The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-24

His Wife's Leg While Throwing at a
Sheep.
GEORGIA.
A half interest in the Sparta Ishmdelite
is offered for sale
The monument to Gen. Toombs will be
placed in position this week.
There is strong talk of a first-class mer-
chant Touring mill being built at Rock
mart.
A meeting of citizens was held at Rome
Saturday night 1t was resolved to hold
the Northwest Georgia fair in October.
James Hunt. of Catoosa crmty, received
a pair of rabbit ears from Texas, Monday,
that measured inches from end to end.
The Garlock Patent Packing Company
have located at Rome and commenced the
erection of buildings and purchased ma
chinery for their plant.
Samuel Benton, of Danielsville put cat
in bag and carried it fifteen miles, and IN
two weeks the cat had returned from where
Mr.. Benton had brought it.
Mrs. w. H. Petty, of Newton county,
has 9l9 little chickens and eighteen hens
setting. She has a 500 Jersey COW, and
makes the finest butter to be found.
A Schley county farmer was in Americas
Saturday with a wagon load of corn for
sale at Sc. per bushel, reporting that he
had 100 bushels at home for sale at the same
price.
A committee was appointed last Sunday
10 raise money to have the Methodist
church of Danielsville painted, blinds put
upon the windows, and other repairing
needed.
At Villa Rica, Friday, Alfred Baggett
and his wife were driving some sheep, and
the sheep being little troublesome the old
man threw a rock at one of them and
struck Mrs. Baggett on the ankle and broke
her leg. As Mrs. Baggett is very old the
accident is serious.
Just as a son Of DR.. Dodd drove up to his
home, in Campbell county, swarm of bees
attacked horse, buggy and boy. The boy
ran into the house and shut the door to
keep the horse out. The horse had to be
wrapped in blankets to get the bees off.
The horse is not expected to live and the
boy is very i'll.
The c. R. & c. R. r. has at last started
upon their route through Rome, and the
contractors are at work erecting an iron
drawbridge on the site of the old Memphis
branch railroad bridge This will bring the
road into the city near the Rome railroad
depot, and it is probable that both roads
will join in building a union passenger
depot.
The following companies have accepted
invitations to be present and participate in
the fireman's tournament at Dawson on Nav
16: E. B. Youngs and Chattahoochees, Of
Eufaula, Ala. Wide Awakes, of Americas;
Stonewalls, Of Griffin; Protection Hose Reel
No l. of Brunswick; Alerts of Montezupa
Defiance, of Albany, and the company from
Cuthbert name forgotten.
William B. Jones, of Dublin, caught two
young rabbits in his garden few days ago.
He had an old Maltese cat VIII oh had a
family of kittens, and from some cause the
kittens died; The old cat has adopted the
rabbits, and happiness reigns throughout
the household. The cat cares for the rab-
bits as tenderlY as she did for her own
offspring.
Balaam Hardin, serving upon the grand
jury of Dawson Superior Court, wore a
broadcloth dress coat of the Prince Albert
style, bought by him in the city of New
York ON his way home from California in
1860, twenty-eight years ago Mr.. Hardin
has worn the coat on occasions regularly
ever since The coat presents neat aD-
pearance, being sound and scarcely break
upon it. 1t cost him then sos
Jack Magsby, an old negro fisherman.
living on Arthur Hutcherson's place. in
Heard county, near Chattanooga river, was
drowned Friday morning while out in the
river alone examining the nets Failing to
return in the morning as usual, search was
made by his family in the afternoon, who
found his body near his canoe at the mouth
of Cedar creek. How he was drowned no
one knows, but he left home in good health.
Ethel Cole, daughter of w. r. Cole. was
bitten by a dog very severely on the arm at
Griffin Friday evening. The dog had pre-
viouSly bitten off its tail and bit a small dog
belonging to the family, besides showing
other signs of being mad. 1t would bite
even the sticks and pieces of plank about
the yard The supposed mad dog was
killed by Mr.. Cole, and the smaller one put
up securely, to see the effects of the bite
uponit
Mrs. Donahoo, wife of Rev. J. ]. Dona-
hoo, who lives at the parsonage near Gro.
mer's mill at Gainesville, was burned e
death on Wednesday evening last. 1t
seems that the woods several hundred wards
from the house had taken fire from a new
ground and Mrs. Donahoo went TO extin.
guish it. Her clothes caught on fire and
she was unable to extinguish them. No one
was with her except a child too small to
render any assistance.
The announcement that Col. w L.
Scruggs would accept the editorship of the
prohibition weekly at Atlanta seems TO
have been premature. 1t is now said that
Col. John William Jones, the historian. will
be selected to fill the position. Col. Scruggs
Is Irregular contributor to the North Alleri-
can ReUietO, but on account of his being a
Republican it was thought best not to select
him. The first issue of the paper is ex-
pected to appear May s.
The negroes are not often commended for
their efforts at organizing societies, but one
being formed just now in Americas will bq
heartily approved. 1t has for its object the
detection and surrender to the authorities
OF criminals who have hitherto been shielded
on account of their color. The leading col
ored men have decided that they have nc
interest in common with criminals. and
have banded together for the purpose OF
freeing themselves from this undesirabl,
element.
The Democracy of Decatur held rousine
meeting at Bainbridge Saturday. Resolu.
tions indorsing President Cleveland and his
tariff reform me sage were adopted. The
convention also instructed its delegates &c
support Hon. Maston O'Neal as a delegate
TO the st. Louis convention. Among the
delegation 20 Atlanta were NJ. O'NeaI. ]
E. Donaldson, J. ID. Harrell, A. L. Halves
ID. A. Russell, Ben Russell, f. c. Munner
lyn, A. l.. Townsend, j. NJ. Brown, c. W
Wimberly, John Fleming and william
Harrell.
There is rather peculiar Disappearance;
recorded at the Markham House at Atlanta
on Saturday. A gentleman named Lewis
arrived at Atlanta with party of young
ladies from a nelghboring city for tn,
purpose of attending the Gilmore mat
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