The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

ribly in earnest about killing the persons
who had caused her trouble, and voweC
! vengeance against them
Somehow or other erroneous reports have
been published in the press of the STATE
stating that the State Convention to selecI
! delegates to the National Convention in St
LOUIS meets the first Tuesday in May,
Judge Bigham, chairman of the State Elk
ecutive Committee, is very DESTROYS that
they may be corrected. The State Demo
| cratic Convention is called to meet in At
! lanta on the second Wednesday in May
which is MAY ., at u o'clock The first
Tuesday in MAY is recommended by the
| committee as the day upon which the coun
ties, either by mass meeting or primaries
select delegates to the State Convention.
Rover correspondent Griffin Ne,cs: l hap
| pened to be in store in one of the growing
towns along the Georgia Midland the other
| day, and young man came in and asked
one of the clerks for some vanilla. His re-
| PLY was that he did not have any solid colored
calico in the house; very sorry, but is there
nothing else Yes, a spool of brown thread.
Well, that seemed to get him; who ever
heard of brown thread Well, it was really
amusing to think that a person had been in
a civilized country all his life, and not
know black from blue, and vanilla from
calico. | think if | was his boss | would
send him to school and learn him colors.
But as ii was q new business to him, we
were all willing to let him off, providing he
would do better next time and not try to
pass off calico for favoring.
Talbotton Nel0 Era: Gov. Smith now
Judge SMITH says that upon n certain oc-
casi0n while he was in Washington he sat
in the gallery of the House of Representa-
tlves with an unlighted cigar in his
mouth. Presently he was tapped on the
shoulder by an Irish doorkeeper, who said
mo smoking allowed in here" Eyes" re-
piled the Governor, II am not smoking;
am only holding the cigar in my mouth.
You don't object to a gentleman's putting
tobacco in his mouth in here, do youN
Nv ELL" replied the officer, 1.-The members
below will see yez with the cigar in We
mouth and they will think ye are smoking "
What, y said the Governor do you mean
to tell me that such an intelligent body Of
men cannot tell whether this cigar is lighted
or notN ''Oh. hi" said the officer, Il can
never vouch for the intelligence of those
men. Put up your cigar"
On the suburbs Of Madison lives man
known as "Bll Indian" full blooded
Cherokee. Bill's name is William Waters.
and is one of the members of that once great
tribe which inhabited of these parts in the
long ago. When that tribe was removed
from Georgia. Bill, then youth, preferred
to stay in his native land, and the govern
ment paid him the sum allowed for the re
moval of each member the tribe to re-
main The sum paid him was $l20. Col
d. S. Johnston, of Madison, is now in cor
respondence with the Indian bureau at
Washington, in regard TO William Waters
claim in the lands in the Indian territory.
Col. Johnston thinks probably he will b.
able to establish his claim and "Bill Indian"
will become the owner of $1,000. William
Waters is an interesting character. He is a
genuine Indian as his every feature shows
long, coarse, black hair and prominent
cheek bones. He married mulatto woman
several years ago, and several little half
breeds play around his wigwam. He
is quiet, peaceful man, and makes good
citizen.