Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-28

Wavnesboro True Citizen: L. B. Clay,
the artesian well man, has gone to Sa-
Yannah TO complete the well for that city.
W nile at Midwife Monday night ne was
badly burned. Our informant said that
the left side of his face and eye looked as
Il not wax had been poured over them, 1t
occurred thualy: He had a lot Of loose
smoking tobacco in one pocket and a lot
OF powder in another. He "lOaded" his
pipe from the wrong pocket, and, apply
ing match, met an explosion which
damaged his phySiOgnomy as above mar
rated. Clay threw away his pipe, and
swears he will never smoke again, and
by SO doing has probably saved himself of
the fashionable disease of an attack OF
cancer on the tongue.
Following is list Of the honors award
ed for the ensuing commencement at
Wesleyan University at Macon: Valedc-
tories, Miss Lizzie Leterett, Eatonton;
salutatory, Miss Fay Cranberry. Junior
piaces-Misses Berta Hardeman, Annie
Allen, Ada Murphy, Annie Baer, Chloe
smith, Emma Smith, Annie Brown, Emma
Norris, Annie Hyer, Lynn Branham,
Murphree and Lizzie Wylie.
This place was decided by lot, Misses
Wright, Robert aud Burghard pos
sessing each equal merit. Sophomore
places-Misses Flew Reese, Laura Hun
vi CAAA4OAu 0BdiLs AulAlC MIL ib's A4lNAlC
Peek, Lilly Mitchell, Josie Williams,
Maud Campbell, Hattie Rogers, Bertha
Rogers, Daisy White and Emmie Burr.
In OglethOrpe county, as two ladies
were returning from DR.. Willingham's,
they came by the tish-pOnd, and one of
them seeing beautiful duck swimming
near the shore showed it to the other.
who, feeling very anxious to possess
the beautiful fowl, persuaded her COM
panion to be very quiet for minute while
she could creep up and catch the duck.
She commenced to crawl and for thirty
yards went at a snaiPs pace through the
grass and among the bushes along the
bank. When she could almost grasp the
duck her heart was beating almost loud
enough to brighten the fowl. She became
very quiet and at once pounced upon the
duck, grabbing him by the neck. She
realized to her great dismay that she had
captured a decoy.
j. w. Wallace, who has recently re-
moved to Americas from Brunswick, has
very old silver cup. He was gathering
oysters in the bay near Brunswick, in
1879, and brought the cup from the bot
tom. 1t was ilattened out and black with
cOrr0sion. He cleaned it off and straight
ened it to its original form. 1t is of solid
silver beaten very thin and an elaborate
design Of grape vines stamped in bold re-
lief on the rim. Encircled with a scroll
are the letters ct. H. b. in English
script. The cup will hold about a pint,
and is oruamented with tall handle that
IS beaten into handsome design. Many
conjectures have been made as to how the
cup came there, one very probable idea
being that it was dropped overheard by a
gentleman named Thomas II. Bloom, who
accompanied OglethOrpe's expedition at
the time Frederick was settled.
Gainesville Edqie: Gen. Longstreet has
received notice to send some one acquaint-
ed with his accounts to Washington to
explain them to the Treasury Department,
to the end that they may be audited and
paid. Mr.. 0. Z. Mitchell, who was Gen.
LOngstreet's bOokkeeper while he was
United States Marshal, has already gone
on for this purpose. This will be good
news for Gen. Longstreet and the men
who served under him. The partisan
Radical administration turned Gen. Long
street out because he was too conserVa-
tive and decent, to put in Skowhegan
Bryant, who could be depended on to do
the dirty work which Gen. LOngstreet was
too heightened to perform, and 1t has re-
manned for a Democratic administration
to do him simple justice and pay his ac-
counts. When this work is finished there
is another little job for the administra-
ton to do in this connection and that is to
put out Skowhegan and fill his place with
a decent man, the which let us hope will
not long be deferred.
WaycrOss Headlights: Last week man
came to Col. II. 5. III erriOt. Of Pearson,
and desired TO know if he would 90 a short
distance up the railroad and perform
marriage ceremony. The Colonel replied
that he would try TO be on hand, so about
shutdown he walked up the railroad about
100 yards from that little town. and was
met by a man, woman and two small
children, the man having q sack of pOta-
toes on his back. The man of the law
asked il this was the marriage party, and
was told that it was, when he, with the
license in his hand, standing on one
crOsstie, the marriage party on another,
proceeded to make the man and woman
one, according to the statutes. After the
ceremony-it was then dark-COl. Her.
riot asked the groom where he was going,
and the reply was that he ''intended to
split right through the woods for hOme,"
about six miles, and then, amid the gath
ering gloom OF darkness and the sOughing
of the wind as it swept through the tree
tops, this pair meandered homeward, and
the peeping stars nodded and blinked and
nature smiled, for two souls ''were made
happy" The parties were white.
Edward, the 15-year-Old son of b. f.
Carbon. who resides near the ROckdale
line in Loves district, OF Henry county,
came to his death last week under singu-
larry distressing circumstances. He was
blowing in a bottom field about half a
mile from the house, when he turned up
quantity of root that resembled parsnip
in appearance. A younger brother was
with him, and, suspecting no harm, they
ate some Of the root. 1t proved to be red
angelica, deadly poison. In a few min
utes the younger one became deathly
sick and started for the house, but had
not proceeded far before he was seized
with commissions and fell to the ground.
He was discovered in this condition
shortly afterwards and conveyed TO the
house. A liberal drenching with sweet
milk and salt caused him TO vomit and he
revived. This treatment was repeated
and he grew perceptibly better, and in a
few hours recovered sufficiently to sit up.
DR.. Gunter was summoned as speedily as
possible, under whose skilltul treatment
the little fellow has since recovered,
though he exhibits occasional symptoms
of the poison yet. When the younger
brother became sick and started towards
the house, Edward resumed his blowing.
In about ten minutes he, too, was seized
with commissions, and died before assist
ance could reach him.
Columbus EHQulrer-Sun: When the
steamer Chipley reached Bristol on her
last down trip, Messrs. Neal and Johnson
90 ,,Iana Jrova on boord about ttypn-