The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-10


Speak at Atlanta Reminders Near
Dalton Of the Time When Georgia
Was the Home Of the Cherokees- "A
Breastpin Which Contains Lock
of George Washington Hair.
GEORGIA.
T. n. smith and Hon j. C. Hartman have
shipped over 800 boxes of beans from Ieunlile
up to date.
some time Tuesday night burglars broke
open and entered The West i-nu pu9llt 81 moo.
house just beyond Mercer University at
Macon. and stole nearly everything ln IL.
AT Atlanta Thursday a warrant was drawn
on the treasury for ST. lo' % Tor The PuHilo
debt. OF this S8l 665 is on registered bonds
and the remainder on thirty bonds OF el'VJu
each and one of $500.
The Syear-old soa Of Tom Collins living six
miles north Of Cairo, was drowned day or
two ago The little fellow, with some other
children was playing in his father mil
house and fell out in the pond.
Cairo is attaining some notoriety as q
peach-grOwing section. Several hunQ- ed
acres of trees have been planted and are do
ing we'll There are also several hundred
acres each OF pecans and English wanuts
A peculiar accident occurred to a horse
owned by James Holmes Of Randolph county
The animal got the cork of his shoe hung III
its teeth. He fell to the ground near blaz-
ing logheap and came near burning 10 death
There has been quite large acreage cult
waited in melons around Cairo. and in Few
days the KOlb Gems viii be moving IN great
quantities. There will be about one third OF
crop of LeConte pears. That means about
5000 or 10000 boxes
Hon. William J. Bryan of Nebraska has &C
cepted an invitation OF the Young Men
Democratic League to stop over IN Atlanta
and make q speech while on his way to deliver
the commencement address OF the GIFTS
Industrial College atMilledgeville July a.
Already the directors are preparing for the
coming exposition at Augusta, which they are
determined to make the greatest event that
that section has ever seen. The committees
are at work and have already secured s2l 900.
They have pledged Sl5, 0OO-Sl2OO0 in prizes
and premiums and So. 600 to the state fair.
With all the cry of hard times, real estate
In Griffin is firm and advancing. A Griffin
firm the other day offered 5000 for the acre
of ground opposite the Baptist church com
posing the Cole warehouse property, with no
buildings of value upon it, intending to erect
a large 2-stOry business block; but it is held
at 1880.
On Friday last Sheriff Durham of Mont
gOmery county arrested Floyd GOlding (col-
ored) for the murder of Bob Washington in
Emanuel county last November. Floyd had
been indicted and skipped out. Not thinking
1t necessary to 90 beyond the next county. he
stopped in Montgomery, and was picked up
by Sheriff Durham.
A Dalton lady is the owner Of breastpin
which curiosity collectors would no doubt
give a good round sum to possess. The pin is
of great antiquity, IS oval shaped and made of
the purest yellow gold, and within circle of
diamonds Of the brightest ulster is lock of
Gen. George WashingtOn's hair. II is said a
most tempting sum was once offered for the
pin.
The lightning freaks at Elberton last Sat
urday were alarming. Mrs FOrtSOn. on
Railroad street. suffered most from il. Her
china safe was knocked over and all of her
crockeryware smashed, and hog belonging
70 her was killed. The plastering on Mr..
Nelson house and ONCE was broken. 1t is
almost miracle that no one was seriously
injured
T. M. Nelson has on his farm a mile north
Of Albany, about ten plum trees of a variety
heretofore unknown in that section. They
are years old. and this is the first season
they have borne The fruit is exceptionally
large and when ripe shows a variegated coat
OF rich red and yellow. Mr. Nelson doesn't
know positively to what VARIETY the plum
belongs, but he intends to have Il good orchard
OF them in few years.
Two or three miles east Of Dalton, on Mill
creek there is a steep blum running down to
the waters edge which contains numerous
indications of the time when North Georgia
was the home Of the Cherokee Indians. There
are thousands of flint arrowhcads scattered
about or buried in the loose soil of the hluf
and in the vicinity are many Indian mounds
II these mounds were opened they would
probably disclose many interesting relics of
the red-skinned deniZen of long ago.
The party of D. E. Sayre, consisting of Mr..
Sayre, his wife and four sons, passed through
Latayette Tuesday morning They left At
lanta Tuesday May 30, for Chicago. Three of
the boys, aged respectively 49, 10 and ls wears
the little one serviceable hack drawn by a
stout pair OF mules was supplied In the
hack was a full camping outfit. Their route
from Atlanta had been by Marietta Stiles
boro. Rome and Trion. After taking in the
world is fair, a journey of 500 miles to their
home in the west is ahead Of them.