The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, February 20, 1887
In a Bad Way.
From the Washington,
Ga., Gazette.
Mr. John Sims, who lives
near the Athens branch in Oglethorpe county visited his brother Sam, during
the latter’s recent illness. Mr. Sims states that the planters in
his neighborhood are in rather a bad way, that many of them did not make
corn enough to last them until Christmas.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 7, 1887
Curious Eggs.
From the Oglethorpe,
Ga., Echo.
Mr. Charles Escoe, of
this county, has sent to the Echo two curiously formed eggs. The
eggs are larger than an ordinary hen egg, and from the small end of each
is an additional growth of shell about an inch and a half long and almost
as large as one’s little finger. This malformation is simply a crust
of shell, with nothing inside, although the egg itself contains the usual
white and yolk. The eggs were laid by an ordinary hen, and are certainly
curious freaks of nature.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 9, 1887
From the Oglethorpe,
Ga., Echo.
Dr. Bob Willingham, of
Lexington, came near being blown away by the cyclone of Saturday afternoon.
He said that he was driving along the road near Mr. Jesse Armstead’s when
the tail end of the cyclone struck his buggy. He heard a whirring
noise, felt a sort of uneasiness about the head and in a second the wind
had picked up horse, buggy, Dr. Bob and all and turned them completely
around, the horse’s head being turned in the opposite direction from which
is was before the cyclone struck it. No damage was done.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 15, 1887
In Litigation Over Burwell
P. Hill’s Property, From the Oglethorpe, Ga., Echo.
The contest for the management
of the estate of the late Burwell P. Hill, of this county, grows more interesting.
First there were two applicants for administrator upon the estate—Mrs.
Hill and Harry Hill. Mrs. Hill won, and selected Mr. J. W. Arnold
to act for her. Last week Mr. D. C. Hill petitioned Judge Lumpkin
to have a receiver for the estate appointed, and filed a bill to show that
he had valid claims to the entire property. Judge Lumpkin granted
the petition and appointed Mr. M. B. Amason receiver. At the next
term of the ordinary’s court an effort will be made to refute the claims
of Mr. D. C. Hill and have the receiver removed. If this is done
the case will probably go to the superior court, where a hard fight will
be made for the estate. Able counsel are employed on both sides.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 16, 1887
One of the convict’s
working on the Covington and Macon railroad, near Shady Dale, made his
escape from the camp at that place last week. His name was Martin
Freeman, and he was sent from Oglethorpe county.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 18, 1887
William Settle, who lives
in the lower part of Oglethorpe county, was seriously hurt a few days ago
by a mule that he was riding falling and rolling over him, which broke
two or three of his ribs.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 18, 1887
Lexington Laconics.
Diamonds Recovered—A
Towel in Use for Seventy-five Years.
Lexington, Ga., March
17.—[Special.]—Mrs. Hill, who lost a pair of diamond bracelets valued at
$1,500 by leaving them on her seat in the car the first of the week, has
recovered them. The conductor found them on the seat she occupied
and left them with our depot [unreadable]. Colonel Taylor, her father,
went up today and received them.
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John M. Crawford, of this
place, now has a towel that was in the loom when General Jackson was fighting
at New Orleans, in 1812. It has passed from one generation to another
in the family, and though being in constant use, is a good towel today,
and is highly prized by Mr. Crawford.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 21, 1887
The Faces It Has Shaved.
From the Danielsville,
Ga., Monitor
F. C. Campbell, of Oglethorpe
county, says that he has a razor that has been in use for seventy or seventy-five
years, and he is now using it and it cuts well. It was given to him
by James Jewell, [deceased], some twenty-five years ago. He has used
it constantly ever since it was given him, and it has only been honed once.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 27, 1887
-- Miss Fannie Hays,
after spending several days with friends in Oglethorpe, has returned to
her sister’s, Mrs. E. A. Mordy.
-- Mrs. Fannie Thomas,
with her two little children, is visiting relatives in Oglethorpe county.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 28, 1887
From the Oglethorpe,
Ga., Echo.
Uncle Jack Mitchell,
the old veteran hunter and fisher, killed a couple of wild turkeys one
day last week. They aggregated forth-six pounds. This is pretty
good for a man eighty six years old.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March
30, 1887
Friday last two negro
children were horribly burned to death on the place of Gus Hurt, colored,
in Falling Creek district, Oglethorpe county.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 1887
From the Oglethorpe,
Ga., Echo
Joe Smith, in some unknown
way managed to get his name published among the arrivals at the Kimball
on Monday last.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, May 18, 1887
From the Oglethorpe,
Ga., Echo
-- At one time
on Saturday last two wheels of our buggy were in Oglethorpe, the other
two in Wilkes while our horse pranced around in Taliaferro county.
We were where the three counties corner near Colonel W. D. Pittard’s, who
we are glad to say, lives in Oglethorpe.
-- Mr. Ed Peck, of Woodstock,
is certainly one of the most gifted geniuses we have ever known.
Recently he mended the winding chain of a watch, to do which he had to
drill a hold so small that the point of a needle served as a rivet.
So small was the amount of point used that its absence could not be detected
by one sewing with the needle afterwards. He has also built a small
steam engine just large enough to run a sewing machine, and yet a perfect
counterpart of a large engine. The wonder is that he does this work
without tools or material, only such as he improvises. He has a great
talent that should be cultivated.
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The
Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, August 24, 1876
Governor
Smith yesterday commissioned N. H. Hunter, of the 228th district of Oglethorpe
coun’y, W. H. Chapman, 601st district and A. G. Evans of the 606th district
Taliaferro county as notaries public.
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