The morning news., 1892-02-22

At an early hour Saturday morning two
| Italians, one with a hand-organ the other
| with q monkey, made their appearance on
the streets and Immediately the cotton
men began turning loose their cotton. In
about an hour the first market reports came
in, and sure enough cotton was of several
points and those who had unloaded walked
about smiling as they pointed at the organ
grinder and exclaimed, ''I told you So"
Waynesboro True Citizen: A mad dog
| created a good deal OF excitement at ID. B.
Gray's Friday. He had shepherd puppy
that was quite companion for his children.
| Friday IL was seen TO be acting strangely.
| As il refused 10 eat for the past day or two,
| Mrs. Gray was alarmed by its manner and
shut up the house. with herself aud children
on the inside. Watching the dog through
| the window, be was seen TO be foaming at
the mouth and staggering about. Mrs.
| Gray called to Mr.. Hillhouss, at the depot.
who came across the street with a pistol.
He found the dog on the back porch, where
be fired five or six bullets into him before
killing him.
At Talbotton the young democracy
backed by large number Of the solid alli-
ancemen, are urging A p. Persons 20 enter
the race for state senator from that dis
trict, it being Talbot's time under the rota-
tion system to name the senator. Mr.. Per-
sons Is a popular young lawyer. For the
House Of Representatives W. NJ. Hollis.
Capt. j. +. Little, J. A. Cook and j. f.
Marshall, practical farmers and alliance
me1, are mentioned as probable candidates.
s. B. Baldwin, associate editor Of the Neio
Era. farmer and alliaucemnn. aud J. H.
McGehee. Esq, a talented young lawyer.
are also mentioned as candidates. Capt.
Jesse J. Bull is a declared candidate for
solicitor general for the Chnttahoochee cir
cult.
Thomasville Times: The seventeenth dis
trict was the scene Of another fearful death
by burning Thursday. The victim was Miss
Watson, daughter OF Tilman Watson. The
young lady was standing near fire in the
house when her dress caught. Every en-
deavor was made TO extinguish the fire and
save her life, but before it was put out Miss
Watson was so badly injured that she only
fingered few hours in horrible agony.
When night came death relieved her of
pain. It Is sstrange that tie scene Of the
burning was only mile and half from
where Miss Rhoda Singletary met her
death In q similar manner only few weeks
ago. Two deaths Of young ladies. neigh
bors and of about the same age, within
short time of each other, is quite a coin
cidence.
Atlanta Herald: The case Of W. II. Paul
OF Conyers for sending obscene aud sour
rilous matter through the mails was set for
trial last week in the United States court.
Saturday Paul filed @ demurrer in which
the reasons were set forth as to
why he was not guilty Of the offenss
charged against him, and attacking the
legality of the law. Under sec
tion 1898 OF the Revised Statutes it is de-
clared unlawful to send letter containing
immoral reading. obscene pictures or any,
thing tending to demoralize or debauch
public morals. In his demurrer Paul
declares that this section does
not mean 'seaIed" letters, but
only postal cards. pamphlets, and such.
The letter that brings w. H. Paul into the
clutches of the law was written by him to
some one in Columbia, s. G. This letter
which contains obscene, vulgar language,
Is long TRADE and scurrilous attack upon
his brother-in-law. The gentleman at Co.
lumbia sent the letter to District Attorney
Darnell and W. II. Paul was arrested, re-
leased, and will be tried. II is next to Inn
possible to tell how the trial will come out,
as such cases have been decided one way
and then another by the different federal
judges.