The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15

Found $40 worth of Ola silver in
Dollars and soc Pieces While Pull
ing Fodder on His Farm-Arrest Of
a Thievish Gang in Atlanta.
GEORGIA
Every carpenter in Lumpkln county,
says the Dallonega sisuai, is ense5eI t1
work in town and FiclnitE except one,
VINO has q rising on his hand.
A certain minister of Lumpkin county
recently cursed ont his family. They re-
ported min ana mad nun turned Guy OF '-e
church. Then DE lea the county.
Mrs. NaHnda Fits of Nimbiewil dis
trict. near Dahlonrga, says the signal, re-
Gently had one Of ner Thighs broken anu
hip dislOcatcd by being jerked down by a
Anderson Martin. near Burlington, is
said TO have a jug lul years Old uut rom
Ben il is said, can go him one better, as
he has powder gourd ~ years OiO tidt
was used during the revolutionary war
q The farmers warehouse just erected at
Jackson and owned by watkins q weaver
was opened THURSDAY rms makes tne
fourth cotton Warehouse lh jackson.
There will be about 1880 bales Of cotton
weighed in Jackson TINS year. tlileeh
bales have been received TO dale.
Blakely Observer; Colquitt had a fire
lass week also; J. r. Robots steam laun-
dry was destroyed and he sustained loss
of s. 800. lie had but recently put in the
Munger system and 1t was that when
made his loss so heavy Mr.. Roberts mas
already begun to replace the same sort Of
machinery.
Alpharetta Free Press: on last Thurs
dav afternoon while court was In session,
Judge GObler got wind that whisky wag-
on was stationed in the woods near town.
He sent a posse OF bailins 10 capture
them, and about two hours later the bail
ifs returned, having in charge three men
and horse and wagon.
Dahlonega Signal: Before Gen. Murray
took his departure for his home N Ten
nessee this week he subscribed 500 in cash
and two town lots valued at 500, making
a total Of $3.50 to the DahlOnega railroad.
The general Is a public spirited gentleman
and we hope the time Will come when ne
will become a permanent citizen OF Dan
lonega.
Last Sunday afternoon the l0-months-
old child of W. c. Ragsdale, of Cherokee,
was killed almost suddenly by being
thrown from a wagon. The child's sister
was nursing It when the horse Mr.. Rags
dale was driving gave sudden jump Tor
ward and threw them both out of the wa
gon. The child died from the effects Of
the fan within half an hour
Joe d. Walker, a planter and brother of
Judge Seth NJ. Walker Of Chattanooga,
and son of Judge Dawson A. Walker, was
killed by an upbound Western and Allan
tic passenger train at Dalton Thursday.
His head was crushed and death was in
Simultaneous He was crossing the road
in a surrey above Crown mills in a deep
cut and could not see the train. He will
be buried tomorrow.
Marshal HARRISON captured George
Peck and +. NJ. Turner in an Illicit distil-
lery in Shoal Creek district Lumpkin
county, one day last week and while en-
route to Gainesville Peck made his es-
cape by the light of the moon. George is
already under four different bonds and
there is no telling what Judge Newman
Will do with him when he comes before
him.
Dahlonega Signal: An old widow wo-
man in Crumby's district. Lumpkin coun-
"a
dollars worth of real estate, subscribed
s. 70 the Dahlonega railroad last Satur-
day, while some Of the citizens who are
worth $500 have donated the pitiful sum
OF $40 and when asked why they don't
give more, say that they would if they
were able.
Cherokee Advance: j. Harve Smith of
Joe, while pulling fodder last Friday
found $40 worth of old coins in dollar and
fifty cent pieces. The oldest date was 1920
and the latest 1914 Mr.. Smith thinks the
money was buried by Indians as the find
was made near an Indian grave. Mr. Smith
further says that he never exactly UNI
derstood what was really meant by free
silver until he found this.
A big baptizing takes place at va
hoOla next Sunday. No one should go
there intoxicated like they did at a re-
cent baptizing, says the Dahlonega Signal
man. IL you want to drink whisky re-
main at home and get on a gentlemans
drunk, and talk temperance If il becomes
necessary. In this way you escape the
u
"devil."
Dupont correspondent of the Morning
News, Sept Il: Prof. ". d. Stevenson
has moved TO this place and will reopen
the Dupont Seminary, Monday morning
next. He comes very highly endorsed and
IS competent to teach Greek, Latin and
the higher branches Of English Sneak
thieves forced an entrance into Mr. F. A
Registers chicken COOP at the rear of his
store, last night, and stole nearly 81 worth
Last term of Lumpkin superior court
Bob Bristol colored, was found guilty OF
injuring the Jail locks during his impris-
onment. Bob was sentenced, had no mon
ey and could see his way clear to the
chain gang. DR.. Jones needed a hand and
paid the fne by the negro agreeing TO work
II out. Bob did very good work until he
stepped OF between two suns last week
and left the doctor with the size of his
purse reduced but much wiser man.
Dahlonega Signal: Notwithstanding w.
j. Burt resides and does business near
the Dawson county line. and would be
closer or easier 70 reach some other mar
ket even If We had a railroad, he gave
his note to the committee last Monday
Tor 500. Mr.. Burt says he cannot see that
road TO Dahlonega would directly inter
est him just now but it will increase the
valuation of property and at the same time
decrease taxes which will be a benefit to
him in the end.
Uncle" Jimmie Wood of Auraria. the
Oldest man in Lusnpkin county, was the
hrst person to sign a note donating money
for the construction of the Dahlonega rail-
road, being on last Friday, says the Sig
nal. This speaks well for this good old
gentleman, for he has some time since
reached his three-scOre years and ten and
already lived out the allotted time laid
down in the Good Book, and is ready a [
any moment for the signal notifying him
that his journey is ended. But "Uncle''
Jimmie is of the disposition to work for
the rising generation as long as the can
Ole OF life holds out to burn. If all our
citizens would follow the example OF
this old gentleman prosperity would greet
US on every hand.
Albany Herald: News of a gin house ac-
cldent was brought to the city Thursday
morning from the Reich & Geiger place,
about five miles from the city The acct
dent occurred Wednesday afternoon as a
result of which the 5-year-old son of Jack
simmons lost his life The child wandered
from home some time during the day and
found its way to the cotton house where
large quantity of cotton seed was stored
Child-like the boy began to scratch a hole
IN the cotton seed just to see if he could
do IL. And ne did. Having made the ex.
cavation 10 suit him, the child proceeded
TO go on tour of exploration He went
into the hole in the cotton seed headfore-
most and got just far enough not to he
able TO get back. Several hours later a
searching party found him and pulled him
out Of the hole, but life was extinct as