The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16

ence in Using Frogs for Bait-A Foot
pad Gets in His Work at Americas
a Shooting Affair at Beach Grove
Dynamite Cartridges Found at Cor
dele.
GEORGIA.
Narsballville's town council has notified
Nontezuma liquor dealers that they cannot
solicit orders IL that town any more.
It is not likely that the Columbus Guar Is
Will take part IN the interstate drill at Jack
sonville, although the matter has not been
brought before the company officially.
The Troup Hussars of LaGrange are a
well armed company. To their pistols and
sabers they have added fifty Marlin car
bines thirteen shot)-a very handsome,
hight and effective weapon.
A lunatic is at large somewhere in the
woods around LaGrange. He escaped from
Il k. Brady as the two were at the depot
on wednesday morning waiting to board
the train for Milledgeville. The crazy boys
name is Alonzo Holt.
On and after Monday next the mail route
between Elberton and Crawford will be
changed from Crawford to Lexington, such
being the orders from the postoffice depart
ment. BY this change the length Of the
route viii be leSsened about mile.
The spring term Of the Berrien superior
court ccnvenes at Nashville tomorrow.
The principal case of interest will be the
trial Of Jake Young, the man who was so
long terror in the county In the present
case he will be tried for the murder of Arch
Golden.
Oglethorpe Echo: Everybody admits
that the cotton crop was one of the best
that has been raised in this county in many
years, and decidedly better one than the
crop of 1888. yet we are told that the re-
ceipts at the Crawford depot foot up 500
bales less than the previous season.
Saturday night last, on the farm of Foster
Hester five miles east of Monroe, a diff
Guilty occurred between Will johnson and
Henry Hlllsmap, both youug negro men
resulting in the instant death of Hillsmau,
a pistol ball piercing his heart The two
had gambled for q pistol which belonged to
neither of them. and whea the owner called
sfor i'll each one denied having it. From
this they began to fight The dead negro
had no weapon, which will make it go hard
with johnson.
There was a serious difficulty on Sunday
at the Beech Grove farm in Baker county
Two young negroes, Robert Chambers aud
Hilliard Houston, became involved in a
difficulty, when the former fired load Of
buckshot into Houston's body. He was
was alive on Monday One report saws that
Houston ought on the difficulty by using
insulting language about Chambers sister
Another account is that it originated in a
play, and Is claimed as simply rash act of
folly in a friendly scuffie.
At Americas Friday night, Thomas
Fricker of Ohio, a brother of Charles
FTicker, was passing down Lamar street on
his way TO the Allen house. when, lust on
posite the Southern express Office, he passed
a man who spoke to him. AS he turned TO
wi add i'm, 10
stunning blow GA the head. For a moment
ne was completely dazed, and the man
made quick use OF his time in an effort to
secure his watch and chain, but succeeded
only in tearing his vest, after which he fed.
a Jasper county fisherman told a re-
porter OF the Crawfordville Democrat re-
Gently that o. one occasion he baited his
set-hooks with small green frogs. He left
ms hooks in the water all nicely floating
having been told that this was the best of
balt-expecting to return next morning
and find fish by the dozen. He returned,
and to his surprise ali Of his baited hooks
were setting out on the banks looking at
him, and as he came close to them they
would jump back into the water ''ker-
chunk" He had experience, but no fish.
Cordele Cordeledn: Three or four dyna-
mite cartridges were found in the tool room
Of tie cotton factory one day last week.
OHe VI eile operatives, small BOY, found
them and carried them to Supt Mckenzie
TO inquire what they were. The suoerin-
tendent did not know, and j. A. Littlejohn,
the booSkeeper, was called on, who at once
recognized them as dynamite cartridges.
How the cartridges came there no one
knows, whether through malicious design
or carelessness. At any rate. it was very
fortunate thing that they were found, aud
Mr.. Littlejohn acted very wisely in dump
ing them into Gum Creek without cere-
mony.