Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-27

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pike 4 Bros. nave taken the con-
trIct to build the duoiI'oH " 'No '0ii'0'
'0.a at IIoSansVlIie.
hudson, of Clarke county, says he
l'- n,.,nt a peck of corn in his lite,
Fl e'' ~. lnlnks ne Will have TO vary the
lD ~ wear. as he will not make
I'D, ia run him two months. He mas
"a ''77. ni- bottoms five times, but still
.r,n prospects in Clarke cOun-
i. r'w very bright. The recent
yo,ch caused the farmers to be
.'up .nr the time being, held up,
.,..n,r several days Of sunshine, which
ti,Irrs OK the soil utilized TO their ut
r1.-. aad crops were rapidly cleaned OF
- and bv the time the next rain ar
.l ,'rI many of the fields were in excellent
'ndlfIon to receive it. Both corn and
.,ron are looking extremely well and
I eioh harvest Of both are expected.
An election has been ordered by the
o4lin9ry on the prohibition question in
n elmer county. Excitement, as usual on
,Is ]ssue. mas kept pace with its accus-
ned prestige. and on Friday reached IS
,,l,ninating point. The prohibltiOnists
iod invited the whisky men 10 discuss the
ines involved in the bill, and according
a agreement the day was the occasion OF
III 10 mint uiStu5SlOHs SOls Ia W SOlCihtAhS
" rittpd Young lawyer, spoke for prohibit
+6n while Col. john p. Perry, another
Young lawyer of promise, advocated
ir6iskv. The election takes place Aug. 10.
The sheep pastures OF George Booth, in
n Clarke county, present deathly appear
ance. Living all over the field are the
b,lfeaten carcasses of sheep, while at
a regular intervals among them are the
dead bodies of dogs of every color and
Kind. The buzzards have been attracted
N nv the carcasses of sheep and dogs, aud
tiAy TOO. after eating the dogs, drop dead
in The field, Mr.. Booth has been promised
a. nice little lawsuit for killing one or two
fine hounds. He SAYS he is able to stand
il. especially if he can get farmers on the
n iprv who have ever raised sheep and had
them killed by dogs.
The bidders for the contract Of building
4 Brunswick's new hotel have been found
4 TO be wanting in financial backing, eX-
cent in the case Of q. Ii. Cowman u Co.,
and they refuse to deposit $15, 900 as secu-
ry for the faithful performance OF the
work. SO that new bids will have to be
obtained before the work is contracted
for. Tlis will be done, but no effort will
now be made TO finish the hotel until the
\ fall of 1891. 1t would be big job to start
even now and get the hotel up in time for
next winters operations. 1t could be
done, but it would require the pushing of
the work to degree that might possibly
Getract from it's excellence.
The Chattahoochee, the new govern
ment boat, reached Columbus Saturday.
The Chattahoochee WAS built at Louis
vile to take the place of the old Clara
Cunning in government work on the
Ubattahoochee river She is about the
size Of the Clara, and her hull is built af-
ter the same manner. She is not a pre-
possessing craft, but she was built for work
and not beauty. Some steamboat men
regard her construction as rather curious,
ald do not think she will answer the pur-
pose as we'll as expected. Work on the
ChattahOOchee river Will begin as soon as
there is an available appropriation OF
efficient amount to warrant it.
John Denney, an honest and reliable
farmer living near Whitfeld's Crossing,
four miles from Hogansville. tells of this
peculiar circumstance: Some two weeks
ago he had some small guineas following
hen. One day they were missing, and
at the same time the peculiar actions of
the hen were noticed. She would walk
round and round, clucking all the time as
ii she was coaXing the brood of guineas to
follow her. On the following day the
hens strange manWuvers were continued.
An investigation was made. and it was
discovered that the guineas had been
charmed by large chicken snake. and
were quietly sitting, unharmed, in his
coils. When discovered the snake had
swallowed the mead and neck of a live
chicken the size OF partridge.
On Sunday morning last George A. Par
ham, residing above Norwood, took a
crazy negro woman to Warrenton and
committed her to jail. She had become
insane only day or two previous. She
went TO the residence of MIR. Parham on
Saturday afternoon while the latter was
away and frightened Mrs. Parham and
leT daughters to the verge of Mysteries.
eue odered to do them no violence, but in
sisted upon going through the house and
getung on the beds. While she WAS in
JAIL she tore all Of her clothing from her
person, and smashed to pieces the bed
stead and everything she could Law her
hands upon. On Monday morning she
was tried before a lunacy commission and
adludged insane, and in the afternoon
was sent to the asylum at MlledgevilIe.
Lue cause OF her insanity is said to be
tae loos Of her child, which died some time
since.
Waynesboro True Citizen: Sol Weth-
tIlann has turkey hen which he has
uleu 70 set twice this year, but has failed
Plioh tlS BOUu T6bulbS Sought IOT
up 10 this date. At the first trial some
ming destroyed the eggs, and on the sec
ou9 lrlal heavy rain washed toe hen up
auu tne eggs of and he has never seen
auylhlng OF them since, completely break
ms ler up from setting. A few days
aso ne missed his old gObbler and at
Ohge proceeded to investigate the
sudden departure of his tavOrite old fowl.
SedrcA around his premises soon re-
teaieu MS whereabouts, bis gObbership
uallng found a couple OF old eggs and
, Vas Ihdustrlously endeavoring to hatch
s st' Mr.. w. at first supposed him to be
IN out soon found out his mistake.
nen ne comes of and is fed he imme-
WWaeIy goes back and commences his set
a, , W. mas given him a tull setting of
s sr.uta eggs 10 try the experiment, and is
"S'Ing Developments.
a romantic marriage occurred at the
-,uIDtll House at Atlanta Sunday. For
g'fcral months past Prot. J. Il. Camp and
rs ,'ss JOia Florence, both OF Powder
,aP,tnse' have been deyotedly attached 10
s suVn otner, and but for the strong Oppo.
ria s'on Ol the young lady's mother toe mar
,ase you'd have taken place some time
ot TI0l Camp did all in his power 10
rr 'H 'u9 sanction OF the mother TO the
s0u cut she strenuOusly opposed IT,
v. "u esiu She would never consent. The
LUX people were determined % marry,
90 scneme was put on loot, which
yi",u admirably and successfully. The
sD3 iady planned visit TO relatives
uu0 friends in Palmetto and ona dav