Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-13

Po.,',1aDta-Iincoln County Negroes
-a-,,.,,orized by a Salamander-Two
Norroes Engage in Disastrous
wrestling Bouton Roller Skates.
GEORGIA.
t,9oe and Mrs. o. A. Lochrane and Mr..
tgcin Lochraue Joined tne rlrst bapUlsI
abnrch at Atlanta sunday
NJ book committee of the Acworth
-. LL9 association have ordered about
L laa' ,'olnmes. and will continue to add to
the list. ,.- o,--..- -,
7-iiia Rica. has sold out its machinery,
end il is being shippedto Lordsourg, New
Mexico.
sarurdav young man by the name OF
y,1r.o,1gh was killed six miles east OF
SerroHton. by the team he was driving
ling frightened and running away
with him.
Tba Confederate Survivors, Association
of Augusta have appointed committee
n endeavor to secure the attendance Oh
Ron. Jefferson Davis IN Augusta oh me- ne
mortal day. Should Mr.. Davis accept Uue
ipyitation, an ovation is assured
IN IoolEing over the records in the
olert,s office of Floyd county 1t has been
SoTnd that at least u, 900 acres OF land Is
nwned nv foreign capitalists in that cOun-
Nv The county is one of the smallest in
t5e Stateand the land is decided to various
long loan companies
At Elberton Saturday a man named
Rut1er was arrested by two officers, ana
while the attorneys were discussing the
legality of his arrest before Judge Carl
ton Butler quietly walked of. Another
warrant was issued for MN DuJ ne mas
not been brought in yet.
.,--.ou oCrpfv has tvVpntV-tWO OOgf
offices. viz: Aliens Mills, Banning, Bow
don. Carrollton, County Line, Curtis,
Tmbrv, Fits, Hollands, Joel, Lowell,
Nabrv, Mount Zion, Burwell, Plowshare,
Koopvile, Sand Hill, Shady Grove, Tenn
pie. Victory, Villa Riea, Whitesburg,
Glenn.
At Atlanta last month at the station
house 800 cases were made, 203 of which
were fined and $50 dismissed. The
amount of fines imposed footed up ST.
462 so f6S white males and 10 white
females, and 141 colored males and 81
colered females stood up before His
Honor.
The committee having under considera-
ton the building of a house of refuge at
Atlanta will hold its next meeting Tues
day night, A ril 90, and will be addressed
by the Rev. z. Eddy, and other distin-
guished humanitarians. 1t is pretty well
settled now that Atlanta will have
house of refuge.
samuel Belt, of Ebert county, has in
vented a cotton chopper, harrow, and
scraper combined, which IS said to do the
work of six men. A patent will be APP
Piled for at once. The machine is said to
be practical. and therefore a success.
Mr.. Belt has been offered So, 600 for the eK-
elusive right to sell the machine in
Georgia.
At the skating rink at Macon Saturday
night Til Morris and Tom Brown, both
negroes, decided to try a wrestling match
on skates. They clinched, and in their
Jealous efforts the skates took a gleefuI
part. The result was that Brown skates
rolled off and threw him to the hard floor,
and Morris fell on him and Browns thigh
was broken.
The medal made for the fireman's pa
rade at Macon is a marvel of beauty.
Pendent from a piece of scroll work, on
which is engraved the firm name, hangs
round piece Of dead gold with raised fire.
mems emblems in raised gold and enamel
for the central design. A fire engine with
hose, trumpet and helmet are the en-
blems. On the reverse are a crown and
wreath, beautifully engraved.
J. NJ. Cox, OF Mitchell county, is in
Macon f9r the purpose OF presenting to
the people an invention Of his own. 1t is
a cotton thresher and fire eXtinguisher,
an attachment for cotton gins. BY means
of this invention it is proposed to do away
with the burning Of all ginhOuses, from
matches left by accident or otherwise in
cotton, and by friction, and to improve
lint cotton from nc. to 70. per pound.
One week has elapsed since the waters
receded from the streets and Rome is
again resuming her normal appearance.
Wet goods have nearly all been dried and
inns ense quantities have been sold.
StCves and residences are being rapidly
placed in a good condition. mail and tele-
graph connections have been restored;
the banks have resumed: the streets are
in passable condition, and evidences of
the great freshet are fast disappearing.
The work Of relief is systematically car
ried on.
Lincoln county can boast of a youth
who possesses some strange powers, which
'lay in the shade" the phenomenal power
Of Lula Hurst. He is represented as
simon pure ire eater. He can with i'm
punity swallow the blaze from a burn
ing torch. Some, who are intimately
acquainted with him, say that he is alb
solutely iRcombUstlble, and gave as an
instance that once when burning q coal
kiln, he fell in and yelled powerfully, but
when he came out, complaining OF smOth-
srlng and not burning sensations. He is
the terror of every negro in five miles
Who imagines that it is the work Of the
devil.
Near Fayetteville j. NJ. Dickson has a
eat that has taken some Young squirrels
and nurses them like Kittens. Some of
the hands on his place cut down tree in
which was nest of squirrels. They
caught four little ones and gave them to
Mr.. DicksOn's little boy, who kept them in
wire cage all night in some cotton.
Next morning one of the squirrels seemed
10 be near dead. The boys mother told
him to give it to the cat. as it was dead
The cat picked itup, carried it TO her bed,
and kept il warm until It came to life.
Nae seemed to think so much OF it that
lhey gave her the rest. She keeps all four
as II they were her own kittens.
Atlanta has among her institutions
some exceedingly useful and effective
MISSIONARY workers. namely, the South
eln Baptist Home Mission Board. II en-
ploNs ln regular service $50 missionaries,
VINO supply the pulpits OF 800 churches.
During last year it built ~ new houses of
worship and organized 81 new Baptist
churches. Under the ministry OF these
missionaries there were received into the
churches last year. $500 persons, and the
number OF those who Joined the churches
under the management Of the board was
Z.lH3, making total OF 5,69s. An enOr-
nous amount OF other work has been
zone. The southern BaDtis st Convention