The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-09

papers, as a magnet attracts steel. Some
times large press rooms have been CON-
PEELED by this phenomenon to suspend work.
On Saturday night some miscreant fired
into the house of Leonard Harris of Charl-
ton county. Only a few weeks ago Mr..
Harris fodder house was maliciously burnt
down TO the imminent danger Of life, and
the whole Of his property. Had the wind
been less favorable all would have been
lost. Mr.. Harris had followed his father
to the grave only the day before, but this
thought did not stay the hand Of his merci-
less enemy, who seems determined to ruin
him.
A syndicate of local capitalists have pur-
chased the Green Moore, or McRae place,
two miles from cambridge, on the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, and are
preparing to put out 800 acres OF pear trees
thereon this winter. The whole will be in
closed with a seven-straOd barbed wire
fence, and will be the largest pear grove in
the world. A canning factory and drying
house will be added in order to utilize every
pear that can be grown on the place or be
purchased in the neighborbood. The com
pany is composed OF II. G. Curry, DR.. l.. II.
Peacock and Col. G. r. Westmoreland.
Hector Ramley, (colored) Of Savannah,
hut for the past few months hind on the
new Townsville, Tallahassee and Month
cello railroad, was struck and knocked off
the Savannah, Flo ida and Western all
road track at Townsville Thursday by the
fast mail No. Z, near the Hansell street
crossing, East End" He had been drink
ing with a crowd Of railroad hands and left
them short time before the accident, with
the remark that he was going home aud go
to sleep. 1t is supposed that the whiskey
made him drow sy, and he sat down on the
end of crostie and fell asleep. He will
probably recover.
A disastrous fire occurred at the place Of
Mrs. Noel Ganey near Fowlstown, on Friday
night of last week, il which was burned
two yoke of oxen, three wagons, buggy
and harness, two or three head Of horses,
$50 bushels Of corn, several thousand
pounds OF fodder, some hogs, and barn
valued at $780, beside other smaller pieces
of property. When first discovered, the
barn was on fire all over the TOD, the roof
almost ready to fall in, and was evidently
fred in the top where was stored the fodder:
and the fire had progressed so far that it
was impossible to save anything. The fire
was clearly of incendiary origin.
A. telegram has been received from Wash
ingebu announcing that the case of
the United States agalnt the st.
Simon's Lumber Company for issuing
laborers' ticket has be n gained by the
company. ard the $1,000 tho amount paid
by the comp my as taxes, is subject to their
call The tickets referred to we're issued
by the manager to the hands, stating the
amount due each laborer. Some one who
could no. handle as many of these tickets as
he would like to, reported the company to
the internal revenue Office as issuing tickets
used as currency, and that official caused
the company to pay s., coo, about two years
ago, tnxes on all they had put out.
At Tennille, Friday afternoon about l 80
O'Clock, the alarm of fire was sounded, and
it was soon discovered that the large four
story ginnery of Stephens Bros. was on
fire. In few minutes large crowd had
collected, and everybody worked with a
will to subdue the flames, which was finally
in about an hours time. Il i
almost miracle that the building was not
totally destroyed, as the fourth story was
at one time in blaza, ard WAS only extn-
guished by the sturdy efforts Of the citi-
zens. The fire originated from a match
which negro man had struck to light his
pipe, which in an instant was communl-
Gated to the lint The damage will net ex-
coed $50. There is no insurance.
Tallapoosa Journal: Nj. Haywood, of
this city, called at this office early in the
week and exhibited several pieces of old
Colony currency, on New York and New
Jersey, bearing dates from 1855 t, 1875
Colony of New York, this bill shall pass
current for Five pounds. New York,
April 90 1155." At the bottom was printed,
sit is death to counterfeit this bill" In stea
Of each bill bearing the number of its
series, each was numbered with a pen, the
same as checks now -a-days, and was signed
the same by at least three officials. Con
sidering their age, some OF these bills are
well preserved. They have been in Mr..
family for three generations,
and are valuable relics.
Albany Nelos and Advertiser Wooden
vessels have a different effect on syrup
from that on wine. They sweeten and
mellow the juice of the grape and the spirit
of grain. but syrup always degenerates in
them. 1t Is we'll enough to know how to
put up syrup in bottles to insure the best
preservation of that twang so pleasant and
peculiar to new syrup. The following di-
rections will insure it : Take bottles of any
size, color or previous conditions of service
and have cork shoppers to fit. of course.
The st 1ppers are to be soaked in warm
water t , make them compress so as to seal
the bottles as nearly Theoretically as possible
with corks. Fill the bottles so that the
corks will reach to the syrup, and cork
them tightly. Keep in cool place.
Judge Martin B. Clyatt Of Sparks is in
hard luck with his live stock. He drove his
fine horse home from Alapaha on Thursday
of last week, put him in the stable and gave
him liberal feed. The next morning he
was found dead in the stall. There was
nothing the matter with him,
as he ate heartily of the food that had been
given him. Again, on last Monday, Mr..
Clyatt's son was driving fine young mule
hitched to a buggy, when it stepped with
one Of its forefeet Into hole and fell down
its head striking heavily on the ground.
The mules tongue happened to be between
its teeth when it fell, and that member was
bitten nearly off. The end of the tongue Is
hanging by the slenderest thread Of flesh
and the poor brute is standing
in its stall suffering overwhelmingly. and
cannot eat anything.
Harry Duckett, train hand. and also
fireman at times, on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad, had narrow es-
cape from being ground to death by the
wheels of his train last evening, little
after dark, near Holly Springs. He was on
top of car next to the tender, and in
Jumping to the tender bis foot slipped and
he fell on the tender and rolled in between
it and the car box, but fortunately no
caught with one hand TO the step ladder or
some other part Of the box or tender and
did not fall entirely TO the ground, although
in this perilous condition he was dragged
for some distance before the train could DO
stopped. In his fall his right arm was
broken. his chin badly -uised and several
teeth knocked out. He went TO Jasper.
where his wounds were dressed by DIR.
Pickett. Tuesday evening he ca ne down
the road on his way to his homo at Stegall