Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

julie Ramsay, Of Toccoa. has three COtswold
sheep. He sheared two Of them few davs
ago. ram which yielded l3 pounds Of wool
and eve 10 pounds.
The voters Of Hart county are requested to
mold primary elections for the purpose Of Sc
lectng candidates for both the Senate and
House ot Representatives. on Wednesday, the
Both OF July.
Hartwell Sun: Red measles Of malignant
type are fearfully prevalent in Affords dis
trlct. There are at least twenty-five cases,
probably more The cOntagi0n was brought
from Atlanta. and viii almost certainly
spread over the entire county. This Will be
very unfortunate for the farmers, who are al
ready behind with their work.
Athens Banner- Watchalln; The farmers Of
Buck Branch district were. Saturday. car
rying around petition asking for signers to
Test the stock law. Enough names were
readily obtained. and Ordinary jackson will
soon call am election on this issue. The no.
fence men are confident OF success McNutt
district will soon fan into line.
Tom Hampton, of Athens, is now getting up
walking match. and VIII try to engage
Reaves, Nicholson Co.'s warehouse for the
purpose. lie thinks he can get up a purse Of
$50 for the winning man. Dan MahOney; who
lives near Athens, ls said to be one of the
champion pedestrians of the South. and could
make his mark iu New Ork. There is a ne
gro in Ogethorpe county who can travel all
day iu q rapid pace. It is said that he can
break down the best horse in Georgia, and at
night be as fresh as when he started.
Lewis Washington, OF COlquitt county,
while planting corn recently, saw what he
supposed was frogs head Ina the furrOW be-
hind his plow. Before he could stop his horse
he hau passed the supposed frog IL few feet
and the dirt had fallen back into the furrOw
and concealed the reptiles head. Reaching
back. without releasing his hold on the plow
handles, he used his great toe as a spade andi
began TO remove the dirt. lie soon un-
carthed thc supposed frogs head, ana when
AL lae DIRT was removed he found, to
his horror. that he had been brushing the dirt
Nfl be-. ID a l-a ths
end of ms big toe. To seems that the snakes
body was cuiled mp Zoo its den a sh0rt distance
below the surface OF the ground. and that 1t
hat an entrance TO the den only large enough
90 admit lts body. and that hearing the noise
made 0y the pIOW 10 had started out to recon-
noitre, when II was struck by the plOw and so
wedged iH that 10 could not advance or re
treat. There was not enough Of the head over
ground to enable the reptile to bite.
Hartwell sun: Recently we were shown a
curiosity IN tue shape OF quilt. 1t Is called
the Grandmother Bowers Album Quilt" 1t
was gotten mp as family record of the Bow
crs family. beginning at Polly Bowers, the
mother of Job Bowers, and was quilted just
after the war. 10 gives q complete list OF the
children, grandchildren, and great grand
children up 10 the time 10 was quilted. The
squares are cut 10 represent trees. The first
tree has thirteen limbs with "a flower at the
top Of each hmb and q chIlt's name in each
flower. And so ON to the fourth generation,
each tree having limbs according to
ihe number OF children in the
Der 40 the time the quilt was finished was
z42. The number of descendants at present
ls supposed to be $50. The fifth generation
has arrived. Old Aunt Polly Bowers, as
everybody called her, was a good woman.
setting worthy example for her pOsterity to
emulate. Her husband, who was an orna-
ment 20 society, died many years ago. Aunt
Polly died al the advanced age of go. She
could well say. "Arise. daughter. 90 To thv
daughter for thy daughters daughter has a
daughter The quilt is now in the possession
uf Aunt Polly WilIford
Athens BIuner- Wltclman: 4 married lady
Un Athens. Who does not wish her name
known. IS possessed with the rare power of
mind reading. and occasionally exercises the
gift FOR the amusement of her friends. She
has made some wonderful revelations that
lays even spiritualism in the shade. The
other evening She requested a gentleman
present TO hN ms mlnt ON some text I'm the
Bible, which he did, and she placed the book
upon q bed i'm "a dark room. The lady then
placed her hand upon the genteman's fore
head. and after holding it there for a few
moments Walked INTO the room, and opening
the Bible at random marked a verse Upon
bringing the book te the light it
was discovered that she had OPEN
ed it and marked the very text the
party had in hIs mind.-There is a little col
ored girl on the place of Mr. Bob White, in
Jackson county. who Is wonderful medium.
She ls subject to fits. and 10 relieve her Mr..
White mesmerises the child. While Iu this
state she makes the most wonderful revela-
tions describing persons and their occupation
in am adjoining room. The other dav She was
visited bv a doctor from Atlanta. who asked
her if she knew him-the gentleman having
never seen the girl before. Yes" she replied,
'-your name Is DIR. ." giving it correct).
''aud I saw you yesterday i'm Atlanta playing
ON something like "a little piano." The physi-
elan stated that $40 the time the girl mention
cd be was In the city and using writing ma
chine. The child Is now very low and cannot
live many days.
FLORIDA.
Twenty names have already been enrolled
ON the muster Of the proposed military COM
pauy at Pensacola.
4 party of gentlemen I'm Luravillc cOntem-
plate the forming of an association for the
uurpnse of sunllving the cItizens 0f the sur