The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-28

The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Hall.
GEORGIA.
Jim Courtney. colorod. is to be hanged
at Waycross for the murder Of Jake
Smith.
Sunday morningat his home three miles
west of Americus, Jesse Lee KINNEY fell
dead from heart disease, IN The list year
of his age Mr.. KINNEY was one Of the
first settlers in Americas.
Miss Mary Watkins, while passing
through a corn field in Wolf Skin district.
in Clarke county, picked up a silver nan
dollar that bad ON it the year 1903.
There had been no one living al the place
1pr over fifty years.
The police have succeeded in recover
ing a large portion Of the goods stolen
from DR. r. c. Blacks residence, on Ia
mar street. at Americus They have also
secured enough evidence TO convict the
party who stole them.
Fillmore Grant of Talbotton found two
spring chickens in his wheat barn when
he openedit last week to thresh wheat.
They had probably been in there without
water since June l, as the barn had Oeeu
closed up since that time.
The Guiana City Cigar Company
shipped to Chicago Wednesday $4,000 fine
cigars manufactured at their factory IN
Townsville. There is big demand for the
goods manufactured in Townsville, and
there is no trouble to sell them.
The tax digest shows a decrease of $40,
600 in the taxable propertyiOf Baker cOun-
ty. State Treasurer Hardeman has re-
ceived a check for $4,000 from the treas
urer of the United States, for the use of
the Georgia experiment stations.
A letter from young G. II. Copeland,
the Boston reporter VINO recently married
Miss Elberta Futrell of Atlanta over the
% |, NJ that ha
will be on the staff of the Evening Tele-
gram, the new paper soon to be started in
that city.
Judge G. Q. Williams of Abbeville
bought the river steamboat James I.
Stewart last week and is having her over
hauled and repaired. Her name has been
changed to the 'Ocmulgee, and she viii
be put on the line plying between Lumber
City and Hawkinsville.
Last Saturday night the prisoners of
the Telfair Jail, five in number, one white
and four blacks, incarcerated for various
offenses, effected escape by breaking two
of the iron bars Of the patent prison
house, and then tearing out the brick
from under the window sills.
w. c. Temples, who lives near Herod,
Terrell county, has invented a fertilizer
distributor that promises to make him
riches and fame. 1t Is said to be the best
thing of the kind ever made, and Mr..
Temples is receiving a good many orders.
He has had il patented, and an offer of
$4,000 for the patent has been refused.
At Athens, Tuesday morning, Hamp
Strickland, of jackson county, went into
Cooper's stable on Thomas street, and
while walking around among the horses
one of them knocked him down and after
he fell stamped upon him. The worst
wound is on the head, but DR., Conway,
who was Immediately called in, pro-
nounced it not fatal.
j. S. Willis, who lives few miles from
Dawson, has two ambrotypes that he
took out of the pocket of a dead federal
soldier after the battle of Chancellors-
vile One OF the ambrotypes represents
two boys and a girl, whose ages range
from 8 to 10 years; the other ambrotype
represents an elderly woman, supposed
to be the mother of these children.
G. w. Gunnels, Of Brentwood, has gold
watch, a family relic, that cost over $500
The mechanism of the watch is so intri-
cate that only an expert can fix it when
it gets out of order. AT one time, when
the watch needed repairs, it had to be
sent north, as it was found no one at
Dawson could regulate it. 1t cost SIS
in New York city to clean and regulate
1t.
The Odd Fellows of Macon have sue
ceeded in selling their bonds at par, Sl5.-
600, and the work of construct
ing handsome three-story lodge build
ing is progressing rapidly. These bonds
are in denominations of $500, and bear Z
per cent interest per annum, They run
on a scaling plan The first Of the bonds
are due five years from now. The bonds
were not sold to banks, but were bought
by private individuals.
Nick Murphy, the absent manager OF
the Atlanta Provision Company is sup
posed to be IN Waco Tex, where it is repor
ted that he has been seen. There has beer
no reward offered for him yet, and the AT
lanta officers are making no effort to cause
his arrest. The affairs of the company are
still in an uncertain state, and there viii
be no definite announcement as to the
exact amount of its assets and liabilitie:
untilearly next week. So far the liabili-
ties are supposed TO be 900 with assets
reaching Sl2, 600.
One of the employees at Schumpert &
Lewis stables, of Americas, was return
ing from a visit to Macon Tuesday and by
chance discovered a pair of handouts OF
the seat in the car. Having been a resi-
dent of the rural districts for a greater
portion ofhis life, he was anxious to know
what they were for A friend showed
him; but to his horror no one could be-
found who mad a key to unlock them
He rested in peace, thinkingthat when ht
arrived in Americus he cOuld easily have
them cut off. On arrival he at once made
for Martin GrintOn's blacksmith shop
but Martin refused to cut them off with
out an order from Judge Fish The pool
fellow visited all the shops before he sue
ceeded in having the cuffs taken from
his wrists.
Dawson News: Notwithstanding The
money strengency, the farming lands o.
Terrell county are in demand, and gooC
prices are paid for them. There have
been several transactions of this kline
lately Mr.. w. H. Dismuke, who SOLE
his farm last fall and moved to Quitmar
county, wants to return to the bes
county in the state, and, as he says. t
stay. Mr.. Dismuke has bought 100 acre.
of Land from DR. /. d. Graves, for which
he paid $50 per acre. DIR. Graves has solo
to Mr.. Way, sterling young far
mer and good citizen of Cobt
county, 100 acres of land at $40 pei
acre, and Mr.. j. Il, Mercer has sold tht
A. G. Williams farm, at Chickasaw
hachee. to Mr.. J. W. Brawuer. one OF
Harris cOunty's best citizens, for 81 0O0
On Sunday night the Savannah Ameri
Gus and Montgomery freight depot dt Pres
ton was entered and robbed of u portion
of its contents, and the TWO Horton
brothers who have been hanging arounG
the house of their uncle, Henry MORGAN.
near Preston for some days have been