The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-18
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Success OF TIE COluIn Du5 luNSSLIu6u
Company-Relics of the New Orleans
Lynching-A First Trip on Rail
road-Serious Cutting Affray-A Mar
Horribly Injured by an Explosion o.
Dynamite.
GEORGIA.
A yacht club has been organized al
Rome.
Mrs. Charles t. Rich of Augusta Gled
Saturday, aged 81 years.
Rome's board of trade will have head
quarters in the handsome Armstrong hotel.
Letter Carrier Hugh Rice Of Augusta has
been removed simply because he is demo-
crat.
The Athens Banner thinks the city will
be able to float its Al per cent bonds al
par.
The new Methodist church az Liberty,
nine miles above Tazewell, will be dedicated
the fifth Sunday in this month, and Rev. ].
n. Austin will preach the dedication ser
mon.
W. NJ. Newton, who resides about ten
miles below Sylvania, lost his barn, sta
bles and all his corn and other forage by
fire last Saturday night. Ii is not known
how the fire originated.
Messrs. Hutchinson & Bro, after carrying
ON the drug business IN Atlanta for thirteen
years, have sold out TO Messrs. Brown &
Allen. The reason assigned for the sale is
that they wanted to rest"
The Masons of Lumpkin are ready for
estimates of the cost of building their hall i,
which will have a store beneath It, Parson-
ages are to be built by the Methodists aud
Baptists, and innumerable private residences
are in contemplation.
At the hearing of the case of Oscar Hnr-
den Of Pike county, before Judge Boynton,
on Thursday, under a charge of murder,
his bond was assessed at 5000. Harden
left for Miner at once in charge of an
officer, where. it is thought, he will make
his bond without trouble.
A week or more ago Mrs. Yarbrough of
Lumpkil sustained some painful injuries
from a fall she received from the doorway,
her head striking the steps and iEfiicting
several severe gashes. She was also bruised
about the limbs and body, and has been con-
fined to her bed since the accident.
La Fayette Messenger: NJ. NJ. Whitlow
raises lambs from which be shears, when a
year old, eight pounds of wool. He is
heartily in favor of dog law. The other
day he heard some dogs in his field, and
when he went over he found they had killed
four of his lambs. He killed two of the
providers
The commissioners of Spaldiug county
met Friday and opened the bids made for
the erection of new Jail for Spading
county. But three bids were received, all
from abroad, but the commissioners will
hold them all in consideration for few
days, when they may accept some one of
them or they may reject all.
Columbus Enquirer>Sun: Organized two
years ago with capital paid in OF only
$1,000, the Columbus Investment Company
has to-day S14l 900 of cash capital paid in
Of the $225, 900 of subscribed stock. The
company has paid to its stockholders, in
GLIDING the cash dividend Of 81 per share
declared by the directors on Thursday, and
which is now payable at the Office Of the
company on demand, over $12, 900 in divi-
ends. The company will soon erect hand
some Office building.
Last Tuesday Z. P. Pearson ACCOMPANIED
by his son Perry, left Lumpkin in buggy
70 go to his plantation, near Brooklyn.
When several miles from town his horse
became frightened and ran away Perry
fell out and was run over by the buggy, and
soon afterward Mr.. Pearson was thrown
violently to the ground. The horse COM
tinued his fight until he had made a COM
plete wreck Of the buggy. Both MIR. Pear
son. and Perry were severely bruised, but
neither had any bones broken.
Ducuh V lbUd IutTtOt. lAhSG FTlO6Y Uncle
Math Melton, who is now eighty-four years
of age, made his first trip on a railroad. He
took advantage Of the excursion TO Ochillee =,
where his wife went with the picnic party,
and went on to Columbus aud spent the
day. We suppose Uncle Math had pretty
much the same experience the old woman
did, as related in Prof. Lanes lecture, when
she made her fret trip on a railroad. Being
asked what she saw she replied: 81 seed
nothing but a haystack and that was
gwine back'ards s."
For some time past fraudulent pension
agent has been operating in Warren coun-
~. he claimed to be northern man, and
said his business here was principally for
the good Of his colored brothers. He told
them that each and every slave was en-
titled TO pension Of 500 per year for their
services during slavery. Now to reap this
golden harvest 1t would be necessary to make
small cash deposit OF Sc to defray the ex-
penses OF orwarding the applications. This
fraudulent scheme proved to be unsuccess-
full, as he failed TO gain the confidence of
the negroes.
Seven or eight years ago Thomas Mathis,
son of w. K. Mathis OF Union, Stewart
county, was thrown from a horse and
severely wounded on the head When tho
wounds healed 1t was noticed that bis mind
had been affected by the fall. His mental
condition continued to grow worse, and of
late he has been acting in such manner as
TO alarm his relatives. He is about IS years
of age and is strong and healthy. For the
safety of his fathers family and the neigh
bors, few days ago writ of lunacy was
issued against Thomas Mathis, and on Mon
day he was placed in the Jail for safe
keeping.
Lafayette Messenger: Saturday, Miles
Thedford and another gentleman were COM
ing from Chattanooga. Behind them was
another party. one Of whom, Charley Sums
mey, was In boisterous humor Mr., Thed-
ford thought it his duty to reprove him for
his conduct Shortly after he found that
he was being rocked. He turned his buggy
70 one side and got out to let them pass
But Summey got down from his wagon and
came at him with his knife. While Mr.
Thedford was trying to protect himself, hi,
left hand was cut, and on his right he los,
the ball of his thumb. In addition gooc
portion Of his beard was pulled ont.
There were displayed at the office of the
Richmond and Danville railroad at Atlanta
Friday number of CHASTITY relics that have
an international interest. They wer,
brought from New Orleans by Conductor
Todd, who gathered them from the ''bloody
fielu" of the recent trouble in that city. /
was with much interest that the railroad
boys aud others viewed murderous lookins
Malta stiletto, five inches long when closed
and ten inches long when opened piece OF
the shirt cut from the back of Pol!tz wher
he was swung up, and chip from the tire,
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