The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGHAEaS.
A Leaf of Lavender From the Crave
of Keats, the Poet-An Athenisn
Thinking OF Joining the Egyptian
Army-A NeEress Who Makes a
Living Hunting Opossums.
GEORGIA
Mai. R. F. Lawton died at Macon
Wednesday.
jug Tavern will have a weekly paper
The first issue will appear in a day or two.
The new Baptist church at Dawson viii
be dedicated on the first Sunday in March
Gov. Ncrthen and State School Commits
sioner Bradwell we're at Dawson yesterday
and addressed the public on the public
school question.
The Oldest marriage license on record in
the court Of ordinary Of Clarke county is
dated 1905. and Is pretty rare as we'll as
queer document.
j. T. Olive, one of Lexington's ablest at
torneys, will leave next month for Augusta
90 practice law. w. Z. Jackson of that city
has formed partnership with him, and
they together will form a strong firm.
Guy Chandler Of Athens, young man Of
military ambition, is now considering the
question Of going across tho big waters to
Join the Egyptian army. II Mir. Chandler
goes he will probably be rendered a lieu
tenacy under Max Adams Of Atlanta, who
will hold high commission.
The Misses Lizzie and Nancy Keheley,
near Bethel, made and sold in 1891, from
two COWS 500 pounds of butter at an aver
age Of 25 cents, aud 303 dozen eggs at 12]4
cents, amounting TO 1929 3714. Their father,
aged 70, made last year 700 gallons Of syrup,
raised small varied crop and last week
- Embellishments bona 70.
Smyrna and back loaded with supplies.
Hoyt Hawkins, a negro man living on
Capt. John r. Whites plantation near
Whitehall, was found dead In his cabin
Tuesday He had fallen In the Fireplace.
No evidence of burning was found, neither
any marks indicating foul play. Coroner
Pitner went down, impanelled a jury and
heard the evidence, and the verdict was
that the negro came to his death from heart
disease.
An old negro woman living In town not
far from ThomasvIlle makes living in a
peculiar way. She is professional
opossum hunter. She keeps trained dogs and
nearly every night starts out alone for the
swamps, often going miles from town. 1t
is seldom that she returns with less that
four or five opossums and often more. The
old lady has her regular customers and she
finds no trouble in disposing Of her nights
work.
A negro woman was horribly burned at
East Athens Tuesday morning. Her name
Is Frances Moses. Her clothes were burned
almost entirely off her body and the flesh
was burned TO a crisp all over her shoulders
and chest. There appears to be no chance
of her recovery. 1t is supposed that she
fell in the fireplace, and no one being present
to aid in putting out the flames, that she
simply roasted until the assistance OF neigh
bors was rendered.
Among the few men in Georgia who have
had the keen circumspection to see that
there is money to be made by mining CO..
rundum in North Georgia is James s. Ham
ilton. He has mine In Towns county, and
scientists say there is vast amount of
money buried there. Corundum being a
very rare ore, it is all the more valuable
Georgia furnishes almost the entire supply
for the United States. 1t ranks next in
hardness to the diamond, aud is used in
making emery wheels.
The sureties on the bond of J. T. Foster,
sheriff of Epson county, notified the gov
ernor that they desired to be relieved from
the bond. The governor was not in Atlanta
and the matter win not be acted upon until
his return Saturday. In the meantime NJ.
II. Sandwich Of Thomaston, attorney for
Mr.. Foster, reached Atlanta and was at
buc OdpltOl w euu6Sudys ne came 10 say
that some of the bondsmen acted without a
full knowledge, but all the same Mr.. Foster
was ready to furnish a new bond, and
could do 30 without any difficulty.
Two negro men living on T. NJ. Green's
plantation, near Washington, went down to
Lincoln county with wagon last Thurs
day and stole bale Of cotton from John
Zellers. The negroes were Jim Wheat and
George Dallis. They have both been
arrested and lodged in jail. George shot at
Alex Evans, who arrested him on Sunday.
Jim has owned up. They cut the telephone
wire the night they were on the road with
ehe cotton. The cotton was bought by
Messrs. Irwin, Callan & Co. and put In the
Dublin warehouse. Only 81 OF the pur-
chase money has been recovered from the
negroes.
Albany NeWs aud Advertiser: ]. S.
Davis Is in receipt of an historic relic. It is
a lavender leaf from the grave of the
famous poet, Keats, and was plucked there
from by DR.. Duncan and sent 20 Mr.. Davis
by him. Keats was a famous English poet
who died In Italy, and is buried near Rome.
DIR. Duncan's thoughtfulness In sending
such remembrance to Mr.. Davis must be
appreciated by the latter, for no one Is
more poetic in his nature than he. The
leaf referred to is very much like our ivy
leaf, but the difference is easily distinguish
able. DR.. Duncan also writes concerning
the fruit in that country as follows: ~
find olives and figs, as well as grapes, cult
waited very successful in Italy, where ii is
as cold as in Georgia. l believe an Italian
could be had who would successfully cure
and market olives and figs" 1t is well
known that the fig thrives here, but no one
has ever attempted the culture of olives.
There is no reason why they should not be.
A few years ago a lRdy in Macon heard that
olives could be successfully raised in Geor-
gia, and she applied personally TO Congress-
man Blount, who furnished her the seed
from Washington. Any one can get the
seed by applying to the congressman from
this district. and the effort should be made
In their culture.
FLORIDA.
Counterfeit coin is ahoat in Gainesville.
d. G. Livingston died at Madison, Mon
day Of rheumatism, aged 33 years.