Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-26

ming rods of Mr.. W p Maxwelrs housa in
spa1olng: There being some detects IN ths
roos. OF they not having sufficient cond,1ctins
s0;s 20 carry on the electricity. the electric
nuIl, aIter breaking the rod In three niecea
escaped upon the roof. thence unon az 81,
qmns or the piazza, cemoIishing Them M
SosSpn maxwell. who was sitting in a chair In
for ths received an electric shock which,
ne balance OF the family, except Mr. May.
Wei. VINO was In town, were at dinner and
sustained no hurt from the a. cident.
The Columbus Times Of Tuesday states that
On IN ,monoay afternoon, about $3.50 O'clock Mrs
Robert Patterson was attacl(ad nv vi, -, p
cON' Whlie coming up OglethOrpe street She
Mss crossing st. Clair when a little bow came
ppt a,tss irving COW and a calf When Mrs.
riatterson got In front Of the COW she made a
plunge at her and knocked her to the ground
ana made desperate attempt to gore her
EoI.unateiy, mr.. Julius Camp was near and
ran 20 ner assistance. He found Mrs Patter-
son Frustrated from fright ana with assistancA
ne ne carried her into the house OF Mr. Woodbridge.
DIS Oslin and Terry were summoned and ex.
Ir, me inIaries They did not think them
very serious as the horns Of the COW had bean
sawed ana only inflicted bruises. The cow
seSPped on Mrs. Patterson in several places.
~ ,se, also were found bruises. The cow is
the property Of Mr. Tom Moore.
Augusta Chronicle: I've have hoe, shoun
| 3y our fellow townsman, Mr.. 9. w. Doughty.
Sne manuscript OF cipher code, gotten up bv
nihlseI- and designed for the use of cotton
ouye Factors, ana all others interested in the
Geographic CORE pondence OF the great cotton
tfaue IL IS arranged in a most ingenious and
simple system, cOdifying in the most compact
ana complete plan all the elaborate sentences
| OF orders, Instruction and information relating
20 the subject"
The following from the Albany Ne,gs and
Advertiser is timely and pertinent: I'VE
are no chronic grumbler, and do not like to pic
eure painful realities, but sometimes we are
forced 70 do SO, as a means of warning The
/ death rate of farm mules in this section is
really alarming. aud we understand that West
srn corn as food is what is doing the work
while In Nashville the other day we were in
| formed by prominent corn dealers that they
would positively decline all orders for corn
from This section during the summer months
anu Tor inns reason: The very severe winter
| ing, and cannot withstand the oppressive
Southern heat, but rots before reaching
| ats destination. All corn is sold with
a guarantee for soundneSs Hundreds of car
loads have thus been lost, and many farmers
| have been compelled to buy because they could
do no better; have fed the bad corn to their
| stock, hence the great loss of mules and
| horses The Virginia, Maryland and Tennes
see crop has been exhausted, and this class
| OF corn alone seems fit for Southern markets
| Inc only remedy we can suggest is that our
planters put IN heavily OF peas, miliet and
other like forage crops TO which the late season
Is suited. It seems that Providence is repeat
eddy warning the people of the South that they
must care for themselves and q curse like the
one which now threatens us NAV prove a bless
ing in the end''
Under the CAPTION, Tom Blodeett's Recent
haScalltleS, tat Brunswick Advertiser and
-ippeGt SAYS: On the 10th ult Thomas NJ
blodgett notified couple of gentlemen by let
ter that he wished to appoint them, respective
", Inspector and Deputy Collector of The port
o. st Mary 3 They consented to accept the
positions. One of them loaned Blodgett the
money to pay his fare from Atlanta to ST.
Mary's, and all arrived in that place on last
Friday week ago, when his friends learned
from Mr.. Robbins, the acting collector, that
there was not a word OF truth in Blodgett's
serttons BlOdgett stole the office seal and duly
commissioned one of the gentlemen Deputy
Collector. but they soon found out there was
no hope for them at st. Mary's. but Blodgett
il sisted that he could arrange every
thing in Fernandina, where they all
went On the money borrowed from
the dupe friend. When they arrived at
FeTnRndina, Blodgett skipped out leaving his
friends and the hotel man utterly ignorant of
his going. One of the gentlemen is now in
this city at work; the other has returned to
Atlanta. BlOdgrtt came over here last Mon
cay week ago in skiff, and left the skiff
man waiting at the WHARF for his return with
his promised pay, but Blodgett had skipped
out. When Blodgett got here one OF the gen
tiemen saw Blodgett, who pulled off his high
top beaver and took to the bushes like a scared
RABBIT On his return from Fernandina, Blod-
gett beat Dir. Bourbank on Cumberland out of
his fare, likewise a citizen of this place While
here, BlOdgett attempted TO sell an order on
our Custom House Collector, Col Collins for
a large amount due him, as he alleged, for
tonnage"