The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16

ran about one year ago.
Mr.. Bloomfield, of Athens, who has q
squad of hands at work on the factory cite
at Barnett Shoals, rays them Csc per day
| and board, settling with them every Satur
day night for cash. He gets all the hand
he needs in spite of the fact that the rail
road is paying 81 p per day.
The Liberty County Guards had a very
pleasant time at Rye Patch last Friday. In
addition TO the regular drill there was q
lively contest at the block and ring Pr
vate John China was the fortunate one
| The prize, "a pair of valuable spurs, was
awarded TO him on a score of 81.
The Central railroad has reduced the rate
of freight from ! 90 TO 81 IA per 100 pounds
from New York TO Americas on first-claSs
| freight This reduction was caused by the
strong competition Of the Americas, Pres
ton and Lumpkin road and its through line,
by way of boats from Abbeville to Bruins
wick
Lumber City has another barrel factory
in operation. B. s. Pilkinton was the
founder of the first one in the spring Of 1887.
The new one is supposed to be owned by a
syndicate of naval stores commission mer-
chants Of Savannah, who propose to fight
the present monopoly in the spirit barrel
business.
Griffin has been visited by another severe
cold snap, accompanied with frost There
is some fear that fruit has been injured, as
the trees were just beginning to bud. If
such should be the case it will seriously af-
feet the fruit growers of Spalding county,
and will be "A serious drawback to the fruit
evaporators
At Albany Herschel Fudge, formerly a
warehouse and commission merchant, has
entered suit in Superior Court against Lewis
hap Dor fT. . a
defendants accused Fudge last spring of
robbing their vault of $1,000, but lost their
case against him, both at the committal
trial and in Superior Court
j. w. Parrot, of Sumter county, says
that the doves are so plentiful on his place
and have been destroying SO much corn that
he had planted that he determined to get
rid of them. He tried to poison them with
strychnine, but found it would cost too
much, so he soaked his corn in salt, and
says it killed them by the hundred.
Owing to the cold spell and other causes,
there is not a pound of coal in Macon for
sale, none being on hand at the coal yards.
Fortunately Macon families. as a general
thing, buy coal in quantities and have their
winter supplies in hand, otherwise there
would be danger of a coal famine. 1t is
hoped that the orders now in hand at the
mines will soon be filled.
At Brunswick the colored population in
the vicinity of the tank is considerably
stirred up concerning kidnapers 1t is said
some parties attempted to carry off a couple
of children one night last week, and now it
is hard to get one of the piccaninies out of
doors after dark anywhere in that neighbor-
hood, while every gentleman of dusky hue
keeps shotgun loaded to the muZzle for
fear of alta k.
At GAINESVILLE while j. NJ. Mcmillan, one
of the oldest and most respected citizens of
the place, was walking up Clayton street
Tuesday, board lx12 eight feet long, blew
from the top of Mrs. Fuller's two story
house and struck him on the head, cutting
two large gashes and knocking him sense
less for some time. 1t was thought that he
would not recover, but finally did, and is
now doing very well
Col. A. o. Harper of Ebert county, re-
ports that there is some kind of bug or fly
destroying the wheat in his neighborhood,
and they have apparently destroyed about
twenty acres for him. He says they eat it
off near the ground and leave but little if
any sign of wheat where they go. They
are a very small insect and can be seen flying,
but he don't know what they are, and has
never see anything Ike them before
At Griffin a Hill street merchant who be-
lieves IN the old saying Of "See a pin pick
1t up and all the day you'll have good luck, y
saw pin in front IF the post office the other
day, and while STOPPING to capture it his hat
fell off and rolled out into the street, two
suspenders gave way in the rear, his collar
split open, and his store teeth, which cost
him Sl3 when new, fell out and broke on
the walk. He picked up the pin, however
The following are the Judges of the SUI
perlor Court who have presided at the Tai
Ia L 1
1t will be noticed that Iverson was Judge
at three different times and Crawford was
twice Judge. Judge Worrill presided four
teen years. Colquitt, Thomas, Iverson,
Sturgis, Wellborne, Iverson, Alexander,
IveTson, Crawford, Worrill, Johnson,
Crawford, Butt, Wimberly, Willis and
Smith, who now presides
The oil mill is one of Dawsou's greatest
industrial factors. II runs on an average.
five months in the year, with machinery
that is equal to - horse power. 1t uses GOO
tons of cotton seed in n season, and ships to
New York city 400 barrels of oil. Up to
this time it has realized from the pick
ingsn of the cotton seed eight bales of cot
ton, which it sells at SC. per pound. The
meal is in great demand at home, and is
used as a fertilizer as well as food for
cattle. The hulls of the seed are also useful
as food.
The Governor issued pardon Wednesday
for Van Henry, a negro woman, who was
convicted in the Troup County Court in
July, 1887, for larceny. She is charged
with stealing a shawl. Since her sentence
Judge Whitaker, who tried the case, the
Solicitor who prosecuted it, and Judge
Turrer, present Judge of the court, and "A
large number Of citizens, have asked her
pardon on the grounds of innocence. IL is
charged that witness who gave in testi-
monY convicting the negro woman per-
jured himself.
Mr.. Alderman, of Brunswick, reported
in yesterdays issue as severely wounded by
pistol shot in his own hands, still lies ex-
tremely low. Later inquiry does not sus-
tain the suicide theory, but rather that the
wound was the result of the reckless hand
ling of the pistol while under the influence
of liquor. His wife attempted to take the
weapon from him, fearing that he would
kill one of the children, and in the struggle
the pistol was discharged and the ball lodged
over the door. He recocked the pistol, for
what purpose is not known, and fell on the
bed. The pistol was in his left hand and as
he fell discharged, the ball entering his side.
Frank Norton and posse of friends gave
chase TO the burglars who robbed his store
at Creswell Spalding county, Tuesday
night Wednesday near Brooks station
they overlook the burglars and fight en-
sued. One of the burglars was shot, but
succeeded in getting away; another was
caught, but he also escaped. In the fight
Frank Norton was shot by one of the bur
glars through the abdomen. The burglars
ha1 stolan "a boree a fnVy NIGHTS a0n FROM,