The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-31

submarine pump that would cut out the Lit.
| tie knoll in a very short while. There is
! only small hump about so feet across that
requires any work; this he would cut away
IN short order. Toe project has the indorse
ment of the powers at Washington. 1t is
thought that there viii be no trouble tC
have the city reimbursed for any outlay on
her part, which. by the way, Lieut.. Carter
thinks viii be very small.
| Valdosta Times: Wednesday morning
last a gentleman in Valdosta went out to
| his barn to feed his stock, and he found a
gay reyeller doubtless of the night before
prone upon the floor of his buggy house
resting sweetly and sleeping off Christmas
potations. He lay fair, and the gentleman
without otherwise disturbing his slumbers
seized board and went to work like killing
snakes. The slumberer sprang up in a
bury and begged for quarter ike a good
fellow. Casting his eve around the gentle
man discovered another sleeping wayfarer
few steps away, and ne started for him
with the same board. Wayfarer number
one thereupon' called out. Hold on boss,
gimme dat boad; he's de blank, blank
hlankety, blank dat brought me in here"
And be took the board and whaled in upon
bis par0 with a vengeance, who arose and
fled, a little sore for his nights sleeping,
followed by him, who got off lighter at the
hands OF the owner of the premises
\ lively row occurred in colored
church up in the Fifth ward at Au-
gusia. between the hours OF aud 2 o'clock,
Saturday morning. The congregation was
engaged in watch night service preparatory
% the ten day tramp of walking to Egypt.
Sam Harris went TO the church in company
with several colored lassles. Toward the
evening the service was monotonous 10
Sam, aud TO wear off his weary feelings he
hit q cigarette, aud INDUCED in good old
fashioned smoke. The pastor and deacons
got indignant at Sans conduct, and Deacon
Tata commanded him to discard the
cigarette, which be refused 70 do, and con-
sequently he was grabbed by the neck and
chucked about until Sans temper got the
beSs OF him, ana he pulled his pistol and
brands ed it in the air, frightening Deacon
Tate and Rev. Menesse. The screams of the
excited congregation attracted a policeman,
who arrested the malicious negro, aud
Judge Dunbar made a call upon MIN for
S5l 50.
Georgia can boast of model citizen in
the senior partner of the firm Of Gam g.
Murray of Athens. To a reporter Of the
Euenihq Chronicle he recently gave the
following remarkable record for the last
forty years: Forty years ago this Christ
mas got on a spree, and it was my last. In
June afterward, went into barroom. /
didn't have but SIS to my name l called
for drink, gave boy who was tending
the bar S. gold piece to get cents ous Of
it, and he accu;ed me of wanting to beat
MIN out drink, but finally changed the
money. My horse was Standing about
twenty steps from the door, and between
the barroom and horse I made resolve to
never drink another drop. / got on the
horse, came on by where my sweetheart
lived, stole her, came on toward Athens,
married her at a small church near
Princeton, spent my remaining SIS
for some clothes for her, for the
old folks would not let her have anything,
and commenced life without anything. We
both went to work with the intention to
have some of this worlds goods, and every
Christmas found us with more and more.
chewed tobacco for twenty years, and
one morning laid a piece on the mantel,
with the determination to quit, and for
over thirty years have never tasted thestuff
never bought cigar in my life, and never
played game of cards in my life. Twelve
years ago | quit cursing. l was most pro-
fame, but one night my wife told me that
ought to quit ID. / told her not to say
another word about it, and from that day
to this TN oath has mover passed my lips. |
am a member of the Methodist church, and
of the Masons and Odd Fellows and Knights
of Honor, and have never been up on single
charge in any Of thenn