The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Who Had Been Given No Provoca-
tion-A SUBURBAN Home Burned at
Augusta.
GEORGIA.
Eastman will probably have bank soon.
Nathan Burch, the young farmer who
was foully assassinated near Dnblin last
week, was a cousin Of Lem Burch, the
Dodge county conspirator.
Sheep killing dogs have been playing
havoc with the sheep in the Barnett neigh
borhood in Talisferro county. They killed
twenty odd for Judge Rocker.
Another publication is about to make its
appearance on the journalistic horizon of
Georgia. 1t will be called the Hogsnsville
Hustler, and published at Hogansville,
Troup county.
The medicine men of Georgia will meet
in Augusta on April Is, IS and II,
and besides the interesting sessions
in Masonic hall, the convention will be en-
tertained at the Bon Air, aud in other ways
characteristic Of hospitable Augusta.
At Macon, Monday. western man was
seen wiping his eyeglasses with a soft,
worn $50 bill He declared that an old
greenback was the best paper glass-wiper
in the world A bystander remarked that
possibly it was, but desired to know if $50
bill was any better than IS.
c. }. jenkins of Sumner owns a whip
stock made by John NJ. Kennedy about
thirty-iVe years ago. 1t was made from
leather tanned by Daniel Willis, near Pou-
Ian, and is part Of the hide of stray deer
known to have been IA years old. There is
superstition that any article made from
the Tide of deer of that age brings good
luck to the possessor. Mr.. Kennedy served
through the war, and carried the whipstock
into every battle, 1t is still in an excellent
state of preservation. and bids fair to do ex-
cellent service for some time to come
The pretty two-story residence Of James
Barrett, in Woodlawn, one Of Augustus
suburbs, was ruined by fire at ! O'clock
Sunday afternoon. The fire caught on the
roof from a spark from the chimney. Only
the second story and roof of the building
were consumed by fire, but the entire house
was Quilted with water and badly damaged.
Mr.. Barrett had "a $50 insurance in the
Southern Mutual of Athens on the building,
which will cover the loss, which will
am unit to $1,000, but not a cent on the
furniture, which will cause him to loss con-
siderable money.
There have been two remarkable negro
ferrymen out at the old Petersburg ferry at
the junction of Broad and Savannah rivers
in Wilkes county. This ferry has been
owned by Capt Drew Cade for a long num-
Der Of years. When he came into possession
of IL old Bob was the ferrymen and he re-
manned there until he died, completing the
remarkably long term Of sixty years as
ferryman at that place. Just before he died,
about ten years ago, he told where his gold
and silver money was buried on the river
bank. 1t was found to be 1870. The river
often overfiowed it, but old Bob never
troubled about this. Old Bob's son Abe, the
present ferryman, commenced the work
with his father thirty-two years ago, is
always at his post and will remain there as
long as he lives, perhaps OequeathiDg the
place TO his son.
Several years ago Rev. Sam Small built
beautiful home, No. 179 Capitol avenue,
Atlanta. 1t is one of tie most attractive
places in that section Of the city, both on
account of its location and comfortable ar
rangement. The house is now an object of
contention in the courts between real esta g
men, and the case has been argued two days
before Judge Marshal J. Clarke. w. N.
Scott g. Co. claim that Mr.. Small left IL in
their hands to be sold. Mr.. Hale, secretary
of building and loan association, found
that the place was for sale and offered
Mr.. Small $4,000 for it, having arranged
TO resell it to Mrs. A. E. Cunningham.
making a cool 81, 900 in the roundup. Mrs.
Cunningham was allowed to occupy the
place, and claims that she has the right to
remain there because she has made bona
fide purchase of the property. Scott & Co,
on the other hand, seek to have her dispos-
sessed, claiming that they mad the prior
right to sell the place. and that MIR. Hall
had no right to sell it to Mrs. Cunningham
and put her in possession. To still further
compiicate matters Mr.. Hale claims that as
the property has not been paid for, it is vir-
tually no trade. Possession is nine points
in law, as the old maxim goes, and the
court will have to decide who has the right
70 the property.
There was bloody ARRAY in the smoking
car of the down passenger train on the East
Tennessee road, near Atlanta, Saturday
night late A party Of young men from
Stockbrtdge were going home, after having
spent day Of frolicking in the city.
Among the party was Walter Hightower OF
btockbrldge, who was very drunk Pass
ing through the smoking car be decided to
have little sport. A negro who is en-
ployed in Atlanta, but whose name could
not be learned, was sitting in his seat very
quietly. Hightower, in passing through
the car, slapped the negro in the face.
The htter did not resent the blow, and
Hightower drew pistol and began shoot
ing. The first shot missed its aim, but the
second shot struck the negro in the right
hip. The negro grabbed the barrel of the
pistol, and Constable VIII Williams, who
was on the car on his way to Macon, sprang
forward and wrenched the weapon from
ms hand, stopping any further hostilities.
There was such crowd that Constable
Williams was not able to arrest the
offender, and he got off at Stock bridge and
disappeared. The negro was carried 10 Nc.
Donough and sent to his wife's home. The
wound was very painful one, but, al
though it bleG freely, it was not thought by
those who examined it that it was neces-
sarily fatal
FLORIDA.
DR.. Strauss of Palatka killed thirty-four
birds Saturday in one hour and fifteen min.