The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-12
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GEORGIA.
The Rome police have been notified TO
be en- the lookout for II J. Patterson, a
Rartow county farmer and a young conn
ICY sirl with whom Patterson, though a
married man, has eloped.
Gene Cromcr, the convicted murderer OF
Hamp sutton, was tried for lunacy at
Aontezuma and sent to the asylum We'd
nesday. Crcmer was sentenced at the re-
cent session of court 90 serve twenty years
~ the pententary.
Sheriff j. w. Nelsns of Fulton county de-
vlares he is not afraid of the County Com
missioners' threats. and in an interview
takes the responsibility for the recent es-
cane OF the noonshiners from Atanta's
new Jail upon himself.
There are no hard times in Worth coun-
~. The Worth Local says: We have
plenty Of corn, hay, rice, syrup-more
.han enough--potatoes and hogs in great
abundance, that are costing almost moth
ing to fatten in the vast fields OF pinders
grown by our farmers
The citizens of Montezuma have nomi-
mated the following municipal ticket: For
Mayor James f. Hays for aldermen, o.
c. Cheves, W. d. Avera, J. A. Happ
and J. H. Patrick; for clerk, d. S. Har-
rison; for treasurer i. w. Gardner The
election wiz take place early in Janu-
AIRY.
Harry Raymond, alias Lewis Peterson,
better known to the police as the blue
eyed, crook. was sentenced to work twelve
months on the public works by Judge
Berry of Atlanta, and he will also be re-
uuired to pay a fine of $500 Raymond
was charged with simple larceny or in
other words, according to the police with
'him-fiamming.
L. H. Leonard, the millinery dealer who
skipped oui from Townsville some time
last Saturday or Sunday, still manages to
keep his wherea bouts a secret, notwith-
standing there are a number of gentle
men who would like very much to locate
him The sheriff has taken possession of
the goods in both stores ana also the
dwelling house OF Leonard.
The police jailed eight white men at Co
lumbus Friday. They were tramps who
had Just rented room in factory
boarding house for the purpose of set
Ting there and working the town A
small theft on the part of one of its
members led to the discovery Of the
gang Some OF the men begged, others
were cripples. others stole.
Montezuma Record Tuesday morning
The bridge which spans the creek in the
rear of the guard house, gave way while
a four-horse team was crossing, precip!-
tating two of the mules and wagon load
ed with corn, two hogs and two negroes
into the cold water beneath Several BUSH
els of corn were lost and the two hogs
drowned. and one mule and negro con-
sderahly bruised. The bridge has been
repaired and travel on the Spaldlng road
resumed
Oglethorpe Echo: DR.. Faust has had 20
yield the blue ribbon for having killed the
largest hog raised in Lexington. Ordinary
bacon showed up Tuesday morning with
one that weighed 40S pounds net George
w Brooks killed one several days ago
that had been raised partly by Mark II.
Young and himself that went way ahead
OF anything yet slaughtered, weighing ass
pounds but the contestants say he ought
not to have the ribbon, because he dil
not raise the hog from pig. There are
yet others to kill and the contest has not
closed
Ocilla Dispatch: Thursday morning d.
r. Hendersons yard dog, a large one,
showed unmistakable signs Of rabies, and
started out to take In the town and ad-
jacent territory. 1t was not long before
the alarm was given and the marshal and
about dozen other citizens, armed with
pistols aud guns, were soon in hot puT-
suit of the crazy canine. A number of
pistol shots were fired at him, but with
out effect Finally Reason Henderson
brought him down with shot from his
double-barreled gun. Fortunately, the dog
was killed before he did any harm.
The Georgia farmers appear TO have
learned something. The Monroe Adver-
tiser says: The hog and hominy raisers
are not worrying over the low price of
cotton" The Arlington Courier says: "Un-
less signs and seasons fail, there are not
going 10 be any short provision crops in
this section in $780, The Irwinton Bul.e-
tin says: More wheat will be raised in
Wilkinson county next year than during
any year in the history OF the county"
The Gibson Record says: Every farmer
in the county intends to plant ten acres,
more or less, in wheat" The Woodbury.
Messenger says: Meriwether is plant
ing wheat and lots of it," Like reports
come from every part of the state. All
the indications are that the largest wheat
crop in its history will be grown in the
state next year and hay and corn in pro-
faorffap