The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-23

they borrowed from a neighbor1ng BLACK
smith shop after drawing the staple which
held the shop door.
A negro arrived at the Sumter county
poor house wednesday who stated that he
was from Isabella. Worth county, and was
on his way TO visit his relatives, when be
was taken sick He stopped at a Negroes
house in Sumter county, where he paid his
board until his money gave out. After his
money was gone he was turned out OF doors.
and lay three days and nights without food
or attention. A white man found him and
carried him to the poor house, where he
died Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam P. Jones of the Mud
Valley district, Lowndesicounty, some time
since noticed that strange noises and move
ments proceeded from the mattress upon
which they nightly reposed. They cut open
the bed and to their horror discovered that
it was inhabited by four rattlesnakeS, two
Of which were well grown, and two were
small ones. 1t is supposed that the snakes
crawled in the moss, Of which the mattress
was composed, when it was being summed
The mystery is what the snakes found to
eat in their novel home
r. L. Reaves is a young jockey who
owned and sat behind John CT. and VIII
! O'Farrell at the North Georgia and Ala
bama exposition. Reaves won several
races there and was quite flush when the
exposition closed. He also sold one of his
/ trotters TO Tom Echols of Floyd county,
pOcketing quite roll of large bills A few
days ago Reaves took the train from Knox
| vile for Rome, and carried his money in
! his inside vest pocket. He fell asleep on the
/ train, and while he snoozed his money was
/ stolen. There is no clue to the thief.
! Among those who are making money in
/ Floyd county is W. L. Hickman, an ener-
getic and progressive young man from st.
/ Louis, who is operating a manga Hese mine,
or ore bed. p. Of. Caldon visited these ore
bels while he was at Rome, aid says that
there is as much money to be made in it as
in gold mine. The land has been leased
for q nominal rent. The price paid by
manufacturers for the ore is 81 50 per ton
loaded on the cars 1t costs.only S22 80 per
ton to niue and lad it on the cars. Ten
tons day are shipped, and there is a clear
profit of $50.
Three persons were found dead in their
bells at Atlanta Saturday morning. WHISKY
was the cause of the deaths. About l
o'clock Annie st. Clair, white woman,
who has been in Atlanta only few days,
WAS found dead in her room on Peters
street. She came from Macon on Saturday
last and had been on a spree ever since.
About o'clock Isaac Haverldy, a young
man, was found dead in his bed at his board
ing house, % Hill street. Tom McHenry, a
young man who recently came from In
diana, was found dead in his bed at 335
Decatur street. He was native Of Evans
vile, Ind.
Wednesday afternoon, in Greene county,
Alice Thomas, a cOlored girl about thirteen
years old, was fatally burned. She wa, on
her way to a school exhibition in the couu-
try. She had in a satchel a number of
chemicals to be used TO make red lights
The chemicals spontaneously exploded, aud
in moment the girl was in flames. Before
the man driving her could aid her she
jumped from the buggy and began to run.
Another man stopped her and extinguished
the flames, but not until she had been terri
bly, burned. She was taken to her home
| and DIR. J. Z. Walker was sent for, who
did eli possible TO alleviate her sufferings.
The rumor is very general at Macon that
Col. John E. Jones will soon resign the
presidency of the Central Georgia bank,
which is the state depository at Macon. Il
| has been rumored off and on for a year, at
| least that President Jones desired to resign,
| but influences have been brought to bear to
keep him from doing so. The present re-
| port, however, is probably true. Col Jones'
health has not been good recently, and on
this account he contemplates resigning He
may hold on until Jan. l next, the regula-
ton time for recognizing the board of
| directors. Mr.. r. H. Brown, who was
| lately elected a director, vice George S.
Jones, deceased is spoken of as Col. Jones'
probable successor.
Wednesday was tho first day of the land
sale in Cedartown. Qnite number of peo-
pie from abroad were in town, and business
in corner lots was brisk Mr.. Frierson of
Chattanooga was auctioneer. The property
sold very high. Lots around the c.
r. G. depot, 30xl10, were bought at
the rats OF S4,700 per acre.
About $4,000 worth of property
changed hands. Barbecued meats were
served. The West End syndicate sold
about $4,000 worth of property Thursday.
Less than half of the property brought
more than what the whole cost. Many of
the los bought will be built upon. One
man bought lot for $500, and yet did not
have a dollar. When asked why he bought
it, he replied Eyer told me it would
DOODLE in twelve months"
Col Fry's surveyors are now at work on
the Atlanta, Atlantic and Great Western
railroad, and are now in Hancock county.
The present route, il adhered to, will cross
spring, owned by DR.. John T. De Jarnette
Of Putnam county, and intersect the Macon
and Augusta at Devereaux station, about
seven miles from Sparta. From that point
it will pass down through the lower portion
of the county by Mauda, the old Sasnett
mill site, and out by Eureka, on its straight
course to Mathews. The return survey will
come via Sparta, with reference to the same
place crossing the Oconee river, that point
affording rocky foundation, upon which
a bridge can be built to advantage. Should
this line be adhered to, it will open up as
fine an agricultural section as in Georgia,
and give railroad facilities to a people who
have long felt the want OF them. The route
by Sparta going to Louisville, viii be
about four miles longer, but when tested it
will be found better than tho lower mile,
because less broken and free from water
courses, which are always source Of ex-
pense and delays, by reason of floods and
accidents.
FLORIDA.
Lee county has population Of 1900.
Three pairs Of twins were born in Tampa
| last weak