The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD N
PARAGRAPHS.

ers in n Well Near " oOdstOck.
An Insurance Company Petitioned
TO Pay n Policy on the Life of the
Late JudsOn L. Hyatt.
GEORGIA.
It has been decided 10 hold the peach car
nival at Macon from July LIST 20 July 10Th,
inclusive.
The store OF A. J. Ellis was burned at
Musella Monday night Loss about $3.50;
insurance about 1880
Rev. George +. Benedict has just bought
a hundred acres Of fine land adjoining his
Judkins mill property IN Polk county, Tor
the Benedict Memorial school.
Sherin Patterson found a No. a Derrin-
ger pistol in the jail the other day. in the
cell Of I'd Wright, col0red, who Is In jail
at cambridge charged with burglary
Mrs. TrottTs new residence on Church
street, at Decatur, has been completed.
Two other residences on Chandler street
have just been finished and the contract
has been Jet for the building Of three more.
Dr. Blosser the evangelist. has closed
a meeting held in the Methodist church at
Palmetto. Ten members were added to the
church, and an Epworth League was or
ganiZed last Thursday with thirty men,
bers.
Capt. F. H Guess broke ground
Wednesday for the foundation of a brick
store to take the place Of the old buildings
on the corner of McDonOugh street and
Court square, at Decatur The new build
ing Is to cost about $4,000.
Thursday at Macon the grand jury found
a true bill against w. G. Mercer for muir
der; Mercer shot J; z. Slaughter at Mer-
GERS house last Saturday night. and
Slaughter died on Sunday night. Mercer
has been in Jail since last Monday morn
ing. Mercer is confident of his acquittal
when his case comes before jury for trial
in Bib superior court.
The late Judson L. Hyatt, who was
killed by McAllister in Fort Gaines re-
Gently, had policy in the Travellers Pre-
Accident AGGnpinrfnn
This company, II is understood, refused to
pay the claim, basing action upon the YER
dict OF the jury that tried McAllister. The
travelling men of Americas and Of Georgia
viii send lengthy petition to the com
pany, setting forth the facts in the case
ana requesting payment Of the claim.
DR.. r. Mason Roberts Of the Mason
Drug Company Of Gainesville was hurt
last Thursday evening by the explosion
of a bottle in the laboratory of his drug
store. 1t was large bottle containing
some sediment OF chocolate syrup, which
had begun to ferment, and the glass stop
per being In very tight the gases were
unable TO escape. DR.. Roberts picked up
the bottle, and an explosion occurred,
scattering the pieces all over the room.
The DOCTORS little finger was cut to the
bone, two arteries being severed.
A negro Charlie Brown, who was tried
before Judge Kimsey in Clarksville last
March for stealing a pistol. was burned
at Cornelia. He had been turned over to
]. c. Mcconnell Of Cornelia, to work out
his fine. Subsequently he stole some 800
and the store keys from Mr.. Mcconnell,
and helped himself to a quantity OF
merchandise. Through the activity OF the
Cornelia marshal everything was recov-
cred though the negro escaped. He was
found Sunday night in Mr.. McConnell's
barn, and re-arrested, and il is supposed
set fire to the caloboose, in order to effect
his escape.
At Atlanta, Thursday, F. J. Coolidge
and Brother, through their attorneys, Har-
rison Peoples, filed a suit for 5000 dam
ages against r. L. Brown and another for
like amount against the Southern Paint
and Glass Company. Recently a circular
seriously rejecting on the business meth
DDS of the Coolidge Brothers was sent
out to a large number of persons. 1t is
alleged in the petition to the court that the
circular has damaged the business great
~, and II is further charged that Brown
and the Southern Paint and Glass Com
pany are responsible for the circular, and
hence damages are asked against them.
The first case taken up al Decatur Mon
day morning was that of Mrs. Mary F.
Cook, against De kalb county. Mrs
Cook, more than year ago, drove on to
the Parker bridge, on South river The
horse became frightened and backed off
the bridge, there being no side ratings
Mrs. Cook went down with the horse and
buggy. She was severely injured and mar
rowly escaped drowning. The case was
heard at last July term and non suit
granted. The supreme court sent the case
back to be tried. The jury. after being
out about two hours, returned a verdict in
$50 Doctors bill.
Cleveland Progress: A phenomenon IN
the way of an old man Is Lewis Gilstrap
of White county. He lives two and a half
miles from Cleveland and probably has
no equal in his way in the state. Mr.
Gilstrap is 70 years old but gets around
as spry as a boy. His chief feature IS
his. teeth. They are as sound as steel,
and he can put ten-penny steel nail in
his mouth and break 1t off or bite it In
twain as If 1t were piece of candy. MT
Gilstrap has chewed tobacco ever since
he was boy and believes that If he were
to stop using II his teeth would rot. Mr..
Gilstrap gave an exhibition in the Progress
office few days ago by biting a six
penny nail in half. Mr.. Glstrap's ma =
ternal great-grandfather lived to be 107
years and his maternal grandfather and
grandmother lived to be over 100 each.
r. II. Jackson of Charleston, the propri-
etor and owner of the famous Charleston
Augusta Thursday. He came up from
Charleston, and when he arrived at
Broad street, attempted to step from the
new platform to the ground. His foot
either got caught or slipped, and, losing
his balance fell heavily to the pavement
Mr.. Jackson was placed in n hack ana
carried Immediately to the Planters ho-
tel. Arriving there and upon being ex-
amined by physicians ii was discovered
that Mr.. Jackson in his terrible fall had
broken the right hip bone at the socket
The physicians decided that for better
treatment he should be carried to the city
hospital. There the bone was set by
Drs. Thomas r. and James B. Wright and
J. B. Morgan.
Albany Herald: Recently Thomas Mel
son began feeding his mules on cotton
seed bulls and meal with oats. In the
lot, dozen or more hogs were allowed to
run. Since the introduction of the cotton
seed hulls and meal, Mr.. Nelson has lost
every one of his hogs, and he is confident
that they died from bad effects produced
by the seed and hulls. Charley Rawson,
who, like Mr.. Nelson, runs a truck farm
near the city, has also lost a number of
fine hogs of late and he attributes il 10
the same cause that Hr. Nelson does
These gentlemen have watched closely
and are confident that they have arrived
al the correct solution of the mysterious
death of their porkers. W. w. Rawlins
is of the same opinion as Messrs. Rawson
and Nelson. He has lost several hogs
of late. and is pretty sure that cotton seed
hulis and meal killed them 1t is a bit
strange that horses, mules and COWS fat
ten on the food that will kill hogs, but il
certainly appears to be the cause There
may be other farmers and stock owners
whose hogs are dying mysteriously. and
they do not know the cause. 1t may be
well to exercise a little precaution In
feeding cotton seed hulls and meal tc
stock and see that hogs are not allowed
to eat of it.
The following from the Canton Advance
Is fuller account of a sad OeciIrranoa a.