The morning news., 1892-03-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Bishop Nelson's Tour OF South Geor
gia-A Sudden Death at Cochrsn-A
Cochran Lady's Ancient Relics a
Desperate Negro Shoots a Porter
on River Steamer.
GEORGIA
The reunion OF the Third Georgia regi-
ment is to be beld at Athens April %
Walker 6, Walker Of Augusta have Just
shipped to Lung Fung, q Chinaman In New
York. l.S00 stalks OF sugar cane.
Big corn crops will he the result Of the
low prices paid for cotton in Madison coun-
". The farmers are not behind with their
work.
J. A. Barbrey Of Waycross has invented
fence-making machine that ia points of
simplicity and effecaveoess is said to be
ahead Of anything iu that line.
Frank Smith OF Du Pont is confined at
his home with blood poisoning. Tho tan
min from bis boot worked into a boil on his
foot and has resulted IN a serious case.
Mrs. w. g. Bowling, who lives a few
miles below Richland. saw two squirrels
playing near her house a few days ago,
when she shot at them twice aud killed
both.
A big drift Of timber Is expected at Da-
rien in April There are now in port loading
with timber and lumber ten vessels. Some
very fine ash has been recently sold In the
Darien market.
DR.. Gerdine will build 3-story brick
building between the new store of M. Myers
and the Commercial hotel at Athens. This
house is owned by Mrs. Gerdine and Miss
Mary Linton.
On Sunday morning last. at o'clock,
Anderson Hicks was shot and killed by Jim
Graves at Normandale. Both were negroes.
The coroner's jury found q verdict of will
full murder. Graves was lodged In Jail.
Hon. r. D. Render of Greenville shot
weasel in his barn last Monday. The ami
NAL had caught rat larger than himself
and both were killed by the same shot The
asel had been killing the chickens Of MIR.
Render as we'll as his rats.
Jesse Gotier, who at the spring term of
Burke superior court in 1889 was sentenced
TO be hanged on August 9, 1890. for the
murder of a negro, and who made his escape
before the day Of execution arrived, was
arrested in South Carolina recsntly and has
been brought back to Waynesboro.
Cochran came near having confiagration
last Sunday morning. Fire was discovered
10 the store of W. E. Durham by Sol Ma
sons (coloredl little boy. He gave the
alarm and J. B. Watts and Henry Coley,
soon had the fire extinguished. The fire was
caus sd by hot bricks aud when discovered
had burned the sill near the fireplace en-
tirely through.
Bishop Nelson will this week begin
series OF visitations lasting three weeks in
the various small places in South Geor-
gia, going as far as Brunswick. During
this time Mrs. Nelson will be at the ORIe~
thorpe in Brunswick. They will return to
Atlanta in time for the Good Friday serv-
ices, and will come to Savannah for the
week after Easter.
A negro woman on r. D. Whites place,
near Eatonton, was burned to death last
Monday. Her husband was at work, and
seeing that the house was afire, he ran back
to try to save something. He saw his wife
lying near the bed, where it is supposed she
had fallen in a fit, az she was subject to fits
He tried to get her out, but failed. Help
was soon obtained. and her corpse was res
cued.
At Columbus Saturday the I5-months-old
child Of James Wood was killed in a terri
bic manner. The little one was playing on
the floor at the feet of her mother, and In
some way got hold OF a pair OF SCISSORS
Suddenly the child gave q scream, and It
was found she had fallen on the sharp point
or one blade, which penetrated the SKULL
and Inflicted wound from which she died
in Anew houra
Cochran Herald: On going to press, we
hear Of the death Of Mrs. g. J. Stapleton.
who lives only few miles from town. She
had been sick with measles a few days and
while she was very sick yet she seemed to
be cheerful and on retiring last Tuesday
evening requested her husband to lie down
and rest while. When about two hours
bad passed, Mr.. Stapletop awoke, when to
bis sorrow be found his wife cold In death.
Cochran Herald: Mrs NJ. A. Coleman
OF this place has in her possession some
ancient relics belonging to her great-great-
grandparents. One is a powder gourd used
by her great-great- grandfather during the
Indian fight In the Revolutionary war, and
she has a coat made during that period. II
is made OF nankeen and was spun, woye
ana made at home. She has his old clock
case and pewter basin used by her great
great-grandmother $50 years ago.
baGrange Reporter: William s. Witham's
generous offer of $4,000 10 the people of
LaGrange and Troup county, conditioned
upon their raising S5,000--the whole to be
devoted 20 the education Of poor girls Of the
connty-has created profound impression
and aroused very general interest ON tine
part OF our citizens. Mr. Witham has been
invited to LAGRANGE to consult with the
board OF trustees OF the LaGrange Female
College, to whom his letter was addressed.
Athens Banner: A gentleman who has
just returned from Banks superior court
says that the farmers of Banks county have
the finest crop of oats he has ever seen In
tnat county. They seem TO have paid q
great deal Of attention to their crops "How
about the cotton cropW "Planting as much
as ever," was the reply. 81 could not see
any material reduction In the cotton acre.
age where l went.n "Has the third party
any following ia Banks countyP' "Yes, 1t
has pretty strong contingent, but the
democrats are up to snuff and are getting
ready in good shape for the campaign"
The conviction at Camilla of Barney
White, charged with the murder of Larkin
NIX IS one OF the first cases of the convic>
ton OF lyncher on record. Six other pris-
oners are awaiting like fate. Larkin Nix
had killed a man named Mire for improper
intimacy with his daughter. For this ne
was taken off by Mire's friends, held in the
woods two days and shot to death One of
the witnesses against the lynchers, William
Davis, was shot Thursday night. 1t was
the work Of the friends of the criminals,
who wished TO put the witness out of the
way.
The passenger train that left Augusta FRI
day for Spartanburg came very near being
wrecked by landslide twenty-three miles
from the city, at Middleton's cut. The cut
In fifty feet high and very long. About 100
feet OK dirt and rocks fell on the track lust
nefore the passenger train came along, and
it had not been for the engineer, who was
keeping sharp lookout, a great many lives
would have beec lost. He saw it Just in
time to stop. The train was delayed about
i've hourn, and the coming freight was also