Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-04
GEORGIA.


A negro woman stole some dresses in
Columbus au6 used one OF them as her
baptisma robe.
The twenty-five additional hydrants for
Brunswick will necessitate four more
miles of piping.
W. &. AGREE. the indeDendent candidate
for the Legislature from Jasper county,
is running his TENTH race.
There was race in Columbus " edues-
day between a man on bicycle and a
horse. The wbeemsn won.
The lumber for the Presbyterian par
souage AZ Brunswick is being hauled to
the site OF the new building.
The barrel factory of c. Downing s. Co.
at Brunswick is now running to it's fun
capacity, trying to keep ahead OF orders.
K n. Flouelder, who was carried to
MiledgeyIll9 from Jackson upon writ OF
unacy last month, died Friday In tue
asylum.
The building superintendent of the cot
ton compress at Americas holds prayer
meeting every morning for the benefit of
the wOrkmen.
Ada Fulton, e colored servant in Amer
icus, raised an order from 81 80 TO s. so,
for which she will have hearing before
the United States Court in Macon.
DIR. Schlatter has presented Prof.
Woods, for the Brunswick school tund,
So, $50. 1t was all Confederate money,
however.
Cooks mill, in Glynn county, did not
run on the evening OF Sept. ~. The hands
were at home waiting for the earthquake
that didn't come.
There were COS voters tina: registered
In Ebert county. leaving 800 or 400 who
have not registered. The law requires
another registration before the election for
county officers in January.
John J. Black, who has heretofore been
an applicant for the position Of Postmas-
ter Of the Rome post office, has with
drawn. The applicants now are Il. j.
Magruder, w. l.. Gordon. Dallas Turner,
w. Fl. Adkins, Foster Harper and James
Hill.
r. FL. Warren and T. NJ Ticknor, of
Albany, are 1nclosing large pasture on
the river, three miles below Albany, with
a view OF establishing a stock farm. They
propose TO buy common cattle of the
country and breed to Jerseys, which n.y.
Bird makes tiae beef cattle.
In a dispatch from Bailey, in Satur-
days issue OF the MORNING NEWS, it was
stated that the Rev. Mr. Hendry left that
place in an unfriendly frame of mind. IL
should have been Surrency. 1t is claimed
by Brantley's friends at BaXley that he
will have $50 majority in Appling county,
A company of men in Jacksonville have
bought % acres OF bottom lands on the
Withlacoochee river near Ousley station,
and will establish thereon au extensive
brick factory. They nave sufficiently
tested the clay, and they assert that they
can make as lo0d brick there as can be
made in Georgia. ft
Bangs created sensation in the thea
ire at Atlanta Saturday night by apollo
Rsing 20 the audience for mis- miserable
support, which he said humiliated and
mortified him. They were not in sympa-
thy with him and dldG't try to support
HIM, but were worse than when they be-
gan, despite daily rehearsals.
When Rev. Jesse Cook was hanged, on
Sept. Il, his body was turned over to his
friends, who put it on the night train for
Box Springs. Tue negroes at Butler as.
sert that tue body was warm and perspir-
ing when 90 turned over. and that Cooks
friends have carefully nursed him back to
life. There are white people who join in
this belief.
Bob Murray. one OF the most reliable
planters OF Calhoun county, was in Daw-
son last Tuesday and told of sure cure
Tor hog chol=Ta. Several Years ago Mr..
Murray's hogs were dying in large num-
bers with cholera, and be checked It's
rayages by mixing with their food mod
crate quantity of soda. A few days ago
cholera again attacked bis hogs, and he
lost twelve in one day. He atonce began
giving soda, and has not had a hog to die
since. While IN Dawson Mr.. Murray
bought eight pounds OF soda for his hogs.
At Macon Saturday George Jones. a
negro barber, was arrested for commit.
ting q criminal assault on negro girl
Inv ts,It h.
girl to the theatre Friday night, and she
claims that while returning home he COM
united an assault az the point Of pistol.
Jones was taken before Justice Freeman
sud, in default ola $500 bond, was commit
red 10 jail. Both Jones aud the girl tigure
quite prominently in heightened colOred
society. The affair has created no small
amount OF excitement among the colored
population.
At Athens Saturday Capt. Oliver re-
celved a letter frGm Lampasas, Tex,
asking If S. G. W healess is in Athens, and
stating that he is badly wanted in Texas.
The letter contains q photograph of young
Wneeless. He is well known in Athens
and is son OF Mrs. Hamilton Huggins,
and il will be remembered he shot his
tather-in law in the hand during diff
Guilty at Gainesville, Ga. Besides other
crimes, young Wheeless robbed his
IlOtHbI VI Fll,OOOs III SsGub INaJ SnR
placed him in charge of ranch in Texas.
when be turned the entire property into
cash and left for parts unknown, He has
not been seen around Athens, aud tie
opinion is that he has sought refuge in
Canada.
Four tons OF giant powder were ex-
ploded in a well SUNK tnirty-ive feet
deep into the solid granite OF Stone
Mountain at 4 O'Clock Saturday alter.
noon. After the powder was stored away
IN the chambers al tire bottom OF the
we'll, the well was filled up TO the surface
ana ignited by means Of electricity. A
person at the foot Of the mountain would
probably have heard the explosion. but
az a sensation the blast was a failure.
Whether IT, was a success in breaking up
the stone it Win take several DAYS 10 de.
teTDine. Slight cracks were discovered
mere and there. quite number OF per-
sons went from Atlanta 10 witness the
blast. Future blasts will be made al A
depth OF from 100 70 200 feer, in wuica
from thirty 10 dlUy tons will be en-
ployed.
A sad accident befel W. s. Bowls. OF
Mitchell county, ON Thursday evening.
he wGs ginuinl and, icing annoyed at
the shipping el the belt, undertook 10 tai.
low II while the Kin WAS running. In
sore way ma hand was caught by the
belt on the gin puies, the palm up; in an
Instant the arm wa5 wrapped around the