The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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During the War-An Cd Bugle Re-
turned.
GEORGIA
A negro had his hand completely cut of
With button saw at Willford few days
ago.
Mrs. Julia Curd will erect several brick
houses on her lot, corner Mulberry and New
streets, at Macon.
The warehouses Of Arlington are pretty
well filed with cotton, which is being held
BY the farmers for better prices.
There is some talk at Lutherville Of build
irg dummy line to Morelaud, as its seems
that the Central railroad will never extend
the Rome and Columbus road TO Newman.
j. Lewis of Arlington has a curiosity that
he discovered while breaking up rock TO
make pillars for his house. He broke large
rock open, aud in the center of it whs found
embedded a turtle. Not live turtle, but a
petri6ed one.
The new machinery recently purchased
for the Newman cotton mills is now in run
ming order and works beautifully. The de-
mand for yarns continues brisk. and the
mills have as many orders as they can fill
for several months TO come.
A crayon portrait Of the late Bishop
bBckWlkl mas Dcel SEM Df I1ruTl t.
ing of New York to Sister katherine, who
has charge of the Appleton Church Home
at Macon, to be placed in the home. Mr..
Spaldipg married sister OF Bishop Beck
with.
At Gainesville Saturday night Lucy
Mitchell stabbed Dinah Harris to death be-
cause she was attractive to her husband.
Both women were colored. The murderess
is under arrest. The attack was made on
Green street near the residence Of Col.
Gambler.
The home Of L. Sterne Of Albany, is the
home of large buff cochin hen aud half
grown house cat, who have developed a
warm affection for each other, and are in
separate companions. Where one goes the
other follows, even to the point Of roosting
together.
Henry Cruger. an old Albany boy, whose
home is now Tempson, Tex, experienced a
severe loss several days since by having his
residence and its entire contents consumed
by fire. There was not a dollar of insurance
on the building and the family lost even
their wearing apparel.
Sam Perdue, who had both his legs
broken and was otherwise bruised and
mangled by landslide in the mountains Of
Towns county, is dead. He was 81
years old and leaves a wife and chill
dren. PerdGe was working in the mines
when the accident occurred.
Macon's cotton receipts for the season to
date are over IS 900 bales This amount
shows an increase over last year Of 1885
bales. This is the largest amount Of cotton
received in Macon for mauy years, and the
wise men predict that the amount will easily
reach the $1,000 bale notch before the sea
son is out.
Near Shellman. Saturday, W. Oliver had
negro boy hauling out compost with
o3e-horse wagon, and seeing a dove on the
other side OF the horse, be pulled out his
pistol to shoot the dove and shot under the
horse, as he SAYS. but the ball struck the
horse in the abdomen, and be died in less
than five hours. The horse was valued at
500
St. Jossph's Catholic church at Macon
has received from some I'M
known person a beautiful and
costly solid gold chalice. 1t came
by express day or two ago. Father
WinkelTeid does not know from whom 1t
came. Accompanying the chalice was the
simple request Of the donor that two or
three masses be said during the month OF
March for his intentions"
Frank 7. Ridge Of Atlanta, in running
over his old papers Monday, found an an
Gent relic which he was showing to bis
friends the other day. 1t was a yellow.
tlme-worn deed to a lot Of land to one
Dawes, from His Excellency George NJ.
Troup, governor and commander of the
army and navy Of this state and OF the
militia thereof.9 The seal of beeswax,
covered with paper, resembled musty crack
ers from some bakery OF the olden times
Robert H. Plant. the well-known banker,
has purchased the elegant residence of NJ.
Nussbaum on College street, Macon. The
vNrTaa
changed certain other real estate and gave
quite a sum in cash. The man
sion is one OF the handsomest private resi-
dences in the city. 1t was built by the late
John B. Ross and was occupied by Mr.. Ross
and family some time before Mr.. Ross soil
It. Now, after many years, Mr.. Plant pur-
chases it as home for his wife, who was
daughter of Mr.. Ross.
Hon. A. o. Bacon aud the late Capt.
John c. Rutherford were law partners a.
Macon for fifteen years, the death of
Rutherford alone severing the partnership.
The question has been asked, whom would
Maj. Bacon now take in partnership, 1t
being generally thought that this would be
necessary, owing TO the very large law
practice Maj. Bacon has. Maj. Bacon said
the other day, however, that he did not in
tend having partner, but he would en-
gage a lawyer to help him in special cases,
as he desired. This plan, he thought, would
be more satisfactory to him than to take a
partner.
1t is feared that the eldest son of Taylor
Pearson of Sumner will die from the bite Of
q rattlesnake. While out hunting his dog
freed a rabbit in an old stump hole. He,
not thin king OF any danger, ran his hand
into the hole to get his game, when to his
surprise rattlesnake seized his finger: and
being unable to loose the reptiles deat-llke
grip with one hand he was compelled to 90
at least quarter Of mile to the house, the
snake still chnging TO his finger, where, to
get it loose they had to cut the rattler's
head off and prize its teeth out The BOYS
arm was swollen the next morning until il
burst. he was suffering great pain when
last heard from.
DR.. James Stacy, pastor of the Presby.
terrain church at Newman, had the old wal
bugle that formerly belonged to regiment
of Texas Rangers, and which was given into
mis- keeping by member Of that command
shortly after the engagement which tool
place between the Rangers and a detach
ment of federal troops few miles west o.
Newman on July 30, 1864. He guarded i
zealously during the time it was in his pos
session. and priced 1t as one of his most in
teresting relics; but, believing that the sur
vivors of the gallant command TO which /
originally be onged would prize it evel
more highly, he concluded not long since t.
surrender its keeping into their hands. ii
accordingly forwarded it, by direction, t
William u. Cleveland, at Houston, Tex,
who has Just acknowledged its receipt.