The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-10

the BagginR Trust-A Reunion o.
Cavalrymen to Be Held at kome-A
Hawk Carries Away Thirty Two
Pounds of Feathers.
GEORGIA
Boil worms are busy in the cotton crop Of
Harris county.
There is a disease among the cattle al
Crawford said to be murrain.
The lntorior If the Methodist church al
Griffin has been greatly heautified.
A reunion of cavalry veterans will be
held in Rome on Wednesday, Oct 8.
The fall term Of the Hartwell high school
was begun in the new building on last
Monday.
Miss Gertrude Holland of Hartwel has
undertaken the task of collecting 100000
Cancelled postage stamps.
1t is estimated that the late and continu-
Gus rains have cut the cotton crop in Sum
ter county short by one half.
The firm of Williams & Pou of Columbus
has been dissolved, and M Williams is
now associated with o. S. Bullock, at Ham
Atqn.
A hawk swooped down in Elder E. B. Bar
rett's residence at Gainesville and lifted
thirty-two pounds of feathers and carried
them away.
Hon. A D. Gambler accompanied by Hon.
H. w. Newman, de nocratc candid ties for
eector from the Ninth congressional dis
trict, spoke at Homer, Banks county, Satur-
day.
A ripple of excitement was cre1te1 at
campmeeting in Harris county Sunday
when the rumOr spread that young couple
were to be married in one Of the tclts \
large crowd soon assembled in front and
witnessed the nuptials of the contracting
parties
Last Monday morning Judge J. F. c
Williams entered ueon the third decade of
his service to Harris county in the cap city
of ordinary. In the twenty years that he
has been in Office he has not failed t be on
hand single time on the first Monday in
each month.
George Seig, who lives just one mile
from the court house at Americas, says
that as strange as il may appear, and with
all the rain that has fallen in the last few
weeks. that the heavy rain of Thursday
evening is the first tnat has fallen on his
lands since June
Alexander More, who lives on Lookout
mountain, was a Subscriber to a subScIia-
ton for building a rood at the Bowers
trail Last fall, while moving, he stoppei
his team at branch to drink. A deal tree
fell and struck him on the back. GRIPPING
him for life His neighbors released him
from his subscription.
At Valdosta a few days ago James Lotion
and John Lotion arrested a white man,
Dorse Jenkins. who had killed u negro in
Madison county, Florida, some tims ago.
and was also wanted for having sh t az a
Methodist preacher in the same county.
He was carried back to Madison county
Jail. The arrestlDg parties received $500 as
a reward
A 13-year-old negro boy on David Wo9t-
ems place. above Morgan, CalhoJh county,
came to his death iu az unusual manner one
day last week. While picking cotton near
the gin house q shower came up and lie taox
refuge from it III the gin house. where he
dug q hole in a p le of SO ID cotton and
crawled into it. After getting into the hole
he could not get out, and was found by his
mother a short time afterward smothered
to death.
There is an old sword at Sims & Phayr's
store at Washington that has been there for
the past fifteen or twenty years. 1t has
engraved on the hilt the following words:
Presented to frs; Lieutenant Rufus John
son, by Co. B., Hoffman Battalion o. V.
j." This comcany was from Ohio. Capt.
Erwin SAYS the sword was captured in the
second battle of Manassas. bat be does not
know by whom. IL will be restored to the
owner il he will write for it.
The trade committee Of the Farmers
Alliance of the counties OF Clarke, Oconee,
Oglethorpe, Madison and jackson, met at
Athens Thursday for the purpose of dis
cussing the bagging aud tie question, and
all other questions that might properly
come before them. Among many r6solu-
tons offered and adopted the follow
ing by Col A. +. Pope, of Ogle-
thorpe, was by unanimous cor
caf1t of fha g.
publication: That we, The representative al
lance men of the counties OF Clarke, Geo
nee, OgleJhorpe, Madison and jackson re-
jet all offers on bagging for the present,
the prices offered being too high; that we
recommend the holding Of our cotton in the
seed unless we can pure ase bagging at
more reasonable prices; that it will not be
inconsistent with the alb we resolution to
use old bagging, burlnps, cotton goods or
anything else other than new bagging to
pack our cotton for imne late use.