The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-24

Park-A Miledgeviue Ladys South
American Parrot.
GEORGIA
DR. Stewart of Convers has three volumes
Of medical works that are over $50 years
old.
L. H. Buchanan is contemplating the
building of two ar three more houses IN
New WaycroSs.
A special meeting OF three from the Con
vers Military Company was sent TO Cover
nor Gordon last week with reference to the
matter of guns for the company
Milledgevile is showing a little enter
prise. She has now in prospect an ice fac
tory, with a capital stock Of $4,000; soda
bottling factory, capital Of 5000, and a
candy and cracker factory of $4,000.
The Hardshell Baptists at Brushy Creek
church. Madison county, notified all their
members who voted the Prohibition ticket
TO be and appear at their meeting. which
was held Saturday, and show cause why
they voted such a ticket. They proposed
10 turn out all the members who voted
against whisky.
J. c. Barnes. of Butts county. carries a
minnie ball in his pocket that was shot
through his body during the war The ball
entered his right side, and passing through
his kidneys lodged in his left hip. After
annoying Mr.. Barnes for several years, he
took his pocket knife and cut several inches
into the flesh and removed it,
T. n. NJ. Sellers, of Macon, found freak
in a chicken Sunday. His wife was pre-
pairing an ordinary chicken for cooking,
and on cutting it open found inside q sub
stance that puzzled her, but it proved to be
an abnormal liver, being about the size of
an ordinary mans hand. The chicken was
unusually heavy, but in no other way did it
appear unlike the average chicken.
Sylvania Telephone: One night last week
as party Of the young folks Of our town
were returning from a visit to a residence
in the suburbs, a little harmless rabbit ran
out of the bushes and up TO the feet of one
of the young ladies' She was much excited,
and made an effort to get away from it, but
it persisted III keeping at her feet. She is
charming enough to bring larger animals
than rabbits to her feet
A movement mas been inaugurated by the
citizens living on Peachtree and adjacent
streets TO purchase a tract of land to cost
not exceeding $1,000 and present it to the
city of Atlanta as public park. The park
is to be given TO the city with the under
standing that a sum equal TO the amount
appropriated to Grants Park is given to it.
Already about 5000 has been subscribed,
and the balance will be easily secured.
Representative Steve Clay, of Cobb coun-
", visited Atlanta Sunday and upon being
asked the condition of Col. Charles D. Phil
lips, of Marietta, who short time ago, was
shot by J. \. Bullock, of Dallas, says that
Col. Phillips is still suffering greatly from
his wounds, and that his friends regard his
condition as a very serious one. 1t is be-
lieved that blood poison has set in, and if
such be the case, his recovery will be doubt
full.
Deputy Sheriff Bishop, of Russell county,
was in Columbus Sunday He came after
Charles Iverson, negro who has been in
the City Hospital for six weeks, recovering
from pistol shot which cost him his leg.
When shot lverson had a stolen mule in his
possession, and was resisting arrest there.
There are two warrants OF long standing for
Iverson in Russell county. The negro got
wind of the officers presence and made good
his escape from the hospital Saturday
night.
A committee of five was appointed at a
meeting of business men of Brunswick to
confer with MeSsrs. Hawkins and Fielder
from Americas in regard TO the establish
nent of a line of steamers to run from
Brunswick to Abbeville on the Ocmulgee
TO connect with the Americas Preston and
Lumpkin railroad. The committee met pre-
pared to put up the amount required from
Brunswick, but the gentlemen of Americas
were not authorized to make an acceptable
contract fer the railroad and the matter
was dropped.
jackson Argus: On Wednesday of last
week the first dead pauper from this county
was turned over to the medical authorities
of Atlanta under the new law governing
such cases. The subject was one James
Nisher (colored), who had been a county
pauper for eighteen months. A week ago
he was taken sick and died, and not having
any relatives to take charge of his body, the
Ordinary notified the proper authorities in
Atlanta, who promptly sent man and car
ried it to the Gate City, to be turned over
to medical college.
At Americas Sunday morning passenger
train No. ), from Lumpkiu, was wrecked
while entering the city. When Just opposite
the Americas, Preston and Lumpkin rail
road shops the train ran into an open switch
and upon a turn table, throwing the engine
from the track and precipitating the tender
and baggage car into the pit beneath
smashing both badly. The engine plowed
into an embankment and was also consider
ably damaged. Conductor Mathews had a
leg dslocated, and the fireman sustained
slight injuries in jumping. The accident
was due TO careleSsneSs in leaving the switch
open.
There is a business going on in Athens
that looks very small, but it is all clear
profit, and the manager is making a good
living out of it. The business is that of
selling bones. and is managed and controlled
by Joe RIDLEY. Booth Brothers make large
quantities of sausage and consequently
cut up great deal of beef for this purpose
The bones from the beef are given TO Joe
Ridley, colored boy who carries around
meat, and he takes the bones, cuts them up
into convenient sizes and sells them to
parties to make soup. Joe has a good
patronage and has often made as high as
81 so per day.
Brunswick Appeal: Rev Charles Smith
(colored) called on us yesterday and stated
that our report in regard to his attempting
TO smother his wife, few days ago.swas
incorrect, and that he wished to make an
amendment to it," which was that Mrs
Smith was subject to spasns, and that one
of these had been the foundation of the re
port Seeing that he still had something on
his mind, we told him to proceed, and this
is his story, as well as we can recall it:
You see dere was a nice young lady here,
whose husban' is dead, and anudder preacher
and myself was showing her some respects.
He axed her to low him TO 'scort her to de
hall one ebening, and she refuse. You SEQ
be was an ole man. Den / axed her eff she
would permit me de honor, and she say yes
So dat udder preacher he git jealous Oh me.
and when my wife hab de spasm he tell it
around dat / was tryin' to smudder her.
He! he! he De folks will laugh to-morrer
when dey read dat.n We told him we
thought that they would.
Walker COu1lfu Ne1Cs. One of our most