The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

boro-A Fine Barn.
GEORGIA.
Senator John B. Gordon is at his stock
farm in Taylor county.
A Houston county man has SOW years
old that has been the mother of 172 pigs,
and now has litter of eleven.
lack Freeman was thrown from a wagon
near Hillsboro last Saturday and died from
injuries received a few hours later.
Gov. Northen has granted William John
son, who was to have been hanged at Athens
yesterday, a reprieve until Aug. 5.
There is a good demand for stores at
Hawkinsville, and rents have advanced in
some portions Of the town from 80 to 100
per cent.
There seems to be a bicycle craze in Dali
ton. There are some twenty or twenty five
wheels in Dalton at present and new ones
arriving every day.
President J. 0. Waddell of the agricult-
ural society has been making a thorough
canvass OF the state, establishing clubs and
urging the farmers TO enthusiastic efforts in
helping to make the next state fair a sue
cess
Rev. W. H. Singletary of Hawkinsville,
while working in his garden Tuesday morn
ing unearthed a German coin about the
size Of United States 10-cent piece aud
bearing QaLe OF Jne year ItuU. IDe OH COln
is highly valued by its finder.
H. J. Hodges, Justice of the peace at
Oconee had before him on Tuesday tramp,
Isaac Hoyt, who was guilty Of criminal as
sault Hoyt is, or seems to be dumb If not
deaf and also seems to act as if demeuted.
Mr.. Hodges after due trial, committed him
to jail.
A few weeks ago J. G. Tolleson bought
the timber on thirty-five acres of land be-
longing TO George Davis near Monticello.
aud has already sold to James Campbell OF
Monticello 100 cords Of tan bark, and will
ship TO Macon 1000 cords of wood and 2, 200
chestnut posts.
A fine horse belonging to A. NJ. Sponge
of Montgomery was bitten three weeks ago
by large Newfoundland dog. The dog
showed symptoms of madness aud was
killed. On Saturday the horse manifested
signs of hYdrophobia, aud on Sunday died
in terrible agony.
In Rockdale county for some time past
there had been a growing feeling between
q family of SCOTS and family of Watsons
until it eliminated last week in ugly talk 4,
some shooting, and perhaps some hand to
hand fighting. 1t is reported that both
sides go armed, and that some carry Win
chesters. So far no one has been seriously
hurt.
Some malicious person or persons wentto
the stables Of John r. Dillon in New Town,
a suburb of Brunswick, Wednesday night,
and, reaching through hole In the side OF
the stall, stabbed Mr.. Dillon's large bay
mare in one of the thighs, which made
cash several inches deep and three inches
long. The animal was suffering greatly
when found, aud O neighbor sewed the
wound up as well as possible.
Wadley Erpress: At Old Town Is pro-
hnblv the fiDast atnRtY farm in fAa0rota L
H, Cook has just finished a barn there $50
feet long. So feet wide and and "A feet high,
containing forty large stalls with room over
head to store away hay from 800 acres
which will be planted in peRse in few days,
Just as soon as the oats which are now be-
ing reapsd are off the ground. 1t took 1885,
900 feet Of lumber to build this barn and
$1,000 shingles were used in covering it.
1t is reported that band of "Owl Hol-
low" men visited the neighborhood of Tun-
lei Hill one night last week and
chestised some ebony-hued damsels who
had strayed from the paths of rectitude and
morality. One of them, Susie McCallis,
was given a sound thrashing and told to
leave the "diggings," which she promptly
did. The caps also paid their respects to
two gentlemen Of color named jim Smith
and Alexander MoCallis. IL is said they
have other unfinished business on hand and
will return when least expected to com
plete it.
In the last two weeks the editor OF the
Gwlnnett Herald has visited the counties
Of jackson, Banks and Forsyth and had an
opportunity TO see the condition Of crops
he remarks that the people have their
crops in the best condition he ever saw them
on June l. The outlook for a wheat crop 10
very fine, but the acreage Is much too
small. Gwinnett has fewer acres Of this
important crop according to the amount OF
cultivated land than either OF the counties
mentioned. There is an enormous cotton
crop in the country. 1t is c5tton
everywhere. Even on the river bottoms
that will average fifty bushels of corn to
the acre, cotton is crowded in.
Athens Bonner: Monday afternoon near
Georgia factory the little son Of Mr.. Dove
died. The circumstances attending his death
were very curious, and the cause is mex
plicable Several weeks since the little fell
low, who was only years old, was taken
SICK with an attack Of measles. For several
days be was quite i'll, but rallied and recov-
cred, apparently. He went around the
house for two or three days and every one
supposed that he was getting we'll He was
taken sick again, however, and his symp-
toms soon proved very perplexing 20 the
physicians in attendance. Beneath
the left jaw bone there ap-
peared dark black splotch on the skin, but
little attention was paid to it when it first
appeared. Ii soon began 90 spread and 1t
alarmed the little fellows parents. The ply.
stefan could not explain the nature of the
case. 1t rapidly turned into some kind Of
an ulcer which ate rapidly upon the flesh.
The little boy suffered agonies during the
last few hours Of his life. The ulcer cons
tnued to eat its way for two whole days
until it had eaten the entire left side of the
face. Then death came to the relief of the
little sufferer and he passed away. The be-
reaved family and the attendant physician
are utterly nonplussed.
Waresboro Unton: Will Watson, a
gentleman of color, got a bail from a shot
gun last Sunday at Parish g. Morrisons
still, three miles from town. On Saturday
the hands were paid of out at the still, and,
all having little money, decided to have
good time on Sunday, which they did By
having regular KNOCK down and drag
out" tight to test their manhood. Two ne
Rroes, one named Perkins and the other Gary,
employed on the works, engaged in a row
when Perkins tried to cut his enemy with a
hack when Will Watson ran up and tried
TO unjoint Perkins neck with barrel stave
which he came very near doing making the
red" flow freely from several places on
his head. Perkins went off to his shanty,
and secured a shotgun and returned TO the
field Of battle only Co find that Gary who
had cut him with knife duTing the scuffle
had taken to the swamp for refuge, but
seeing Watson in the door Of q
house close by he let the
contents Of one of the barrels &c