night. Before the perpetrator ap-
piled the torch the mules, horses and COWS,
which were confined in the stalls, were
turned out and saved from death, every
thing else being a total loss.
Milledgeville Chronicle: The county
commissioners at a meeting last Saturday
reduced the tax on liquor from $40, 900 to
S25, rs they found that it would not pro-
hibit the sale. This action will stop the suit
between county and city, as to the privi-
leges of each, which no doubt would have
been brought into the courts otherwise.
Lumpkin Independent: A few days ago
a dinner in honor of the birthday of Mrs
Crocker was given at the residence of Mrs.
M. +, Fort. There were present at this
dinner four ladies' residents of this place.
whose ages aggregate 3i4 years. They
were Mrs Wardlaw, who was 50 in Janu-
ary; Mrs. Crocker, 50 in May; Mrs. NJ. e.
Fort, so in July; and Mrs. Williford, IA in
January. All of these ladies bid fair to live
many years longer.
IOulllSSWOTJu WIS drowned Wlll6
bathing in the river at Macon Friday, A
strange feature of the drowning was the
fact that Bailey swan some distance up the
stream after calling for help, when the
bank was only ten feet away from him. 1t
is thought that in his frightened condition
he did not know what he was doing. The
drowned boy was about II years of age
and lived with his sister. Mrs. Julia Clisby,
his parents having died several years ago
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OF Mr.. Ware, who narrowly escaped death
by an assassin's shotgun, has returned from
Oconee connty, where he went to visit his
cousin. Mr.. Ware says that they believe
they have spotted the parties who did the
shooting, and he expects steps to be taken
for their arrest every moment. The friends
of Mr.. Ware and the officers Of the county
are busily engaged in securing evidence,
and as soon as they have sufficient to guar
antee conviction the parties will be ar
rested
Americus Times: Jim Davis, a negro
farm hand living on the plantation of win
Chappeil near Americus was brought to
the city Friday for medical treatment. As
Davis stepped out of his house early in the
morning to go to work strange dog sprang
savagely upon him and fastened his faugs
IN the negro's lower hip, tearing it out and
making very ugly wound. It was stated
that the dog exhibited unmistakable signs
OF rabies, but, notwithstanding this, the
bystanders allowed him to escape, even
after Davis had shaken him off, aud he is
doubtless still at large in that neighborhood
MIR. Chappell brought the negro to the city
for the purpose of trying the efficacy of a
maidstone upon the wound.
Washington Gazette: A few years before
the war there were two young ladies in
Washington of uncommon beauty. They
were in no way related, but they were at
that time the bellies Of Washington. and
people used jestingly to say that they were
extremely public spirited in helping the
landlord OF our hotel to keep up his house.
for nearly half the time some Young
man was boarding there for few
days. attracted by one of these two
young ladies TO come to our town. 1t
singularly happened after awhile that there
were two gentlemen (named Cooper who
used to frequent the hotel, coming to visit
our two young ladies. The two Coopers
were in no way connected, but there seemed
to be something in the name, for they mar
ried the two ladies. During the past week
there have again been two gentlemen visit
ing Washington named Cooper They are
the sons of the two ladies and are called
Thomas L. Cooper Of Atlanta, aud
John Francis Pelot Cooper, now living in
Macon. The latter is the son of the lady VINO
was Miss Rosa Pelot and who married Mr.
Cooper from Sumter S. c. r. II p Cooner