The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-24
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

A Pipe 200 Years Old Smoked by q
Resident of Eatonton- Narrow Els
cape of Child with String in Its
Throat-A Forsyth County Woman
the Mother of Fifteen Pairs OF
Twins.
GEORGIA,
Rumor is current that the Central hotel
at Brunswick will change hands soon.
The Buena Vista Patriot, one OF the
neatest weeklies in the state, complains of
lack of local support.
Marion superior court will convene to-
day. A special train will be run on the B.
V. and Z. road for the convenience of the
public.
Mrs. Mary Barker of Forsyth county is
the mother of fit sen pairs of twins, twelve
girls and eighteen boys, and twenty-three
are now living
Never in the history Of Brunswick has so
many improvements been going on as at
present. From every section Of the city
comes the sound of the hammer and saw
Brunswick's two military organizations.
the Rihemen and Light Horse Guards, have
ia zen joint action toward organizing a
grand military fair, to take place early in
the fall.
At Louisville, Thursday night. some ras-
cal turned freight car loose on the rail
road Just beyond the river. and it came
near running into the washOut Ii was
stopped by striking the pole car, which was
badly damaged.
Friday a United States health officer
called on Mayor Fielder and stated that he
bad heard that Il ere we're two cases of yell
low fever in Americas. The mayor i'm
pressed him very forcbly that we had none,
and did not expect to have any.
The health authorities Of Montezuma
have established quarantine against all
points south of Americas. Inspectors will
Inspect all trains from the south, Passen-
gers and freight will not be allowed to stop
without a satisfactory health certificate
In digging a well upon the Webster place,
near the Cherokee Ii o last week, the digger
dropped on something about thirty feet
below the surface that is AS white os chalk,
free from grit and about the consistency of
dough. 1t is thought to be chewing gum
vein.
Two hundred and twenty five feet of the
bridge across Williamson swamp, at Wad-
ley. was washed down the stream, and the
whole brid 9 looked like a wreck L. II.
Cook collected ten hands, and in twelve
hours had the bridge 50 that vehicles could
cross over, and now it is in be ter condition
than before he flood
Prof. b. G. Adams of the Dawson variety
works arrived il Americas Friday and i'm
mediately commenced preparations for the
construction Of the Methodist parsonage,
which will he located on Church street, east
of the church. 1t will be an elegant two
story building with all the modern i'm
pTovements, gas, water, etc.
Gainesville Register: Thomas Williams
who liypa mi las oh .
road to Ma tin. killed seventeen rattle
snakes on Sunday afternoon--sixteen small
ones about foot long, having one rattle
each; one was very large, measuring four
feet long with nine rattles They were
de ming in hollow log, and seemed to be
happy colony of snakes.
Some of the people of Dawson have be-
come somewhat al 'rmed over the case of yel-
low fever reported at Albany's quarantine
CAMP. and in consequence council meet
ing was held and a vigilance committee
appointed to look after the sanitary condi-
ton of the town and TO guard against the
influx Of refugees from Che fever districts
Dawson is always on the alert.
Saturday night Road Master Riyiere re
turned home at Americas from off the road,
verv wet, as he had been in the rain most
all day. His wife laid out his best clothes
on the back of chair. but he wanted some
thing TO eat more than he did dry clothes,
so they walked out to supper. When they
returned to the room for the clothes they
were no where to be touud. Some thief had
entered the house and stolen his Sunday
clothes while the family were eating supper.
Mrs. J. T. Bachelor of Eatonton, while on
visit to Mrs. q. I. Wheeler the other dav,
discovered the latter's 2-year-old child
heaving as if troubled with something i'm
its throat. Ga cloer Investigation she
noticed the end of a string projecting from
its little mouth. Taking hold of it, she
gently pulled until a string s or 10 inches
long, with a button fastened TO the end
thereof, was extracted from its throat and
stomach The little fellow experienced no
bad effects therefrom.
A bloody fight took place on w. |. Hud-
sons place, several miles west of Hamilton,
between two negro men, Jerry Nelson and
Rich Marshall. In the fight Jerry Nelson
was dangerously cut with an ak The AK
struck him just above the collar bone and
cut ell the large muscles in two, severing
several small blood yess sells and injuring the
jugular vein, from which he bled very pro-
fusely, and is now in a critical condition
Rich has fed the country. A woman is the
cause of the whole trouble.
A. Hafner, Sr., of Eatonton, smokes a
pipe every day that tradition says is over
200 years OH. On an average twelve
pounds Of tobacco are now annually con-
sumed in this pipe. Assuming that that
amount has been about the average of CON
sumption since the day of its initiation.
2,400 pounds Of the weed have been burned
in its bowl The cost of this tobacco yearly
can SAT ly be put down at Sl2 Now, If the
first sl2 thus spent had been put out at
compound interest at tho rate Of 10 per
cent, 1t would have grown iuto the snug
little sum Of sl, f55, 443, 200
The Marietta GA Journal, calls atten-
ton TO very iinpol tant matter in stating
that people generally, when they pay off
mortgages, put the papers in their pockets
and go home without taking the trouble to
go TO the clerks Office and have them can
celled. This neglect often causes mischief
aud impairs the credit of those who are so
negligent. IL Is not the business OF the
merchant or money lender TO have the
mortgages cancelled, and unless the person
taking up the mortgage attends to 10 him
self, II is kept on the county records, a
warning to all men that the property is
bound for debt. 1t is the hest plan 10 have
all mortgages cancelled as soon as they are
paid of.
Quite an exaggerated report came to
Canton on Monday last that three men had
been instantly killed and several others
badly hurt By a premature blast on the
railroad, near the Hllnouse trestle. The
Adrdnce says all investigation into the re-
port revealed the fact that premature
blast was occasioned there by carelessness
in testing wet powder, but fortunately the
result was not SO bad KS at first reported