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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Discretion the Better Part.

From the Aulsricts GA ReDubLtcdn.
Mr.. Chas. Ansley, well-knOwn and
esteemed citizen, resident near five miles
from Americas, on Bear branch, deposes
as follows:
'Some time in the early part of the
past summer, tiger cat was making his
rounds on that part of the branch distin-
guished near his place by very thick
jungle. The cat had been seen or heard
the day previous. Mr.. A. was at work
close by when another cry was heard.
Mr. A. sent for his gun, which was
charged with buckshOt, and FASTENED
to a bend in the branch, where it was
probable he would pass, while the
boy went for it. He had not been
there long before he heard the monster
cry. The tone, he says, was like that
which ne had heard near the asylum at
Milledgeville at night. He also saw the
bushes shake; the animal gave a very
beastly grOwl. His gun had not come,
and he thought he would not run. aud
drew his knife. The grOwl was repeated,
which had a persuasive influence, 80 he
got closer to the place where he expected
the gun. The cat passed down towards
some negroes who had answered his cry,
and he didn't get a sight OF the beast
Others who saw him saw that he was as
large as grown dog, striped about the
face and down his fore legs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03

Gwinnett County Possesses n Monstros-
ity Rarely Ever Seen.


From the La'orenceDitls (Ga.) Herald.
There lives few miles from this place
one of the strangest and most pitiful-look-
ing objects, perhaps, in the boundary of
this State. But for the respectability of
the family, and their utter dislike to APP
pear in print, in this particular we would
give the name Of the poor unfortunate of
whom we write, but regarding this obi
cation we desist. Suffice it to say, how
ever, the story is true, and can be sub
stantiated at a moments notice.
The child snake is now years old, and
with every indication of long life before
it yet. 1t rarely ever sleeps, and has
never ate mOuthful of it's own accord in
it's life. Every bite has to be prepared
and fed to it with the utmost tenderness.
Its hong, wiry, snake-like form; dull,
inactive eyes, narrow mouth and snake
head, together with the veritable snake
tangs, is sickening to look upon.
1t cannot walk or crawl, but lies fiat
upon the floor and rolls and has always
some mem Der OF its body in motion.
A Herald man called upon the father
of the child the other day and learned the
sad particulars of this wonderful COM
bination Of human and snake. We would
like to give to the public a true discrlp-
ton OF this miraculous freak of nature,
but the delicacy of the subject forbids.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Money Matters in Georgia.

There is demand for more dwelling
house in IrwintOn.
The State and county tax for Laurens
county for the present year is 81 20 on
$100-30c. more than that of last year.
A firm in Athens, after being together
ten years, took an inventory of their bust
ness the other day. and it was found that
they had made clear profit of $l50,000,
after throwing out all bad debts.
Dalton Citizen: The growth and
prosperity of inland towns depend, in a
great degree, upon their wagon trade. 1t
is an important requisite, and every effort
should he made TO attract the wagon trade
of the surrounding counties to our city.
The 0conee river is on a boom, and
Dublin cotton buyers are well pleased at
the outlook. This means of transpOrta-
ton. heretofore almost entirely unknown
at this season of the year on account OF
low water, enables Dublin buyers to pay
as much for cotton as they can afford 10
pay anywhere on the railroad above Bar
tOW.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
suing for a Post Mortem Fec.

Newton Superior Court is still in ses-
sion, and will not adjourn before the last
of the week. Several cases of importance
have been disposed. Among them was a
suit by Prof. John NJ. Bonnell, of Oxford,
against the county. fer services rendered
In analyZing the stomach and its con-
tents of Steve Morris, who was poisoned
by his wife last year, and also in making
other necessary analyses in connection
with the case. He was suing for $500,
and, although the prepOnderance of test-
mOny and that, too, of some of the best
chemists in the State }, not only sustained
his charges, but put the value of his SER
vices at from 81 900 to 81 ,265, the jury re-
turned averdict for only 1925. The verdict
was a great surprise to those having
correct ideas of the value OF skilled labor
coupled with personal and professional
responsibility, and by its gross made
quacy illustrates what strange views
some men have of the value Of such labor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Three-Legged Mouser.


Rev. Swain M. Anderson, of this coun-
ty, owns a cat, now about months old,
that was born with only three legs, two
hind and toTeleg. This defect cannot be
detected when the feline is running, as it
can ''git up and git' with as much ease,
grace and fleetness, as if it were pos
sessed of an unlimited number of le-
lower appendages, When it has lots of
spare time, however, and "goes it slow"
one can tell by its ungainly shuttle that it
needs the 'tother foot. By taking 1t up
and examining closely where the missing
member ought to have been, a partly
formed foot ana claw can be seen on the
skin. The only time it doesn't miss that
''tother" foot is just after IL has sweetly
warbled ii TrOvatore on the back shed, at
midnight, and is trying to outrun the ap-
plause Of the audience, in the shape Of a
bOOt-iaok
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Georgia's Spiritual Welfare.

The Baptist Association meets at Thorn
asVille on Oct. IL.
Sam Jones and Sam Small will be in
Rome on Oct. 20.
The next SESSION OF the Cherokee Bap-
tist Association will be held at Salem
church, near Lily Pond.
There were thirty-seven accessiOns to
the Poplar Springs chu oh at Adairsville,
as a result of the meetings. IN that place
thirty-three by profession and four by let
ter.
The annual fall session OF the Atlanta
Presbytery will convene in Lawrence
vile, Friday before the second Sunday in
October, and will remain until Tuesday
following. Each church in the Presby-
terry will be represented by one minister
and one OF its elders. There will be about
fifty members in attendance.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
A Big Enterprise.

The House passed bill Wednesday 10
incorporate the Atlantic and Mexican
Gulf Canal Company, which proposes TO
20 from st. Marks across the country
through the Okefeenokee swamp 10 the
Satilla river, thus connecting the gulf
and the ocean. This would drain some Of
the OkeefeenOkee swamp land, and IL rs
proposed % sell that land to the company
for not less than 20c. per acre. The State
owns about 100000 acres Of land In the
swamp, which Is now devoted principally
10 the rearing OF big alligatOrs. II is also
said that the swamp is the home of one
Billy-BOw-Legs and numerous citizens.
who have not yet heard that white-winged
peace has settled down over the land.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
I'D ToI,D IN PARAGRAPHS.

C,srred with Theft Badly Used
a,s Captore-A Boy Genius Con
bt a miniature WindmiIl-A Man
mined with WiIkie ColliRs.
GEORGIA.
srcerior Court convenes in lrwlnton
mex .,nron has been blessed with good
hsa.'I ans will have the finest half-mile
20 rack in Georgia.
Oglethorpe darkey will enter pac-
steer at the Athens falr.
H - is Int little interest manifested in
~ over Congressional politics.
Tar Creek is four feet above ordinary
'eu"i md II is feared the lOwlands will
,ontlemau was in Athens the other
no dined with Wilkie Collins while
in London.
.r,, ;urv and bailiffs for the last term of
II cost the county about $1,000
GU twice as much as the spring term
"a said that the Lawrenceville post
No. can become "A money order Office by
o..,itioning the Post Office Department
for the privilege
.Tha vpDOTJ to the eNeCb" tnhG negro
"a Eilltd on the place OF John Register
w. aurens county, last week, was I'M
.rns The negro received a severe blow
~ the mead, but is now as lively as ever.
One OF the tOrelegs of a Fulton county
,nnla il incased in an iron brace running
49, rom the shoe. The animals leg has
kan broken. and the brace is the inven-
tion Of blacksmith for strengthening 1t.
Several DAYS ago G. F. Cooper, of Perry,
osnobt a large soft shell turtle in his fish
van in Biz Indian creek, about three
niles below Perry. The turtle weighed
A. nounds. and was the largest turtle ever
caagbt in Houston county.
John Johnson, the l5-year-old son of
Hosev Johnson, the blacksmith of Law
-snceyllle, has perfected and has In Oper-
atom Il miniature windmill. 1t works
mon scientific principles, and will run
any KIND of small machinery with the
greatest ease.
A negro, who was charged with having
robbed another negro of pair OF pants
containing SO and Il watch, was brought
10 Dublin day or two ago and lodged in
jail He had been shot, gnawed by dogs,
and Otherwise mangled by those assum-
ing authority to arrest. The warrant was
dismissed and the negro released the next
morning, the parties who had unlaWfullY
treated him fearing prosecution.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Georsia's Negro Legislators

or the three cOlored members in the
House two are brothers. They are Her
cules Wilson, OF Mcintosh, and Anthony
Wilson, Of Camden. The other cOlored
member is "Frasler, of Liberty" The
last named Is farmer, owning place OF
300 acres. Wilson. OF Mcintosh, is a
brick mason, and Wilson, Of Camden, Is a
farmer aud school teacher. All are we'll
TODD, industrious, and sober. They board
together at a private house on Peters
stEeet, and pay 81 week each. Wilson,
Of Camden, has served three terms as a
member; Wilson, Of Mcintosh, has served
two terms, and this is the first term OF
Frasler, Of Liberty. The brick mason
says it don't pay him to come to the Log
islature. as he makes from 50 TO s. n day
at his trade, and that his trOwel aud plum b
''neyer failed or deceived him."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03

land very shortly. Marietta is another
new town, and Is only seven miles and a
nall out ON the line of the same road.
ROseville is only fowery name for a
brlck-yard1n that aesthetic peigbbOrhood.
The Captain Of the American ship vir-
ginla, now In Pensacola, has been in a
quandary about one of his seamen. The
man IN question first opened his almond
eyes in the Celestial Empire. but was
shipped by the American Consul at Liv-
erpool as an American seaman, and the
Captain has been solving the question as
TO whether or not he has violated the Chi
nese immigration law in bringing Wan
Lang Hi-TO into the United States. The
Consul's papers, however, set the Captain
all right.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03

From tle Harlem SentineL.

A few days since Mr.. j. NJ. Luke dis
covered a large flock Of wild geese on the
Savannah river, covering at least two
acres, estimated in round numbers at TO-
900. Mr.. L., armed with very extraor
binary army gun, commonly called a
'needle gun" wendell his way TO the
river. Arriving at the bank, be was be-
wildered at what met mis- gaze. After
calmly surveying the situation he selected
as his mark what he considered the sen
tiuel on the watch" He raised mis- gun,
took deliberate aim, and fired. killing the
old sentinel" az a distance Of 800 yards,
taking of his head as he intended 20 do.
We defy any county to produce one that
can compete with MIN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
He is a Witch,
FROM thA Amnnn Mans.

FTOTH no n tOuHU Neto8.
We have it on the best authority that
Perry Vincent, the One-armed thief who
is again at large, is a ''kungerer," being
deeply versed in the magic of ''rOots and
things" No bolts or locks, our colored
informant stated, can keep him in, bui
doors and windows fly open at his bid.
entered house in Albany, walked
through a room where the family were
sitting, helped himself to what he want
ed and went out, and no one knew Of his
visit until the stolen articles were missed.
We can only account for his remaining in
durance vile for this length of time by the
suppOsition that be desired little quiet
reflection and rest from his labors. A
woman who has known Vincent from his
boyhoOd, declares, with some little disre-
gard as to his sex, that he is a witch.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
The Same Thing is True Up Here

rum enc n t"fftg AV"sl "N"'s
The idea prevails North that the whites
do not labor at the South. White labor
now is rapidly supplanting negro labor
In the fields. Negro men are drifting 10
the towns and cities, and away from the
farms. The negro women do very little
field work. Down here in Southwest
Georgia much OF the cotton is made by
white labor. over half Of the cotton IN
the counties or Worth, Colquitt, Mitchell
and Miller IL made, gathered and handled
by white people. In this end OF the state
but few negroes are to be found in the
corn and cotton ields-the grown ones
hang around the towns, and the picanin-
mics 90 10 school at the expense OF the
public school fund.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
Pollution of a We'll.


Some vile wretch. whose liquor did not
set we'll on bis stomach. cast IL all into
the lower public well one night last week,
the discovery OF which has caused the
people TO stop using the water therefrom.
when one becomes 80 low and DEGRADED
as TO be guilty Of an act Of this kind he
should DO taken out and publicly whipped.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03

best and surest preventive Is DUFFY's
PURE MALT WHISKY. Recommended
by leading physicians. sold By druggists
and gOrcerB.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
If ,ras Too Previous.

FFNTI NJ IFIVIIII w
The State press has wisely let up on
GOvernOr-makinR. admitting the fact that
the birth Of the GubernatOrial campaign
was premature.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
CLOTHING.
PLAIN TALK.


possible procure
OF Clothing
be
Sa0t
o
line Of Furnishing
- EMO NH CH IL.
159 Broughton St, Sign of the Golden Arm.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03
arntrnI
INDIGESTION CURED.

/ suffered for more than ave years with in
digestion, scsrcely able 70 retaIn the aim pleat
food on my stomach. The burning sensation
was almost intOlerable, and my whole system
was deranged. / was wa6efuliand could not
sleep, and consequently more 0r less nervous
all the time. i dsolined inlf flesh, and suffered
all the usual depression q ttemdAht upon this
terrible disease In word Idwas miserable.
At last, failing 70 find relief IN an ything else.
/ commehseLti the use of Swifrs specific. I
began t0simprove at once. The medicine
toned up the stom0eh, strengthened the diges-
tive organs. and soon all that burning ceased,
and l could retain food without dificulty.
Now my health IL good, and can eat anything
in the shape Of food, and digest 1t without the
slightest difficulty. ] most cheerfuily bear
this testimony, because there are hundreds
suffering as was, and | am sure they can be
as readily healed. Take the prescribed dose
after eating, instead OF before.
JAMES MANN
No. "a Ivy Street, Atlanta, Ga.
MAY 1g, 1895.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
NY, l57 w 23d st. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03

OhphhAAs
Hay in Greensboro has jumped up from
Zoe. to Toe. per hundred.
Cotton around Irwinton has been greatly
damaged by the continuous wet weather.
A mOuntaineer was in Athens Wednes-
day with wagon load of nice apples that
he retatled at Boo. per bushel, or three
bushels for 81.
Lawrenceville Herald: 1t has been a
long time since we have seen farmers on
our streets trying to sell corn at SOC
bushel. Last Saturday we met farmer
Offering to deliver a considerable guam
tity at that price. 1t is rather hard upon
planters to buy corn at 81 to make crop
on and then have to hack it around at half
that price.
Capt. Fred WimberIy, of Twiggs
county, gathered AZ bushels of corn from
measured acre patch. He gave the
hands on his place adinner the other day,
and when they assem- bled in the morning
! he informed them that dinner would be
served Immediately after the gathering
shocking and Smelling of the corn from
the acre patch. u was not great while
before the corn was measured up, show
ing yield OF 40 bushels.
Perry journal: We know several farm
ers near Perry who have lost 70 per cent.
Of their hogs from cholera within the past
two or three months. We do not believe
1t is an exaggeratiOn to say that five
hundred hogs have died with cholera
this season within five miles of Perry.
Yet these farmers Will kill few hogs
this winter and prepare for a big crop
next year. They are not entirely dis
couraged, Such mistortunes do not come
! often,
Hawkinsville NetCs: James Hinson, of
! tho (.nldohOrn pnnirbhnrhaOl g
ty, is very successful in raising one pork
ers, having killed several during the past
! few years that weighed from 500 to 900
! pounds, and one or two perhaps weighing
over 800 pounds. One of Mr.. Hinson's
neighbors informs us that he Hinson
will commence feeding his big hogs on
rice and crackers in few days, and that
| he will also give them sweetened coffee
/ occasionally.
FLORIDA.
| Gadsden county farmers have all made
large crops of sweet potatoes.
Panasoffkee is now shipping vegetables,
| lemons, and sea island cotton.
If the season is good it is estimated that
there will be at least 1000 crates of vege-
| tables shipped from South Apopka next
spring.
The caterpillars have taken possession
| OF Some cotton crops in Hamilton county,
and the owners of the crops have aban-
doned them altogether.
The Starke Telegraph notices oranges
grown on w. H. Dupree's trees, in Brad
| ford county, that weigh nearly pound
each. They are last winters fruit, but
were not plucked until last week.
Mount Dora correspondence of Tavares
HerdLd For the benefit of those who
think that nothing can be grown on the
| high pine land of Florida, we will state
| that one of our citizens has been engaged
| in growing watermelOns the past sum
mer, and he says that from the number OF
melons grown and their weight, his vines
! have yielded at the rate of ten carloads
per acre. Another gentleman says that
his Irish potatoes have produced at the
rate of 200 bushels per acre.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24
Ancient Temperance Pledge.

On the blank leaf of an old English
Bible which has been transmitted from
sire to son through many successive
generations and appears as the prop
erty Of Robert Bolton, B. D., and
preacher of Gods Word at Broughton,
Northamptonshire, is inscribed the
following pledge: |'From this day for
warde to the ende of my life, l will
never pledge any healthe nor drink a
whole carouse in glass cup, bowie, or
other drinking instrument, except ne
cessity doe require it; not to my own
most gracious kinge, nor any the great
est monarch or tyrant upon earth, nor
my dearest friend, nor all the gould in
the world, shall ever enforse me. Not
angel from heaven (who 1 know will
not attempt it) shall persuade; not
Satan, with all his Guide subtleties nor
all the powers of hell itself shall betray
me. By this very SHINE Qor slime it is,
and not little one) 1 doe plainly find
that have more offended and dishon-
ored my glorious Maker and most gra-
cious Saviour than by all other SHINE
that am subject untoe; and for this
very sin it is my God hath often been
strange untoe me and for that cause:
and no other respect, have I thus
vowed, and Heartily beg my good Faith
er in heaven of His great goodness and
mercy in Jesus Christ, to assist me in
this same, and be favorable unto me for
what is past. Amen. Broughton,
April 10, 1637.-R. Bolton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24
JOhnnie'S White Kitten.

Some weeks ago grandma sent word
she had little kittie for Johnnie, a
little white kittie a month old. Now
this was very nice, but how to get the
kittie, from grandma's in New York,
to our home in the country, was a
little puzzling. 1t was almost too
young to send by express; but,
fortunately, young lady friend who
was coming to visit US offered to bring
it with her. She had funny time
with it, as pussy gave vent to the most
heartbreaking mieous the whole way.
When pussy arrived she was very
shy and wild, and would not let any
one 90 near her. This troubled
Johnnie, who is year and half old,
and very fond of pets. But pussy, or
'Minna," as he called her, got cured
of her shyness in rather a singular
manner.
The day after she came she ran
under the front piazza, and no amount
of calling or coaxing could get her out;
we were obliged to leave her there all
night. The next morning we could
find no trace of her, and concluded
she had run away; but she had done
something very different.
About noon, Bridget, the cook, came
to me much trou bled. "Plaize, ma'am, -
said she, 1.-The kitten is crying in the
cellar, and I can't find her at all, at
all" went down into the cellar, and
we searched and searched, but could
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24

not find any trace of kittie, although
we could hear her little pitiful cry. :
l had just concluded she had got
caught someway in the foundations of
the house and would have to die there,
when, looking up, on hearing an extra
loud meiou, I caught glimpse of her
little white head away up by the cell
ing.
How she had managed to climb from
where she went in under the piazza to
the back of the house and to the cellar,
was mystery, but it was proof that
little kittens have more strength
than we usually credit them with.
Well, there she was, and I straight
way proceeded to try and get it
down. I knew if I went to reach for
her, she would Immediately scamper
back and perhaps be hopelessly lost;
so l got saucer of milk, and carefully
held it up, and when she began to lap
it, in a haf-starved manner, I put my
hand over her very quickly and
brought her down.
Oh, how glad our little boy was to
see her again, and how glad pussy was
to get back to the kitchen. Her shy
ness had all disappeared; she let
johnnie stroke her, and played with
him as if she had known him for years.
Since that time nothing will tempt
pussy away from the vicinity of the
kitchen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24
Manure in Gardens.

The best manure for either vegetables
or fruits is we'll decomposed barnyard
manure. 1t is not advisable to use
fresh manure, as in such a condition it
is unfit for plant food, and if it is put
into the soil dry and fresh it is long
time before it gets into condition so
that the roots of plants derive nourish-
ment from it, better place in heap
and allow it to ferment and rot before
putting into the ground. All vegetables
require we'll MANFRED soil, some of
course, much more than others. Cab
bage, celery, sweet corn and cauliflow-
ers especially, require rich soil. For
peas, beans and tomatoes, if the soil is
in tolerably good condition, a top dress
ing of wood ashes applied after blowing
and we'll narrowed in, is excellent in
most kinds of soils. have often raised
better crops of these vegetables when
an application of wood ashes was
given than when barnyard manure
was used; there was less vine and more
fruit. Working the ground at a prop
er time is another essential to be attend
ed to. Clayey land has to be carefully
worked, especially when plowed in the
spring. If wet when plowed it remains
in lumpy condition all summer, and
as a consequence poor crops can only
be expected. Thorough cultivation
before the seeds are put into the ground