The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16


Bailiff-Return of Negro Who Wen
TO the War as Slave tor Man WHIT
Was Killed-A Big Sale of Cloth by
a Griffin Mandatory.
GEORGIA
J. NJ. Powell has opened a livery stable a
Dawson.
There are several cases Of sore eyes il
Dawson.
Over 5000 bales of cotton have been mar
keted in Dawson this season.
Judge E. J. Lamb of Berrien county
died suddenly day or two ago.
Noble J. Merck, aged 10 years, is a regular
subscriber for the Gainesville Eagle.
Hawkinsviie has raised $40 for the Jack
sonvillo sufferers and will make it 500.
The new edifice of the Christian church
at Wrightsvlle will be dedicated to-day.
The sub-alliances o: Jaspe- county are in
creasing ia number and membership rap
idly.
A potato two and half feet long has been
dug up within day or two on w. G.
Wallis place at Dawson.
Sandersvile will have a bottling works
next season. The machinery has been con-
tracted for, and will be shipped in January
next
Mrs Davis died "Wednesday at the resi-
dence of her son-n-law, William Prince, in
West Vernon, at the advanced age Of 100
years.
The well-known firm of Truitt e. Dunson
of LaGrange has been dissolved, Neal Truitt
retiring and }. +. DGnson continuing the
business.
In Randolph county cotton pickers are
demanding high prices for labor now
There is an abundance of cotton open in
the fields.
On Wednesday last W. j. Kincaid sold
for the Griffin Manufacturing Company
10000 yards Of cloth. The extra quality
of the goods made the sale
Rev. p L. York of Dawson has sold $50
worth of grapes from his scuppernong vine
this season, besides what his children have
gathered and sold The vine is yet fun
Having been NOMINATED for the Senate.
Hon. NJ. G. Edwards mas resigned the super
iutendency Of the department of home in
dustries, orchard and garden products at
the state fair
Abbeville Times: We welcome the Swan
to our wharf again after an absence of sew
eral weeks. She arrived last Monday with
900 sacks of salt. She will touch here reg
ularly now. The Aobeyille the boss boat
on the Ocmulgee, arrived last Friday on her
regular trip loaded with salt.
At Sandersville, Wednesday, a colored boy
named William Jeames was waylaid and
shot by Robert Howard, also colored. There
had been previous difficulty. and without
notice Howard aged alb )ut 16, thus took re-
venge. The court being in session, a true
bill was found. The boy pleaded guilty, aud
threw him elf upon the mercy of the court.
James is doing well.
Last Friday evening Jim Redmond. a
negro who went TO the war with Viii Dob
blns, as his servant, came back to his old
home in Gordon county Mr. Dobbins was
killed in Maryland, aud it was reported
that Redmond was killed also, but he
escaped In some way, and since tho war has
teen living in Washington city. About
three months ago he started on trip for
Calhoun and arrived last week. 1t was the
first time he had been heard of since Mr..
Dobbins was killed
On Wednesday evening last Flag Ru-
dolph, - Williams and Daniel Parish (ell
colored) were in Briar creek swami. in
Burke unity, on w. j. Hatcher's place,
getting shingles, and Daniel was standing
IN the water waist deep, cutting a large tree,
when ne sew heavy cloud coming up rap
idly. He started to come out. but the wind
striking the tree, already weakened by the
ak, 1T fell, and limb caught Daniel, bury
ing him under the water, and when he was
ex Heated by his companion he was dead.
The recent heavy rains have causei the
creek to overflow, and the swamp Is co H.
pletely filed with water,
There has been a soap mine discovered
near Crawfordville The Democrat saws.
"Ialiaterro is doomed to be one of the most
wonderful counties in Georgia, or all the
south. On Wednesday OF this week Mr.. D.
a Snggus gave US a sample of the natural
soap taken from hill on DR.. J. J. Ken's
place, near town. We took the article
and, to test it, washed our face and hands
with it, and 1t cut the dirt from the skin
and made the water lather like manufact-
ured soap. 1t Is exactly the color of fur
penttne soap, and has a peculiar smell
There Is money in this natural soap mine
and some enterprising capitalist could make
big thing of it here. There is not another
place in the world that can boast of a
natural soap mine.n
Some time since a gentleman of Og,e-
thorpe county borrowed a hound dog from
jackson county man. He carried The dog
TO his home in OglethQrpe and kept him
there Tor so long time that the owner took
out possessory warrant before Justice of
the peace in Jackson county. The cousta-
BILE went to Oglethorpe and arrested the
man and dog. and started to jackson county
with his game. When he ar rived in Athens
he began to doubt his authority in making
the arrests, and an Athens la vver was con.
suited. He was informed that he had no
authority for what he had done. The case
was thereupon dismissed, the lonely consta-
pie going homeward and the Oglethorpe
man and his dog departed for Oglethorpe,
he declaring he would now keep that hound
until he was recovered by law.
Jim Branch, who lives at Greenwood.
Oconee county. with a party OF friends,
were out foxhunting near Watson's springs,
last week, when one of their dogs become
rabid and began to bite other dogs when
the hunters endeavored to catch and tie
him. Mr.. Branch was just in the act OF
putting TIE rope over the CANNES head
when the dog nabbed him in the hand be-
tween the thumb and forefinger, taking ont
large chunk OF flesh, and then, as quick as
thought, grabbed his other hand The
maidstone has been applied to Mr.. Branch,s
wounds, and he, at last accounts, was IN A
very critical condition. Mr.. Branch was to
have been removed from Watson's springs
TO Greenwood, Saturday. Another semitic
man OF the party, by the name Of William
son, was bitten by the same og, and is in
great agony. One of Mr. Branchs fine
horses was also a victim.
Austin Wilson Of Milledgeville WINS first
man in sensation Thursday, in which
double-barreledish otguniand u negro PLAYED
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