The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-09

/ ne tluIN now IN the association are the
! following; The Brooklyn the Athletics
the Batlmores, the Clevelauds, the Cnciu-
I rats, the Louisvilles and the 81 Louis
! cub. II goes without saying that Atlanta
/ don't stand the ghost of chance of getting
in.
The Champion family has worked Athens
I for all it is worth, and now comes Burrel
to the front and takes in the unslispecting
| country darkev 10 the tune Of several dol
! lars. Burel Champion Is a shrewd, coil
calculating. black negro, and Is up 10 all
the ways that are dark and tricks that are
| vain He sees a country negro Oh the
| street and finds out that he Is in search OF
work, and offers him job at some point
up town and starts with the country negro
to get him the place. He borrows 81 or 81
from the negro and pretends 10 60 into a
/ house 10 get the place, when he slips over
| the back fence and leaves the country
darkey in waiting. Policeman Culp is on
| Champions track.
Albany Neics and Aduertiser' We are
indebted to T. NJ Carter for copy of the
| Columbus Daily Times of the ISSUE of April
II, 1861 1t furnishes interesting reading,
and is ablazs with the light OF war news.
Busy preparations on all hands are reported.
Fort Pickens and Fort Pulaski are invested
and momentarily expect an attack. The
issue contains Lincoln's proclamation call
| ing out the militia Of the United States 10
! the number Of $1,000. The roll of the
! Columbus Guards is contained therein,
| which shows a strong company of ninety
| six privates and eleven officers. L. NJ. Car
ters name is enrolled among the members.
At the date Of this issue the Guards were de-
| Tending Fort Pulaski.
| Last NJ nday evening the directory of the
| Bank of Americas held their annual meet
| ing, at which 1t was ascertained that the
| bank had made "A net profit of Is per cent.
| in the year past. A semi-annual dividend
| Of 6 per cent. was declared, making ~ per
cent. dividend for the year past, as per
cent. dividend was declared in July last.
| The balance of the net
| profits was added to the surplus
! fund.- making its total 500, 700 The
directory of the Bank Of Southwestern
Georgia Of Americas also held meeting a
day or two ago A dividend Of , per cent.
was declared, making total of 8 per cent.
! for the year past and earnings to the
amount o. $4,000 was set aside as a sur
| plus fund. This bank has only been doing
business one year.
Athens Bdhner- Wdtchmdn. Friday our
| worthy Mayor, the High Sheriff of the
| county the Chief of Police, the Chief of the
| Fire Department and several others of our
| citizens went out into the fields for an old
| time rabbit hunt. Dogs were bowling i'm
| d0leful confusion, and do1b le-barrel guns
we're swinging around in dangerous
! style, After tramping and tramping
around, and beating the brush i'll every
direction, n poor little hare was unearthed
and started for cover The Mayor ordered
the long-legged Sheriff TO intercept and
| arrest the fugitive as he fed Our efficient
| Chief Of Police did his level best TO surround
poor bunny, but n wildly thrown rock at
poor little rabbit struck the Chief on the
shin and he was up for fight on the spot.
Before explanations could be made and
peace restored the happy little hare was in
the briars, laughing and shouting, Here's
where my nanny and daddy was born
and raised.
Some days ago William Lowe, a merchant
of Subligna, Walker county, had to 60 to
| Rome with his team. He never went armed,
but on this occasion some impulse prompted
him to take his pistol He got it out, but
started off without it. The impression of
the necessity of taking it again came back
on him SO strong that he stopped his team
and went back after it, On his return trip
he overlook two tramps, who asked a ride
He told them that heavily loaded as his
wa ION was il was impossible to accOmmo-
date them. One Of them, throwing down
his budget, seized his horses by the brides
and said he would show him whether they
rode or not. Then tho pistol came into
play. Mr.. Lowe, after drawing u bead on
him, told him that he had his choice be-
tween letting his horses loose or having a
hole put through his carcass. The pistol
proved a convincing argument, and posi-
bly, saved Mr.. loves life
Americas Republican. Friday morning a
very large rat and two English sparrows
were discovered fighting on the parapet of
Tom Mitchell's store on Forsyth street The
rat was one of the largest and fiercest kind,
and had probably been trying to make a
meal off of sparrow meat and they were
pugnacious enough to fight for their lives
| The spairows divided, and would attack at
once from front and rear, and the fur
would fly, while the rodent hardly
rutfied a feather on his assallantS.
1t seemed to be aware that
the birds had the advantage on the wall and
| descended to the top of the awning, where
| the fight was renewed with desperation.
The sparrows kept nearing the edge, and at
last one OF them took u position where the
rat would go over il it should spring at it.
The rat, madd ned by repeated failures,
made the fatal leap, struck the hard pave
ment fifteen feet below and while stunned
was killed by negro with a spade. The
birds were jubilant over their victory, and
exulted in their own way for some time.
| Several of our most worthy and reliable
citizans witnessed the affair.
Atlanta was to have had a genuine prize
fight Friday, but owing to the nOn-appear-
ance at the appointed hour of one of the
men billed TO participate in the affair, the
null WAS declared off, but will likely be
fought at an early day. The mill was ar
ranged TO come Off in the basement of No.
! Peachtree street, just under one of the
most popular barber shops of the city, and
the participants were to have been two
colored men by the names of Davis and
Mathis, both BARRIERS 1t is said that the
fight was to have been to finish, and
would certainly have come of
but for the fact that one
of the men learned that the police
had got on to the affair, and would likely
rad the place if the mill came of, and in
consequence decided to keep out of the way
until another time and place could be Sc
lerted. The fight WAS arranged 10y 60 pile
OF citizens of Atlanta, who backed the
w0ud-be sluggers. 1t is understood that,
while the fight did not come off that after.
noon it is not Off for good by any means,
and that the smuggling match will take place
at an early day. In the meantime the men
will 60 into training, and when the mill
does come off it will be a good one. The
men who are matched to fight are about the
same weight and size.
Augusta Chronicle: The Savannah val
ley convention, to be held in Augusta on
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. % and %
is attracting increasing interest. The COM
mittee IN charge OF the matter says: "The
object OF the convention is tho improve
mani IF thp t,iypl Wa no va ,.,,,,