The morning news., 1894-11-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NtVs Cf tLe Two Stats TCId ID Para.
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3 c joiner has been mentioned by q
number OF citizens as the next mayor OF
Cochran
The heavy frost on TIE cane has forced
the sugar boiling. al the farmers every
where. who can set at IL, are busy.
c. S. pope. merchant and guano dealer
~ Condor, has failed for q cousiderab ble
amount. The exact figures are not known
Wilkes superior court VIII meet next
Monday, and the court officers say there
will likely be a full weeks work 70 be
done.
J. ". Alexander Early county's clerk
Of the superior court, has uO opposition
for the democratic nomination in his
county.
Jess Sattertield of Dahlonega. who was
injured In the row election day. is still
confined to his bed undergoing much suf-
fering The attending physician thinks
he will recover.
tt. Poole Of Lithonia killed an owl last
week that measured four feet four inches
from tip 10 tip. He shot IL with o Colts
repeater al a distance OF between nifty
and sixty yards
The latest curiosity in Ttfton is a cows
tongue with a turpentine hack ring around
II, bearing evidence that the ring had been
fastened around the tongue ever since the
animal was a caif-probably four or five
years.
The Soldiers Home building in Atlanta
has been offered free TO the Grand Lodge
Of Georgia 10 be used as a. Masonic home.
II will doubtless be accepted. Commit
tees now have the matter in charge, and
the result Of their deliberations viii soon
be made public.
A telegram from one Of Gov. Atkinson S
closest friends says: The principal ply
sician to the penitentiary will probably
fall to some South Georgian. The state
school ccmmissionership viii fall In Ma
con, and il is believed Prof Pollard win
be the lucky man.
The populsts Of Cobb have nominated
the following county ticket: w. G. Blank
enship. for clerk of the superior court,
Seawright Lindlsy for sheriff; L. Green,
for deputy sheriff, T J. Hardage for tax
collector; Sam Mayes. for tax receiver J.
P. Runyan for surveyor, c. L. Allen, for
coroner
NJ c. stegau shows the boss potato
Of the season. Il grew near Bainbridge
and tipped the beam at seven and one
quarter pounds and was OF the variety
known as the Parrot yam. He says he
gathered 100 bushels from the same acre
this grew upon and left many In the
ground for his pork hogs.
Sunday three crates Of English fox
hounds, consigned to Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton at Columbia, S. c. passed through
10 Port Royal on a Liverpool steamer.
They are fine specimens OF the English
COX hounds and are probably the gift of
some admirer Of the grand old hero.
Mrs Ingelbretsen, wife of Capt. Frank
Ingelb-etsen, one Of the most popular
pilots on the Brunswick bar, lost her
reasen and wandered away from her home
during her husbands absence Monday
morning. and but for the kind Offices of
friends, who persuaded her TO return home
might have suffered some serious acct
dent.
The Amerieus Cycling Association has
arranged for q big meet on Thanksgiving
day. They have q splendid programme
and some very handsome and valuable
prizes. Among the latter are a gold watch
q pair Of Columbia racing tires. a pair Of
Huus tires and rim. a set OF Victor tennis
rackets, geld medals and twenty other
prizes.
: negro woman died Thursday In Ishan-
vile, a pegro settlement beyond the east
ern limits Of Anericus, al the advanced
age Of loS years. Her relatives are we'll
Informed as to her age, and she was prob
ably the Oldest woman in the city or the
county. There are two others at Amer
icus, however who are more than 100
years old.
The dog Rex. Of Peter Solomon Of Coch-
ran, is q working democrat. On election
day he took a bundle OF Crisp tickets in
his mouth and went about offering them
to voters. When some one refused to take
Z ticket from him, Rex would show his
displeasure by growing, and when a ticket
was accepted his approval was manifested
by vigorous wagging Of his tail
An attempt was made TO burglarize the
safe IN the Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railroad depot at Dublin Sunday night
The burglars were evidently novices as
the nrlzy aa vrae 10. zee t1
hinges and pun of the combination. T.
A. Lovett merchant at Lovett, had his
store burglarized 20 the amount Of S1N
Sunday night. and 1t is thought that the
same gang may have done both jobs.
Miss Ellen Pruitt Of Banks county, car
get the premium on gourds and cucum
bers. She has some gourds with handles
forty-six inches long and in every con
eeivable shape. One she has tied in q
knot. From one vine she gathered atty
cucumbers. It commenced bearing Man
and continued bearing until frost. Sh,
watered the vine and kept it covered dur
ing the day. Miss Ellen knows all abog
farming.
Just before daylight Sunday mcrning
the storehouse belonging TO Or. A. NJ
Speer at Miner, was discovered to be OF
Are. II. with his stock OF drugs, books
papers, etc. ana a stock Of groceries be
longing to 3. F. Willis. were eptirel,
consumed l3f. SpeeF haQ no lnSura nee
either on the building or stock OF ned,clne
Mr.. Willis was more fortunate, having in
surance amounting TO $500 on a stock o
about $500 The origin OF the fire is un
known.
slight accident occurred in the pre-
sentatlon Of Blue Jeans at the theate
at Augusta during the matinee SATURDAY.
Miss annie Buckley who plays the lead
ing female character June uses
gun during the first act to shoot al
squirrel. During that portion of the pla
Saturday tho hammer accidental
snapped. catching her little finger In il
fan and breaking IT, The little actres.
however bore 81 bravely and performe
Saturday night with her hand baudaged.
The robnlng and burning OF Ian Mur
docks house near Buchanan Friday night
was ar extraordinary crime. NIr Nur
dock ls q poor hard working farmer. VIII
has widowed mother 10 look after Fri
Gay night while DE was away from home
some wretch or wretchez broke Into hi
house and stole hls trunk. csrryup
about sevcnty-Ave yards away. They too
t3s. all the poor fellow had after selling hi
fF.