The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24

An Old Continental $40 Bili-Arres
OF a Cattle Thief-Catsrpillers /,
Oglethorpe County Cotton 1
Macon-The Cotton Convention Com
mittse-alynn Club Shooting Coz
test.
GEORGIA.
Eatonton's municipal election will occt
Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Darien will be about the only place /
Mcintosh county where liquor can be sol
next year.
The 10000 mark was reached at tn
Eatonton canning factory last week, an
more cans have been ordered,
A bright rainbow was seen THURSDAY
night at Adairsville at O'Clock In a north
ern direction. The old folks there say thl
Is sign of a cold winter
Quite lot of last years cotton has beer
marketed in Boston this week. 1t could
have been sold last season for 9 or 81 cents,
now they will do well who get Z cents
Thomaston Times: Isaac Brooks, negro
man who is charged with shooting at a
woman near Hannah's mill, several months
ago, but was hiding out. was arrested IN
Pike county by Allen Jimmerson and
brought here to jail last Friday
w. J. Mcdonald, living few miles from
Boston, is "a years old and has never lived
outside Of Thomas county. or more than
eight miles from bis birthplace. He owns
a horse that Is years old, and was never
twenty-five miles from where he was foaled.
Lawson Floyd of Quincy, Fla, will
establish warehouse in Attapulgus, Deca-
tur county, where he will buy tobacco, but
will not manipulate it at that point, merely
buying it and putting it in boxes. then he
will haul it to Quincy to prepare it for mar
ket.
The first bale of the 1891 crop Of cotton
was brought to Thomaston Thursday by
Robert II. Raines OF Hootenville district Il
weighed 400 pounds, was chased New York
middling and bought by r. A. Matthew
for cents. 1t is nine days later than LAS
years first bale
The grand jury Of Glascock superior
court recommends that the board OF county
commissioners levy for ordinary county
purposes So cents on every 500 OF the re
turns of taxable property in the county
this being for ordinary current county ex-
penses; also II cents on the said 500 FOL
pauper fund.
A colored man named Devine was killeC
by lightning Friday morning at Rogers
Burke county, at the gin house of w. o.
Wadley. who was in the gin house at thu
the negro when he was struck. This is the
second negro killed on Mr.. Wadley's place
within the past few days.
An Athens Ledger reporter was presented
with cigar by DR.. Kinnebrew Of the firm
of Palmer & Kinnebrew that was made In
1863 This cigar was made by Col. Arnold
of Wilkes county. 1t tasted little like
contederacy, but it did not come up TO the
present brands The reporter smoked it l.,
and it brought back recolleotions of the
hard times during the four years struggle.
Craw tordville Democrat: From the pres
emit outlook we are forced to believe that
there will be little above the average crop
of corn grown in this county. But it is
hard for any one to come TO a definite con-
clusion as to amount Of cotton that will be
produced. 1t depends largely on the sea-
sons, and If there is an early frost we can
not possibly expect more than half of an
average cotton crop.
Gordon Press: We we're informed Thurs
day by gentleman who had Just arrived
from Jeffersonville that the prisoners in the
Jail at that place had broken out and made
their escape. The delivery was supposed to
have been made by negro housebreaker
who was placed in Jail Wednesday Sheriff
Fitzpatrick is on their track, but up to the
time Of going to press no news of their cap
ture had been received.
c. c. Anderson, assistant state geolo-
gist Of Georgia, was busy all day
Thursday in measuring the velocity
and volume Of the Ocmulgee river at
the bridge at Macon. Mr.. Anderson has
made these measurements in streams all
over Georgia, in order to obtain for the
state report of the water power Of the
various rivers and creeks Of Georgia. The
work will take year or more to complete it.
The caterpillars are in Oglethorpe county
and much fear is entertained that they will
ruin tue cotton crop. L. F. Edwards, one
OF Oglethorpe's biggest planters, says that
they have totally destroyed four acres of
millet for him. He says he is ditchinQ
against them, and is trying to keep them
of bis cotton. If they getS on the cotton
this early In the season, ho says, they will
ruin the crop entirely. The caterpillars are
in Wilkes county.
hartwell Sun: On Sunday, while the
family were absent some one burglarizei
the residence Of John Esten TeaSlev in
McCurry district, and took therefrom $73
in gold and silver. Dick Turner (coIored).
who lives just across the line in Ebert
county, was arrested upon suspicion and
brought before Justice Goss for preliminary
trial on Tuesday, and was bound over under
500 bond for his appearance at the next
term OF Hart superior court
The GlyEn Gun club had a great combi-
nation shoot Friday. The annual contest
was for 100 birds, 50 single and rs doubles.
In this j. u. DuBose outshot his Compel
itors, and score Of II birds gave him the
badge. In the next contest DR.. O. w
Tucker killed 81 out of 40 birds ana now
wears the monthly badge. Twenty-Five
birds were to decide the ownership of the
weekly medal, and again DuBose swept the
prize, killing q birds of the 25.
Simon Davis, a negro burglar of Augusta
has been caught up with. Wednesday night
he broke into Lace Twins office at his wood
yard on the Port Royal aud Western Caro-
lima railroad, near the Enterprise factory
and stole Sl3 0S. Sergt DANISH Thursday
met simon on the streets counting his
money, and the officer at once suspected
that something was wrong. He seized the
negro, and Simon at once admitted that he
had stolen the money from Twins place.
He is now safe behind the bars.
A gentleman who has Just returned to
Macon from trip to Twiggs county saws
the inhabitants over there are the longest
lived people he ever saw. He described one
very old lady, Mrs. Polly Winters. living
near Pope's Ferry, who certainly shouId
have premium for being the spryest old
person ia Georgia. Although more than az
years old, she was busily engaged in making
quilt yesterday on quilting frame which
she had made with her own hands In this
work she was assisted by her daughter. who
is over AZ years old herself
Quitman Sun: Tuesday Bailiff Boliu
Hall brought negro named L. Thomson
to Quitman and placed him in Jail under a
warrant for COW stealing. Thomson felt
the need of little cash last Saturday Ano
roped J. H. Culpepper's bull and started tC
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