The morning news., 1894-05-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Jacksonville Makes a Big Scoop on
Railroad Taxes-A Report That
Body Had Been Sold and It's Coffin
Filled With Sand Refuted-A Requi-
sition For GatlinR Gun For Pensa-
cola's Artillery Company.
GEORGIA.
Seven persons escaped from the guard
house at Grimm Sunday.
The Worth County Sunday School Associa-
tion meets at Poulan in annual celebration on
May II.
Rev John R. Parker, of the North Georgia
Conference, died suddenly at Parkertown Fri
day night
Col. r. f. Kennon. a lawyer Of Fort Gaines
died suddenly Monday. Col. Kennon was
well known throughout Southwest Georgia.
The second quarterly meeting of the Taylor
County Sunday School Association Will be
held at Antioch, the fourth Sunday in this
month
The Lfthonia Cooperative Granite Com
pany has applied for a charter. James
Walker is president of the company, and
Alex Sey Is secretary.
In Spalding county this year apples will not
be plentiful but few orchards win turn out
very fair crop. Peaches, pears and figs are
failures. Grapevines will yield fair crop.
The governor has offered a reward OF 500
for the arrest of the party or parties who
fired the stables and other buildings Of T. $.
Blanchard in Burke county on the night Of
April Is last.
The democratic executive committee Of
Dekalb county met at the court house yester-
day and called primary election to be held
on Saturday, June 30, 1894 for the purpose of
nominating candidates for governor, state
house officers and representatives.
Gov Northen has granted a pardon to
Michael j. 'Brien, convicted OF assault with
intent 10 murder in Richmond county, and
sentenced to twelve months on the county
chain-Fang. Hon Joseph B. Cumming. Of Of
Augusta, appeared as O'Brlen S attorney.
The democrats of Clayton county met in
mass meeting at the court house at Jonesboro
Monday. The attendance was large. The
meeting was called for the purpose Of select
ing new executive committee. A majority
OF the committeeman chosen favor Gen.
Evans for governor
The city election at LAGRANGE last week
proved to be one of the queerest election
days ever seen in LAGRANGE. The old mayor
and council were reelected without opposi-
tion, 103 votes being polled. Mayor Carney
received l0l votes, while the councilmen
averaged 80 votes each.
An alligator four feet long was killed last
Friday in the fish pond Of H. H. Holmes
near Sun Hill, Washington county. The
pond built about two years ago and the
stream that flows from it is small besides
being long distance from water sufficiently
deep for an alligator to swim.
On Thursday night last the Lehman resi-
dence at LaGrange, occupied by R, b. Hud
son and family, was burned. About all the
contents of the house were saved in a more or
less damaged condition. The residence was
insured for about 5000, and Mr.. Hudson had
Sandersville Progress: j. l. Jones' the
bee raiser, has not robbed his hives this sea-
son, on account Of the scarcity OF aowers. He
expects to have some honey ready for the
market in week or two. His bees are very
industrious, but they can't make honey when
there is nothing for them to gather the sweets
from. He can train them to work a name or
motto as they construct their comb.
A respectable looking white woman over
so years Of age, with black hair literally
sprlnkled with white, lies in the police station
az atlanta, under charge OF assault with in
tent TO murder. She IS Mrs. w. j. Smith,
and is charged with attempting to kill the
child OF her sister. Sunday afternoon a
negro woman saw Mrs. Smith walking along
Ashby street near the old exposition grounds,
with bundle in her arms covered with o
shawl The negresS inquired Of Mrs. Smith
II the bundle did not contain baby. Yes, s.
Mrs. Smith replied, II am taking il TO my
sisters" Later child saw Mrs Smith dash
the infant to the ground, and directly the
little one was picked up bleeding from cash
In the back Of the head The child had Just
been born, and was the offspring of Mrs
Smiths sister, an unmarried woman Or1cers
Langford and Whatley Of the mounted police
placed Mrs. Smith under arrest. Mrs Smith
says that she was trying TO hide the disgrace
> OF her sister.
Atlanta Constitution: A very interesting
and amusing incident came up in Judge
tLumpkins court the other day, whereby
hangs a story, which at one time assumed
proportions OF Jtupenoous import to the prin
,clpals concerned. The case IN point was the
establishment Of the validity of a divorce. A
wedding had been booked for Thursday, In
which the intended bride was a grasswidow
On Wednesday the bridegroom-t to- be, in
nervously cogitating over the coming ordeal
happened TO think about the divorce suit in
which his bride had figured, and straightway
the idea occurred TO him: Suppose there
should be some legal technicality by which
the divorce had not teen made valld:" He
could not rest quiet until he had engaged
the services of well-known attorney
They went together to the court house
and looked over the record To the astOnish
utter n 10 int ~
groom, the fear which had at first been a
mere conjectured possibility, materialized
into fact. There was a technicality by
which the divorce was not complete in law
The error could easily be Strengthened out
but not until saturday, which was the regular
DAY IN court for such matters But the wed
ding was set for Thursday, and the guests
were invited, Everything was in readiness
and postponement was out Of the question
Besides. how could the anxious groom wal
two days more for the object of his heart
Affections The attorney determined to pre-
sent the case to the judge as one OF unusua
import, and get ruling Immediately, and al
though Judge Lumpkin is a confirmed bache
lor and is not supposed to be touched by tn
pathetic side of matrimonial entanglements IS
he ruled in favor of the anxious groom: tn
case was settled and the wedding went off OF
time to the great satisfaction OF all partie
concerned.
The will Of the late Judge Young L. G
Harris, OF Athens, was probated Monday II
the office OF the ordinary. His beluest
are principally devoted to charitable Obiecti
though his immediate relatives are no. neg
Iected. w. W. 4 homas and Arthur Grireth
were chosen as his executors and the will
was written and made by himself. He first
provides for monument to mark his grav
at cost of 5000 1t is to be a plain shat
with inscriptions as per memorandum. iii!
house and lot and all they contain; carriages
horses, etc, he bequathed TO Mrs. Robert |
Hampton and Miss Annie T. Conner. They
are valued at about 5000. Mrs. Hampton
and Miss Conner also get the cottage and lot
AZ Madison Springs. This TO be used by Mis-
hebecca 9, Maddox and Miss Mary j. McCala
plantation In Clarke county containing
about 400 acres is 10 be sold and the nrS
Seeds are 70 be divided equally between tn,
torelgn Mission Society and the Church tx
tension Society Of the Methodist Episcopa
eh1rch. south he leaves to Bulups Phiniz,
aho st Arthur Grlneth In trust 1000 In bonds o
sHle ny slale oi Georgia for the use Of Mary J
NlcN Nalla, OF ADbevlllc, ). c. sister OF his de
ceased wife. To Mrs. r. l. Hampton an,