The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-19

be gathered thrty-six bales, averaging 40
1 pounds each. On one acre he grew 1850
pounds Of lint cotton, using only 100 pounds
/ OF guano Besides Mr. Woods ma lie plenty
7 OF corn and pYovl,iO $ Of all kinds 70 run
. his farm and al pc { him another year. A
I neighbor OF Mr.. Woods ma lie LOO pounds
/ OF lint cotton from an acre of land.
Lafayette Messenger: At tho beautiful
/ country home OF j. NJ Henry, two miles
( north OF CaSSandra are two cases OF
! malignant disease. A SON of his was taken
/ some days ago and is said now to be at the
! point OF death. Miss Lowry, young lady
/ O; the ueighbOrhOod, kindly assisted rs
nurse, She died Monday, Jan. ?, after an
illness of one day 1t is thought by some Of
/ the leading physicians that it may bc small
| plX, though DR.. Jones, who IS thoroughly
skilled, does not know how to name it. Miss
! Lowry's body was badly broken out from
the waist up, while below the eruption was
I still heavier
Around High Shoals, Oconee county, are
now in cultivation several fields that were
cleared more than a hundt ed years ago, the
timber therefrom being used TO burn char
! coal 10 melt iron ore for the null in opera
| ton where the High Shoals factory now
stands The old hammer to leat the iron
! into bars is in the Appalachee river just be-
! low the shoals This ore was taken from
mines in Oconee and Walton counties, about
/
| eXaustible, and is the finest magnetic ore
! These mines will some day be developed and
| prolitaby operated, when railroad Commu-
nication is opened
Saturday night citizen Of Sugar Valley
! was iured in a most horrible manner. The
man was 4. q. Ragsdale. He was return
| ing from a "trip TO Dalton, and as the train
| passed Sugar Valley station he jumped of
! His foot struck on "a chunk of coal and both
| legs were horribly crushed, seven cars pass
| ing over them. Dr. r. VI. Holmes attended
| Mr.. Ragsdale on Sunday and found ampu-
tation necessary. lie did all that human
| power could, but the suffering man died
Mr. RagsClale was man Of family and
leaves a wife and several children. 1t is
said shat he was beating his way and had
no ticket.
c. Henry Cohen, on behalf Of sundry
creditors Of the American Illuminating
| Company of Augusta, has filed bill to APP
! point receiver and returned Tuesday
| from SaudersviIle, where he obtained an
| order from Judge Hines to that effect,
Judge Roney being disqualified. Mr..
! butcher, President of the company, is di-
rected by Judge Hines order TO act as re
ceiver and carry on the business of the
company until the further order of the
court. The trouble seems to be that the
| company enlarged too fast, and was unable
TO meet the demands on it when presented.
! While the legal questions are IN process Of
settlement. the business will be carried on
as usual, and the public thus will not be
| put to the inconvenience Of the lights being
extinguished.
| Hon r. f. Barksdale of Washington,
has for some time been missing meat from
| his smOkehOuse but as the door was always
! locked and the building showed no evidence
| of being broken into, he was at a loss to see
| how the meat got out of the building. He
decided to secrote himself near the building
and see if he could find out the thief and
| his modus operandi After waiting patiently
| for some time, a negro was seen to approach
| the building and quietly drawing a key
! from his pocket proceeded to unlock the
| SmukehouSe door. After re had gotten
| inside M Barksdale simply stepped up and
! locked the door on him. He held his pris-
oner in this Jail until next morning, when
| no released him only TO bring him to
| town and turn him over to the county jail
| where there was more strength and less
meat.
Jesup Sentinel: Last Saturday night John
Scott (coloredr boarded the Jesup express
train coming from Savannah to Jesup, at
Johnston station. For some cause he started
| to jump Off when near a wood rack not far
| from the station. and in doing so he was
| thrown against the rack and received the
! following injuries: Half an inch of his up
| per lip was cut off extending two-thirdS of
| the way across his mouth, and four of his
| under front teeth Knocked out, besides he
| was terribly bruised about the eyes and
| head. 1T j, only a wonder that he was not
| ground into sausage meat. Capt. Sweat,
| the conductor, stopped the train, took him
on and brought him to Jesup, where he re-
! CeVed the medical attention of DR.. G.. ".
| Drawdv. He presented a frightful APP
! pporapcp when ha was first broupbt n the
| doctor.
! Things have been lively around Daniels
vile lately. Monday DR.. r. F. Sorrels sent
| word to Jim Colbert, negro, to come up
and settle. Colbert sent some word to the
! doctor, whereupon the doctor, Saturday,
went down to see Colbert and gave him a
! good thrashing. In the time Colbert was
reaching for a rock the doctor broke one
| bone in his left arm below the elbow DR..
! Stephen set the arm. George Jenkins cut
! John Teaseley nine times with knife
! Saturday night on the street. DR. SorrelS
| sewed up four of the wounds-on the back
! of the neck on each shoulder blade and
over the spine. Jenkins head has an ugly
! cash which it is said Favctte Daniel made.
! All colored. Anna Hitchcock made an ugly
wound on the head of Jane Griffith with
| battling stick at the wash place at the
! spring, about some trouble concerning the
washing, and none of the courts have charge
of it. Both are colored women.
At LaGrange few days ago the two boys
of j. NJ Barnard, the railroad agent, know
ing their fathers love for sport and his
especial fondness for wild ducks, secured
couple of decoy ducks, and placed them in
the branch below the railroad. This done
they dispatched courier to let their father
know that ducks were about. Mr. Barnard
was very busy, but when the courier rushed
into his Office and told him a couple of wild
ducks had just lit in the branch all
work was forgotten for the moment,
and hastily picking up his gun the
agent went post haste for the branch. The
boys had secreted themselves at a conve-
nient post of observation, and watched with
the keenest interest the cautious approach
of the hunter. Spying the ducks floating on
the water, he quickly fired The explosion
of the gun was quickly followed by loud
! gutfaw from the boys, when the sportsman
realized that he had been sold. He hit the
ducks, though. The same game was played
on Matt Flvnn, the Waterman, and it re-
quired two shots to convince him that the
ducks were not genuine.
FLORIDA.
Therecords for Pasco and Citrus counties
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