The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

for Life-SaIe of Big Plantation in
Lee County-A Church Owned BY
Negroes sold at Auction-A Fight
for Life With a DeeT-An Old-Tme
Salt Cellar.
GEORGIA.
Rev. J. Dewitt Burkhead, an evangelist
we'll known in Georgia, died at his home In
Montgomery, Ala. on April 10.
Turner Robinson of Baker county goes
to the Dade coal mines under lite sentence
for beating his 9-yearold daughter to death.
A fag-pole ninety feet high has been
erected in the national cemstery at
Marietta, from which floats the stars and
stripes very conspicuously.
A gentleman near Decatur has an Atlanta
paper thrown off the train for him. A
smart shepherd dog goes down to meet the
train and, getting the paper, flies back to his
master.
Z. r. Cunningham, the collector Of the
knights of Honor, Knights OF Pythias and
Golden Chain, who was short about $1,000
in his accounts and left Augusta, has been
expelled from the Knights of Honor.
Every week W. r. Jones Of Baker county
goes to Dawson with load Of fish, and
finds ready sale for them. He rides a dis
lance OF forty miles. One day last week he
sold 700 pounds and carried home with him
$50 as the proceeds.
Macon will send full delegation to
Savannah on Nav ii to attend the an nual
session of the Grand Lodge Knights Sof
Pythias of Georgia. Every effort will be
made to have the session Of 1893 held in
Macon, and present prospects are that the
movement will be success.
Mary Corns, the 11-year-old daughter of
William Corns, was drowned while fishing
in a creek near Adairsville Tuesday. She
was missed by her brothers, to whom she
had carried dinner, and they went to look
for her and found her bonnet and fishing
pole on the creek bank. The creek was
dragged and the body recovered twenty
feet below in twelve feet OF water.
It is not often that church building is
sold at sheriff's sale, but one fell under the
hammer at Athens Tuesday. Littleton
Smith and Isaiah Pierce, two colored min
listers, for some time have been at daggers'
points as to who should preach in the new
building. Mr. Matthews. however, turned
some papers over TO the sheriff, which
caused the building to be sold. 1t was
bought by George Raiden.
Dawson NetUs: A few days ago we saw
an old relic which dates back to 1872. It
was a glass salt cellar in a good state OF
preservation 1t was made in England.
When the guns of 1776 were heard all over
these lands this salt cellar did duty upon
the table of some good WING, who seasoned
his food with plenty Of salt to enable him to
have enough muscular vigor to pull down.
with his gun upon every lurking tory.
Miss Rebecca Hodnett Of Florida, whose
former home was Jonesboro, is the plaintiff
in a sensational case in the United States
court at Atlanta. W. H. H. Morrow of
Jonesboro Is defendant, being sued for
100000 damages for Islander. Morrow was
a member Of Miss Hodnett's Bible class in a
Jonesboro Sunday school, and, it is alleged
circulated reports Of an exceedingly dam
aging character concerning his fair
teacher.
Next week water will be let into the
canal connecting the Okefinokee swamp
with the ST. Mary's river. The canal 10 to
be an avenue for floating timber to the
ocean. 1t is not intended to drain the swamp
yet. That would ruin the timber interests T;
1t would not only prevent drifting but would
kill most Of the timber in the swamp, the
cypress in which, of course, would not live
without the water. The swamp is about "a
miles long and nearly 80 miles wide.
Monday morning MIR. and Mrs. J. N.
webb OF Athens were returning from a
visit 30 Jefferson. Mr.. Webb had drove
about three miles toward Athens, when the
horse he was driving commenced to balk
and kick. Mr.. Webb, seeing the danger in
which he was placed by giving the lines a
quick jerk, pulled the horse to Que side.
The buggy upset, and the collar-bone of
Mrs Webb was dislocated Fortunately no
further damage was done. Two little girls
who were in the buggy narrowly escaped.
John Martin and Brigham Young, two
young boys, are wanted by their people at
Macon. John has been office boy for the
hueni1tg NelCS. He is only Is years Of age,
but fell desperately in love with a young
girl from Chicago who was visiting Macon.
Tuesday he was discharged from his place,
and as he had about $40 on hand he decided
to find his lady love, so he left for Chicago
to look her up, accompanied by his friend,
Brigham Young. His step-father wired
Chief Connolly TO arrest him in Atlanta
and send him back.
The Clegg plantation In Lee county was
cold at public cutlery at Leesburg Tuesday,
Il was sold &c er a mortgage e. IA that was
foreclosed by s. Is. Brown. This plantation il
one OF the most valuable in Southwest
Georgia, aud came into the possession OF w.
w. Hooks through his wife on the death OF
Mr.. Clegg about two years ago. Mr.. Hooks
became deeply involved to Mr.. Brown and
gave him mortgage on this place. Fail
ing to meet this the mortgage was fore
closed and the place was advertised for sale
The bidding was somewhat lively, but Mr.
Brown finally bid the place in at S14, 000
, This was less than Mr.. Browns mortgage.
%1OCAh WV "SCho oBOt says buo 0lDSOu
Record, while Amos Hathaway of the
lower part of Glascock county. was eating
breakfast he tasted something on an egg
which was very bitter. He spat it out, q
cat ate it and died in two minutes. A dog
ate part Of il and he had several fits. Il
was evident to Mr.. Hathaway that some
one had tried 10 poison him. He began tc
investigate, and the other day Bryant
Scarporo, l5-year-old colored boy, who
lived with Mr.. Hathaway, confessed the
crime, saying that Saunie Hannah (colored
had given HIM S. gold piece to kill Mr.
Hathaway. Warrants were sworn out
against both Saunie and the boy. They
were arrested and taken before Justice
Thompkins, at Edgehill, who said they
could give $500 bond each or go to jail
They went to jail.
Augusta EUenfng NetUS: Mr.. Flint, who
lives several miles below Augusta, mani.
Tested considerable proves In fight will
wounded deer the other day. A party o.
gentlemen were out deer hunting, amons
them Mr.. Flint. When the deer was jumped
he was shot and wounded by John Fulcher
The wound not being severe enough to xii
him be ran into pond followed by tn
dogs. Mr.. Flint, thinking the deer wa
very nearly dead, waded into the water To-
about quarter of mile where the dog
were held at bay. Upon seeing Mr. Flint