Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-09

and found q fine looking hen sitting on n rat,,a-
seanty looking nest with the usual connlamant
q eggs under her. Upon expressing orr q, r-s
i III, 1aTrow informed up that the hen he'd SCI
Ilceeu tn1t place Tor her nest had laid the e7or
there and the indications were fi,af ct , -, :
lI;n them out right there. He drove aro,1nd
~ us piggy every day, came to town every
DAY, and through It all the oId her So ~ ,' 80
serenely and confidently This nav &c, soi,s =
nSle nsny, out as the reporter Il an honest
man, II Is an actual fact, and can he veyifaS
almost any day on the street. -
D. Snaer the caption Send Him Back the
gIupun Fost says: about four wears AGO
LlSn Coates, colored. tied up a negro WON ~
ana whipped her to death. For this criTne he
t has sent % the penitentiary The fiend il at
ny ye again and on last Friday he heat an
other woman out on Colonel Wayne's nIace 90
severely that 1t is thought She will alGn dia
ne should either be swung up or sent hack To
the penitentiary for life'' ~
Under the heading Showers Of Silver - the
Atlahsa FoSt-Appeot says: "a reporter OF the
F0St-Appe0l learns that TreasIlrer WorriII of
the the western and Atlantic Railroad. got off a
i illtie Joke the other day, that enlivened a dry
as arSi .55asnsactlon not little When the
cay arrived Tor the monthly payment of the
twenty-five thousand dollars rental of the
Foad, treasurer Morrill, was az nromnt as he
usually tIsl is on such occasions. He pIanked down
the money-every dollar Of ID But If was sI
IN silver coin. the last cent of II Twentv-fiva
thousand dollars in halves and Quarters mako
pfesty Dig pile, and the services Of a draw were
- ~ - ie4uiSlliOn 70 convey the filthy lu-
ere 70 the State Treasurer's office. Treasurer
Speer was goot deal surprised at this sud.
uen Oeluge or small change, but money is
money, and he philosophically accepted the
sltuatlon. This is the largest payment of sill
yer coin ever made in Atlanta in single bust
ness transaction
Discussing the crop prospect the Thomas.
vile Enterprise says: 1--WE made a visit to the
country last week and travelled about eighteen
miles through as fine section for farming and
lnhaolted by as good farmers as there ia any
where IN this section ard we are forced TO the
conclusion that all crops are at least one
month behind an average year and more than
taat behind what they were last year This.
however, is not the fault OF the farmers They
were up with their work. Just as far advanced
as tbey can be, in nearly every place that
came under our observation, but the spring
has been so backward. We saw corn that had
been plowed out and then hoed but it was not
more than six inches high though the
land was good and strong. Cotton
looked strong and vigorous. though it was just
up and nearly every place had some planted
that was not yet up. The very warm weather
that set in last week will make it grow rapi 1ly
but the grass will grow very fast Also and as
| the start is about even the farmers have hard
| time ahead of them for the next two months
| Last year many farmers had chopped out
most, il not all. of their cotton before the Is,
| of May and laid by their corn; this year not
| an acre of cotton has been chopped and corn
| looks as though it would not do to lay By" be-
lore the middle of June. We see no reason
Why the crop should not be good one-unless
the grass runs away with It. -