The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
MRS. Sidney Lani,r's Defense Of Miss
de Graffenre.d - Macon Negroes
Going on al Excursion 10 Ksnsa;
City-Dr. Wright Returns to Balm
brldge-Queer Names given Negro
Chil1rea.
GEORGIA.
The annual meeting Of the Georgia Bar
Association viii be held at Columbus May
- and p.
The Leary Courier wants a law passed
providing that all executions Of criminals
shall take place at Atlanta.
a negro preacher of Waynesboro is cir
culating a subscription paper in order to
raise money to buy set Of false teeth.
Maj. J. F. Hanson has been invited by
the e. s. Jones Post OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic TO deliver the memorial Rd-
federal soldiers graves at Andersonville,
and he has accepted.
Wadley's new passenger depot is just
receiving its last touches. Saw mills and
other industries are also springing up
Quite number Of tasty dwellings have
been erected ana a general air Of thrift and
Improvement pervades the place.
INuD0 ~ Neal went TO L. "A. ADAMS plan
tation near Simspon a day or two ago tn
kill mad dog. The dog was found and
shot, but at the first fire the bowls of the
dog so frightened Mrs Stevens the mother
iu-law of Mr.. O Neal, that she tainted, and
was carried to the house in an unconscious
condition. 1t is now feared that she will
not recover.
The convicts who are working on the
canal, near Waycross, made a gsestly dis
raCanflv n taking II q ShnvaI ful
Of dirt 8 convict saw a human skull. A
crowd gathered around him. all looking at
the skull and wondering whole II could have
been. A good many expressed their opin-
ions about it. A doctor said it looked like
il might have been or years old. No
other bones were found.
Macon EUening NelUS: Mrs Sidney
Lanier. widow Of the famous poet, is visit.
ing LYNN, \. c. Mrs. Lanier is deeply in
terested IN all that concerns Georgia. Re-
Gently, SO the Tribune of Rome says, she
has espoused the cause of Miss Clara de
Grafenreid, the author of the article on the
Georgia Cracker which appeared in the
Century Magazine for February. Mrs.
Lanier unquaiifadly iudorses Miss de Graf
fenreid's article. Mrs. Lanier aud Miss de
Gratfenreid are Macon ladies, and they have
host Of friends and admirers here.
Griffin Nelcs, A gentleman engaged in
the fruit business, who has been over a
great part Of OHIO in the past few weeks,
says that he made thorough examination Of
the buds in peach, plum and cherry orch
ards and found them in excellent condition.
He said it was impossible to find any dead
buds, and thinks the prospect for an i'm,
nense crop in all fruit is at present very
fattering. The almost continuous cold
weather this season has kept the buds from
swelling, and, If the remainder of the sea-
son proves favorable, Ohio will certainly
ohOuDI Wit frnira Of 81 lriDhe 20
the climate.
A negro woman living in Burke county
has queer ideas as to the naming Of chill
dren. Instead Cf bestowiug upon them the
biblical names so popular with tine AfricO-
American citizen, she has developed a
nomenclature from their physical peculiari-
ties. For instance, one has very thick lips
and his name is Lips; another has very big
feet and he is called Foots; another is
blessed with pair Of very bowed legs, and
he is known as Crooks, and so on. She gives
as reason that as there are so many Of
them, she could not remember the ordinary
names, but as they are, she has only to look
at them and she knows what to call them.
The sudden disappearance of DR.. G. C.
Wright OF Bainbridge about two weeks ago
gave rise to the report that he had deserted
lis family. DR.. Wright has returned to
the city, and was greatly surprised to hear
of the rumors which have been floating
around. He says he made ample provision
for the support Of his family while gone
and sent back some money by ]. J. Hayes,
whom he met coming to BainbTidge on an
other boat He says that when an investiga-
ton is had the public will find out that he
ls not to blame IN any respect. His trip to
Carrabelle was to sell some property, and
that he made no secret whatever Of his in
tentions to leave. Mrs. Wright has gone
70 her father, Mr.. English, who resides at
Wayoross.
A piece of the dead branch Of chestnut
tree was taken from the leg of J. C. Ryals
of Toccoa, recently. The young man was
playing with some boys when he started on
run, the other boys after him. Down the
hill they ran pell nell in the darkness
when young Ryals plunged seuarely against
the end OF dead branch, which entered
his thigh on the inner side passing through
the flesh diagoually upward and across in
the direction Of the outside of the hip. The
stick he pulled out was three and one-half
Inches long and about three-quarters of an
linen thick. Another piece was left in,
which was taken out near the hip joint,
few days ago. This piece was also about
three and one-half inches long and one-half
an inch thick. which he carried in his thigh
for nearly six months.
Macon Telegraph: The colored high So
ciety Of Macon has but the only great and
original Robert II. Hart, the prospecting
proprietor Of the colored barber shop on
Fourth street. Bob is also captain of Price
Fire Hose Company No. l. He is the con-
slant counsel comrade and adviser Of rail-
way passenger agents about the best man
ner to get up colored excursions Last
year Bob's colored fire tournament drew
5000 Of the best dressed, best behaved
colored people to Central City park ever
seen in Macon. Just now Bob and his rail-
way staff are perfecting arrangements for
a gigantic colored excursion to Kansas City,
Mo-, some time in September He says it
is intended to be something grand and
heretofore unheard of. There will be at
Kansas City during the stay of the excur-
sion display of the merchants and trades
unions, the grand Priests of Pallas parade.
and fTemen's tournament and contest.
FLORIDA.
The Methodists Of Lake City are building
Nparsonage.
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