The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-31

own coat when he started to dinner. II
seemed trifle small, and he called the at
tention of several gentlemen to the fact that
he was improving in weight To make his
pleasure more app rent, he turned to a
negro standing b. and asked him if he
wanted coat OF course the reply was in
the affirmative. The aforesaid bank officer
then discovered that he had gi en- away
another mans coat.
There was a gentleman in Washington
the other day who stated that no was wear
ing the same coat in which he Yves married
twenty-five years ago. In reply to ques-
tion as TO the reason why he appeared in
that particular garment, he sail it was his
mascot; that whenever he entered upon
new speculation or made "a new invest
ment, or took any important step in do
nestle or business life, he had always
donned that coat, and t at its charm of
luck had never yet deserted him.
Taylor superior court was called 70 order
on Monday MOI ming by Judge J. N. Smith.
TIE jurors, both gral d and traverse, were
sworn in and Judge Smith delivered his
charge to the jury. After the grand jury
had retired and selected their foreman and
bailiff, they returned to their seats On
account of the ckne $ of Col. w. =. Wal
lace and other attorneys. and the busy con-
dition of the farmers in gatheri g their
crops, the court was postponed until 10
Giles Shoot of Calhoun ,unty has steer
p years Old, with which he made line ee
crops aud is now under good Roadway with
the tie'h. During all this time the
steer has been Mr. Shoots only pillow oni-
NAL. He naS managed 20 support a large
family, and wEile mis- style of living, Of
course, has not been that of a Vanderbilt,
he has succeeded in making both ends meet,
Ike & independent and been content Il and
10, TT l,p 10 Il NlN,.
was coal black, but now ne is as gray as
a rat.
at Thomasville Tuesday morning about
O'Clock, e. A. Norman, who is bookkeeper for
! MeS>rs. Sieyerman, went out of his house to
| frighten away som. dogs that were bark
ing aud dstu bng his sick child. He threw
some bit, of wood at the dogs, one of which
struck tne house of July Bostick (colored.)
July thought that there were burglars
abroad, ana seeking his trusty shot gun, he
discharged it i'll the direction of Mr. Nor
man, who had fortunately jumped behind
a fence. The discharge inflic ed a slight
| scalp wound. Tuesday afternoon, July
pleaded guilty of assault and battery before
Judge Mitohsll, and was sentenced 10 pay
fine Of $50 or twelve months
Saturday night about II O'clock in thu
| Freedmans neighborh0od OF Wilkes county,
a hot supper wound-up as such affairs
or a knife blade stuck into HIM 1t seems
| that a lot of boys were passing along near
| the soane of the fcIst, while another lot
was standing OH the walk. Whom the boys
met they began TO fl hit. One of them, a
| boy about Is, ran across the walk between
the two parties, aud after going a few
ste S, threw up his hands, and cried out
| that re was shot. George Sims has been
arrest ID as the one who did the shooting.
The boy was shot in the w, the bullet
| lodging in the neck. 1t was probed for, but
could not be- extracted.
Albany NoOs and Advertiser: Animal
instinct is at times SO very like human rea-
son that there is a distinction with scarcely
a difference A NcOs and Advertiser
| scribe was riding yeste day with Dr. w. l..
Davis behind his fleet Kentucky mare
when VIC had oc aston to pass the DOCTORS
home, whore the mares colt was housed. IL
was impossible for the colt TO have seen It's
mother, and yet, as we assed on the street
1t neghvd most vigorously, giving every
sign that it recogliz d her presence. 1t must
have been that the colt recognized the
mares trOt, as children do the step of their
! parents, or men and women the tread of
those with whom they are brought into
intimate and daily Intercourse.
c. c. Nelson, the defaultng Atlanta
banker who migrated t. Canada q few
months ago, leaving a large number of
creditors hohind rim, has Leen heard from
ag Tin. Wednesday lady, while in CONVEX
sation witt John Colviu, the baggagemas-
tor at the Union passenger depot at Atlanta,
told him that she bud, few days preli us,
received 500 from n, lson, and that he had
promised. in letter which accompanied
the money, TO pay her back every cent of
the money which she had deposited in the
bank at the time of its failure. The lady
stated that when the bank suspended huSis
nesS she had several hundred dollars depos-
tied in 1t. Size expresses the belief that
Nelson VIII send her the remainder of her
money as soon as he can spare it,
John Gaughon, who was sent to the Bibb
county chain-gang last April for four
months was released several days ago, and
has been giving some frightful accounts Of
the manner in which he was treated
Gaugh0n claims that he was whipped ul-
mercitullv by guard named Clio Ter, and
struck some seventy lashes with leather
strap. lie says negro stole some peas his
mother had sent to him. and because he
threw a cup at him and displayed anger,
Gio'isr, who Is one OF the guards, made the
| other prisoners hold him while the ticks
were struck. He has been threatening to
kill Gloser ON sight. but afterward said he
| would prosecute him to the full extent of
the law. According 10 the guards story,
however, Gaughon deserved the hogging.
For several weeks negotiations have been
pend ng between MessrS. Richardson and
Haupt, the oil stockholders Of the Polk
County Mining Co opany, and certain st.
Louis sc tlenen, looking to the purchase
by the lat,cr parties of all the company's
stock, together with all its charter and en-
tire property. Last week tho trade was
clio ed, tie new stockholders being A. NJ.
Wilcox, w. L. Hickman, A. P. King, c. G.
Boalt and E. +, Wickham, all of st. Louis,
Mo. The new stockholders met at
once and elected the following Off
GERS A. NJ. Wilcox, presidents w. l..
Hickman, vice president and eaeral nun
ager; A. P. King, secretary and treasurer
G. G.. Boalt, superintendent. he capital
stock of the company was Increased t. S2j,
600. An additional washer will be erected
on the Ledbetter q Leake property, and
the mining operations at that point will as
sumo considerable magnitude. The com
pany contemplates employing about 100
hands, and the output from tho mines will
amount TO 400 or 800 tons per day. They
will also mine the Baker property, and pos
sibly others in Polk county.