The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-13


1 lowed him, barking furlously Ia a skirt of
woods near by. In few minutes the dog
howled and ran TO him. just below the
dogs eyes were two drops Of blood about
reefourths Of an inch apart. He knew
at once that the dog was bitten by a snake
and went TO where he had heard him bark
ing and found large RATHER. which be
killed. The dog died in a few minutes.
! The snake was over feet long and carried
ten rattles.
A Texas cowboy, whs visits Albany with
droves Of ponies, decided while there 10
/ have his picture taken while he was on
! horseback. The photograph gallery was in
the second story Of a business block on
/ Broad street, and approached by a long
ami ste p flight of stairs Nothing daunted,
however, and determined upon the picture.
be mounted a favorite broncho, and sur
| passing Putram in the stair act, not only
asceGded one flight and remained mounted
| until the negative was taken, but started
/ his mustang out Of the studio and descended
| the back stairs on the other side of the build
/ ing.
Mrs. J. w. Anthone, Of Fort Valley,
/ mixed quicksilver with other ingredients,
! for the purpose Of poisoning bugs, etc. She
cautioned the family about the mixture,
and more particularly her little S-year-old
| daughter and Josephine Williams, a negro
/ nurse about IS or Is years old. Tuesday
morning Of last week the children were al
1 lowed 70 sleep late, Mrs. Anthoine putting
/ their breakfast on plates, and in the safe
! The negro girl spread the bug poison on the
/ buttered biscuits. The child discovered the
| poison and informed her mother of the fact
1 The negro girl being accused Of the deed,
/ denied the charge, but left for parts I'M
! known, and hasn't been seen since.
One Of the guards from Stevens Pottery,
in Sumter county was in Americas day
or two ago, and told of a bold attempt to
escape on the part Of two negroes from
Sumter county-Jinks Simmons and Henry
! Wylie by name. They had agreed upon a
| plan whereby Wylie was TO grab the gun
| from the guard placed over them, while
Simmons dealt him blow with the hoe or
spade that he was working with. A favor
| able opportunity soon presented itself, and
according 10 the programme Wylie grabbed
the gun. But he had reckoned without his
| host, for before Simmons could strike the
| guard the latter wrested his gun from
Wyle and dealt him blow over the head
with the barrel that knocked him silly.
He then jumped on him and stamped him
nearly to death.
j. H. Lee, of Concord, Spalding County,
had jump Of forty feet into eight feet of
water on Tuesday, under a misappre-
tension, and escaped unscatbed except
| getting his feet wet. His little child had
been playing at the well on the back porch,
contrary to its mothers instructions, when
loud plunge was heard aud the child was
nowhere TO be seem The fact is that it was
across the street at a neighbours, having
| first set the bucket going down into the
well. The mother screamed as the noiss
was heard, and told the father that
the child had fallen into the well Without
an instant's hesitation he jumped in He
Owed several times to the bottom and
searched around, but could find no child.
and finally concluding that it was a false
alarm, was dragged up. Upon being asked
| If he didn't think he might have killed the
child by jumping upon it, Mr.. Lee replied
that there was no chance of it living if it
remained in there a minute, and he was
willing TO take the other chances.
Reidsville Enterprise: It will be remem-
| bered that at the last October court a man
named Taylor was tried for bigamy, con-
| victed, and sentenced to the penitentiary
He was also charged with the murder of
wife No. l, as he had been seen with a
| stranger woman, who suddenly disappear ed
| leaving no trace He was not tried for
murder, however, as at that time there was
| no evidence, after long and diligent search
| for the remains. At nightfall, Tuesday,
| it was reported here that Mr.. Dan
Partin had that day, OF the day
before, discovered What were supposed
TO be the remains Of tho unfortunate wo-
man. Beside pine log, on a hill not far
from the house where Taylor had lived with
wife No. 2, he found partly burned human
bones, some of which he recognized rs parts
of human skull, a breastpin, some hairpins
and some other articles usually possessed by
women. Under tina ashes somehow pro-
| tected from the fire, was found piece of
| cloth such as a woman's dress might be
made Of
One of the most remarkable instances of
Confederate patriotism on record is fur
nished by Troup county. r. H. Strong, Sr.,
known as "Uncle Bobbie" was bitterly
opposed to secession and very outspoken in
that opposition. So long as there was any
chance to keep Georgia in the Union, he
labored with might and main to hold her to
her allegiance The moment however, that
the State severed the tic, he..was equally
ardent in his efforts to sustain her act
Uncle Bobbie" had three sons of his own
able to bear arms. These he sent to the
front. Four orphan boys, three of whom
he had raised, resided under his roof. These
he also gave to the Confederacy. As if this
were not enough to show that the family
were solid for the cause of the South, his
two sons-in-law likewise enlisted in the
| army. So, in all, nine soldiers went out
from one household to do battle for their
country. To crown the sacrifice, the grand
oiN pau AhlNl ilIllSoll lLell 6ApIbSSeu DIS re-
greet that advancing age prevented his join
ing the others.
A gentleman from the North, who is
spending some time In Americas, has an old
foreign silver coin about the size of a dollar,
that he values very highly, in that it was
given him as a keepsake by his father,
many years ago. The Americas Republican
says that few days ago he accidentally
paid IL out To some one, and did not discover
his loss until next day Hoping to regain
IL, he went to every bank in the city and
left description Of his coin, thinking that
the merchant who had It would deposit it
with others shortly. Sure enough the coin
was presented, and was put to one side by the
cashier, who knew TO whom IL belon ged,
but before it was called for was again paid
out. In this way 1t came and went three
different times, until finally it was paid out
with several hundred silver dollars TO n
railroad contractor in Wilcox county.
Here IL was given up as lost entirely, but
like truth crushed TO the earth will
rise again, it came travelling back before
the end Of the week, and it was finally re-
stored TO the keeping of its delighted owner.
IL was a rather queer incident i'll that the
coin had been In two different banks, had
circulated all over the city, took a sixty
milo trip in the country, and came back TO
the owner within weeks time.
FLORIDA.
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