The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23

at once, but il he saw any one going out
after he commenced preaching again be
would catch them by the ears and pull
them back.
Mr. HUMPHREYS of Scrlven proposes to
lease the Western and Atlantic railroad to
the Atlantic, Atlanta and Great Western
Raihoa and Navigation Company for
fifty wears for minimum sum equal to
per cent. of its value, about 500, 800 per
month. or p per cent. of the gross income
of the road. the road to be appraised as
soon as the present lease expires, by three
expert railroad men, appointed by the
governor. A bond of 81 100000 is required
of the lesseeS
Bud Berry, the wounded policeman of
Griffin. remains in a critical condition, with
the chances against his living. TIE second
pistol ball was taken out Wednesday. The
first was taken out at the back and this one
under the right arm. They are said TO be
Of different character, proving that they
came from two different pistols. j. p
Bledsoe gave bond Wednesday IN the sum
of 81 900, and Polk Davis is still in Jail i'll
default Of g., 900 bond Both are to have a
commitment trial on Now 80.
A negro, who had been a manager in the
wheelwright shops of the chronological de-
partment of the Clarke university at At
| lauta, publishes a statement that he had
| been SUPERSEDED by a white man from the
| north, AMI that there was no reason for this
| change exec It that he was a colored man,
and he northern president of the college
wanted TO give the positions to his own
| people. He says the colored man is appre-
ciated by his northern friends only so long
! as they can make him subserve their in
| tereStS
! Dave Malone, negro man from Talbot
| county, was the victim of pair of daring
negro fakirs at Columbus, Tuesday. Ma
| hone was noticed going into one of the
| banks, where he drew $25. One of the
| fakirs watched him, and when he came out
the two rascals followed him down the
street. They accosted him, AID. after some
conversation, one OF them pulled out five
| dollar bill and asked him for change. Ma
hone, not expecting any scheme, drew the
money from his pocket. 1t was made up of
two ten-dollar bills and s. in silver, wrapped
up. One of the pair at once snatched the
money, and they both dashed Off. Though
hot pursuit was given, the two fellows
escaped with their booty.
Cumming Clarion: We are reliably in
formed that over in Cuba the other day,
our quondam friend, John Echols, assisted
by few others, gathered up all the old
copies of the Baptist Sun and Clarion that
could be found, piled them up, and
sprinkled sulphur and birthstone over them
And that John then struck match to the
pile, remarking that they would start a
little hell of their own" while Warren
Bruce and one or two others stood off and
INDUCED IN naughty language. All this
was done, we suppose, because the Cdrioq's
politics did not suit them. Truly, small
men are capable of little actions. The
above would have been treated with silent
contempt had it not been really amusing.
Some of the wealthy citizens of Bruins
wick pay taxes on the following assess
ments: Oglethorpe bank S103,0 900, First
national bank $75, $40, Brunswick Company
1881 1913, A. Kaiser Bros. S67 ,496, S. Mayer
q Ullman $57, 59S, J. Nicholson $40, 2S7, J.
Co. $42 435. w. B. Burroughs $4S, 778,
Barker g. Sons S35,737, w. E. Bur
bage and wife $26 678. Building and
Loan Association 1871, 746, Cook g. Winship
S22, $780, estate of B. NJ. Cargile $20, COZ, q.
Freelander sos, 735. Glauber 81 Isaacs $24,-
929, Littlefield & Tison $39,575, NJ Michel
son 1924, 240, ]. H. Mccullough $50, 1870, S.
Mumford S27, 7o5, Mrs. j. Mathew s21.112,
brunswick Street Railroad Company $22,-
065, J. M. Dexter S27, 314, C. Downing, Jr.
q Co $3l AIS, c. Downing. Jr. 500, 207.
At Alpharetta, Esquire Ludridge was en-
gagged to perform marriage ceremony
The groom was Alexander James, and the
bride was Miss Edith Smyth. While the
bridal party stood in the esquire'S office
awaiting the performance of the
ceremony, Mr.. Games excused him
self from the company, and, mounting a
horse which he found outside, galloDed away
at furious rate. He had whispered to
the groomsmau before he left that he was
ashamed to get married before so many
people. The bride, with the utmost COM
posure, turned to the groomsman and said:
"You helped to bring me here, and now
you must take his place" The groomsman
readily did so, and the marriage ceremony
went on. AT its conclusion the bride said:
when make up my mind to do anything
never let anything stand in the way"
Flat Shoals, Ga. correspondence Griffin
NetCS, Nov. 81: The heaviest hail that has
fallen in this section of the county for years
fell last Thursday at o'clock p. M, COM
pletely covering the ground, and in many
places several inches deep. 1t is impossible
to calculate the damage done to cotton.
About one-half or more of all that was
open and not picked is almost a total loss,
and what was not beat out and blown away
is so badly damaged that it is hardly worth
picking. 1t hailed for about five or ten
minutes as hard as you ever saw it rain the
hail stones fell as large as large size marbles
Wherever they struck window glass il
broke them all to pieces. The rain fell for
about fifteen minutes after it ceased hailing
in torrents, and little branches were higher
budu ever kuOWH DHlOTe III years. Inc river
rose very rapidly for about twenty-six
hours, but his subsidized, although the weather
is not settled yet.
A negro called at Sheriff Callaway's
house at Washington last Sunday and told
him that Alfred Parks, who lived ON John
Cooper's place, was trying to kill his wife
When the sheriff got there he found a wo-
man with nearly all of her clothes cut of.
and almost frightened to death. Parks had
been to town Saturday and supplied himself
with bottle of whisky, and Sunday he
got drunk and made up his mind to XIII his
wife and child. He first caught the child and
started out into the woods, saying he was
going to burst its brains out against a
tree. His wife attempted TO take tho
child away from him, when he turned
upon Der with a knife, and after cutting
her clothes all To pieces tried to brain her
with an axe. When the sheriff went to
arrest him he said he had paid 81. 80 for her
and that he had a right to do what he
pleased with her, and when he got out be
was going back TO kill her. He was
lodged in Jail.
DR.. r. J. Massey of Douglasville narrated
the following day or two ago: In 1859 the
drug firm of Landsdell g. Massey ordered
five barrels of kerosene oil--the first that
was shipped to the city of Atlanta. They
spent about $50 in advertising, but could
not induce buyers to purchase IL. Finally,
almost in despair of disposing of it, they
resolved themselves into a committee Of the
whOa ON tha gifnatiOp and da,id. al 80