January 19, 1890
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Evans Tooke, the negro who stole Mr. Lamar Clay's horse and was released from prison on Friday on account of sickness, died yesterday morning on Pleasant Hill of pneumonia. Tooke's father, who is a respected negro of Baldwin county, engaged Attorney Dasher to get his sick son released from jail, but the release came too late to do any good.

February 3, 1890
Macon Weekly Telegraph
COL. N. C. BARNETT DEAD. GEORGIA'S VETERAN SECRETARY OF STATE PASSES AWAY - AGED 88
He had Been Almost Continuously the State's Services Since 1836 - Conscious to the Last - Will be Buried in Milledgeville.
  Atlanta, Feb. 2 (Special) Col. Nathaniel Crawford Barnett, the veteran secretary of state, probably the oldest public officer in Georgia, died at his home on Jones street, this city, at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon. Since he was first elected to the legislature in 1836, Col. Barnett has been almost continuously in the state's service, and so many knew and loved him, that in spite of his advanced age, 88 years, the announcement of his sudden death was felt as a great shock.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
  Day before yesterday he was able to occupy his accustomed place at the capitol, and seemed to have nearly recovered from the three weeks attack of influenza with which he suffered recently. The immediate cause of his death appears to have been a severe fit of indigestion, brought on by eating minced pies, but his family think he might have rallied had he had time to get entirely over his late sickness.
ATTACKED BY SPASMS.
  He found himself unable to leave his bed when he attempted to do so yesterday morning, and soon after he began to suffer spasms of pain, which caused so much alarm that his son and daughter, Mr. Addison F. Barnett of New Orleans, and Mrs. E. W. Anderson of Ringgold were telegraphed for. Later in the day the doctor pronounced his patient better, and it was not until this morning that the case appeared desperate, an unfavorable change having taken place during the night.
CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST.
  Mr. A. F. Barnett and his sister arrived today in time to be present with their mother and brother, Mr. Stewart Barnett, when their father died. He was perfectly conscious up to the last moment and talked calmly with his family and gave directions concerning the arrangements for his funeral. At the hour already stated he passed peacefully away, his countenance remaining as it had looked in life, only a trifle paler.
WILL BE BURIED IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
  Col. Barnett was strong in his opposition to anything like parade, and his funeral, in obedience to his expressed wish, will be very simply conducted. The remains will be taken to Milledgeville tomorrow afternoon and laid to rest in the family burying ground the eon the day following. Dr. Glenn or Dr. Morrison of Atlanta will probably conduct the services.
 WILL CLOSE THE CAPITOL IN HIS HONOR.
  Governor Gordon will order the state house offices closed out of respect for the dead and may probably appoint an escort in the morning to accompany the remains to Milledgeville. He will also issue the appropriate proclamation.
 Sketch of Col. Barnett's Career.
   The following sketch of Col. Barnett's interesting career is founded on information furnished by him to a friend in 1883: He was born June 28, 1801, in Columbia county, five miles from Appling, near Winifrey's mills. His mother was a sister of William H. Crawford. She remained in Columbia county with her family two years after the death of her husband, when they removed to Greene county and settled in the fork of the Occonee and Appalachee rivers.
COL. BARNETT'S EARLY SCHOOL DAYS.
  Little Nathan was sent to school at a very early age. One of his instructors was a man named Hewland, an Irishman, and a whipping teacher of the old school. One one occasion he struck a boy so severely on the leg that he fractured the bone, yet, as soon as the lad was well enough to walk he was sent back and committed to Hewland's tender mercies by his father, though the child was so badly hurt that after he returned to school pieces of broken bone continued to work out of his ankle.
THE WANDERINGS OF THE FAMILY.
  Col. Barnett's mother moved next to a place about four miles from Greensboro. There the family settled till he was 10 years old, when they went to Oglethorpe county and settled on the land of her brother, Judge Crawford, near Lexington, in 1821. When Col. Barnett was 20 he bought a "fraction" farm in Walton county and they removed there. That year the drouth was  so extreme that it almost caused a famine, and he had to go all the way to Gwinnett county to get bread.
 SOWED HIS WILD OATS.
  The next year he went to Monroe. There, as he put it, he "sowed his wild oats," which only meant that he was fond of gay society and spent most of his time in amusing himself as he was never the least bit dissipated. He never learned to play cards, his only information on the subject at the age of 81 being that the ace of spades was the lowest card in the deck.
HIS MARRIAGE TO MISS MORETON.
  In 1824 he married Miss Margaret J. Moreton, sister of William Moreton of Athens. Three years later he left Walton for Clarke county, where he lived till 1831, when be moved to Watkinsville, near which place he purchased a fine farm. He also engaged in merchandise and cotton buying.
  CHOSEN A LEGISLATOR AND RUINED FINANCIALLY.
  He was elected to the legislature in 1836, and while attending an incompetent clerk whom he lad left in charge of his store practically ruined him financially by a land trade. The clerk bought cotton heavily at 15 cents, with a limit as to the time of delivery. The staple declined in value so that the next year Col. Barnett found himself receiving cotton at 15 cents and selling for 7 cents. He struggled on till 1842, when his business failed, and he sacrificed everything he possessed to pay debts.
ELECTED SECRETRY OF STATE
  Meanwhile he had served a second term in legislature and a year after his business failure was elected secretary of state over Peter J. Williams and others. He then made Milledgeville his home. He was re-elected in '45 and '47, and defeated in '49 by Col. Geo. W. Harrison, father of the present clerk of the supreme court. In '51 he was again elected, but after serving two years gave place to E. P. Watkins, who was state secretary for eight years.
  Col. Barnett was re-elected in 1861 to the consolidated office of surveyor-general and Secretary of State and he continued to hold the position against competitors, such as Ex-Governor Jas. Boynton, who ran against him in 1865 till displace by the federal military in 1869. In the election which following Judge Cotling the republican candidate defeated him. In '73 he was again returned to the office by the democrats and held up to the time of his death. At one time he was surveyor in the Cherokee land lottery. He was adjutant of a militia regiment before the war and also held rank as captain, major and colonel.
HIS SECOND MARRIAGE
His first wife having died during the Harrison freshet in 1840, he married, in 1841, a daughter of Dr. Cooper, who was superintendent of the Lunatic asylum before Dr. Green. By his first wife he had seven children and by his second eight, three of whom survive him.

Feb. 16, 1890
Atlanta  Constitution
The Stock Run Up.
Milledgeville, Ga, February 15 (Special) A few outside parties, who have recently tried to buy Milledgeville and Asylum railroad stock, have caused that stock to go way above par. It is now held at considerable above a hundred dollar, while some of the stockholders are not anxious to sell at even $130. The road is in admirable condition, and President Lumpkin says is will declare a dividend of not less that twenty per cent this year. The clear profits for the month of January were five per cent of the amount invested.

General Gossip
Macon, Ga. February 15 (Special)
     This morning at 3 o'clock, while Editor Gibbs Gardener, of the Milledgeville Chronicle, was asleep in the waiting room at the union passenger depot, waiting for an outgoing train, some one cut open his pockets, and stole a small sum of money, and some valuable papers.

The Coming "Elm City."
Milledgeville, Ga, February 15 (Special) Milledgeville is destined to become the "elm city" of Georgia. From this time throughout the future nothing but elms or water oaks can be planted on the streets. The street force have been busy for a month cutting down  china and mulberry trees, with which some of the streets are ornamented, and planting elms in their place. Of course there has been considerable kicking against this action by parties whose premises were shaded by the china and mulberry limbs, as it requires so long for the young elms to grow to an extent where they will be of much service for shade, and in some cases injunction bills were threatened. Some of these trees, where not regarded as a nuisance, will be left standing, but the largest part of them have already gone up in smoke, while the city government is nursing nearly five hundred young elms.

February 21, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Electric Lights for Milledgeville.
Milledgeville, Feb. 20 (Special) The city on yesterday closed the contract with the company for an electric light system. The system is to consist of seventy-two lights, and wil be the same as that glow operated in Brunswick. The poles, wire, dynamos and the electrician are all here, and the work already begun, so by April 1st at the latest the lights will be a reality.

March 22, 1890
The Constitution
HUMBER'S RESIGNATION
A Sensation Created by it in Milledgeville
What the Colonel Has to Say
Milledgeville, Ga, March 21 [Special] The resignation of Colonel R. C. Humber from the stewardship of the asylum here which was forwarded to Governor Gordon yesterday, was a big surprise to the people here. Colonel Humber has held the position with ability for more than a year, and, it being a paying position, some significance was at first attached to his action Your correspondent challenged him as to the meaning of the surprise he had precipitated on the people this evening, and he replied smilingly. "Nothing at all, my boy, I have contemplated it for some time. I just wanted to taste the sweetest of liberty once more. That's all."

May 16, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
MILLEDGEVILLE "SMILE."
Nine Barrooms to be Opened - Stringent Liquor Ordinance.
Milledgeville, May 15 [Special] To-day Milledgeville is the liveliest town in Georgia, seeming to have been born again, progressively speaking. The city council held a meeting yesterday evening in which it was decided to issue liquor license to all applicants at $500 each and resolved that no barroom should have a screen, stained windows of any kind, or game connected therewith, also that bars hall not open before 5 a.m., or remain open after 9 o'clock p.m., except Saturday, when they are permitted to sell until 10 o'clock. The police have instructions to rigidly enforce all laws and perfect order must be maintained.
STORES IN DEMAND.
  There are bout seven vacant storehouses in the city, all of which have been rented, some bringing nearly three times as much rent as formerly, and still there is not sufficient room. A handsome two story brick store with iron front will be built on Hancock and Wilkinson streets within sixty days, contract having been awarded today. Mr. T. E. White and the Odd Fellows will also build three-story buildings at an early date. About nine bars besides several dry goods, groceries, etc., firms will open as soon as store rooms can be procured, among them being three prominent Macon men. Property is in greater demand today and people in better spirits generally than for ten years. Some attribute it to the fact that the county went "wet," while others claim that the boom was coming anyhow.
A BIG TAX THREATENED.
  The county commissioners say they will put a $10,000 tax upon liquor, but is thought they haven't authority to do so, and the result will be awaited with great interest, but in the meantime several bars will be opened. Fixtures are being arranged and stocks ordered, and it is thought that at least three will open their doors by Saturday morning.

May 17, 1890
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Mrs. Sarah Cowser, an old lady 75 years of age, died in South Macon yesterday morning. The body will be shipped to Milledgeville this morning.

May 20, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
THEY ALL TOOK A DRINK. A GREAT RUSH FOR LIQUOR IN MILLEDGEVILLE YESTERDAY. Bar Opens in a Livery Stable and Whisky Was Drunk With Horses Standing Round - County and Town in Conflict.
  Milledgeville, May 19 (Special) For the first time in four years a barroom has opened its doors in this city. Capt. P. T. Ennis secured his city license this morning, and two clerks have been kept busy all day accommodating the steady stream of people that has been pouring into McComb's liver stable, where the bar is located. He did not want to have the stock removed, but commenced the sale while they yet remained in their stalls, the odor from which is very unpleasant to a thirsty man. Work will be commenced at once to renovate and change the building in such a way as to make it attractive.
ROW BETWEEN COUNTY AND CITY.
  The county commissioners have imposed a tax of $10,000, and claim that the city has no right to issue license, while the city claims that the commissioners have not the authority to interfere with it - a chartered city. At a meeting of the mayor and aldermen, in the council chamber this morning, it was decided that the city pay all cost and attorney's fees, if necessary, in defending their rights, as a chartered city, to issue license, and it is very likely that some lively times are ahead, as all parties positively refuse to pay the $10,000 to the county commissioners, thinking that they have not the power to collect it.
AND MORE BARS TO COME
  Other license have been issued, and still more will apply as soon as their houses are completed, which are already in the hands of the carpenter. Mr. C. T, Whelan in in  Macon to-day purchasing his stock, and his clerk informed your correspondent that he will try to open by Thursday. It is thought that others will open by that time. Should the county officials interfere, the parties say they will give bond for the amount and continue business until the July court, when it will be settled, but in the meantime all who wish drinks can be accommodated.

May 25, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Sad Death At Milledgeville
Milledgeville, May 24. (Special) One of the saddest deaths in the history of our city occurred Thursday night, when little Mamie Robinson (Robison) passed away. She was the only child of Dr. W. R. Robinson, and, though but 5 years old, she possessed a mind and intellect that would do credit  to a 12-year-old girl. She was stricken with diphtheria Tuesday. There are a number of cases of diphtheria in the city.

June 18, 1890
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Mrs., Jane Moore, a negro woman, living in Milledgeville, Ga., gave her age to the census taker as 121 years. The old woman wa a regular encyclopedia of the early days of American independence. She knew all about it; was there and saw it. She remembered Washington and all the fathers: she remembered their habits and eccentricities, and said that she was married and had children when Washington died. Her oldest living child is 85 years, and since its birth she has been blessed with twenty-seven others. She is evidently not less than 110 years old, and may be 121, as she says.

June 23, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
HEIRS TO A HUGE FORTUNE. GOLDEN EXPECTATIONS OF A MILLEDGEVILLE FAMILY. They are Descendants of a German Baron and Have an Estate of thirty-seven Millions Awaiting Them in Germany.
  Milledgeville, June 21 (Special) This city is jubilant over the fact that a prominent family, Messrs. D., J. W., William, G. W., and T. A. Caraker and Samuel Kramer are the legal heirs to one-twelfth of an estate of $51,000,000, now lying in the vaults of the German government.
  A great deal was said in the daily papers a few months ago in regard to this vast estate, but few people knew that so large a part of it would find its way to Georgia. The Carakers are direct descendants of Baron Fisher, who left this estate, their grandmother being a daughter of one of the sons of the original Fisher. They have been very quiet, however, about it, though they have been hard at work arranging the family tree and securing the family records.
A VALUABLE RECORD.
  One of them now has in his possession a Bible containing the record of births, marriages, deaths, etc. for over a century, in the hand-writing of the Fishers, which is now a very valuable relic, especially as it furnishes proof of the relationship.
  The following, from a recent issue of the Winchester, (Tenn,) Journal, is very encouraging to the heirs:
  "Judge Murry of Kentucky, agent for the Fisher heirs, sailed for German May 28 with flattering prospects of proving their claim to the vast estate. It is a settled fact that the money is there awaiting property claimants. Mr. Murry's wife is one of the heirs to the estate, amounting to $51,000,000 now lying in the vaults of the German government awaiting the rightful owners. Mr. Murry, besides being entitle to a large share of the immense fortune, has been appointed attorney for the others. He has all the proof necessary to obtain the property, and on his return an extra ship will probable be necessary to carry the treasure."
  In the event that the money should be received, the city will be greatly benefited, as all of the Milledgeville heirs are among her most prosperous and enterprising citizens, and much of the amount will certainly be invested in improvements to the city in the shape of manufacturing enterprises.
WHO FISHER WAS
   The original Fisher was a German baron and enjoyed the close company and intimacy of the king, being related to him. But one day while passing through the king's court he (Fisher) killed a pet deer, which was the property of the crown, the penalty for which was life imprisonment. The king, not wishing to punish his friend, assisted him to make his escape to this country, where he lived and died in North Carolina, his descendants spreading out over Tennessee, Georgia, Carolina and Ohio.
  Fisher could not make application for his property, for in so doing he would have revealed his whereabouts and would have been punished. At his death, in 1800, a lawyer was started to Germany by the heirs to secure the money, but he died of yellow fever in New Orleans, and nothing more was done about it until recently.
   The heirs in this city have employed the best legal authority of Washington City in the case and are confident of success, as the German government is anxious to dispose of the money, because the interest is accumulating very fast.
  The editor of the Chronicle is also interested and is happy over the prospects.
DEATH OF A NOTED CIRCUS MAN
  News reached the city this morning of the death of Jerome Tuttle at the insane asylum yesterday. Tuttle has been in the asylum only a short while, caused by excessive drinking.
  He was one of the greatest circus men that ever lived, being champion tumbler of the world for many years. He was the first man that ever turned a double somersault and about the only one ever to turn a triple. He also ranked very high as a trapeze actor and bareback rider. He was a native of this county, and had traveled all over the world with the finest circuses on the road. His reputation is known the world over.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH BEAUTIFIED.
  The Baptist church of this city has been furnished this week with beautiful new seats and carpeting, at a cost of nearly $2,000, which adds much to the appearance of the interior of this pretty structure. A fine pipe organ will also be put in place in a few weeks. No city in Georgia has more and finer churches and schools than Milledgeville, taking her size into consideration, and she is justly proud of them.

July 8, 1890
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Washington, July 7 (Special)  A GEORGIA GIRL'S MARRIAGE
  Miss Carrie Josie Bivins, daughter of Mr. Tom Bivins, of the Treasury Department, a former citizen of Milledgeville, was married here on Saturday to Mr. Rush Taylor, a well known society young man and a millionaire. It was a runaway match, and the lovers are off for a Northern and European tour.

July 15, 1890
Union Recorder
ADAMS-McCOMB. Married on Monday evening, 17th inst., at Mt. Nebo, in this county, by Rev. J. M. White, Mr. Benjamin B. Adams, Jr. and Miss Mamie McComb, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Fred McComb.
  The attendants were Capt. J. D. Howard with Miss Freddie McComb; Mr. M. F. Davis with Miss Lucile McComb, Mr. J. J. Wootten, Jr. with Miss Mary Adams; Mr. B. B. Fowler with Miss Hallie Pottle.
  The bride is one of Baldwin county's fairest daughters and the groom is one of the best business young men in this city. He is assistant cashier of the Milledgeville Bank, a position of responsbility and honor.
  The Union-Recorder unites with their many friends in whishing them a long, prosperous and happy life.

July 27, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Death and Burial of Mrs. Mack Tucker of Milledgeville
Milledgeville, July 26. - (Special) Mrs. Mack Tucker, one of the oldest and most highly respected ladies of Baldwin county, died at her home near this city yesterday and was buried from the Presbyterian church, of which she was a devoted member, this morning at 11 o'clock. At one time Mrs. Tucker was decidedly one of the wealthiest persons living in the county, but, like thousands of others, was ruined by the war. She leaves a husband and several children, besides scores of dear friends to mourn her loss. She died of consumption.

August 2, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville, Aug. 1 (Special) News reached the city to-day of the death of Dr. J. W. Butts of the eastern part of the county. The doctor was one of the best known citizens of the county, and one of its best farmers. He was a gallant soldier in the late war, in which he lost a leg. He died very suddenly of apoplexy.

August 3, 1890
Atlanta  Constitution
DEATH OF A VETERAN
Captain Wallace Butts, the Veteran Commander of the Baldwin Blues
   Friends in this city have been informed of the death of Captain Wallace Butts, the veteran commander of the Baldwin Blues.
   This piece of news will cause general sadness among those who fought with Captain Butts, in the Fourth Georgia regiment, during the troublesome days of the late war.
   Captain Butts left his home in Milledgeville as a boy, and went as a private, with the Blues, and in many a hard fought battle he was one of the bravest of the brave.
   Twice wounded, he left a leg and one of his hands on the battle field, but undaunted he stood by his colors, finally being promoted for distinguished bravery to the captaincy of the Blues, which post he filled with honor and credit to himself and his gallant company he commanded.
  After the war Captain Butts studied the  profession of medicine and practiced for several years with success in his native county.
 He leaves a family and a host of friends in Milledgeville, who join in paying tribute to the memory of the veteran soldier, whose life was so full of noble deeds.

August 5, 1890
Union-Recorder
Death of Mrs. Chesley Bloodworth.Mrs. Martha Bloodworth, wife of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. Chesley Bloodworth, died at their home in this county, on Tuesday last, 29th ult. She was sixty-three years of age. She leaves a sorrowing husband and a large numr of children and grand child to mourn their loss. She was greatly beloved by her neighbors, who will long cherish the memory of her kind acts, and the hospitality of her home. She was buried at old Salem Church on Wednesday last, Rev. A. Patterson officiating. The Union-Recorder extends to husband, children and friends its warmest sympathy in thdie sad bereavement.

August 13, 1890
Atlanta  Constitution
  While little Willie Brown, a Baldwin county boy, was swimming in the river a few days ago, he was seized by an itching pain, which exhausted him immediately, and had it not been for his playmates present he would have drowned. After coming out of the water his arms and body commenced to swell until they presented an inhuman appearance. Physicians were summoned, who were at a loss to know the cause of the boy's peculiar condition, but thought that he in some way came in contact with something poisonous. The sufferer continued to grow worse until death delivered him of his pains, which were very severe.

August 17, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
FOR MANY YEARS - Rev. J. W. Burke leaves this morning for Stevens' Pottery, in Baldwin county, and will conduct services at the church at that place today. With occasional intermissions, Mr. Burke has preached once a month at Stevens' Pottery for over thirty years past.

September 1, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville.   Mr  Willie Mansfield, formerly of this city, but now of Macon, was united in marriage to MissSusie Hambrick of Midway, in the public parlors of the asylum on Thursday night at 8 o'clock, the Rev. T. H. Gibson officiating. The happy couple will make Macon their future home.

September 1, 1890
Atlanta  Constitution
The new dynamo, steam engine and boiler for increasing an addition to the Milledgeville Electric Light Company, have arrived in this city and will be speedily put in position on the company's new lot. Milledgeville will have plenty of lights and will be one of the best lighted cities in the south.

September 3, 1890
The Weekly Telegraph
DIED, In Baldwin county, Mr. J. T. Temple

September 20, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
Three Hundred Acre Farm for Sale.   The finest farm in Baldwin county, being a portion of the James Ivey estate, located just seven miles west of Milledgeville and two miles north of Stevens Pottery, on the Milledgeville and Eatonton railroad. The place has a two story residence of six rooms and all necessary out houses. The best water in the world, both springs and wells. Titles good-been in the family over fifty years. Address IVEY BROS., Macon, Ga.

October 4, 1890
The Macon Telegraph
AN OLD NEGRO DROWNED. He Loses His Life Trying to Rescue His Cattle.
  Milledgeville, Oct. 8 (Special) An accident happened on the Oconee river about six miles below this city today which cost Jack Downing, a good old colored man, his life.
  Jack was trying to cross a usually small strem, tributary to the Oconee, which was much swollen by the recent rains, to rescue a lot of cattle from a flooded pasture. In some way he was thrown from his mule and drowned. The mule was rescued safely.
  At last accounts the body had not been recovered, but efforts were being made to drag the stream for it.

October 27, 1890
Macon Telegraph
KILLED AT A FESTIVAL. Fatal Row at a Negro Church Fair Near Milledgeville.
  Milledgeville, Oct. 6 [Soecial] - At a negro church festival at J. T. Miller's place, about seven miles from here last night, the participants engaged in a general row which resulted in Willis Reeves being clubbed to death. It is said that this is the third killing that has occurred at similar entertainments held at this same place in the last few months No arrests have been made for the killing of Reeves.

November 8, 1890
The Augusta Chronicle
Mr. Joe H. Nisbet, the able editor of the "Milledgeville Chronicle, and for a long time connected with the Union and Recorder, is very ill at his home in Milledgeville. Mr. Nisbet has done good work for the newspapers of this town, and we hope to see him soon at his desk writing editorials.

December 2, 1890
The Augusta Chronicle
Valuable Property For Sale
Probably one of the best opportunities for investments that has been offered in a long time is the Stevens Pottery. This property is in Baldwin County, comprises some twenty-six hundred acres of land, which is a complete arrangement for the manufacture of pipes of all kinds, also stock, forage, and a  storehouse full of goods. Read the terms of sale, which will take place the first Tuesday in January 1891. This is certainly an opportunity which is not often presented. Purchasers are invited to examine and inspect the property.

February 2, 1891
Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville, Feb 2. Pleasant Ennis died at his home in that county, Saturday. Mr. Ennis is one of Baldwin's oldest and best citizens, was a gallant soldier in the late war and was universally liked.

June 24, 1891
Atlanta Constitution
THE STORM IN BALDWIN
Fatal Work of the Lightning Near Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga, June 23 (Special) During the great rainstorm here yesterday, there was considerable wind and lightning, but not until morning was it learned that there were fatalities connected with it.
  The reports brought to the city this morning indicate that the damage was greater in the southern part of the county than elsewhere.
  Mr. Charles Finney, near Stevens' pottery, was riding his horse from his field, when a lightning bolt killed both rider and horse. Lightning struck a horse at Warren Edwards's place and killed it, while it is reported that cattle in different parts of the county were killed by lightning. A corner of the Male Convalescent building at the asylum was knocked off by a bolt, but none of the inmates felt any severe shock.
  The storm was severe and the electric current shattered trees in every direction and considerable damage was done to crops.

July 7, 1891
Atlanta Constitution
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
A Milledgeville Boy Begs His Brother Not to Try to Save Him.
Milledgeville, Ga July 6 (Special) Young Henry Brooks, second son of Mr. W.S. Brooks, of this city, was drowned in a branch this evening while fishing.
   Henry and his older brother were fishing with dip nets from a log running across the stream when Henry lost his balance and fell in the water fifteen feet in depth. His brother, who was also unable to swim, started to go in after him, but the drowning lad begged him not to do so, saying that he was drowning and both would sink together if he attempted to save him.
  Henry was thirteen years old and was an unusually bright boy.

September 23, 1891
The Macon Telegraph
A LOSS TO THE TOWN.Milledgeville, Sept. 22 (Special) The death of Mr. Thomas Blake last week removed from this city a good citizen and a gallant old Confederate soldier.
  Mr. Blake was about 56 years of age, and has been in declining health since the ware, where the exposure shattered his nervous system. At one time he was a prisoner at Rock Island, and on the petition of a Northern brother was released and furnished with a "blue uniform." After his refusal to put it on, he was again imprisoned and remained so until the end. This was evidence of his faithfulness to the lost cause.
  Mr. Blake entered business at Macon after the close of the war, but his bad health forced him to discontinue, and he removed to this county where he had relatives. About five years ago he was stricken with paralysis and had remained under the careful treatment of his sister, Mrs. Henry Perry, until his death. He was a good man and a brave soldier.

March 3, 1892
The Macon Telegraph
CARPENTER-BRANAN
A Macon Gentleman Weds at Stevens Pottery
  Rev. J. W. Burke of this city performed a marriage ceremony yesterday at Stevens Pottery, in which two people well know in Macon participate.
  The groom was Mr. George S. Carpenter, the valued superintendent of the Macon Agricultural Works, and the bride was Mrs. Katie Branan, a well-known lady of Stevens Pottery.
  The many friends of the parties will join in hearty congratulations.
  Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have returned to Macon, and will reside here in future.

March 16, 1892
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Milledgeville, March 14 (Special) Miss Lydia Hall, one of the oldest ladies of the  county, died yesterday. She was 87 years old.
  The Assyrian peddler who was shot and robbed by Jim Criswell last week, is improving, and Dr. Robinson, the attending physician, thinks he will recover.

April 3, 1892
Atlanta Constitution
FOUR NECKS SAVED.An Attempted Lynching in Baldwin Frustrated. FOUR GUILTY VILLAINS WANTED
But Sheriff Ennis Moves Quickly and Gets Them Out of the Way of  Their Pursuers
Milledgeville, Ga., April 2 (Special) The quick foresight of Captain Ennis, sheriff of this county, on last night probably saved the necks of four prisoners confined in the county jail.
  A little after midnight a mob of about thirty masked men captured the  night police, disarmed them, placed them under guard and then went to the jail for the supposed purpose of lynching four of the prisoners confined there.
The Great Provocation
  The recent terrible murder of Mrs. Leonard, near this city, coming on the heels of an attempted assassination of an aged peddler near here not long since, supposed to have been done by desperate negroes, has inflamed a considerable element of the people of the county, and has bred a determination among them to break up such tragedies, and that, too, by the swiftest and surest means
  The burning of Sheriff Carnes's (Ennis) mill and gin house some months ago, the subsequent arrest of the incendiary, then his escape from jail, and later his second arrest, which Captain Ennis was fearfully beaten up, have all added to the fire that has steadily burned in the veins of brave, but peaceful people.
The Limit Reached
  Yesterday the Italian peddler arrived in the city and quickly identified the Rev. Griswold as being the negro who shot and robbed him near here. It is supposed, therefore, that Griswold was equally wanted by the mob, and that Jesse James, the negro who burned the mill and gin, and the two supposed murderers of Mrs. Leonard were to be swung as an object lesson to others of their stripe.
  The jail door was broken in and every other effort was made to get the prisoners, but Captain Ennis had been given a warning of the program, and had removed them. It is stated that he had them all chained and locked together under guard in a swamp near here. They were all carried to Macon this evening.  Few men who have suffered from a Negro desperado as had Captain Ennis would have ever lifted a hand to protect then, and in discharging his duty so faithfully he has won commendation from every one.

April 5, 1892
Union-Recorder
MARRIED: In Baldwin county on the 20th ult. at the residence of the bride's father Mr. R. D. Ivey, Miss Mattie Ivey to \Mr. D. D. Bachelor of Macon, W. R. Fenn J. P. officiating. The attendants were Miss Mary Finney with Mr. Charlie Ivey and Miss
Mary Ivey with Mr. Bob Finney of Macon. They carry with them the best wishes of their many friends to their future home, which is Macon,

April 25, 1892
Atlanta Constitution
Confessed to Arson
Milledgeville, Ga., April 24. (Special) Jesse James, the negro who was arrested some time ago on the charge of arson, made a confession today, implicating three other negroes, one of whom has been arrested. This case has been sensational all the way through, and James's confession settles it, so far as the evidence is concerned.

August 2, 1892
Union-Recorder
Death of Mr. Chesley Bloodworth
  Mr. Chesley Bloodworth died at his home in this county last Thursday night, at 11:55 o'clock. For two years past he was afflicted with Dropsy, and for the past twelve months was unable to leave his house, and required watchers at night. He bore his affliction with great patience and resignation.
  Mr. Bloodworth was a native of Wilkinson county, but has been a resident of this county for more than 40 years. He was in the seventy-first year of his age, and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. He was an industrious and successful farmer, a kind neighbor, a loving husband and kind father. He leaves seven children, two sons and five daughters, and twenty one grandchildren to mourn their loss. His wife preceded him to the grave just two years. His children are all married except  one daughter. His children are Robt. W. Bloodworth and Jos. T. Bloodworth, and Mrs. Cleopas Ivey, Mrs. John L. Martin, Mrs. W. A. Torrence, Mrs. James Finney, and Miss Dealphia Bloodworth.
  Mr. Bloodworth was buried at the Salem church cemetery near his residence, last Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. A large number of relatives and friends gathered to pay the last sad tribute of love and respect to his memory.
 

September 13, 1892
Atlanta Constitution
CRIME NEWS IN BALDWIN
   The Work of the Courts - A Shooting Affray Reported
Milledgeville, Ga., September 12 (Special) The case of the state against Robert Collins for killing David L. Reaves sic Rives, last March (January 31) which has attracted wide attention, has been continued to the next term of Baldwin superior court, on account of a technicality drawing the list of grand jurors who found the true bill.
  Charles Turner and Jesse James, who were convicted for and sentenced for life for burning a gin house belonging to Sheriff C. W. Ennis, have made a confession implicating three other negroes. The negroes have been arrested, and will be tried at the present term of court.
News reached here today of the shooting on Saturday night, of Charles Taylor by Mr. Erastus Ennis, in the southern portion of the county. No particulars, but Ennis is said to be justifiable.

September 22, 1892
Atlanta Constitution
He Is Improving
Sandersville, Ga., September 21 (Special) Mr. Charles Taylor, who was shot by Mr. Ras Ennis, near Deep Step, a week ago Saturday evening is improving, and his attending physician, Dr. J. E. Peeler, informs us that he is in a fair way to recover. The pistol balls have not been extracted from his shoulder and wrist.

October 13, 1892
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Milledgeville Union Recorder: Mrs Jane Miller, one of Milledgeville's oldest and best loved ladies, died very suddenly, of apoplexy, on Wednesday morning, 5th instant, at the residence of her brother, Mr. T. T. Windsor, in this city. She was sitting in a rocking chair knitting when she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, my head," and fell back insensible. She was put to bed and Dr. Robinson sent for. Before the Doctor arrived her spirit had taken its flight. Mrs. Miller was a native of Charleston, S. C., and was in the seventy-fifth year of her age, having been born in 1818. She was the widow of the late Major Stephen F. Miller, author of  "The Bench and Bar of Georgia, " a man of distinquished ability and many admirable qualities of head and heart. Major Miller died about ten years ago. Before her marriage and since the death of her brother, Mrs. Miller has resided with her brother in this city, where she has many warm friends.
(Note: her husband died in Columbus, Ga. in 1873 and is buried in Butler, Ga. ) She is buried in an unmarked grave in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville)

January 24, 1893
Columbus Daily Enquirer
Judge Charles I. Harris, of Macon, died Saturday, a victim of acute dyspepala. He was born in Milledgeville in November 1833, the son of Judge Iverson L. Harris. He was a gallant Confederate, served afterwards as Solicitor-General of the Macon Circuit for two terms, and was judge of the City Court of Macon for eight years.

May 5, 1893
Atlanta  Constitution
Death of Mrs. Harris Milledgeville, Ga. May 4 (Special) Mrs. Dr. I. L. Harris, of this city, died suddenly here this morning at 5 o'clock of heart disease. She had complained some during the week, but nothing serious was thought of it. Among the women of the city for healthy appearance, Mrs. Harris stood easy in the lead. She was a virtual picture  of health and her sad death has shocked the community. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. W. H. Burnett, of Sparta. She was married to Dr. Harris seventeen years ago. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss.

June 1, 1893
The Macon Telegraph
WILL WED TODAY
Mr. John Callaway Will Marry Miss Annie King
  Mr. John Callaway, accompanied by Mr. Oliver Wilder, his best man, and several other friends, left last night for Stevens' Pottery, where Mr. Callaway will wed Miss Annie King of that place this morning at 8 o'clock.
  The marriage ceremony will be performed at the home of the bride, and shortly after the bridal party will return to Macon, where a sumptuous dinner will be spread at the home of the groom's father.
  Mr. Callaway is a rising young business man of this city, with scores of friends who wish him much happiness. Miss King is a charming young lady of Stevens' Pottery, and is admired by a large circle of friends for her many graces of heart and character.

August 2, 1893
The Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville's Visitors, Some of Them Not So Welcome as They Might Be - Society Notes.
  ~excerpt
Milledgeville, Aug. 1 (Special)
   Dock Nelson, a poor one-armed negro, who was sentenced to six months in the Penitentiary for chicken stealing, died of heart disease in the city prison last night. The negro was refused by the chain gang authorities on account of ill health and maimed condition, and the county commissioners intended asking Governor for a pardon for him. He was given every comfort in prison and Officer McComb, through sympathy for the poor wretch, carried him delicacies from his own table. He was sentenced on Tuesday, and had suffered with heart trouble since then. (Note: buried in Memory Hill Cemetery, in unmarked grave)
  A delightful reception was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Armstrong at their home on Wayne street in honor of the Misses Joiner of Atlanta on last night. The large parlor and piazza was filled with a charming circle of young people, and he evening was delightfully spent.
  Quiet an interesting german was given at the home of Mr. C. G. Wilson, on Greene street, last night, and was largely attended by the devotees of the terpsichorean art. The german was led by Mr. Walter Vaughan, and an elegant collation of fruits was furnished the dancers by Mr. H. B. Johnson of this city.
  Miss Loulle Trippe is visiting Beall Springs, and her absence from Mlledgeville creates a big void in the society of the town.
  Mrs. Otis of Altanta, with Mr. Robert and Angella Oaits, have been the guests of Mr. Peter J. Cline, on Greene street. Mrs. Otis and Mr. Robert have returned to the Gate City, but Miss Angella will remain in the city, to the delight of a long list of acquaintances.
  Miss Claude Bond of Savannah, who has been spending the summer in this city and at Beall Springs, will return to Savannah tomorrow. Miss Bond possesses ways so winning and grace so easy that her list of admirers sweeps the whole range of  society wherever she goes.

August 13 1893
Atlanta Constitution
IN A MISTRIAL. The Case of the State Against Upshaw Ended. It Was for Murder.
Milledgeville, Ga, August 12 (Special) Without a doubt the most interesting case that has been before the superior court of Baldwin county in the last decade was ended in a mistrial at 1 o'clock today, after a jury had remained in the jury room since Thursday.
   The case was that of David Upshaw, charged with the murder of Daniel Goodwin at Steven's pottery on May 16th, when the deceased was shot down like a dog and while he piteously begged for mercy another load from a shotgun was emptied in his face and eyes.
  The defendant's plea was that he shot Goodwin because of slander heaped upon his wife and that it was done after he had tried to check Goodwin in his slander by legal redress. Finding that he could get no satisfaction from the law, both being poor men, he warned the deceased not to attack the character of his wife again.

August 15, 1893
Macon Telegraph
Mr.T. T. Windsor, one of the oldest and most honorable citizens of Milledgeville, died this morning at 5 o'clock from some kidney trouble. Mr. Windsor had turned his 77th year and had been as active as any of our citizens until a few weeks ago, when the malady became worse and his decline was rapid. He was for ten years the treasurer of the asylum here, and for nearly forty years had been actively in business of different kinds. He held an important office under Governor Brown just after the war. He resembled the governor very much and was his life long friend. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a man of high religious feeling, and in his death Milledgeville truly bows with reverence over the close of a life full of good and noble living.

August 16, 1893
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt~ Milledgeville, August 15.   John Johnson and Ben Johnson are negro brothers who look so much alike that without a standing acquaintance it is hard to draw a distinction between them. They were both sent to the penitentiary last week for murder and will remain there the balance of their lives if the purpose of the law is carried out. John was the murderer of Tom Glasgow on Mr. Sam Ennis's place eight years ago, while Ben was the slayer of Charlton Lockhart in April. 

September 8, 1893
The Macon Telegraph
WEDDING BELLS RANG SWEETLY.  Nuptials at Milledgeville of Dr. Hutchings of New York and Miss Beall Compton. THE CONSTANCY OF LOVE. Termination of an Engagement of Full Ten Years Standing in a Most Happy and Brilliant Marriage Ceremony.
   Milledgeville, Sept. 7 (Special) One of the most brilliant marriages that Milledgeville has seen in the last decade was that at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church last night, in which Miss Beall Compton of this city assumed the name of Dr. Richard H. Hutchings of New York. The beautiful church was elegantly decorated with ferns, vines, etc., and was crowded from end to end with friends of the happy couple. Just before 9 o'clock the bridal party arrived at the church and entered in the following order, while a beautiful wedding march was being played ny Miss Mamie Andrews; Users, Dr. J. T. SMith of Monticello, with Mr. Louis Hall, Messrs. George P. Burdick of Macon and W. F. Walker. Maids of honor were Misses Louly Trippe, Sadie Hall, Lily Scott, Adah Evans, Bessie Lamar and Beualah Wright of Macon.
  The bride entered the church leaning upon the arm of her brother, Mr. Hansell W. Compton of this city. The groom came from the vestry room and the two met within the chancel rail. Rev. Charles Sturgess read the beautiful Episcopal marriage serve and, with a benediction, pronounced them man and wife.
  As soon as the ceremony was concluded the entire bridal party, with the invited guests, gathered at the splendid home of Hon. L. N. Callaway, where an elegant reception was tendered them. The home was decorated with blue flowers and house and yard were lighted by scores of fancy lanterns presenting a scene of dazzling brilliancy. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings received their friends in the large double patios, and the most prominent society people of the city were there to pay homage to one of the most popular couple that ever joined fortunes in this city. An elegant collection of dainties, -ees,  tea,  chocolate and coffee was served, and at 11 o'clock the gathered guests offered sincere benedictions and the brilliant occasion was among the things remembered.
  Miss Compton is a young lady of lovely appearance, fine qualities of mind and charm, and was one of the most prominent of the young women of the city. Dr. Hutchings was a graduate of the military college here and also of a medical school in New York. He is now resident physician in ne of the asylums of the empire state and is a young man of great promise. Their courtship has gone on without interruption for nearly ten years, and the brilliant occasion of last night was a fitting climax to constancy seldom seen in this day of female coquetry and school flirtation.
  They left this evening by way of Macon for New York crowned with a laurel wreath of good wishes woven by admiring friends for queenly woman and chivalrous man

October 15, 1893
Atlanta Constitution
HE STOLE HIS BRIDE.
The Sensation a Young Couple Caused in Milledgeille.
HARRY TENNILLE AND MISS CARMANI
Decide to Marry, Notwithstanding the Objections of the Girl's Father. The Old Man Gets His Gun.
Milledgeville, Ga, October 15 (Special)
There was another sensational elopement here today and a double-barreled shotgun played quite and important part in giving color to the sensation.
  On yesterday a young man applied to Ordinary Bell for a marriage license and after the usual questions the license was procured. The young man got the license for a friend, and that friend was Harry Tennille. Miss Sallie Carmani, the great grape grower and a leading citizen of the county. She is a pupil in the college the and a boarder in the city. Her parents live about five miles from town. She is only thirteen years old, but for more than a year Cupid has been weaving an indissoluble cord, binding her to Tennille.
   Today Tennille drove up to her father's house, where she had gone to spend sunday, with the alleged intention of accompanying her to church. Instead of going to church they drove to a minister's house to have the knot tied. His suspicions aroused and the couple had to go elsewhere.
Chasing the Couple.
  In the meantime the father of the girl got wind of the plot and started on the hunt with a double-barreled shotgun. The groom's father came to the city to inform him of his danger; but neither of the parents could find the fleeing couple. When last heard from they were en route toward Sandersville, vowing that they would cling to each other until death parted them.
  Mr. Carmani is one of the prominent citizens of the county and the affair has caused a sensation here. That the couple have married is positively stated by the livery men here.

October 22, 1893
The Macon Telegraph
Died At His Father's Grave
Milledgeville, Oct. 21 (Special) Come when it will and the death of a friend is always a shock. Yesterday morning Tom Lamar, seemingly in his usual health, went out to the cemetery to cut away the weeds about his father's grave, and there, while paying tribute to the memory of  his father and holding spiritual communion with him, the master came and took him where his converse would be perpetual. Tom Lamar when found was leaning against his father's monument as if resting. His death was from an attack of vertigo, to which of late he has been somewhat subject.
  Tom Lamar was the son of Dr. Thomas B. Lamar, whose palatial residence is near the home of his son, R. N. Lamar. The other brother is Lucius Lamar, the steward of the asylum. Dr. Thomas Lamar was a cousin of Justice L. Q. C. Lamar. Tom Lamar was 41 years of age. He had never married  He was so eminently lovable and sociable in his nature that all Milledgeville mourns his death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. V. W. Branen and Rev. J. D. Chapman.

October 26, 1893
Atlanta Constitution
HE LOVED LITTLE CHILDREN
And When Mr. Hauft Died They Lost a Friend.
Milledgeville, Ga, October 25 (Special) Mr. Fred Hauft was buried from the Methodist church this afternoon at 6 o'clock. Mr. Hauft was stricken with paralysis two weeks ago and died last night. He was born in Prussia sixty-one years ago. He had been a citizen of the United States forty years. He was a member of the United States army in Texas, then a baker in this city and for thirty years was closely identified with the commerce of this city. He was a man of strict integrity. Today the children of Milledgeville weep because they know they have lost a friend. This is the seventh sudden death in the city in the last two weeks - T. T. Windsor, W. A. Jarrett, W. H. Hall,W. S. McComb, T. B. Lamar, Fred Hauft and little Caraker Dunham.

December 22, 1893
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Mr. R. A. Stembridge died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning at his home on Elm street, aged 38 years. He leaves a wife and three children. The remains will be taken to Milledgeville today for burial. Mr. Stembridge was a sewing machine agent and had lived in Macon for some time.

December 27, 1893
Columbus Daily Enquirer
SAD DEATH AT MILLEDGEVILLE. The Son of Colonel Richard Malcom Johnston
Savannah, December 26 - A special from Milledgeville, Ga., says"
Hon. Malcolm M. Johnston, son of Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston, of Baltimore, died after a very short illness this morning at the residence of his cousin, Sr. Mark Johnston. Mr. Johnston was for a term or two a member of the House of Delegates for Maryland from the county of Baltimore. He will be buried in Sparta, Ga., at the old Johnston burial ground, on the morning of the 28th. Mr. Johnston was recognized as one of the most thorough scholars of the country.

August 3, 1894
Atlanta Constitution
Lemma Stevens, of Stevens Pottery, is visiting friends at 72 Walton Street.

October 18, 1894
Columbus Daily Enquirer
Death of Mrs. Holt - At 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Sarah A. C. Holt died at her home in Wynnton, after a short illness.
   The deceased was seventy-four years of age, and has resided in this city since her eighth year, when her family moved her from Hancock county. She was the wife of Colonel Hines Holt, a member of the first constitutional covention of Georgia, held at Milledgeville just after the war, and died, at that place, while the convention was still in session.
  Mrs. Holt was a member of St. Luke's church, and a most highly esteemed lady, and came of a very prominent family. Five children survive her - Misses Mattie E., Helen O. and Nina F., Mrs. William Redd, Jr. and Mr. Hines Holt all of this city.
  The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the home in Wynnton and the following gentlemen will act as pall bearers:
  Messrs. Thomas Gilbert, W. H. Blankenship, James L. Willis, Albert Shepherd, C. B. Grimes, Soule Redd, S. M. Dixon and Charles K. Redd.

October 23, 1894
Atlanta Constitution
Macon, Ga, October 22 (Special)  Mrs. Sarah Caroline Jemison, mother of Colonel R. W. Jemison, and one of the oldest and most beloved women in Georgia, died at her home in Vineville at 11:30 o'clock this morning of paralysis. She had a severe stroke a year ago, from which she never recovered. She leaves only two children, R. W. Jemison, of Macon, and Owen Jemison, of New York city. Mrs. Jemison was seventy-two years of age, having been born in Milledgeville in 1822. She was the daughter of the late B.P. Stubbs and Eliza Stubbs, one of the most widely known and influential families in middle Georgia. Her remains will be taken to Milledgeville for interment in the morning.

November 17, 1894
Atlanta Constitution
Macon, Ga., November 16 (Special)
  A pretty wedding occurred yesterday at Stevens' Pottery, which united Miss Lemma Stevens and Mr. Lee Crittenden Manley in wedlock.

August 3, 1895
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville Notes
Robert H. Miller Indicted for Murder
A Business Change
Milledgeville, Ga, July 23 (Special)
   Dr. H. D. Allen has bought the interest of W. A. Walker in the livery business of Pound & Walker.
    The grand jury of Baldwin county returned a true bill for murder against Robert H. Miller last week. Miller shot and killed F. A. Faulkner in a difficulty between the two men which occurred last December. The coroner's jury at the time held the killing to be justifiable. Miller was put under arrest immediately upon the finding of the bill of indictment, but has since been released on at  $2,500 bond. His trial will occur in January, 1896.
   Mrs. Captain C. P. Crawford, the president of the local board of lady managers for the Cotton States and international exposition, arranged an excursion to Indian Spring for today.

September 10, 1895
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. A.M.  Edwards
Milledgeville, Ga., September 9 (Special) Mrs. A.M. Edwards died at the home of her son, Mr. John M. Edwards, two miles from this city, this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Edwards had passed her four score years. She had always lived in Milledgeville. She was an exemplary member of the Methodist church, and at the time of her death she was the oldest member of that church in this city. Mrs. Edwards had been failing in health for some years and her death was not unexpected by her family and friends. All of her children now living are residents of Milledgeville except one son, Mr. Jack Edwards, whose home is in Decatur, Ala. The funeral will occur tomorrow if the absent son can reach the city by that time.

January 10, 1896
Atlanta Constitution
-Abstract
Postal Clerk Dies
Macon, October 9 R.A. Minor, the young postal clerk who was removed to the city hospital last night suffering from the effects of a fall of twenty-five feet off a Southern railway trestle died shortly after noon today.
    The remains will be sent to the home of the parents of the deceased, at Milledgeville, where they will be interred tomorrow morning. He was a son of Mr. Francis Minor, of Milledgeville, and a brother of Mr. J. T. Minor, a postal clerk running out of Atlanta, and a brother of Rev. C. W. Minor.

January 26, 1896
The Macon Telegraph
MILLEDGEVILLE. A Severe Wind and Hail Storm Toppled Over Many Chimneys.
Milledgeville, Jan. 25 (Special) Quite a severe wind and hail storm struck this city last night about 5 o'clock, coming from the northwest. The most severe tract and that doing the most damage was about fifty feet wide and first struck the city on factory hill where it blew down a small house then the reel house on North Wayne street was blown down and the reel demolished. Mr. Jerry Fowler's house just across the street was the next to suffer, the tops of several chimneys were blown down and the windows on the front side of the house were blown in and the house and contents were badly damaged by the hard rain that followed. The out fences of Mr. Staley were blown down. A small room adjoining the house of Mrs. Hauft, was considerably damaged, the roof of the barn on Mr. Fred Haug's lot was blown off and the wind mill belonging to Mr. Sam Walker was blown down. It then passed out of the city across the river and no other damages has been reported. The cloud was a very ugly one and it is feared the damage north of here was more severe. hail fell for some time and was followed by a hard rain.
   Baldwin superior court, which had been in session for the past two weeks, adjourned yesterday and Judge Hart, Solicitor Lewis and a number of visiting lawyers have returned to their respective homes. The past week has been taken up by the criminal cases and the jail, which at the beginning of court had eighteen occupants, is now clear.
   John Ross, a professional penman and school teacher, who some months ago stopped at the home of Mr. Sam Moran, near the city, and with the help of Mr. Moran recured a school, but, learning that Mr. Moran had his pocketbook in a machine drawer, it was too much of a temptation to him, and during the night he arose and secured the money and skipped out. A few days later he was located and arrested in Macon and brought to the place and has remained in jail since. He pleased guilty and Judge Hart was light on him - $75 and costs or nine months.
  The two Greeks, Nikole Jonson and Jim Senopols, who ran away from the city Christmas day, taking with them about $500 belonging to their employer, Mr. James Manois, and were later arrested in Knoxville, Tenn., were found guilty and fiend $300 and costs each or one year in the penitentiary.
  Simon Duval, who it will be remembered was detected stealing from the store of Mr. William Harper at Midway, a suburb of this city, some time since, and when caught attacked Mr. Harper, who is an old man, with a stick, knocking him down and afterwards striking him several times while down, who escaped but later was captured by Deputy Sheriff Peary, who for the safety of his own life was forced to shoot Duval, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder and sent up for ten years, and when this is out there are two warrants to confront him which will keep him in the penitentiary for some time longer.
  The Middle Georgia and Atlantic train, due here at 8 o'clock last night, did not arrive until this morning owing to a wreck at Dennis station, thirteen miles north of here. Several cars were derailed and considerable damage done both to the cars and the track but no one was hurt.
  Mrs. Sam Walker returned last night from Savannah, where she has been with her sister, Mrs. Johnson, who has been quite sick but is now much improved.
  Postmaster C. M. Wright has been confined to his bed for the past few days.

June 25, 1896
Atlanta Constitution
A GREAT SUCCESS
One of the South's Leading Manufacturers in Macon
H. STEVENS' SONS COMPANY
Goods Are Shipped All Over the Southern States from This Manufactory-A Medal Winner
   One of the best known and most successful manufactories in Georgia, if not in the south, is the Sanitary Sewer and Culvert Pipe Works of H. Stevens' Sons Company at Macon, Ga. The products of this mammoth factory are shipped all over the southern states and are the standard wherever known
  The origin of this great industry traced property is located in the birth of Mr. Henry Stevens, which occurred in Cornwall, England, in 1813, who gave a great many years of his life to this branch of commerce, coming to this country when yet quite a young man, and in Georgia, more than a third of a century ago started the first factory of this kind in the south, which stands today without an equal in capacity or quality of production. Some years before Mr. Stevens's death he sold out to his sons, who now own and operate the two plants.
  During the last few years in which finances and trade have been so demoralized all over the country, the company has never shut down, except for repairs. In a few instances competitors have made it a point to agitate the advisability of having a test made, where large contracts were to be let, but having been defeated in every instance, this mode has been abandoned . Stevens' Sons Company have the contract for furnishing the city of Atlanta, also the city of Charleston, with sewer pipe for 1895, besides a good trade in nearly every southern town and city. They have but recently finished a contract for the city of Macon, Ga., for over thirty miles of pipe, the largest single order ever placed in the south, and the high quality of their goods in becoming greater every day.
  The Stevens' Sons Company is the recognized leader in its line in the south, and takes precedence over all competitors. The company makes not only all styles and grades of goods in its staple line of sanitary, sewer and culvert pipe, but many beautiful specimens of other articles made from clay.
  At the Atlanta exposition its exhibit attracted wide-spread attention, and as well as remembered. The committee on awards gave them a  gold medal. That they justly deserved this recognition on the part of the committee goes without saying, and the thousands of visitors that gave this exhibit their attention were indeed loud in their praise of the excellent quality of good exhibited.

July 31, 1896
Macon Telegraph
MRS. STEVENS DEAD. Her Remains Carried to Stevens' Pottery for Burial.
  The remains of Mrs. L. E. Stevens, who died at a friend's house on Ellis street, South Macon, Wednesday, were sent to her home at Stevens' Pottery yesterday. The furneral occurs today at Camp Creek church in Baldwin county.
  Mrs. Stevens has been visiting here for five months. She has relatives and friends in Macon, a number of whom will attend the funeral today. Stevens' Pottery is named for Mrs. Stevens' family.

December 29, 1896
Union Recorder
  Miss Claude Branan died at her home, near Coopers in this county, on Tuesday, 22d inst. She was greatly beloved by a large circle of friends and her death cast a gloom over the community  in which she lived.

January 7, 1897
Union Recorder
  Married, at the home of the bride's father in Baldwin county on the 18th of December, Mr. John C. Ivey and Miss Ludie Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. Dawson Wilkinson, Judge W. R. Fenn officiating. Mr. Ivey is a prosperous farmer, and worthy of the charming young woman he has won for his bride.
   Rev. D. W. Brannen and Miss Eliza Thomas will be united in marriage tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother in Midway. Mr. Brannen is the beloved pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Miss Thomas is the only daughter of the late Mr. Henry Thomas, and is a charming young lady. Immediately after the ceremony they will leave for a tour through Florida.
 

April 14, 1897
The Atlanta Constitution
HYDROPHOBIA KILLS TWO
MAD DOG BITES PEOPLE, HOGS  AND CATTLE GENERALLY.
Seven-Year-Old Child, Grown Man, Swine, Fowls and an Ox Die in Great Agony
Gordon, Ga., April 13 - (Special) The seven-year-old son of Joseph Bloodworth, of Ivey district, this county, died yesterday of hydrophobia.
  The child was bitten by a mad dog five or six weeks ago while returning home from school. He began to show symptoms of the rabies last Wednesday and gradually grew worse until the end came.
  Jack Gooden, of near Stevens Pottery, was bitten the same day by the same dog and is dying of hydrophobia.
  The dog bit several hogs, a goose and an ox, all of which have died of hydrophobia.

April 15, 1897
The Atlanta Constitution
ANOTHER MAN BITTEN BY DOG
James Ryle Attacked by Mad Dog. Gooden Still Living.
Gordon, Ga., April 14 (Special) Gooden,who was bitten by a mad dog near here, is still living. The dog which bit him has been killed.
     James Ryle, living near Steven's pottery, was bitten by another mad dog this morning.
  The dog, which bit Ryle, is still at large.

May 29, 1897
The Atlanta Constitution
MRS. WILLIAM C. WYLLY DEAD
McIntosh County Lady Dies at Her Sister's Home in Athens.
Athens, Ga., May 28 (Special) Mrs. William C. Wylly, of McIntosh county, died this afternoon after a long illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Judge Howell Cobb.
   The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the residence of Judge Cobb and the remains will be carried to Milledgeville for interment.

November 5, 1897
The Macon Telegraph
A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. Mr. B. W. Jenkins Was Married to Miss Mabel Clare Cain.
  One of the prettiest home weddings seen in Macon for some time was that of Mr. Burwell Wynn Jenkins of Milledgeville to Miss Mabel Clare Cain of Macon, who were happily married yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. O. W. Thompson, 753 Oak street. Rev. M. P. Cain, pastor of the Baptist church at Blackshear, and father of the bride, officiated. The attendants were Maid of honor, Miss Edna Cain, the bride's sister, Miss Lawson Davis and Mr. Frank Jenkins; Miss Lulle Belle Morris and Mr. Hugh T. Cline, Miss Cora Jenkins and Mr. J. R. Cain, Miss Edna Cain and Mr. Geo. W. Adams, Miss Georgia Jenkins and Mr. David Jenkins. The couple left immediately after the ceremony for Eatonton, where they were tendered a reception by Hon. Frank Jenkins.
  The visiting friends present were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haddock of Haddock's station, Miss Cora Jenkins, daughter of Hon. Hut Jenkins, speaker of the house of representatives of the Georgia legislature, Mr. Frank Jenkins of Eatonton, Mr. George W. Adams of Eatonton, Mr. Hugh T. Cline of Milledgeville, Mr. J. R. Cain of Savannah.
  A great many Macon friends were in attendance, and the presents were elegant.
  The wedding ceremony was impressive and beautiful. It took place in the tastefully decorated double parlors of the bride's sister, Mrs. O. W. Thompson. The bridal dress was a handsome gray tailor-made suit, and the boquet was made of nephetos roses artistically arranged by Mr. Charlie Woodruff.
   The bride is the accomplished and very intellectual daughter of one of the most generally beloved Baptist ministers in the state, and she numbers her friends and admirers by her acquaintances. She graduated at Wesleyan a few years ago, and although Macon has been her home only a short time, she has a great many devoted friends here.
   The groom is a brother of the distinguished speaker of the house of representatives, and is himself one of the most prosperous and successful planters in Baldwin county, where he has a magnificent home and a large landing estate. He is also a brother of Judge Frank Jenkins of Eatonton.
 

November 20, 1897
The Macon Telegraph
The Remains Carried to Milledgeville for Interment
Atlanta, Nov. 19. - The remains of Capt. J. H. Nichols, passed through en route to Milledgeville for interment. The Journal says of him:
  One of the most picturesque figures in Northern Georgia passed away when Capt. Nichols died yesterday at his home in the Nacoochee valley, twelve miles above Clarksville.
  No man ever lived in a community where he was more universally loved than Capt. Nichols. Nearly twenty-five years ago he moved into Nacoochee valley, and there, in the shadows of the Blue Ridge mountains, he built a home and took up his residence among the mountain folk, who in a short time were his devoted friends.
     There in the valley he lived, keeping open house to all his neighbors and travelers who came his way. He had the most magnificent home in North Georgia and one of the finest farms in the South. Capt. Nichols was noted for his generosity and gave largely from his means to anyone less fortunate than himself who need assistance. His residence was one of the most palatial in the state and was considered the finest in North Georgia.
   His happiness was finally turned to gloom by the unfortunate condition of his wife, whose reason became clouded. With his customary tenderness of heart Capt. Nichols for many years refused to allow the woman he loved so dearly to be given into the care of asylum physicians. Hoping to some day be able to restore her mind, Capt. Nichols kept his wife in his mountain home, and there, surrounded by all that love and wealth could provide, she was cared for.
  Finally, after long suffering, and seeing there was no hope of restoring her reason, Capt. Nichols took his wife to Milledgeville, which place had been their former home. She was placed in the state institution there for the insane, and with her reason dethroned she survives him.
  The remains of Capt. Nichols, passed through here this morning. Several years ago his health began to fail and then business reverse came and his fortune was swept  entirely away. Strangers took the titles to his vast estates and the old home passed away from him.
 

November 25, 1897
The Augusta Chronicle
    Columbia Nov. 24 - Annie Abbott, the Georgia Wonder, who can lift a half dozen men on a billiard cue, and accomplish many other feats on the same order, has had her diamond and other gold ornaments stolen. Unlike most such affairs of this sort, this is a genuine story and is not gotten out by her advertising agents, for a far as it is know she does not have such assistance. It appears that several days ago she missed her diamond ring, some watches and other trinkets. She gave the case to Detective Hall to work up. At the time her diamonds went her 14 year old son went also, and this aroused the suspicion of the mother. She suggested that if her son be found, that the diamonds would also be discovered. Detective Hall, as a result of his work, arrested the son Fred and James Current. Current is a former railroad employee, who, it is charged, cooperated with the boy in the theft. Detective Hall found several watch chains on Current's person and all of the diamonds, watches, and trinkets on Current and the boy.
     The two offender's were arrested in Laurens and are in jail here now awaiting trial.

May 28, 1898
Atlanta Constitution
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January 29, 1899
The Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville
Mrs C. W. Richter and children have returned home from a visit to relatives in Madison and Bolingbroke.
  Mr. S. H. Manigualt treated a number of his friends to an oyster roast at Carrington's grove last Friday evening. Quite a number of young ladies and gentlemen were present, and a most delightful time enjoyed by all.
  Mrs. Joseph and Misses McClellan and Fox will entertain the Ladies' Card club at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The members will please note the change to Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
  The Spinisters' club met with Miss Eva and Mae Thompson on Thursday afternoon, and all present spent a most pleasant time. Delightful refreshments were served.
 Mrs. P. L. Walker has returned to Milledgeville from her home in Attalla, Ala, after a visit of several weeks to her parents in the city.
  Miss Lillie Jackson, of Ceres, Ga is visiting her brother Dr. A.M. Jackson, in this city.
Mrs L. A. Gibson has moved to the city from near Merriwether, and will make her home with her son, Mr. E. P. Gibson.

February 27, 1899
The Macon Telegraph
HALE - RILEY. A Macon Man Weds a Baldwin County Young Lady.
  Mr. George Hale of Macon, and Miss Obelia Riley of Baldwin county, were united in marriage last Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents in Baldwin county.
  Mr. Hale is a young man well thought of in Macon and is at present employed by Contractor Jones. He has many friends who wish him much joy and success. Miss Riley is one of Baldwin's most popular young ladies and has a host of friends.
  The bride and groom returned to Macon yesterday, where they will reside in the future.

March 29, 1899
The Augusta Chronicle
Sad Suicide Near Milledgeville
J. F. McKibben of Jackson, Ga., Hangs Himself in Small Cabin. Left Note To His Family
Said He Was Tired of Living-Had Been of Unsound Mind and Under Guard Until Few Days Ago
Milledgeville, March 28. - Mr. J.F. McKibben, a patient at the sanitarium of Dr. H.D. Allen, about two miles from the city, committed suicide yesterday about 11 o'clock, by hanging himself in a small cabin, some one-half or three-quarters of a mile from the sanitarium. He had for some time past been under the care of a special attendant, but being considered much better, and at the request of relatives, the attendant was dismissed yesterday. He ate a hearty breakfast and soon after left for a stroll in the pretty grove near by. Some time near 12 o'clock he was found dead in a small unoccupied cabin, having hanged himself with a small cord that had probably been used about the sanitarium stable as a bridle rein. It seemed that he had tied the cord to the rafter and then thrust a stick through a crack in the cabin, then got upon the stick and jumped off.
     There was a note in pencil pinned to the lapel of his coat stating that he wished to be buried just as he was found; that is, in the same clothes he had on, and did not want to be shaved or anything of that sort; just to bury him as they fond him. He was tired of living in his present condition, as he despaired of recovery. He said God bless and care for his wife and child nd thanked his brother for his kindness to him, and said his was a sad ending to what was once a bright and happy life. He thanked his special attendant, Mr. Jones, and requested that he take his body to McDonough, Ga.
    Coroner Scott summoned a jury and a verdict was rendered according to the above facts.
He Lived At Jackson
     Jackson, Ga. March 28. - A telegram was received here last afternoon announcing the suicide of Mr. J.F. McKibben at Allen's sanitarium, at Midway, near Milledgeville. Mr.McKibben was one of Jackson's prominent citizens. For many years he was proprietor of a large furniture establishment in this city, and on account of ill health sold his business last fall and went to this sanitarium to try to regain his health.
    His brother, Mr. C.A. McKibben, the popular county treasurer of Henry County, received Sunday and encouraging letter which told of his improvement in health.
    Mr. McKibben was a highly esteemed citizen, and his family, who are residents of this city, have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
    The interment will take place at McDonough this afternoon. He was a leading member of the Methodist church here.

April 2, 1899
The Augusta Chronicle
MILLEDGEVILLE
     The damage done the penitentiary buildings by the storm Saturday night week has been repaired and roofs are being put on the stockades. Captain Foster thinks the buildings will be ready for the reception of convicts on the 1st of April. Farm work was pushed last week and the ground is nearly ready for planting.
    On Sunday night last Mr. Matthews, the gifted young general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. conducted a special service for the students in Atkinson hall and delivered an impressive discourse to the large audience of girls present. Altogether the convention has been not only a delight but a spiritual inspiration to the G.N. & I. students.
    Mrs. Gracie Osborne, living near Mt. Pelier, had the misfortune to have here house burned last Tuesday night, with all of its contents, including wearing apparel.
    Mr. James H. Nall, left Tuesday morning for Mexico City, where he has accepted a position with the Mexican railway. The best wishes of many friends accompany his to his new home.
    Mrs. S. Waters McGill was in attendance on the Y.M.C.A. convention with Mr. McGill, state secretary of the association
     The many friends of Mrs. O.L. Rogers are glad to learn that she is recovering from a severe illness with fever.
     Miss Reba Caraker has returned home from a visit of several weeks to her sister, Mrs. A. D. Echols, at Shady Dale.
    Mrs. Charles Howell, of Oxford, spent several days of last week, visiting here daughter, who is a student of the G.N. & I. college.
    Judge Samuel Lumpkin spent several days of last week in the city. It is rumored that he is negotiating a sale of the Milledgeville railway.
     Mrs. W. H. Roberts, has returned from a  visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Myrick at Chattanooga. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Myrick and son.
    Mr. J.F. McKibben, a patient at the sanitarium of Dr. H.D. Allen, committed suicide Tuesday morning by hanging himself.
    Mrs. F.B. Mapp, of Macon, spent several days last week in the city. The many friends of Mrs. Mapp are glad to learn of her intention to return to live in this city.
    Mrs. A Gordon of St. Louis is visiting the family of Mrs. P.V. Carrington.

May 4, 1899
The Macon Telegraph
  Milledgeville, Ga. May 3. Mr. Willie Prosser, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Prosser, died at his home in the city Sunday night, after a lingering illness of several months.

July 16, 1899
Atlanta Constitution
Miss Marie Stevens is entertaining a number of friends at her beautiful home at Steven's  pottery. Her guests are Miss Marie Spain of Quitman; Misses Walden Roberts, Percy and Berrien Williams and Mr. Robert Taylor of Macon.

Mrs. Maury Munnerlyn Stapler and Master Walter Stevens Stapler are spending the summer at Steven's Pottery with Mrs. Stapler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stapler.

August 4, 1899
Atlanta Constitution
Struck Twice by Lightning
From The Milledgeville, Ga., Union Recorder
  Mr. William S. Edwards was struck by lightning last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Edwards was at the home of his father, Mr. John M. Edwards, and was at the well, engaged in watering his stock, when the stroke came. He was knocked senseless and remained unconscious for quite a while. A messenger was sent after his father, who was in the city, and a physician. Dr. T. M. Hall hurried to the scene, and found him in quiet a precarious condition. He is confined to his bed and is suffering great pain. This is the second time Mr. Edwards has been struck by lightning.

October 14, 1899
The Macon Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 13. Mr. E. J. Vinson, one of Milledgeville's most popular young men, died at the home of his aunt, Mrs. W. P. Williams, this morning at 3:30 o'clock. His death has cast a gloom over our entire city. He was a kind-hearted, genial, noble young man and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. He had been ill nearly three weeks and great sympathy and love was show toward him by his relatives and friends.
  He was head clerk in the dry goods store of Mr. P. J. Cline and possessed the confidence and esteem of his employer and the employees.
   The funeral services were conducted at the methodist church this afternoon by his pastor, Rev. W. R. Branham. The floral offerings placed upon his casket expressed in tender tones the love of his friends.

October 27, 1899
The Macon Telegraph
MILLEDGEVILLE'S ROMANCE. How the News of the Wedding of Mr. Hines and Miss McComb Was Received at Home.
  Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 26 - The marriage of Mr. Will T. Hines and Miss Antonett McComb of this city at Zebulon on Tuesday morning last reached this city last night and is the subject of general conversation this morning. They are both very popular here and are representatives of two of our best families. Miss McComb being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McComb and Mr. Hines a son of the late Mr. Madison Hines. Miss McComb has been in Griffin for the past week with her cousin, Miss Gussie Flemister, preparatory to being the latters maid of honor upon her marriage to Mr. A. H. Cook of this city on Tuesday afternoon last. Mr. Hines left this city Monday morning for Griffin. Early Tuesday Mr. and Miss McComb rode out to Zebulon and married by Hon. A. B. Pope. They returned to Griffin, keeping their marriage a secret. That afternoon they stood up at the Cook-Flemister marriage at the First Presbyterian church as bridesmaid and best man. Immediately after the ceremony they joined the bride and groom, according to previous arrangements, going with them as far as Atlanta, where Miss McComb was to visit a friend, but they joined the other couple for Washington D.C. Their many friends at this place extend congratulations
  Why they should have taken such steps is not known, other than age. Mr. Hines being about 20 and Miss McComb 18,
 
 
 

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