The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25

though one large prong had beel broken
off. The potato grew in the dam of Mr..
| Mathews pond and was washed out when
the dam broke recently.
just a few miles above jug Tavern, in
the vicinity of Pirkle's mills, there is an
old house which possesses rare interest just
now from the fact that it is said to be
haunted" A number of citizens Of got d
standing in the community have visited it
at nigh, and they say that at certain hours
| queer noises are heard to proceed from one
| ROOM The house is occupied, and hun
dreds of people go there daily to stand vigil
at night.
While Mrs. J. D. Cover of Americas
was boiling hams at her residence Satur-
day morning, her clothing by some means
became ignited, and she was quickly en-
veloped in flames Mr.. Glover, very FORUM
ateiy, happened to be near, and seeing the
danger ran to his wife's rescue, and soon
had the flames extingushed Mrs. Glover
was only slightly burned, " lille Mr.. Glover
had his hands badly burned in putting out
tle fire. 1t was very narrow escape.
Wade Merritt, who lives in the Friend
ship district of Sumter county, ha lively
encounter with a mad dog a day or two ago.
The animal belonged on a plantation two
miles distant from Mr. Merritts, and the
first knowledge that he had OF the presence
of the dog was a terrific battle being waged
on the back verandah of his residence be-
tween the rabid cur and his own faithful
watch dog. Mr.. Merritt says that the
bloody fight lasted nearly two hours, de
spite his efforts t. separate the dogs, and it
finally became necessary to call up force
of negroes to exterminate the rabid ami
NAL. Mr.. Merritt's dog was badly torn up
in the fight, and has been chained up to
await the result of his injuries.
Dan1fbIinon. Eor1u Gatur1au
morning sleek black buck from the coun-
try, dressed out in his Sunday best, decided
to drink out OF nozzle of a hose that was
placidly coiled in front of store on Jack
son street. He had just wrapped his dark
features about the nozzle and closed his eyes
in a kind OF religions ecstacy, preparatory
to taking long, invigorating pull at the
cool, dripping fountain when a clerk
upon the inside, who had watched
the thing little, turned on the
full pressure of $40 pounds to
the square inch. There was a smothered
gurgle and the sound of Kissing waters for a
brief moment, then all was still The clerk
emerged from the store with door mat,
and carefully wiped the water from the
calm features of young Cuff, a, he lay the 9
SO beautiful and TRANQUILITY serene. He then
turned him over, so that the water might
escape through the calvert under his nose,
te derby smote him with barrel stave and
babe him 60 hence.
The mmbermen are cutting down the
forests of Georgia with great rapldity. 1t
is estimated that they are clearing 200 to
400 square miles of timber land in Georgia
every year. The Atlanta Lumber Com
pany has 10000 acres ana they estimate
that they will clear it in thirty years by
cutting coo feet of lumber a dav. At
the present rate it does not seem likely that
the next generation will see much of the
pine belt OF Georgia. The French govern
ment has repanted forests TO protect GER
tain districts from floods, as it was found
after some years of observation that the
disappearance of the forests bad been fol-
lowed by greater and more concentrated
rainfall, and that it rushed down the bare
hillside- SO rapidly as to cause great dam
age This calls to mind the fact that since
the iron furnaces have cleared so many
thousand acres on the mountains TO the
southwest of Rome, tie storms coming
from the southwest have caused heavier
rainfalls than ever before, and floods have
arisen in twenty-four hours, as in 1884, a
shorter period than ever brought them
about before.