The morning news., 1892-02-08
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

The First Presbyterian church, at Colum-
bus, is 10 be remodeled-
Capt D. F. Williamson OF Bruton has a
cow that has twin calves.
Several schools in Oglethorpe county have
had TO suspend on account Of the prevalence
of measles.
A hundred bales of cotton have been
picked on Col. James smiths farm 10 Ogle-
throp county since Christmas.
A Jersey COW became entangled in the
barbed wire fence around the high school
building at Griffin Friday and was killed in
her efforts TO extricate herself.
The commission OF Postmaster Hall at
Waynesboro for four years from Jan 4,
1892, was received yesterday. Waynesboro
is now presidential pos.office.
John Bass, a successful farmer of
Jackson's district, Laurens county. has a
SOW that is the mother of a pig which has
eight legs and feet, four ears aud two tails.
The stock company owning and operating
the telephone line from Franklin to Hogans-
Vile is making arrangements TO extend it
20 Newman, and thence on to Carrollton and
Bowdon.
At Waynesboro few days ago Drs
Whitehead and MoMaster removed tumor
from the thigh Of Sam Young (colored)
weighing 81 pounds. The patient is doing
very well.
In Muscogee county a night or two ago,
Page Ely (coloredl shot and probably ia
tally wounded John Brady, also colored.
Brady's intimacy with Ely's wife was the
provOcation.
A daughter of Andrew Williams tcol-
oredl, living on Judge J. B. Jones place, a
few miles from Waynesboro, fell into the
fire while In fit, and was so terribly burned
that she died on Thursday.
The busipaas man of RIackehaar aud p{aroa
county met at the court house Wednesday
TO enter a protest against the plans Of the
officials of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad for a warehouse at Black
shear.
Mrs. Cynthia Partain, formerly of Hart
but now of Ebert county, who is 81 years
Of age, and who has been gray headed for
years, is now undergoing strange trans
formation. Her hair is fast shedding out
and in its stead luxuriant growth OF jet
black hair is coming.
W.R Upton and William Upton, Jr. who
killed T. $. Storey and seriously wounded
Rufus Storey near Buena Vista, last Decem-
Der, have never left the county but are in
hiding in the neighborhood of their home.
1t is believed that they will voluntarily APP
pear for trial at the spring term Of court.
Athens Banner: There will be a lively
race before the next legislature for the So
licitor generals Office in this circuit. Hon.
Richard B. Russell, the present solicitor
general, will offer for reelection, and it is
said on good authority that Col. Charles H.
Brand Of Lawrenceville will also be ia the
arena.
Simpson Brown (colored) fell against the
circular saw at j. A. Wilson's mill, at Wat
klnsville, a day or two ago, and narrowly
escaped a horrible death. T. T. Williams
saw him fall and pushed him off the death
dealing saw. The negro's clothes were torn
from his body, and he escaped with 6-inch
cash in his thigh. He will recover
There are sixty-nine confederate wild.
ows IN Coweta county, who have succeed
ed in establishing their claims to pension
and there are several other claims that will
be established as soon as the necessary evil
dence can be secured. They have died
since filing and establishing their claims.
The sum to be distributed III Coweta county
amounts to 5000.
The president of the county alliance of
Worth county has called meeting Of the
county alliance for Saturday, Feb. 20, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to attend
the district alliance meeting of the Second
congressional district which will convene at
Cuthbert on Wednesday, Feb. %.
Also to hear the reports of some special
committees appointed at the last regular
meeting OF the county alliance.
Waynesboro True Citizen: Last Mon
day arrangements was made with a
preacher in town to go out into the country
on tuesday in company with q proposed
bridegroom to perform a marriage serv-
ice. Tuesdays train came and no bride
groom. The license had been obtained, a
nice dinner had been prepared and the
bride and the parson were ready. but no
groom was to be found. The few who had
heard Of the marriage and knew nothing of
the couple, thought of the perfidY of man
and the grief of the bride, but all this was
unnecessary. Early Wednesday morning
the groom came. and. taking the preacher
with him, hurried on to the marriage, a
day late, but as determined as ever. A
telegram received by the bride-elecs
the night before had explained
matters. and all things were in readiness.
Then followed the marriage ceremony that
made John Lites of Mikesville Fla and Mrs.
b. l.. Andrews husband and wife. The
affair took place at the hospitable home of
DIR. J. G. Hill, who is brother to the bride,
only the family being present. Notwith-
standing the fact that dinner had been pre-,
pared the day before, Mrs Hill had in
readiness a sumptuous dinner, over which
she presided with the grace and dignity of
the true South Carolina lady that she is .
No more pleasanter home will be found in
Burke than DR.. Hills, ana there isn't a
DeDter place 10 go IOr olQ-Clme hospitality.
Mr.. Lites, the groom, is II years of age,
while the bride is some 10 or 10 years bis
junior. They left for their home in Florida
Thursday.
Waynesboro True Citizen: Recently Col.
John II. Perkins presented Judge Perry
with relic of the past that is very inter-
esting, and If the history of it could be dis
covered 1t would be of more interest still,
In making some excavations to lay the track
of a road over which timber could be hauled
for the saws OF the Beaver Dam Lumber
Company, in the Sixty-third district, g.
NJ, an ancient sword was exhumed and
brought again to the light of day from
which II had been possibly hidden for
many scores OF years, if not q century
1t was out in the piney woods remote
from any highway, and not a mark Of its
hiding-plRce was perceptible to the eve.
1t Is bare conjecture. 1t appears to have
the shape of the modern cavalry saber. but
was evidently made by blacksmith as will
be seen on the part covered by the handle
which shows the hammer marks, where
the handle preserved 10 from rustin9 much
longer than the blade was preserved Nav
be some daring slave that contemplated in
surreotion, or the death of his master.
buried IL for use at some future time. But
1t is more probable that when the British
soldiers under Col. Provost overwhelmed and
scattered the army of patriots during the
revolution under the command of Gen.
Ashe who was no account, in the forks of
the Savannah river and Brier creek, come
poor continental soldier, determined not to
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