The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


House.
oh. Burney, one Of the board OF equsli-
zation Of Pierce county, has resigned the
position.
The board of equalization for Clarke
county is getting in its work. 1t has already
had under its notice fifty cases and in all
except two the taxes have been raised.
Mrs. W. J. Weeks OF Talbotton commit
ted suicide at Fort Valley Monday, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. o. II. Houser.
Bad health and dependency was the cause.
The committee for entertaining the Third
Georgia regiment and Troup Artillery at
their reunion in Athens this summer have
been appointed and a grand time is ex-
pected.
Monday the appraisers set aside for Mrs.
f. h Buchanan and her daughters all the
property in Buena Vista of her late hus-
band, which consists OF one house and lot,
a stock Of merchandise and ten shares Of
bank stock.
At Bueua Vista Monday Baker Stevens
Jumped upon piece of iron as large as a
pencil and jabbed it entirely through his
foot, raising the skin on the top side. His
father reached him soon afterward, ex-
tracted the piece Of iron and carried the
little fellow home.
The residence Of Mrs. NJ. A. Mugridge,
lust outside of Eastman, was struck by
lightning Tuesday during the thunder
storm that passed over Eastman, and dam
aged TO a considerable extent Mrs. Mug
ridge was in the house, but strange TO say
was not in the least injured
The Athens Leather Manufacturing Com
pany has been organized with a capital
stock of 500, 900, all OF which has been paid
in. George T. Hodgson is president, Capt.
J. w. Brumby. secretary and treasurer,
and as directors, r. X. Reaves, w. 7.
WEIGH, Moses Myers, W. ]. Morton, George
T. Hodgson, J. w. Brumby.
Joe Cain Ccolored), living at Sumter in
Sumter county, had the misfortune 70 get
stung by bees last Monday. Some children
playing in the yard accidently overturned a
hive Of bees. Joe ran to rescue his young
est child when they pitched on him. It Is
said that only two bees stung him, but that
was enough to cause his death. He died
Friday night
The case OF S. ]. Kent vs.. the Central,
suit for $4,000 for personal injuries re-
ceived while running as engineer on the
Columbus road in 1887 went TO the jury in
the superior court at Macon Friday. That
night the jury returned verdict for S15,-
600, which is the third verdict received in
the ease the first being for Sl2, 900 and the
second for Sl3, 500.
President Waddell OF the state agrlcult-
ural society, was in Dalton in the interest
of the state fair, and has arranged TO have
Whitfield county show what Georgia can do
in the way Of big corn and fine grains at the
state fair this fall. Reliable information
shows that Whitfield county has reduced the
cotton acreage fully 30 per cent. North
Georgia has the largest general fruit crop
for years.
Asbury Gentry, one of the noted outlaws
of HARRISON county, will be tried for MUIR
der in HARRISON superior court next
Friday. The grand jury returned true
bill for the murder Of the old foot peddler,
Richard Byrnes, who was killed, robbed and
thrown into the Big Tallapoosa river some
weeks ago. Gentry is now in Rome Jail,
and will be taken TO Buchanan to-day. The
erahle interest.
Buena Vista Patriot: Charlie Kemp
brought to this Office Tuesday curiosity in
the way of an Indian relic which was pillow
up by Dave Thompson. 1t was an Indian
pipe carved out of piece of clay or chalk,
the bowl of which rested on the fat side of
the diamond shaped arrow point, There
was no stem in the pipe, but there was a
hole which showed that there bad been a
stem of the same material which formed the
arrow proper.
Charles Gordon, a well-dressed young
man, who claims to hail from Macon, was
arrested by special officer at the
Kimban house at Atlanta Friday
night. Gordon applied for accom-
modations at the hotel during the
day, but, having no baggage, was refused
That night he zgas seen coming downstairs,
and the officer, suspecting him, made the
arrest. When searched lot of jewelry and
clothing belonging to guests OF the house
were found.
I. w. Harvey Of Buena Vista has been
in bad health for some time, aud has had
with him constantly an attendant to assist
him 10 getting about. Last Saturday he
attempted to get up and walk alone, but
lost his balance and fell through one of the
front windows at his home, breaking on Q of
the sliding blinds into 100 pieces, and
landed on the yeranda in trout Fortu>
nately the sash was raised, otherwise Mr..
Harvey might have been badly cut by
broken glass.
Americas Recorder: DR.. Bozeman of
Friendship owns a turkey hen that not only
keeps the doctors family we'll supplied with
young turkeys, but sometimes surprises the
family by the presentation of a mixed
brood. On the last occasion, after setting
on twelve eggs for her usual term OF incu-
baton, she was found the other morning
towering over ten young turkeys and one
young opossum, it having required two
turkey eggs TO produce one 'possum. The
young 'possum in question was about the
size OF half grown rat, and was nesting
under the turkey as conten teddy as any one
OF the legitimate brood.
Hartwell Sun: Miss Nancy Lewis. an
inmate of the Hart county poor house. was
horribly burned on Saturday morning, from
the effects of which she died on Sunday,
She was subject to fits, and just after break
fast, while standing by the fireplace in her
room, she had a fit and fell forward with
her face in the fire. Her mother, who is
partially blind, deaf aud weak-minded, was
the only person in the room, and thought
she was younger daughter blowing up the
fire. And thus the poor woman lay with
her face in the fire until one eye was burned
out OF the socket, the other partially 80 and
her face, shoulders and arms were literally
roasted. She never regained consciousness,
which was blessed thing, else the agony of
the pain would have been too awful to con-
template.
The account OF the suicide of John
Crouch in Syracuse, N. Y, after COM
uniting murder, was read with great inter
est at Fort Valley, as two married sisters
of the man live in that city. Crouch was
a contractor aud left Fort Valley about
sixteen years ago on account Of some
trouble, the nature of which cannot lust
now be learned. He paid Macon and Fort
Valley visit about q month ago, and
while there met a number of his old friends
He was of good family, and the news of the
murder and suicide were a great surprise.
Several years ago he had a brother killed