The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-24

Young Ladies OF Athens.
GEORGIA
Work was begun Tuesday on the new store Of
A. Scheuerman of Griffin.
R. F. Medlock has just completed fine hotel
ct Norcross, which will be known as the Nor
cross hotel.
J. P. Grower has opened clothing store at
Marietta in the building recently vacated BY
Louis Klein.
A hawk killed by L. A. Bishop Of Cobb county
the other day measured 40 inches from tip to
tip OF wings.
William Lummus of Rocky Plains district in
Newton county, is now 90 years old and never
rode on a railroad car.
Messrs White & Meacham win publish pa
per at Decatur TO be called the Decatur Record,
the first issue Of which will appear to-day.
One of the richest gold mines discovered in
Georgia has been located on the farm OF J. b.
Kemp, near Lost mountain. In Cobb county.
d. B. Parks, ". OF Marietta has sold his
farm, recently bought of J w Frey, to a lady,
who lives in the lower part Of the state, for
$1,4O0
Capt P. NJ. Mulhern of Augusta has been ap-
pointed state treasurer OF the Catholic Knights
OF America In place of William Mulherin, de-
ceased.
The firm Of W. H. George & Co. of Lithonia
has been dissolved, W, H George buying the
interest of R. H. Tribble, who viii conduct the
business alone.
W. W. vinson OF Rocky Plains district in
Newton county, is the champion rail splitter of
Western Newton. By hard WORK he split
fourteen rails in half day.
The Georgia railroad has made new station
near Athens 10 be called buchanan Il is be-
tween that city and Murrell's, and is two miles
from the Georgia railroad depot.
B. D. Crossley, who started store at Lithonia
the first OF the year, has sold out to J. B. Chap
man and John Marbut Mr.. Crossley is con
Quoting tue business OF Ponder, Williams & Co.,
Of which firm he is q member.
G. A. Wander of Covington found q pocket
book on the street last week with S66 in it, A
tax receipt showed that it belonged TO T. j.
Edwards, who lives above Oxford Mr. Wander
returned the book and money to ar. Edwards.
The Alpha mills at Athens are an assured
success. W. d. Griffith and Henry Lovern,
the superintendent OF the mills viii 20 north
next week topurchase the machinery necessary
TO start operations with, and it will be placed
in position under sixty days The mill will
manufacture rope
When the lock was taken of the door OF the
old Episcopal church at Rome, which has Just
been pulled down, Il was found to contain a
silver dime made in 1880 lt is supposed that
the dime has been in the lock for many years
and key was once broken in the lock on &C
count of the dime closing it's passage.
j. .. Shepherd has bought the old Eckles
hotel property, and is now endeavoring to or
ganize stock company which will build new
hotel, at Social Circle, in Walton county In
the meantime, Maj H. L. Spencer is making
some proposit ons to induce the company to
take his property, and remodel It, instead of
erecting a new house.
Tuesday Squire David johnson of PlainviIle
was az Rome. He said he had recovered gold
watch which was stolen last summer from Mrs
Stephens In Gordon county. Mrs. Stephens is
the mother Of WIN Morrow's wife and il was
believed that Morrow broke into Mrs Stephens
house and stole the 1ewelry, Squire johnson
got the watch from the man to whom Morrow
had sold It.
On Sunday morning Miss Lula Womack,
daughter Of t. K. Womack, who lives about
three miles from Covington, was thrown from
q buggy and painfully injured about the back
and head. Herself and Brother Orelius were on
their way to church when the horse they were
driving ran away and threw both from the
buggy, only slightly hurting Orelius.
A granddaughter Of Gen. Beauregard has been
living in Atlanta for several years, and with her
IL her fathers brother, who married Gen Beau
regards niece. That child is only years OF
age. but, in obedience to kilograms from the
BeAuregard family, she left Tuesday for New
Orleans 70 attend the funeral. Her uncle, w.
s. clarendon, county engineer for a long time,
also attene the funeral Mr.. clarendon, though
young man. knew Gen. Beauregard we'll and
recalls many happy incidents Of his life.
The opportunity is now offered for Marietta
TO secure library building free, If the people
viii furnish lot 70 build It on. Miss Sarah
Clark has now in hand $4,000 TO put in such a
building, and abe will donate 1900 choice books.
number Of Marietta gentlemen are interesting
themselves 70 raise $500 to buy suitable and
convenient lot for this purpose, and have Sc
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the lot is purchased and the new building
erected, II is proposed to merge the Marietta
library with the 1900 volumes that Miss Clark
will donate.
Tuesday the fair committee of the State Agri.
cultural Society Is to meet in Macon and have a
conference with the councilsof that city with re.
gard to the location of the fair Most of the
committee favor Augusta for this year,
rotation system. Macon has 2O-year
contract with the agricultural society, but the
latter organization has been steadily losing
money. Its members claim that this is because
the fairs are held In Macon; and that il this
situation Is kept up 1t will be only matter of
one or two years before the society is BANKRUPT
A strong EFFORT will be made to have the fair
committee ignore the Macon contract and 20
where the interests of the society point.
James Goggins who lives three miles from
Marietta, on the Dallas road, lost $50 worth Of
hogs last Monday morning. A mad dog entered
the lane leading 70 his pasture and bit several of
his fine Poland China hogs before be could be
run on. Mr.. GogRins heard the hogs squeang
and went out and found the dog making fero-
clous attacks upon them. Mr.. Goggins ran in
the house to get his gun, but unfortunately the
gun was not loaded. His dog then jumped on the
mad dog and bit him, when the mad dog got
loose and ran off Mr.. Goggins followed the
mad dog two miles to get to kill him, but he es.
capped. 1t was a large black fee and foamed at
the mouth, having every indication OF the
rabies Mr.. Goggins will kill his own dog and
put each OF his hogs In separate pens and wait
S26 for q few weeks ago
At Athens Sunday night the two young daugh-
tiers OF Asa j. Booth heard some one breathing
under their bed. They summoned courage 10
leap from the bed and run downstairs where
their parents were, They told them that some
Que was In their room and that they hal heard
the breathing OF person under the bed The
parents thought the young ladies were need
lessly frightened. but they convinced them that
they were in earnest bylrefusng to co back up
stairs that night. couple OF young men who
were boarding there were summoned and along
with Mr.. Booth started to dnd out the where
abouts Of the burglar. The burglar heard them
coming, and as they went to one door he dashed
was given pursuit, but all efforts failed to catch
him. The burglar could not be identified by his
pursuers and they do not know whether be was
negro or a white man.
augusta Chronicle: II George Harris state
ment is correct he is being persecuted by a
certain class of negroes in this CITY. Harris has
gained considerable prominence of late by
Identifying Nose Odwen as the negro he saw
running hurriedly away from the spot where
Policeman Parker was killed a week or ten DAYS
ago He has already received an anonymous
letter that warned him that while folks spies
on the coored people would not
be permitted, and that 81 he did not
want to breakfast IN Augusta and sun
In he'll, he had better leave town. Many other
small means Of worriment have been infict ed
on him by those of his color, such as refusing
TO speak to him and talking very badly about
him in bis hearing. BY his own statement he
has not only lost his social standing but now
ne is 10 be cashiered by colOred military com
pSny 70 which he belonged During work