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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23

mad looking fellow come over the hill. He
seed me standing there whistling, and
he called me out to one side, and says he,
Partner, did you see an old covered
wagon with two brindle steers pass
through here 'tOther night?
Says |, Il did,
"Well, says he, didn't they have some
lieker?'
''Says l, l don't know" then l smiled.
Now come partner" says he, "tell me
all about it.'
81 took him down thar to Van Brands
lot, and pinted him out the wagon and
the brndle steers. You never seed fell
low laugh as loud and as long in oil yer
life. He just rolled that ticker outn er
Their wagon, quicker ner a jify, aud all
the boys in town had as much as they
could drink for one time"
(which them 'tother fellows 1t was just
fifteen minutes difference in them getting
II miles from here, and the wust skeered
fellows you ever seed.'
And then our funny citizen was con-
vulsed with laughter, as he invited the
boys in to take a "hQrn.r
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
He NIisses the OniIts.
from he Lqwrencsvilis tGa.) Herala.

from tls LdorencsUttje tGd.) Herald.
Jas. |. Harrington, Of this place, is a
hard working blacksmith, but the seven
tenor OF his way" has been rufIled for the
past week By the surreptitious leaving Of
his faithful spouse.
Mr.. Harrington says he came up town
last Monday night week ago 10 buy
some little things for the family. but on
his return home he found that his wife
had decamped, taking with her four or
five bran new quilts, the property Of his
former wife. lie at once began search
ing for bis missing wife and succeeded
last Saturday in finding her in house OF
questionable character. She refused b.
return TO her rightfu1 home, or 10 release
anything she had taken With her, and
ON accnunt of the loss Of four new nuilta.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
Georgia Thrift.

The editor of the Morgan County Ne,oS
has decided not to move his paper to Wat
kinsvile.
The November term of Muscogee Supe.
riOr Court will convene at 10 O'Clock Mon
day morning.
j. NJ. Case, of the Case Manufacturing
Company of Columbus, o., has devoted
much time to the perfection and introduce
t0n Of rolls for flour and corn meal mill
ing. He is now in Augusta superIntend-
ing the placing Of the machinery inJ. NJ.
Berry's new roller corn meal mill, which,
when completed, VIII be one of the most
perfect corn meal roller mills in tn 8
country. The mill will be in operation by
Jan. l.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
They We're skeered.

From the Ldi0rsRceoiUe GA Herald.
"Say, Jedge, take a seat" said a funny
citizen to the HerdLPs ink singer the
other day, and let me tell you about how
the boys made moonshiner git"
After borrowing chew Of tobacco, and
being comfortably seated. our funny
friend went on:
alt was away back yonder in the
seventies, when there was crowd Of
full-souled, fun-lOylng boys around town,
there drove down enc Of our principal
streets after night, an old-style North
Carolina wagon. drawn by two an
Client oxen. A barrel OF moon
shine whisky. fec dog, and two
typical mOuntaineers, constituted tho
sole occupants Of the wagon. Even the
most inexperienced eye could tell II was
their first trip. | was standing in front
OF the fire over there In the Old blue front
bar, when one Of the moonshiners slipped
I'm ~ the back door, and beckOned the bar
keeper ~ one side. GOSH Jedge," said
our friend. IL felt mean streak run clean
through mel ! just winked at some OF
the boys, and you bet there was fun up.
After our moonshine friend had lett we
gathered up a few old base ball bats and
made pursuit. They had just got over the
Old red mill wander by the school house.
Well sir, one OF Fem was a walking Ter
leading Of the fee dog, when he seed us
a-coming. lie looked back one time, and
seed our clubs, which be thought was
guns, and yelled, Reyenuei at The top OF
his voice. aud broke Tor the woods. and n
Won ever heard small timber break. yer
mout OF heard Ii then. Some OF the boys
tuck after him. and round and round they
went over brush piles, swamps, logs and
sioh. until the fellow and the fee dog hid.
THE 'tother fellow, with the steers,
heard his partner yell, and he hit the
ground a running. Well, sir, we Just run
them poor fellows clean Outn the coun-
try. we tuck charge OF the wagon and
got all OF the blockade liquor we wanted
and drove the wagon back 70 town.
ain about two days ! was standing up
IN front OF a store. when l seed long, lean,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23

have some good shots in Milford, and
when the people see them perform they
tremble in their boots. 80
One OF the features of Sells Brothers
circus is a hairy man. While at Albany
the other night some ofthe town boys pro
cured some of that powdered deyEtry
known as ''cow-itch," and while pulling
at and feeling of the extraordinary
growth of hair on the hairy mans body,
RUBBED In lot OF it. Then the BOYS stood
at good distance and watched the poor
ieilow as he sided up to a tent pole, ard
trled 10 scratch his back. The freak was
fearfully wrathy, and his part of the show
was made more prominent than ever by
his gyrations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
Georgia Beasts and Birds.

There are great many birds this season
around Athens, and sportsmen return to
town every evening laden with game.
They occasionally kill field larks and
woodcocks.
Athens Banner Waterman: W. A.
Johnson, OF Crawford, has the
finest pointer dog in Georgia. He does
not have to 20 out in the fields, over bitches
and through brIar patches to find birds,
hut gets in his buggy with the dog and
drives along the road. and II there is a
cOvey OF partridges IN 300 yards of the
road the dog viii scent them, and Mr..
Johnson gets out and kills as many as he
wants. This is hunting in a gentlemanly
manner.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
Monroe's Municipal Election.

MONROE, GA, Nov. 2t.--A large and
enthusiastic crowd met last night at the
courthouse. pursuant 10 the call from the
prohibition committee, to select a ticket
Tor Councilmen. Out Of about four-hft
Of the white citizens present only one an
nounced himself as an anti-prohibltionist,
and be was n sal00n-keeper. Several Gne
speeches were made against the traflic OF
and editor OF the Walton Neics, James A.
Ray, j. r.. Stanford, w. NJ. Michael, and
A. s. Novel; were selected 20 make the
race. There will be no trouble n elect this
ticket. On Tuesday night the young men
will organize Young Mems Prohibition
club.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
Ilore Cor Georgia,s LEGAL Liehts.

Superior Court convenes to-day In Ter
rell and Macon counties.
Alex. Jones. Of Athens, will move TO
Townsville, where he will engage in the
practice OF law.
W. p. Cole and g. W. MerIell have
formed a cOpartnership for the practice
oflaw at CaIroilton, and when Solicitor
Reed moves there he will go into cOpart-
nArship with 5, Il, Grow,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23

from ne sanford MAI Argus.
The Savannah MORNING NEWS, one Of
our most valued exchanges, has added
four extra pages % It's sunday edition
and 10 greatly improved thereby. The
NEWS Is q good paper, and lis readers
will appreciate the enlargement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23

KNOW THYSELF. By reading tho 'sBui-
eDoe of Life,n the best medical work ever
published, for young and middie-aged men.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
IN THREE STATES.
ropGFA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
NC-.HOLTNA PUT IN TYPE.

,,.+a GrocerYTnan Shoots and
I,ills Drunken Nesro-AScon Chi'-
aren Fleeoed by humDug SNOW
planting OF the Glass Tree by the Be-
.tors OF Athens.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
CHINESE aAcEcoyRsE.
The Passion for Play-Lynoh LAW-Gam.
bling for s Dinner.
--Am uo-.xfnaf

The Passion for Play-Lyneh LaW-sam'
bling for s Dinner.
lcomhm Magazine.l
A wide detour round the ditch brings
us into the very thick Of Chinese race
conrse drega Yet these dre9s differ from
their English congeners in being friends
of soap and water, and destitute Of esprit
de corps. There are no shooting stalls, no
shows. and no Aunt Sallies-resl cracks
over their own heads, which must be re-
ceived with patience, are so frequent that
they lose the zest of q joke-but in lieu Of
them, gambling booths Of every shade and
description illustrate the Chinese passion
for play. Gambling booths for large
sums, gambling booths for knickknacks.
gambling booths for high-priced drinka-
bles. gambling booths for low. priced
carton; each booth with an eager throng
of both sexes and of all ages around it,
which renders calculation difficult.
Private Thomas Atkins thinks it will
be pleasant and easy to win a dollar or so
from the heather Chinee. but ere long he
discovers that he has been bested, and
that the heather Chinee is infinitely too
clever for him..
What is that turmoil 1 see in the dis
lance, with o scuttling about of the crowd,
among whom two white helmeted red
coats are conspicuously PROMINENT En-
ragged at having been "done" at the native
rouge ct noir, they put in practice a lite
lynch law, tear down the fragile canvas
booth, arm themselves with the support
ing bamboo poles. clear a space by whirl-
ing them around like The arms OF a wind
mill, impartially rain down cracks on the
skulls of the unresisting surrounders. and
then quietly withdraw to O more reput-
able part of the curse Each party is
perfectly satisfied; the Chinese sharper
gloats over his flched' gains, and the sol
diers think they have taken change in the
vengeance they have executed
The fracas has scarcely interrupted the
flow, or rather the torrent, of gambling.
The young imp of about 8 years old is
really a study Of innate human nature in
this department of vice. He is gambling
for his dinner at the booth of a wrinkled,
diabolical, loathsome old male atrocity
and still more loathsome nag. A form 1T
"blind hockey" is, l fancy. the favorite
form of vice Coin after coin, each worth
about one-tifth Of a farthing, he loses az
his ventures. The imp's face lowers, and
his features become contorted with angry
excitement; faster, faster he plays regard
less Of his fifths of farthings, until at last
he wins.
With a growl ore would never havn
supposed that boyish throat could have
emitted, he dashes on one side up to tho
tray of raw meat, Seizes a lump or horri-
hla OarhaOe with sinOu1ar 1pYtnritV nv
mean of chopsticks, plunges 1t into q
kettle of boiling rancid grease, and then
rams the dreadful morsel into his throat.
His cheeks are distended to near bursting,
the tears of scalding suffocation stand 10
his eyes, and he nearly chokes; but still
he wears your thorough gamblers expires
sion Of delight at having at last won.
Childhood's innocence is not a pretty
sight out here. Are these creature
really akin to English childhood.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16

If THE cOlorsd people never have
any representation in Office in the
county they have only themselves to
blame. The white citizens cannot
allow them the privilege Of electing
white thieves, and then give them
places for three or four colored men
also. If they come out honestly and
boldly and assist in cleaning out Beck
and Company this election, they may
rely on the whites dealing with their
race with great liberality and fairness
in the future.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
PrOhtless Patents.
american Machinist.

Probably not one in ten of the patents
Issued is ever heard from afterward, and
ST those that do find some kind of a foot.
ing, in about nine cases out of ten it
would have been better for the inventor
and those interested with him if they had
been abandoned. If those who are anx-
ious to show up what they call the monop.
oily of invention will take the trouble to
divide all they can charge in the way of
profits to patents by the total number of
patentees, they will not find the quotient
a%larmingly large.
In The Official Gazette of July 81 the
number of the last patent recorded is
1922 Sl. If all the profits arising from
patents were accounted for, and from this
the cost, actual and incidental, deducted,
the sum left to divide would in all prob:
ability be a minus quantity. A good
deal Of the progress of the country is due
to invention, Notwithstanding which in:
ventors, as a class, are poorly paid, If
paid at all, which seems doubtful.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
Poisoned by a stingaree.

Mai Sheffield, who was out on crutches
the other day receiving the congratula-
tons of his friends, stated that he felt
first rate, and hoped to be able to throw
away his wooden legs in a short while
To a Register man he gave some add.
tional information concerning his en-.
counter with q stingaree. The fish was,
he said, about a yard wide, and the sting
penetrated his leg about three inches. The
first sensation was as If he had been
pinched right sharply. He was about
200 yards from the shore at the time.
Knowing himself hurt, he rowed as rap
idly as possible. About half way in the
poison began to pass through the system,
and the pain became terrible. When the
sting was pulled out the barbs spread out
all around and lacerated the flesh, making
q hole IN inch wide.
Ordinarily, " said the major, "a little
whisky effects me very quickly, but on
this occasion l drank over q pint of
whisky-maybe a quart-and swallowed
two doses of morphine, and all Of it had
no more effect than so much water.
"Did you holler?"
mo, but l groaned and l grit my teeth
mighty hard. l tell you it was the most
awful sufferinga man ever passed through:
| don't think | could have stood any more
of it than l got. l believe l would have
gone to pieces if it had not let up just
when it did Three more minutes Of il
would have made me crazy"
slow long did the pain last?"
"The severe pain lasted five solid hours
My leg swelled up as big as a watermelon.
and it hurt in every inch of its increased
proportions. Since the pain stopped
have had a pleasant time. l cannot begir
to tell you how kind everybody has beef
to me.n
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
A Notable
NAWELToN, LAu Oct. 18th, 1885
Editor Commercial Herald.

NAwELToN, La, Oct. 18th, 1885.
Editor Commercial Herald.
One OF the most notable weddings
that has ave occurred in this vicinity
amongst the Israelites was celebrated
last evening at the residence of the
brides parents, NJ. S. Jacoby. The
principals were Miss Jenny and Mr..
Leopold Elgutter, both of this village.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. Bien, Of Vicksburg. After
the ceremony a handsome supper was
partaken of, whence the guests pro-
ceeded to the large and commodious
residence Of Mr.. Sol Elgutter, where
the music played and the ladies twirl'd
until daylight. Miss Jennie the bride
is justly pronounced to be one of the
most beautiful ladies in this section.
The bride and groom left at a late
hour on board the T. P feathers to
spend a weeks honeymoon in New
Orleans. They will return to take up
their abode in our midst. The presentsl
were numerous and elegant.
Yours truly,
MIRIAM,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16

THE Vicksburg Fair Association
may now be regarded as a success. a
permanent organization was Effected
yesterday, the directory increased, and
the grounds, ETC., leased out for the
first meeting in November for 8 per
cent on the stock. This was done by
a large and earnest meeting of the
stockholders, and we think the show
ing will satisfy the most critical.
We are particularly gratiGed at the
resolution which was unanimously
adopted. which prevents the manage
ment from running the property in
debt. That will guarantee the perma-
iency of the Association, and give to
the stock a value that could be impart-
ed to it in no other way.
We are informed the lessees will at
once prepare for a meeting of such
proportions that it will give the city a
regular boom in November. We
trust the stockholders will individually
and collectively do ill in their power
TO continue the success Of a little en-
terprise that promises SO much fol
them and the city.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
BECK AT FREEToWN.
A statement Of a Person Who Was
There and Witnessed His Bull
doing QoIorsd WorreII Speakers.

A statement Of a Person Who Was
There and Witnessed His Bull
doing QoIorsd WorreIl Speakers.
was at the meeting at Freetown
on the night Of October 9Th, when Mr..
Beck insulted the Worrell men present
and his strikers drove several Worrell
men off the hill. Mr.. Beck in his
speech said the Worrell men present
had been paid 81 each to come to the
meeting. l denied this, telling him
there were no Worrell men present
being paid a cent to come there. When
jim Martin took the stand and an
nounced that he was there in the in
terest of Capt. Worrell, the strikers in
terrupted him, and one of them
stepped mp in front of him,
between him and the audience,
and commenced to speak, in a loud
tone of voice, drowning out every
word that Martin said. The conse-
queDce was Martin had to quit and get
down. As soon as Martin quit, Bob
Hamilton attempted to speak. Beck
told him to hush, and said: IF you do
not hush, l will make you hush" Bob
did hush and went outside. a short
time after this John Caldwell. one OF
Beck's drunken strikers. went to an
eating stand near the house, when the
speaking was going on and fired his
pistol. A number of persons saw him
fire the shot. Beck took no notice Of
these disturbances, but encouraged
them w. w. NEsMITH.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
B~ULLDOZERS AGAIN

Hon. n. c. Carter Assaulted by the
Chairman of a Meeting at Holly
GroVe--Sherlff Beck's Plans Work
Admirably.
A political meeting was called for
last night at Esquire George W. Daven-
ports Office, near Holly Grove church.
Sheriff Beck and his strikers were
out in force, and of course
secured the organization of the meet
ing. Speeches were made by Sheriff
Beck ana others. When Carter was
called to the stand and announced him.
self an advocate of Capt. Worrell's
cause in the canvass, he soon became
the target for interruption and insults
from the strikers in the audience, to
whom he replied with the
spirit due the occasion, and
the repartee became rather
animated when the chairman of the
meeting himself interrupted him. Car
ter turned and told the chairman to
keep still, saying "Beck owns you, and
you yea his collar now," and turning
to the audience resumed his address,
when the chairman, from behind
struck him in the head with a heavy
blow from his fist, staggering him and
cutting a long cash in his forehead.
The crowd surged around and pre-
vented Carter from getting his
pistol out until he got near
the door, when he prepared TO defend
himself and invited any Of them that
wanted to follow him to come into the
road.
Beck said ''lets go and take a drink"
and the crowd followed him over to a
store lear by and a flowing bumper
was drank at his expense on the
strength Of the result of the evening.
Mr.. Beck has evidently laid his
plans well and with his bulldozing
strikers is determined to quiet and
stop the mouth Of every Worrell or
Democratic negro in the county.
What next.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
WANTS TO EXPLAIN.

Mr.. DEMO, who was advocating Beck
out in the county, wants to explain.
Before the first County Democratic
Convention met he wanted to explain.
When it met, and a resolution was
passed by an overwhelming majority
requiring all those who took part to
pledge themselves to support the ticket
he wanted to explain.
We suggest to him that no further
explanations are necessary. When a
mar goes out miles in the country to
work for a rich Radical boss, the peo-
pie draw their own conclusions.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
A Brutal Prize FIght In Montana.

BUTTE, MONTANA, Oct 10.-A prize
fight characterized by great brutality,
occurred yesterday. The contestants
were Mat Rooney, an old time Lead.
vile bruiser, and ALT. Bates, a Mon
tana boy. The fight occurred about 4
miles from the city, in a secluded spot
in the mountains and was witnessed bv
about twenty people. The whole az
fair was carried on with the utmost
secrecy. The fight was with bare
knuckles to the finish. Two rounds
were fought, in both of which Bates
was the winner. Rooney was badly
punished and laid up from his injuries.
Bates received no punishment. The
principals and all who participated
will be arrested.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
southern sweden sink ing.
ICornhill Magazine.l

Southern Sweden is now sinking, an
inch at a time, under the brackish waves
of the encroaching Baltic. Streets in
Swedish towns, originally built, no doubt
dixie most other s%treets), above high
water mark. now lie below the tide (Which
must be very uncomfortable for their
owners, with other earlier and still lower
streets beneath and beyond them. The
whole peninsula. in fact is gradually dis
appearing beneath the waters of the
Baltic,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
Edwards Dots,
EDWARDS, MISS, DC

EDWARDS, MISS, Oct. 10, 1885.
The long contested cast of Nat
McGowen VS.. the V. s. M. railroad,
was compromised to-day in favor of
the plaintiff. he receiving 81, 500, the
railroad company paying the doctors
bill and all court costs incurred in the
case. The old negro is happy, and the
railroad company congratulate them
selves on having gotten off lucky, as
the circuit court had given him a
verdict twice for a much larger
amount.
Our town received 116 bales of cot
ton to-day, price ranging from 81 to IL
cents.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
Grain Farms and Cattle Ranch
Swept by Prairie Fire.

swept by Prairie Fire,
PIERCE, NEB., Oct. 10.-A terrible
and wide spread prairie fire is raging
in the northeaster part of this, Pierce
county, and in the adjoining counties
of Cedar, Wayne, and Knox. A high
wind has been blowing the last twenty
four hours and the great fire has been
travelling with remarkable rapidity.
Hay on every farm in the course Of
the fire has been swept off, many set.
tiers have lost barns, sheds and out
houses, and one man his dwelling
place. All hay on Logan bottoms,
which has been put up for cattle
on Col. OFFS Cedar county ranch, a
farm containing 5000 acres, has been
destroyed. There are many large
herds of cattle. in that region and as
they have been destroyed, the loss will
be very severe on stock men. The fire,
which seems to have started about the
centre of Knox county, just below the
Santee Sioux Indian reservation, has
been beating south against a strong
wind, which has materially stayed its
progress. Should this wind suddenly
let up the fire may penetrate the
southern border of this county and
work i~ncalculable damage.
BISMARCK, OAK, Oct. 10-Three
prairie fires were started near this city
yesterday, it is thought by sparks from
engines on the Northern Pacific road.
One of the fires was started within the
city limits, and passing north destroyed
a large amount of property. This fire
is still raging. Like all previous
prairie blazes it is beyond the control
Of the FARMERS.