The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Constituencies DAD Fellow on Bis
Roupds-A Curious Poisoning Case
Relics From the Holy Land-A Bill
to Form a New Judicial Circuit
Meeting Of the Central Grape Grow
ers' Union.
GEORGIA.
]. B. Thomas OF Baxley has bought the
Several cranes have been killed neal
Senoia recently.
Black rot, or blight is playing havoc
with cotton at Baiubridge.
Hon. J. J. Printup of Rome has beer
elected grand orator Of Georgia division oil
the Legion Of Honor
The gents furnishing establishment of s.
Raphael at Athens was closed Saturday by
a mortgage fl. IA. Of Mrs. Raphael.
A dispatch from Mozart Lodge Of Odd
Fellows of Cedar Rapids. Ia, pronounces
an Odd Fellow named Lewis, who solicited
help at Augusta last week, fraud.
Rev. Sam Jones will hold "a series Of re-
vivals in Rome in September. The meeting
will begin on Sept. 8 and last several days
They will be held in the Howell cotton ware
house.
A catamount four feet in length was
killed on the plantation Of II. II. Mott sat
urday morning by hunters. IL fought te-
rociously, keeping several hounds at Day
until it was shot by one OF the hunters.
The board Of education has offered re-
ward of $40 for the arrest WI h proof TO
convict, Of parties who have been in the
habit Of continually breaking into the
school building in Lumpkin, damaging
furniture. The board Of education is de-
termined to put stop 10 it. The culprlts
will be severely punished.
Crit MoMahan Of Athens went to Florida
for bis health some time ago and carried
along a lot of quinine pills to keep him
from catching a cold. Heswall0wed one Of
the pills and then imagined the druggist
had made a mistake and bad given him
morphiue instead Of quinine He says he
suffered horrors until he found out that the
druggist had not made a mistake.
A bill will be introduced in the present
legislature by Hon S. w. johnson for the
purpose Of organizing a new judicial cir
cult, TO be called the "Altamaha" circuit.
1t will be composed of the counties of APP
ping, Coffee, sTattnall, Telfair and Mont
gomery, and probably Pierce aud Wayne.
The circuit is sadly needed. 1t is IA physical
impossibihty for Judge Atkinson, from
whose circuit most OF the counties are
taken, to dispose Of one half the cases which
are upon tne 0ocket.
The editor of the Perry Home Journal
has two large pebbles that came respectively
from the Dead sea aud the seq Of Gailee.
They were picked up by Dr. K. G.. Wiling
ham, pastor OF the First Baptist church Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, who has just returned
from an extended visit to tho Holy Land.
He brought with him a number of relics of
biblical character, as we'll as water from
the rivers Jordan and Nile, sand from the
Sahara desert, pebbles from the SEA Of Gal
lice aud the Dead sea, etc
Sheriff L. F. Patterson Of Decatur county
has gore to Texas to bring beck G. II.
Montgomery, ex.sheriff Of Miller county.
Upon the election Of his successor last jan
uarY Montgomery failed to settle his ac-
counts, and left his bondsmen In the soup
for some 81, 200 or moro of money held by
him in his official capacity, His bondsmen
offered Sheriff Patterson re ward OF $500
and expenses if he would capture and bring
him back. 1t was not long before he had him
safely IN Jail al Sherman. Tex, under the
proper requisition papers.
Athens Ledger: Atheus has several fish
ermen who make q good living by catching
fish and turtles. The manner of catching
turtles is good one aud was first dlscov-
cred by a trapper from Rabun county. A
stake is driven in the middle of a branch
NANso w VAC iLNCAs 1ub 5ldh5 10 CONbTeu
with fish hooks tied TO the stake with wire.
A rabbit is put on the top of the stake Just
touching the water, The turtle smells the |
blood and comes to the stake ana attempts |
TO climb 1t and is caught by the hooks |
Several have been caught on the same
stake.
Montgomery Monitor: At the Oconee
bridge on the SAM road on Tuesday fore |
noon, Boss Morrison. a workman on the |
bridge, fell from Jack fifty-six feet into |
the river. In his descent he struck the cross
ties OF the railroad, twenty-six feet from
the starting point and lower down he struck |
brace under the bridge He was at once
rescued from the water by the workmen, in |
an insensible condition, and DR.. Morrison OF |
this place was summoned to his side. He
was necessarily badly hurt. but was alive
and was getting along better than was TO
have been expected at last accounts.
Mrs. Lou Morrison was be-
fore Justice Bowlas at Columbus
Saturday, charged with wanting
TO poison Mira. ]. B. Hogue and family,
The parties live on East Highlands. Mrs,
Hogue made some remarks, it is said.
deprecatory OF Mrs. Morrison, who is sep
grated from her husband. Mrs. Hogue had
made some remarks about her which in
censed Mrs. Morrison, and it was in evi.
uence that she had endeavored to iuduce n
butcGer to sell the family watermelon sup-
posed to be poisoned Nothing was done.
however, and the persons we're not
poisoned. As no act had been perpetrated
there was no charge to stand against Mrs,
Morrison, and she was dismissed, though
placed under 500 bond to keep the
peace.
Columbus Enquirsr-Sun: A local
syndicate has leased from the Musco-
gee Real Estate Company, for
long term of years, the French
farm in Wynnton. This syndicate viii ot
once oegn work to establish on this place
a hrst-class dairy farm and poultry yard.
A practical truck farmer from Maryland
VIII be here tomorrow to take charge Of
the property. This gentleman comes from
a Mary land farm which has shipped up to
date this season over $1,000 worth of
vegetables. Chickens by the thousand will
be Matched by dozen incubators that have
been ordered for the farm. This magnifi-
cent old place now has four large wells, and
six more will be sunk to supply water for
lrrlgatlng the lands and watering the
stock. The syndicate will spend lot of
money getting things in shape.
Isaac Woodland and H. NJ. Buckhalter OF
Lavender, and J. l. Woodland Of Holland
went up TO Chickamauga last week to take
a look ct the battle ground. Isaac Woodland
was member of battery in the con
federate army, which took part in the
famous fight twenty-seven years ago, and
was desirious of locating its position. The
party started from Lee & Gordon's mill
and Mr.. Woodland was able to follow the
route taken by his command by landmarks
which he recognized. Finally, after look>
ing over the ground carefully, he was able
to locate the former position Of his battery
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