The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Negro Murdered in the Woods
Near Macon While Gambling and
no Clew Left by his slsyers-A
Negro Has His Daughters Arrested
and Then Pays Their Fine to Get
Them Out of Jail.
GEORGIA.
Leach Maskrey has been signed as man
ager OF the Atlanta Base Ball Club. MASK
rey was long with the Louisville club.
On Sunday last an old negro. Louis
Geer by name, died nsar f. L. Hargrove's
place, in the upper part OF OgleEhorpe
county, whose age was reputed to be ia
years.
The heirs Of the Steifer estate have fled
suit against Athens for damages to the
amount of sl25. Il is alleged that horse
belonging to the estate was damaged to
that extent BY running into an iron post in
front Of the Savings Bank on Broad street /;
for which they ssek TO hold the city re-
sponsible. The case will be heard at the
October term Of CLARKE superior curt.
An election for commissioned officers of
che Eastman Volunteers has been ordered
by the colonel Of the Second Georgia
regiment, to take place at the Volunteers
armory on March %, polls TO be open from
1880 p. m. to $3.50 .. m The company has
nominated First Lieut. II. NJ. Stanley for
captain, aud Treasurer T. d. Loyal for first
lieutenant. and these gentlemen will be
formally elected on the night of March IS.
Canton Advance: There is a chicken-hen
at M. A. keiths that is living and doing
well, although she has no tongue and her
windpipe has several stitches Ia it. Some
days ago she got a fish bone In her throat,
and in cutting it out Mr.. Keith accident
al rva IwNf.. n
1t together. While thus relieving the heu
he discovered that she had no tongue. In
eating or drinking all she has TO do is TO
throw her head up and down goes the corn
or water. However, she don't cackle or
sing any more.
Charley Furgerson, who has been work
ing in the rock quarry In Oglethorpe coun-
~, came to his home al Jug Tavern, Nom
day night, with a very high fever, and the
next day physician was summoned who
pronounced it a case OF smallpox Several
physicians have been summoned and there
Is some difference Of opinion, but the pre-
vailing opinion among them seems to be
that 1t lie genuine case OF smallpox. There
was negro sick at the rock quarry covered
with skin erupttons bearing similarity TO
smallpox while Mr.. Furgerson was there.
One day last week during the absence Of
the family some one entered the residence
of L. b. Miner, associate editor of the
Eastman Times journal, through a rear
window and stole therefrom a lady's gold
watch, an improved Smith & Wesson
pistol, No. 30, and a child's bank containing
about 50 90 in dimes. nickels and coppers.
Suspicion was at once directed to a negro
named Howard Williams, or Jack. the
Rabbit" who had been doing odd jobs about
the premises, aud an effort was made to
ind him, but Williams had fed, and all
efforts TO locate him have so far proved
futile.
A peculiar case came up before the mayor
at Columbus Thursday. A negro man iiv>
ing in the bottom is afflicted with two
daughters whose conduct is not above re-
proach. Acting on the advice of a friend
he had the girls arrested, and when thew
were tried the father and mother were the
only witnesses against them. The testimony
they gave was quite conclusive, and his
hooor fined the girls $40 or twenty DAYS
each. Then the father reached down Ia his
pocket aud paid both fines. Later he was
sitting on the steps of the court house figur-
ing out who had been punished, himself or
his daughters.
The official returns from Houston county's
primary for tax collector are as follows: T..
ii. Rentz PSI, DIR. j. H. Baskin 243, 4. N.
White LAG, Capt. W. s. Scattergood rs.
making the total vote polled In the county
I45, which Is the smallest ever known since
the commencement of primaries in the
county. Several have limited that the
cause OF this small vote was that there Is
some third party feeling in old Houston,
but numbers of others refute this insinua-
ton emphatlcally, one man going 80 far as
TO offer handsome reward for a man liv-
Ing In the county who will say he is even in
sympathy with the third party.
The property of julius Cohen of Athens
was sold Thursday and brought 81 200.
w. ID. Griffith bought the home lot with rs
feet front on Clayton street and $50 feet
deep for $3.50. Cobb Lampkin purchased
the lot on Clayton street, with % feet front
and ITO feet back, for S462 He also bought
another Of same size for $572. The corner
lot on Clayton aud Hull streets. was knocked
on to George Blumenthal for $572. Mr..
Bilmenthal purchased two other lots on
Clayton street for $3.50 and 1862. Cowles
Clarke purchased the lot next to the
Young Mems Christian Association build
ing for $572. George BlumenthaI
bid of the 60 feet front lot on
Washington street for s1,10O. Cobb
Lampkin bought the two corner lots on
Washington street for $1.712 so. Johu
Bird purchased 6215 feet lot fronting on
Washington street for 81 1850.
Buchanan Messenger: Col. =. p. Shepard
while looking through some old papers
handed down through deceased relatives. one
day this week, came across an old Henry
Clay badge. The badge was printed on
clay colored ribbon. and. with the exception
OF a few moth eaten places, seems to be In a
perfect state of preservation. Madison
convention" and ''Whig nominations" art
the headlines with Henry Clay and Theo
dore Frelinghuysen" printed across the
wayy folds OF United States flag, beneath
which stands the coat of arms Of Georgia
and on the lower end, inside q
handsomely bordered square. the
following platform appears: "Whig prin-
ciples. One presidential term. sound
national currency. A revenue tariff with
lair protection to American industry. Just
restraints on the executive power. Dis
tributfon OF the proceeds Of the public lands
An honest and economical administration.
Freedom Of the elective franchise" 1t ha.
been suggested that the colonel send thi.
relic to the worlds fair.
Columbus EnQtsirer-Sun: Deputy Sheriff
McMichael received a telegram Tuesday
afternoon stating that c. G. Luby, a negro
who is wanted in Columbus for larceny
after trust, had been captured near Balm
bridge. Mr.. McMichael started imme-
diately, and Thursday morning he returned
with Luoy as his prisoner. The crime
OF which Luby is accused is so peculiarly
mean that the chances are that he will get
long sentence. Several weeks ago Luby
got drunk and was sentenced to a short
term on the chain-gaug. A day before his
sentence expired one John McCubbins
committed similar offense, and
be. likewise, was sent oIe to work