The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-03

and justly entitled to the congressional nom
nation this tine resOlred, that Col. 5. M.
Sparkman of HillbOrough is the choice OF
the citizens of Polk county and this mass
meeting, and that the delegates selected
here to-day are hereby instructed to adopt
the unit rule"
Last Thursday morning, about IL O'Clock.
while Cfe rye n. FOotman and family were
absent from their home near Chaires station,
in Leon county, the house was broken open
and robbed Of everything of value that
could be carried off conveniently. When
Mr. Footman returned and found his gun,
razor coat, several pairs of pants, all the
money that his children had put away in
their little savings bank, and many other
things gone, he at once set out to eaten the
robber He soon ran up with his gun, razor,
and some other things which had been pur-
chased by gnng of section hands from a
negro. whom they called "Peddling Bill.
The negro was arrested.
A colored woman was bitten by ground
rattlesnake Tuesday, one Of the most pois-
onous known. On hearing of it, j. K. Aud
aud y. M. Jenkins went to the drug store
of DR.. Chapman and procured what Is
called IA maidstone" They we t to the
woman, whom they found in gTo sat agony,
writing and twisting on the bed, so as TO
require two men to hold her. They applied
the stone 10 the wound, after first putting it
in hot vinegar, with the most extraordinary
results. The stone firmly attached itself to the
wound and remained about four minutes
adhering like a leech 1t was then placed
in warm water and threw off greasy fluid
of grayish color, with a slight mixture Of
green After few minutes it was replaced
again, when it remained only minute.
By this time the woman was free of pain
and asleep, and is now doing we'll This
stone has quite history, coming originally
from Virginia, where it remained for three
generations in one family. 1t has been APP
piled since it has been in the present owners
pos session, in three cases of bites from mad
dogs and two from snake bites, and in
every instance with perfect success.
Several weeks ago colored man named
Merritt Jones was stabbed in the forehead
by another negro near the railroad juno
ton In LaVlla. Two weeks later DR.. Cen
ter extracted a portion of the knife-blade
from the negroes forehead when he seemed
to improve until Il day or two ago, when
his condition grew more serious, and
Wednesday DIR. Confer found it necessary
to use the trepan in order to remove the
pus which had accumulated in his head.
Shortly after the operation the doctor noti-
fed Justice Magill that the man was dead,
and asked that a jury of inquest be ap-
pointed, whereupon the Justice sum
moned j. G. SCHUYLER J. Farmer, AL
exander Cook, c. Peno, R. Powell
and-Smith as such jury, who went out to
Jones' house for the purpose of holding the
inquest. On arriving there the man was
found to be still alive and the jury was
forced to remain some minutes until the
man died before they could hold the inquest,
when it was decided to have post-mortem
examination, and DIR. Center was selected
as the physician to make this examination
This created much comment and dissatis-
faction, as he was the physician who at
tended the man and performed the opera
ton, and the general opinion seemed to he
that some one else, in no way interested,
all the facts, it is believed that Dr. Center,
as soon as he learns of this dissatisfaction,
will retire, and thus leave the matter In
the hands of others