The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Macon Dental Association Dis
sOIved-Wedded While sitting in
BuEgs-A Souvenir of "a south Car
OIinian's Heroism in the Mexican
Wharf.-The Scalp of Girl Operative
Torn from Her Head in Cotton
Factory at Augusta.
GEORGIA.
The trial Of Claude Dolby. charged with
numbering his wife, Is IN progress al
LaWrenceville.
A negro child. years old. was burned
10 death on j. ". Dismukes' place, near
Dawson, a few days ago.
Jimmie Callahan and Walter Hill.
charged with making a business Of steal
ing satchels from railroad trains the
Atlanta depot are under arrest in that
CITY.
Montgomery Dennis has kept record
Of the number of pounds of meat killed
in the incorporate limits of Talbotton
during the present season, and reports
40,4H pounds to date.
The Macon Dental Association, COM
posed Of all the detists of the city, has
been dissolved, and every dentist in Ma
con is now free TO act independently Of
any association rules.
Mrs. Estes, wife Of Jasper Estes, who
lives three miles west Of Cumming, was
tried for lunacy Wednesday. The jury
adjudged her TO be Of unsound mind. and
she VIII be sent to the asylum immedi-
ately.
T. c. Burke, who is the owner Of the
George W. Green & Co store, at Macon,
recently damaged by fire, is having that
building rebuilt and remodeled. Valuable
improvements will be made in its APP
pearance.
]. L. Hand. T. X. Butler and ]. NJ
Hurst representing the Hand Trading
Company Of Pelham. have purchased
the entire stock of clothing, shoes and
gentlemen's furnishing goods Of John r.
Shaw Of Americas.
S. " McCallie. one Of the assistant
state biologists, has gone TO South Geor-
gia TO complete his researches in the phos
phate section, while ne is there he VIII |
examine into the artesan we'll question
and look for deposits Of marble.
O. II. Jordan, who lives not far from
Dawson, says that he sold last year
enough field and ground peas to run his
farm, selling over $50 worth Of ground /
peas alone. Beside what he sold, he saved I
enough to fatten his meat and for seed |
The entire stock of dry goods OF T. w !
Martin, Of Eatonton, who failed recently, |
will be sold before the court house door !
at Eatonton on the first Tuesday In April |
at public cutlery, to the highest bidder /
if.
A romantic marriage occurred at Mt |
Hebron in Randolph county, a few days /
ago. Joshua McCook and Miss EfHe /
Goodman drove up in front Of j. A. Daw- |
sons residence, and We're united in mar |
riage BY d. i. Dawson. They were mar |
rted sitting In the buggy.
James Lark of Dawson, has a beauti- |
full and massive silver medal given by |
the state of South Carolina to his uncle |
for gallant service rendered as "A member |
of the celebrated Palmetto Regiment In /
the war with Mexico. One of The same 1
kind was also given to his father.
The old Midway church in Liberty |
county, the most ancient house of worship /
in the south, having been built in 1859, /
was the scene Wednesday of the one hun
dred and third annual reunion of the
fgHW
mission is TO perpetuate the historical |
associations of the venerable structure. |
Negroes now own the building.
Tuesday night there was a big fire at
the Altamaha Cypress Company's mills in
Glynn county. Ten small cottages built |
by the company for their employees to live |
an We're burned. These cottages were on
what is known as the second row and /
the flames did not reach the first row on |
the road else the conflagraton might /
have been much more dangerous. The |
buildings were not insured.
The Fruit Growers Association of Put
nam county held an important meeting in |
Eatonton few days ago More than 500 /
acres have been planted in peaches, pears,
association and wonderful results are
expected. b. w. Hunt is president of
the association. He has planted in the
last two years 800 acres This will be
a great enterprise in Putnam county in
a few years.
Athens Banner: Col. Andrew ]. Cobb OF
Atlanta, native of Athens. and until
recently one of her most esteemed citi-
zens, has in his possession one of the
most interesting relics of the confederacy.
II IS the pen with which Gen. Howell
Cobb, his tllustrious father, as president
of the provisional congress at Montgom-
cry, signed the constitution of the con-
federate states. The pen is a medium
sized gold pen and was never used but
once and then for the purpose above
stated. The very ink used then has dried
upon the pen and has never been re-
A year or more ago Mr. Shippey was
killed at Buena Vista, by two men named
Hogg. The father of the Hogs We're
present when the deed was committed,
and he was arrested a short time after
wards, tried and acquitted. The sons
however, fed, and have never been cap
j. H. McClelland of Dawson. Last week
while returning to Dawson from a trip
into the country. in company with Wiley
Mr.. McClelland met three men
In the road, and in them he thought he
old man Hogg and his sons
An investigation proved that it was a
case of mistaken identity.
Augusta Evening News: Miss Mary
l4-year-old operative who works .
in the spinning room of the Langley
mills, met with most horrible accident |
Tuesday morning The girl wears her hair /
in a plat, which hangs down her back /
and is tied at the end with a ribbon |
Near where she stands there are a set /
Of cog wheels, each of them revolving /
one hundred and forty-five times a min |
ute. While at work the ribbon was caught /
in these whirling wheels, and the poor |
girl ierked from her feet over back against /
The machinery. The hair had been wound /
lp to the scalp in far less time than n /
takes to tell it, and instead of its beng
pulled out by the roots, the entire scalp |
was literally pulled from, the skull DR. |
w. H. Doughty, Jr, replaced the whole /
business, which after an hour and a |
half work had been disentangled from |
the machinery, on the girls head, where |
II is hoped it will grow.
The suit of T. @. Brown VS. the city of |
Augusta was concluded "Wednesday. The I
Jury was not out more than fifteen min
utes. Their finding was in favor of Mr.. I