The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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The Premium List of the Coming State
Fair-A Negro Brutsly Murdered at
the Depot at Lenox-Gold Coins
ESeund in the Gizzsrd of a Duck.
GEORGIA
Charles Keith has been reelected tax
assessor by the city council OF Atlanta.
The Georgia editorial party reached Bos-
ton Sunday. They had rough passage.
Tobacco crops all over Decatur county
are looking fine. There are 6 900 acres In
tobacco this year in Decatur.
Norwood Trulock Of Whigham sustained
a broken arm Tuesday, through the
treachery OF pair OF roller skates.
A story has leaked out at Texas Valley of
the pretty daughter of q moonshiner, who
mounted a horse and rode Eve miles
through the country ct midnight to warn
her father that the revenue men were on
his trail. People who saw the foaming
horse and white-robed rider dashing through
the night thought of ghosts and fed to their
cabins. 1t was false alarm, but the girl
was not to blame for it, She made the trip
in safety and put the old man on his guard.
He denies, however, that be runs an illioit
business, and tells a different story Of his
daughters famous ride.
A bold attempt was made to burglarize
the house of Mrs. Mary G. Smith in Sum
merville Monday morning. About o'clock
Mrs. Smith was aroused by the sound OF
a man walking in her room. She screamed
and the burglar made good his escape,
jumping from the window. In his flight
he overturned some furniture in the hall,
breaking 10. Going downstairs Mrs. Smith
found everything in disorder, every drawer
fasr in honoa he
sacked, but nothing had been taken. He
was evidently In search Of money, and
didn't care to take anything that might
lead to his detection.
A correspondent at Blakely writes as fol-
lows: II noticed the other day a Pekin
duck that was moping about and making
strange motions with its head. l decided
from its actions that it had some foreign
substance in its digestive organs and would
consequently die. l. therefore, resolved to
make an examination and ses what 1t was.
On opening the duck found, to my sur
prise, two pieces of gold and cartridge
hull The gold pieces were two badly worn
TO tell OF what denomination they were, but
think they must have been 81 pieces. Tho
cartridge hull was all worn away and gone
except the head. 1t Is pity the duck
couldn't live after coming so near digesting
the metal. 1t had been in that fix about
yesr, and gradually grew worse, until 1t
terminated as above stated. The duck was
purchased from DR.. c. J. Mulligan about
year ago, when he sold out and left Blakely;
consequently it must have been the doctors
money it stole and brought with it, as there
10 no gold here for 1t to get"
a CHASTITY sight met the eyes OF boy who |
entered the depot at Lenox, a station on the
Georgia Pacific railroad ten miles from At
lanta, Monday morning. A negro lay
on the floor in the agony OF death and the
interior of the station looked as If 10 had
been painted IN blood. The man lay In a
pool of blood which flowed from bullet
holes, and the head, which was horribly
crushed. The walls and the ceiling were
dripping with blood. In few
minutes after be was found, the negro
died without even giving q clew to
the terrible murder. who be was OF where
he was going, or how he met his terrible
fate no one knew. By his side was q email
bundle of clothes. He was decently dressed
and appeared to be about 25 years of age
1t may have been that he had Just scraped
his worldly possessions together, a few
clothes and a few dollars, and was sleeping
in the station waiting for train to take
him to Atlanta or Birmingham Then an
old enemy,lor a jealous lover, or a rod
handed thief crepS in upon him, and, with
pistol and club, ended bis life.
Macon Telegroph The premium list of
Nho b"cnSy -bbAHh huuudl ldlT OIL Ln6 OcOTRl6
State Agricultural Society to be held at
Macon from Oct 25 to Nov. 4, is being ex-
tensively circulated. Arrangements are
made with the various railroad companies
for the transportation Of county exhibits of
agricultural products both ways free OF
charge, unless ownership is changed A
railroad track has been run into the grounds,
and all cars will be run in and out Of the
grounds without extra charge. To insure
their free return. the certificate of the
secretary should be obtained The
premiums are many, and the amounts large
The fair promises to be a great success
One OF the most attractive features at
the fair will be field crops and county
displays. The whole of this departments is
limited to Georgia production, and all arti-
Giles exhibited must be grown or made by
the exhibitor. The following are the prizes
offered: To the county making the largest
and best display of products, grown or pro-
duced by residents OF the county, 800; TO
the county making the second best display
az above, $500; to the county making the
third best display as above, $3.50; 500 for
each county making an exhibit that does
not take premium; TO the individual
making the largest and best dis
play OF products grown or pro-
duced by him or her, or under
bis or her direction. $780, TO the individual
making the second best display as above.
500; to the individual making the third
best display as above, $3.50; to the individual
making the fourth best display as above,
300. The articles entered may be entered
also as an individual display aud for special
premiums by the producer or grower. In
order to reach a more satisfactory award.
the following scale of points as to merit
will be adopted by the judges: Recogulz-
ing 100 points as perfect, Agriculture will be
rated at 40; garden vegetables, Is; home
Industry, Is, fruits, 10; manufactures, 5;
works CT art, 10; woods, 8; minerals, 2.
FLORIDA.
Nearly $500 per acre was realized from