The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-26

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at Brooksville-The Conference of
the Coiored Methodists of Florida.
GEORGIA.
Cochran is to have a canning factory to cost
1900.
Postmaster Joe Roney. Of Americus. most
excellent gardener. has been feastlng on new
English peas ana other good things from his
garden for week.
The veterans OF the coufederacy living in
Burke county were'received by the Burke
Light Infantry and entertained with a cola
zion at their armory at Waynesboro Thurs
day.
Ten years ago Cochran had eleven bar
rooms and whisky he'd high carnival. Now
the town has but three saloons. and drum
ken man on the streets is the cynosure OF all
eyes. y
The grand Jury Of Monroe county has recon-
nnended the building OF a new court house not
TO cost exeee ding $1,000 1t also re.onemuds
levy of $40 on the $1,000 for county pur-
poses
The Americus small boy has declared
war on the English sparrows thcre and is
slaughtering them 10y hundreds, Friday
George Wheatleyand w. A. Vivian, two ex-
pert shots with parlor rifles, went forth to
STAY the ''ihnocents and in an hours time
bagged sixty six.
Fertilizer Inspector S. r. Fulcher was a
passenger on one of the trains which cOlllded
on the Augusta southern railroad a few days
ago. de was thrown down IN the car and
came near breaking his wrist, and received
several scratches and bruises, and has been
wearing his arm in sling.
Lawtonville has been IN a fever OF excite
ment for the past few days oyec the finding Of
hidden treasure. Wednesday, Ralph. the
13-year,old son Of J. Is. Gregory, while plow
Ing, felt his pillow strike against some hard
body. He plOwed one more round then he
stopped and scratched away the dirt and to
his surprise. found an Old tea kettle flled
with specie He ran to the house, and after
counting il. there was S32 in old silver coin
and SlI in Spanish and French money.
: Waynesboro True Citizen: The people Of
this county may have less money than ever
oras little as al any time but 1t IS most graf
flying to know that there is more meat and
corn IN the county than there has ever been
at this season. friend and good and sue
cessful farmer gives it as his opinion that in
that respect the people OF the county are bet
ter prepared for hard times with provisions
THAI they have been since the war Grad
ually the farmers are awakening to the fact
that provisions first and cotton secondary is
absolutely necessary for the south.
tWaynesboro True Citizen: The jackson
medals lately discovered among lot of rub
Dish in an old warehouse in savannah brings
up "reminiscences about them. Two have
turned up in our city An old veteran. our
tOWnsman. Sol Wetherhahu, has one framed
which is exactly like the ones discovered He
was Jew confederate, OF which there were
many, and as brave soldiers as fac ID the can
the honor Of this medal could not be in ha Ids
that deserved 1t more. another one was
found on battle field and is among private
collection Of confederate relics in this place
Jackson, no doubt, had them struck TO honor
his men, but didn't get them before he fell.
Americas Tlmes-Recorder: Friday, after
reading Of the escape Of a half dozen prisoners
from the Thomas county Jail and the attempt
to murder Jailor Singletary, Tailor Macarthur
went over to his hotel to look after the com
fort OF his guests. In assigning them to rooms
Nal las No nHh hot -.
VIII Harris, carried piece Of baggage rather
peculiar in appearance He ordered the
negro to put it down and after locking him
securely In his cage, Macarthur went back TO
examine the bundle. Imagine his surprise
when he found it a most formidable weapon
doubtless prepared especially for him A
heavy iron bar had been wrenched from
cot, and about this was wrapped two long
steel springs taken from the same place
This made very formidable weapon, near ly
Tour feet in length and about it was care
fully wrapped a numDer OF strips torn from
blanket. One blow from such a weapon
would have caused instant death.