The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-07

One day last week an eccentric old man
made his appearance in Sylvania and gave
his name as Simon Mayrs. He was anxious
to find the express Office, and on being told
there was no express office in town, he went
to Postmaster r. w. Wells and registered a
letter TO President Cleveland, ami also sent
him walking cane by mail, which he said
he had been nearly two years in finishing
A little boy at the public school at Athens,
while playing, was pushed down by one Of
his playmates thursday. He said: "When
l was pushed down / saw stars, then went
to sleep, and when | woke up the children
were playing around me and calling me a
dead boy" The little fellow had been
knocked senseless by his head striking II
rock, and the children were too small 10 ap-
preciate his condition.
Eleanor Kirk, in the Buffalo On. "
Times, says of womenin Journalism: Mrs.
Emily Battey, formerly Of Atlanta, has
been on the staff of the New York san for
twenty years or more. She may not have
written the Sums leaders, but she has been
more than equal to the work in any depart
ment that needed tact deicacy and the
power of IA strong and ready pen. | should
like to know how many men have remained
in the Suns employ this length of time"
At Waycross, John Driggers and
Burrell Douglas, two white men, disagreed
about some trivial matter, whereupon
Driggers challenged Douglas for fight.
On choosing their seconds they went out
side Of the corporation of the town,
stripped themselves TO the waist and began
a rough and tumble fight, which lasted
fourteen minutes, resulting in favor OF
Driggers who declared himself cock of the
walk. Both parties were pretty badly used
up.
n. D. ID ~
of Milledgcville, are on the committee APP
pointed by the last Legislature to consider
the advisability Of establishing an inebriate
asylum. The committee is composed of dis
tinguished gentlemen from different parts
Of the State, and is a very able and con
scientious body of men DR.. Powell, who is
one Of the best authorities on the subject in
the State, thinks the State should no longer
delay in preparing a training school for
weak-minded and idiotic children.
A negro woman gave birth to child
day or two since at Hamilton, weighing 16
pounds, with webbed fingers and toes like
those on the foot of q duck. Another negro
woman gave birth TO a child. wel-formed.
with the exception that it had but one or
bital cavity, with both eyeballs in one cav
lty, controlled by enc set of muscles and
one pair of lids. There was no place for a
nose. II had a snoot like an elephant Just
above the eye two and a-half inches long.
1t lived but few hours after birth.
Col. Thomas II. Stalworth, of Sandy
Ridge, Henry county, who had lost several
fowls by the depredations OF a silver gray
eagle, baited steel trap with large shang-
hal rooster that had been killed by the bird.
The eagle returned for lunch and was
caught in the trap. He is represented TO
have fought valiantly, though both legs
We're clamped by the steel trap. The eagle
was killed and itmeasured five feet from the
tip of one wing to the tip of the other Its
talOns were an inch and half long, very
strong and sharp.
Subscriptions amounting to $S,S14 has
been made toward erecting a building for
the Young Mems Christian Association at
Athens. The amount necessary to begin
work is So 900. Some of the most generous
are the following: Young l.. G..
Harris 81 900, r. X. Reaves $500, r. L.
Moss 500, F. Phinizy $500, +. r. Hodson
$3.50, J. A. Hunnicutt $3.50, A. X Childs
$3.50, James White $3.50, John White $3.50,
Bros. $500 Stevens Thomas $3.50,
A. H. Hodgson $3.50, NJ. b. McGinty 5000,
Il. r. Brumby 800, A. l.. Hull $780, +. s.
Lyndon 800, G. w. Rush 800, Alexander
Bishop 800, w p WEIGH 500, d. c. Bar
row 800, r. Nickerson 800, +. L. Jones
500, George c. Thomas 500, w. w. Thorn
as 500