The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


An Old Coin Found.
GEORGIA.
William Albright of Oakland committed
suicide Wednesday by cutting his throat
He had been on a drunk.
The negro weekly paper Published il
Atlanta refers 20 the hanging Of Washing
ton as the Sad End of a Promising Younl
Man.
The people Of Walker comfy have sub
scribed SlO0,0 for the erection Of a cotton
factory at Lafayette. The amount wa
raised in two days time.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail
road entered the corporate limits Of Athen
Friday. The construction train il on tht
east bank of the Oconee river.
Wesley Cade lcoloredl has been lodged in
jail at Washington for shooting John
Thompson tcolored), who will probably die.
They quarreled over their crops.
Hon. Robt. H. May Of Augusta will not
resign the Office Of mayor 70 be made sheriff.
be will serve out his term as executive.
Then he will be ''in the hands OF bis friends. "
According to the census Office, the free
school pupils who received instruction in
Georgia last year numbered 3i2. 552 against
2S7, l24 in 1880, a gain Of about - per cent.
Mrs. Sarah Leftwich was found dead in
her bed at Pamela Wednesday. She went
to bed in her usual health. She had been a
sufferer Of heart disease great number Of
years.
At Douglasvills Thursday. fire destroyed
q section house Uwaei by the Georgia Pa
cifo Railway Company. and occupied by
negro section hands The depot and ho.el
had narrow escape
Dalton probably has the lowest water
v,r5v-fla-ros . ,,t 80, -
rate being as low as 81 per auuun. Rome
pays S6, while Cartersvills, whose works
are owned by private corporation, pays as
high as Sl2
One day last week, S. NJ Mock of Balm
bridge found a coin on his place near pond
of water dated 1722 with breast plate and
crown on one side, and a Likeness Of Count
RUTHERFORD on the other, with the following
letters; "Hispan ct: lni. r. ". 4. NJ. Del
Gratia CaralIua I'LL
The drug store Of Les 6 McMullen st
Quitman was sold the second time Tuesday
at receiver sale. It vas bid IA by Gin
ton McMulleu at s435 The next day Mr..
McHulen sold il t. Z. VI Quar,erman, who
took charge at once The price paid by
Mr.. Quarterman was $500
Miss Henrietta Vickers, q wel!-knowa
young lady Of Thomasyiile, died very sud-
denly Thursday. She was out visiting
friends the night before, and retired rather
late feeling perfectly well. Sac awoke early
Thursday 10 1rniug screaming, aud died in
few hours. Congestion Of the lungs was the
cause.
On Saturday last, at Ovensbyville, Bob
Statham, negro, was shot by Ben les
pie, the ball passing through the negroes
hand aud body. he died on sunday. The
gun was a Winchester rifle. The c1roner's
4 = 1
ing. There had been 10 difficulty, and Mr.
Gillespie did not know tia. the weepon was
loaded.
The body Of a very large negro was found
three miles down the river from Augusta
Friday on the South Carolina side. |. was
merely a skeleton and the man had been
dead peri avs a month or longer. There is
no clew as t. the cause of!ths death, but the
negro Is supposed to have been murdered.
as the body as in a deep swamp ami not
near the river.
Clayton county has four inmates il her
jail who have been incarcsrated 81 ce about
the middle of March. Tbs county is pay
ing S4S per month as board for these pris-
oners, who will very likely remain IN
custody until September court, which will
cost the county about $3.50 The same could
nave been disposed Of in one month if the
county had a city court.
Last week r. E Walker found dry land
terrapln IN the spring at his place, one and
half miles below Dalton. On the Shell of
the reptile the name Of rs. T. Parkern was
engraved. Mr.. Parker is a traitor Of that
place, and remembers to have caught the
tarrapln at his home, a mile and a half
above town, about tSo years ago and
marked it with his name.
Crawford Herald A traveller came
IN tha
put down a IS bill and asked A. Little for a
ticket to Athens. MIR. Little told the trav-
eler that the ticket was worth 81 cents. and
that he had no change. The traveller went
away and soon returned and produced the
80, stating that he could not get the change.
Mr.. Little took down bag of coppers aud
began to count out 449 coppers TO make the
Travellers change. He looked at Mr. Little
and asked If that change was for him, and.
upon receiving an affirmative answer, drew
out his purse and put down 81 cents and
said be didn't want the ooppers.
The first term Of the ReidsvilIe school
closed Friday. July g. Prof. J. s. Mcdowell
OF Savannah has charge Of the sch DOL this
year. The closing exercises began at
O'Clock. p. m. Coronation" was sung. fol-
lowed by prayer by the Rev. J. J. Giles.
The school was divided by Prof Mcdowell
into three classes, and the recitations of
each class were followed by song. Each
class acquitted itself yer y honcrably. Prof.
Mcdowell, for the announcement OF his
pupils, rendered recitation on American
Freedom in highly enviable style. Col.
Beasley delivered the closing address to the
school. He took Astronomy" for his
theme, COUGHING his remarks in such simple
language that the smaller pupils, as we'll as
maturer minds present, wera able to eniOv
what was said. The occasion was anything
but drag
Last Wednesday evening " illiam Jack
son, young citizen of Columbus. aud Miss
Katie kandell, the l7-year old daughter of
Capt. Charles Kendall, OF the Georgia Mid
land railroad, left Columbus in a carriage.
and after adrive Of nineteen miles reached
Cusseta. They wished to get married. It
was midnight. Ordinary Castlebery was
not at BONE. So his daughter, Miss Nellie
issues the license, and Justice D. J. RUSSELL
performed the ceremony, and the last words
were falling from his lips when message
from the brides parents ordering the mar
riage stopped was received. The g-oom
wrote this reply: TOO late.n The couple
took freight train at o'clock, arriving at
Columbus at 3 O'Clock in the morning. The
youth Of the bride was the cause of the
parents objection.
w. S. Hargrove of Berrien couaty was
in Amerlcus Thursday looking for his
daughter. beautiful girl of IS, who was
lured from home by a man supposed to
have been plotting her ruin. The America s
Recorder says: Miss Eva has only been
back about SIX or eight weeks from Nash
vile, where she graduated with distinction.
When she got home she found an addition
to the family in the person of Fl. w. Turner.
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