The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-17

Food for Cows - An Atlanta Man
Commits Suicide at Indian Spring
While Taking the Kelley Cure.
GEORGIA.
Covington is to have a new Episcopal church.
Warren county alliance will meet at the
court house in Warrenton Saturday May 20.
H. A. Clinch's barn, in the suburbs Of
Sparta, was burned Sunday afternoon. The
loss is about 500.
ksHay is being marketed in no small quanti-
ties by the planters of Dougherty and sur
rounding counties.
party of gentlemen are at work at Macon
organizing stock company to erect a tele-
graph line between Macon and HawkinsVille,
W. Eugene Mitchell of Albany died sud
denly at the home OF his kinsman, DR.. w. l.
Davis, at about $50 o clock Sunday afternoon.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad has placed tickets from Macon to
Indian Spring at 81 60 for the round trip, and
large crowds are spending their Sundays up
there.
Sterling Smith, a brother of City Clerk
Bridges Smith died at Macon Sunday morn
ing. He had been in declining health for sew
eral months. The deceased was young man,
highly esteemed by all who knew him, and
his death is deeply regretted.
The controllers Of the Bon-Air hotel, near
Augusta, have been and are discussing the
project of an addition to the structure. I'm
confirmed gossip says the addition is to be OF
100 rooms. The statement also puts the net
profits of the hotel for the year at $4,000
G. B. Hiett's plumbing establishment. ad-
joining the postofice at Columbus was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night. There is I'M
mistakable evidence that the fire was the
work of an incendiary but there is no clew to
his identity The loss is &, 900, covered by in
surance.
The saw-mill of George NJ. Brinson at Still
more made big run on Thursday, cutting
IA, 100 feet of yellow pine with one circular
saw inside the usual working hours. OF this
faa tVrnG 1ah mo INT
able, and ., 54l feet square edge framing and
outside boards.
A negro named William Davis was arrested
at Macon Saturday by Officer Stuckey,
charged with mule killing. The negro, while
working very valuable animal several weeks
ago for Mr.. Gof1 several miles from the
city, became enraged at the brute and blew
its brains out with shotgun.
Justice Howell f. Jackson of the supreme
court of the United States has accepted the
compliment of the Atlanta bar. rendering him
banquet on the occasion OF his visit TO that
city. The justice will be the guest Of the city
for two or three days, and during that time it
is proposed TO treat him with genuine south
ern hospitality.
Prof. Wing, dairyman at the experiment
station at Griffin, says that cotton seed hulls
viii not do to feed to mich cows He made
the test feeding four OF his cows on cotton
seed huils for one week. AT the beginning Of
the week the four cows gave eighty pounds of
milk day, but at the end, after feeding on
the hulls, they gave thirty pounds OF milk and
lost sixty pounds OF flesh, an average OF l215
pounds loss to each COW.
w. D. Bogus Of Covington has an interest
ing and curious collection of old relics The
collection embraces a number of ancient fire.
arms, which have done service in several
wars during the past century. The collection
consists OF an old flint and steel pistol III
years old, tar gourd used by Houston Jones
father when he moved by OXcart from South
Carolina in the year 1900 to Walton county,
two flint and steel muskets used in hunting
deer in the early days when such hunting
could be done in that section, sword scab-
bard and belt worn by Capt. Charles Chestnut
of Company B, Fifty third Georgia regiment,
killed at Fishers Hill in 1854 a Spencer rife
carried by George Akers all through the war,
and quite number of other articles.
Capt W. A. Harper, a wen-known CITIZEN Of
Atlanta, committed suicide at Indian Spring
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. Capt. Harper
was taken TO the Kelley institute at Indian
Spring for treatment some two weeks ago,
suffering from the effects of drink. On the
night OF his arrival he jumped head-hrst into
the fire, in the office of the institute. He was
constantly afraid of being killed by mob, he
imagined was pursuing him, and made several
attempts to take his own life. There were
no vacant rooms in the institute, and he
boarded at the w1gwam, near by. He was
constantly begging DR.. Hall for pistol, that
he might end all this" Sunday he went up
to the Kelley building for treatment and,
after having received IL, asked a patient who
had room in the house If he might take
short nap in his bed: The young man readily
gave his consent and Capt. Harper went up
stairs. AS soon as he entered the room
he began to ransack the place,
throwing THE contents of bureaus
and trunks all over the floor
In the bottom of trunk he found "a Ss-caliber
Smith g. Wesson pistol. He placed the muz-
zle to his head just above the right ear and
fired. The people in the building heard the
report and rushed to the room. Death was
instantaneous. Capt. Harper was q brother
in-law of Maj. Livingston Minis and was a
Mississippian by birth. He was q man of
splendid appearance and would attract atten-
tion anywhere,