The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-09

There will be from $500 to 5, 1000 acres in
watermelons, and about $50 tons Of guano
used in Mitchell county this year. The
cost will be, approximately, $4,000, and
the melon seed used from first to last, at
/ SOC. pound may be put down at cost OF
! so, 800, aggregating S15, 800. The other eX-
| penses such as preparations, cultivation,
hauling, etc, will be in the neighborhood
| of $4,000. Total, $50, 900 The average
| yield viii be a carload to every three acres,
| making, therefore, / 900 loads. Nothing
| less than $50 a carload is expected by
! planters, which will amount to $50, 600,
making So 66B per acre as rent for the
| land.
Dublin Post: A certain young lady left
| Dublin via the Dublin, Wrightsville and
| Tennille railroad, and two young men who
were very much smitten by her charms
decided to accompany her as far as Tennille,
and accordingly ordered a dinner prepared
| by our clever hotel man, Hooks, so that
they would not have to go to hotel at
| Tennille. On reaching the place of destina-
| ton they prepared TO partake OF the
sumptuous repast and all we're seated
around the mysterious looking package
Strange to say, the blessing was asked be
fore the dinner was unwrapped. We will
leave the reader to imagine these young
mems feelings and how they looked when
they found their dinner to be-brickbats.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
will meet at Atlanta May for the purpose
of holding an encampment which will last
three days, and also for a competitive drill
by the uniform ranks of the order. AT
this meeting all of the uniform divisions Of
the State, consisting of two from Savan-
nah, one from Augusta, one from Bruins
wick, one from Waycross one from Column
bus, enc from Macon. one from Rome, and
two from Atlanta, will take part in a com
petitiv0 drill, to be he held at Grants Park.
Maj. Root, President of the Park Commits
sion, is now arranging encampment grounds
within the park enclosure and also grounds
upon which the drill will take place.
Camps have already been secured for the
use Of the visiting Knights.
James r. Echols, of Oregon district, in
Cobb county. III December last missed two
four months old shoats. He hunted in the
neighborhood and failed to find them A
few days ago, his children came to the house
badly frightened, and said that there was
some live animal in large hollow log near
the house Mr. Echols went out to the log,
and to his establishment found fastened in
the log both of his hogs. One was dead and
the other living skeleton. He got the
swine from its imprisonment, and it was SO
weak that it couldn't stand up. Food was
given it and it ate ravenously. 1t IS now
doing well, fattening and gaining strength
rapidly, and promises to make fine hog.
Two months without food or water and still
living, beats Tanners record.
AT Albany, Wednesday, VIII Lotion
(white), engineer, and Robert Matthews
(colored). train hand, were arrested by
Sheriff Hurst, of Thomas county, and De
tective MoivaCt, of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway charged with belong
ing to the gang which has been robbng the
fYoi # hot so
handsome young man, of good family. For
a number of years he has been fireman in
the employ Of the road, and has just been
promoted to the position of engineer He
was well thought of Their houses in
Thomasville We're searched and quantity
of dry goods, tobacco and cigars found
therein. They were carried to Townsville
for their preliminary trial. Eight arrests
have now been made. Vigorous efforts are
being made by the officers of the road to
break up this robbery, which has been
going on for some time.