Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-15
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leyan Female seminary have offered to give
literary entertainment in aid of the proiecf
ana the oier was accepted. The men claim
tnat the department l. the poorest paid in th'
state, and viii hold a meeting tonight [,
consider the advisability Of surrendering tn,
apparatus to the city.
Mr.. WestmOreland, an impecunious bu
respectable white man of Iawreuceville. lOs1
an infant child by death. Having no money
! Win which to buy shrOudIng for ms child anc
nave coffin made, he applied to hlstlandlord
/ one OF the wealthiest men IN the county, anC
related TO him the death of his child and IN;
condition. and that he was "a stranger to the
1 people. The landlord told him that he could
+ not help him. and the distracted father wa,
+ obliged to carry the little corpse in a wooden
/ box to q field, dis grave with his own hand;
and bury the corpse.
An old negro man living near Knoxville
Z came in town q few days ago, bringing witt
him a sack of old silver coins, perhaps 300 OF
40. some bearing date of 1910, and from that
date up To lsjo. Some were so old that the
denomination and date could not be told and
So mutilatcd their value was only in weight
Many were strange coins from different ma
tiOns. The old negro Is named Barney Mar
tin, and before emancipation hired his home
from his master, paying hum up monthly
saving and laying up some to buy his freedom
This was some Of the money the old darkey
had slowed away TO buy that which he prized
50 much.
Floyd county was visited by heavy wind
and rain storm about / O'Clock Wednesday
morning. Trees and fences were blown down
m some portions of the county. Two miles
from Rome Capt. GOrdOn's barn was blown
down and one mule killed and two injured
His loss Is about 1000. In the city no dam
age Is reported. The OOstenaula river is rising
and there are fears or freshet. A Jones
bOrO the cyclone turned over the African
NJ. L. Church building. blew down two chm
neys for Col. Doyal and the front piece off a
livery stable Three miles north of Covng-
ton several houses were UnrOOfed. and in
different parts of the country an immense
am0untof fencing was razed to the ground
No lives lost OF personal injury sustained as
far as heard from.
An Augusta special Of February y saws,
"A wealthy young merchant of this place
has caused much excitement by publishing a
challenge to the protectors of some young Ia
dies who recently formed a leap year club.
The young man mas Just attained his majority,
and desired to enter society. He applied
to be elected "a member of the club and was
bldc6hallcd. In hls published letter he saws
that his failure TO be elected is due to the
combined efforts of the male friends of the
Executive Committee of the club, and he
holds them personally responsible. TO-daV
he received sixteen challenges from as manV
different young men and accepted them all. He
proposes to shoot them down one after the
other in the order of the reception of their
challenges, but doubt is express as to his
ability to 90 through the entire list
The Americus Republican says: Miss Fam
ME McMath, In buggy with her brother was
passing the junction of TrOup and jefferson
streets, last sabbath morning. when the mule
they were driving baked, and refused to 90
i'm the direction they desired. Mr.. McMath
got ont and went to the mules head for the
purpose of leading him for short distance.
Miss McMath decided to get out Of the buggy.
and had just risen TO her feet for that pur-
pose. when tine mule suddenly spran@ for
ward with furious lunge which sent her
head foremost to the ground. Her head and
shoulders were severely bruised. blood gushed
out of her ears and she was found to be en-
pal "a rt+hT
riOusv feared that the injury would prove
fatal. but she has regamed her conscious
ness and is improving. 1t is thought she VIII
be again restored to health.'
The Haw kinsville Nelrs SAYS: "Dr A. r.
Taylor furnishes us with the following: on
sunday last. on the plantation of Mr.. Miles
Bembry. of this county, he witnessed the birth
of negro child which proved upon eXamina-
tion. to be curiosity wonderful to behold. 1t
had two heads, one fully, the other partially
developed. The spine was also double, one
being developed and the other not Ii also
had % full set of upper teeth. The lower teeth
were not distinctly seen, though they could be
defined. In addition To this there was i'm the
centre of the back, between the two spnes, a
small aperture around which was a patch OF
SIlken hdIr about SIN inches i'm length. The
other parts of the body were well developed.
The infant weighed about twelve pounds. DR..
Taylor says that this was a monstrOsity more
wonderful than any he had ever seen and
equally as strange as any OF which he had
ever read. lie endeavOred to induce the pa
rents to preserve the infant. which was life
less, but they would not hear to it,"
John I. Tribble. who was convicted of horse
stealing in Pulaski superior Court at the last
May term, and sentenced to four years in the
penlteutlary. and sent TO a turpentine farm in
Dodge county, made his escape last Friday
and has not been rc-captured. lie worked 50
faithfully and became SO religious holding
prayer meetings and eNhorting the conyicts 10
repent and believe, that he was made yhat is
called "a trusty.' There Is a warning i'm the
story OF his life. which is told as follows:
hN the Cochran correspondent of the lIaM klnS-
vile NeHS: ''He came here about three years
ago and engaged in the butcher and drug
business. and was "a regular and good scholar
in our Sunday school and was well thought
of, but he tried his luck with wheel of for
tune. and. becoming fascinated with gaming.
as the next step cOurted the bottle and was
heard TO say he never intended to strike IN e
other lick of work. as he could live without it.
The wheel turned against him, and then the
next step was to steal. and then down went
the partition between his respectability and
disgrace
\ correspondent of the Marietta Journal
says: ION the 9th Of February a
strange cat appeared at Anderson
Roberts .cOlOred) house on the Sibley farm.
near Marietta. on the 10th instant, while
Roberts wife was putting on her shoes. the
cal Went UP to her and licked her foot, and
then walked TO the door and sat down. About
this time Jane Roberts, cOlored, got up and
walked toward the door. when the cat sprang
at her and bit her feet i'm several places, the
wounds giving her much pain. The eat imme-
diately disappeared. On Monday the cat
came to my house and walked around
as gently as any domestic cat, until
Anderson Roberts came TO my house
To- go TO work. when. at the sight of
him the cat became enraged aud attacked
him. Roberts asked me for my gun. and on
getting the same. he attempted to shoot the
eat. but the cap burst and the gun failed
TO fire. The cat again sprang at Roberts and
caughtdlim by the leg and fought furiously,
and IN the combat Roberts was thrown to the
ground three times. Roberts, on regaining his
feet. beat the cat loose with the gun. break
ing the gun-stOck i'm several pieces but final
ly succeeded in killing the cat. Roberts then
carried the cat to the woods and took his axe
and cut 10 up into mince meat. his supersti-
tious notions being such as to make him be-
lieve that the cat had been bewitched. and
that he and his wife were the subjects Of It's