Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-19

ing Augusta Miller sent his partner to
Charleston to yet the ball rolling there,
while be remained behind for day or
two TO make collections. Having secured
$40 or 500 be left for parts unknown, leav-
ing his partner in the lurch
Mrs. Rowena Walton, of Newman,
offered prize OF a handsome Bible to
each of her Sabbath school class that
would memOrize 200 verses of the Scrip
lures in given time. The following is
the result: Willie Hackney, aged II
years, 620; Nellie Lou Walton, aged 8
years. 900; Willie Turner, aged 11~years,
81 Eloese Anderson, aged 8 years, 306;
Lollie Ray, aged 10 years, 20 Each one
received beautiful clasp gilt Bible last
Sunday in the presence of the whole
school. Mrs. Walton now offers each a
beautiful book mark if they will read the
New Testament through by Jan. /, 1886.
Canton correspondence NEWS, July Il:
Miss Matte Lee Price, the Georgia
Wonder" exhibited her powers in the
court house last night. She is Is years of
aye and rather small. There is nothing
peculiar in her appearance except her
immense amount of hair, which is dark
and coarse. By placing the palms of her
hands on the posts of q chair she lifted
three large men foot from the floor with
hands on the ends of large green hickory
stick, two large men took hold of the mid
die OF the stick and failed to move it,
though the bark was twisted from the
stick.
Several business men of Macon have
decided that the city be recanVassed i'm
mediately for the $1,000 necessary to Sc
cure the holding of q fair there this fall,
under the auspices Of the State Fair As
ISOLATION. 1t is understood that the COM
mittee will make canvass of the city,
and turn over to the officers Of the fair as
ISOLATION the subscription lists. If they
are not accepted the matter will be re-
terred back to citizens meeting, at
which steps will be taken to conduct a
fair independently of the association.
Every effort will be made, however, to
obtain the 81, 800 asked for by the associa-
ton, so that the fair NAV be conducted
under its auspices.
Asa Full, from the First district of
Coweta county, brought to Newman We'd
nesdav mineral which it was sub
sequently discovered was binoxide of tin,
or stream tin. He says there is vein of
the same material ~ feet wide on his
farm. If this is true, this is one of the
most valuable discoveries ever made in
| Georgia. Tin ore is one of the rarest and
most valuable ores used in commerce,
nearly all of the tin coming from Corn
wall, Eng, which has been worked ever
since the time of Cesar. and from New
South Wales, where it has beeA discovered
within the last 20 years. MIR. Full wants
$4,000 for a three-fourth interest in his
valuable property, which includes farm
of go acres and an abundant water
supply.
Nancy Boone, vOOdoo doctress Of Ma
con, gave her 10-year-old daughter cruel
! beating Friday. The woman flew into a
rage with the girl. and beat her until she
was senseless Police officer A. Jones
heard the sufferers screams, and went
into the house aud arrested the tiend.
Finding the girl senseless, but still quiv-
ering in dreadful agony, he called in two
/ negro women and MADE them strip of her
clothes, in order that he might examine
her injuries and provide for their allevia-
ton. He counted upon her body more
than 200 short stripes, and found the flesh
terribly bruised and bloody The sight
was sickening. Aid was at once given
the girl, and she regalned her senses. She
will be properly cared for until her terri
bic wounds are healed. The dOctress is
in cell.
Isaac Ashley, of Graham, writes to the
| Baxley Bonner as follows: Il desire to
! correct the notice that appeared last week
/ about the burning of some cOlOred chill
/ dreu near this place. On July Susan
| Ashley went to her fathers, (which is near
/ by,and left her children playing outside of
/ the house. When she returned Simon
| Ashley went into the house to look for the
| children, but he did nor see them in the
house nor anywhere about it. They then
began searching in the woods. When
they reached the house it was all on fire
| at one end, but both doors were open and
/ the mattress was in the middle OF the
| floor. When the house burned down the
four children and the cat were found
where the mattress burned up, and 1t is
| thought they were murdered and covered
up with the bed. Simon had plenty time
/ to save them, but could not see them in the
| house. Their mother is almost crazy"