The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-26

DR.. W. L. Jones of the agricultural de
partment Of the university at Athens, lie
receiving. through D. W. McGregor OF
Athens. acompreGensivel library of works on
agriculture ana kindred subjects. Seven
or eight huudred dollars will be expended
for this purooSe, aud, with the assistance of
Mr.. NcGreSor. DR.. Jones will have the
finest collection Il agricultural books in the
south In 81 slng.e case just received are
works on grasses, grain, hay. sorghum.
poultry raising, cotton, corn, stock and its
cars--i2 fact, the library will he exhaustive
fGpoR Ill subjects OF special interest to the
agylcu ,rure1 population.
Z At Macon, Friday. the necessary papers
were signed whereby two Macon parties,
one from Twiggs county and one from
| Houston, ave rented Adams park, a few
miles below Macon, for the purpose OF rails
! ing waternalons. There are 800 acres and
sixteen mules and thirty-two hands will be
| required 70 cult.va the land. The inves-
tors expect 10 raise not less than $50 car
loads of melons the lrst year, and by care
ful and thorough cultivation hope TO in
crea e the yield to at least 270 car loads.
Adams pa belongs to W. b. Tarver, of
Twiggs county, lately of Macon, and Gov
ernor Gordon and Senator Colquitt.
At Macon, Friday, a negro boy, Lewis
Nelson, had narrow escape from fatal in
jury near St Paul's church He, with sew
eral other boys, were in the roadway play
ing marble when a runaway team came
dashing along. The boys scattered but in
running Nelson tripped against the street
car track and fell Just as the horse was al
most upon him. Before he could get en-
tirely out of the way one of he wheels
struck him on the shoulder, knocking him
down and making quite severe brulse In
falling to the ground Nelson's mouth struck
against the street railroad track, and one
tooth was broken out, and he badly bit his
lip.
As slight evidence of the productiveness
of the mines in Lumpkin county, it may be
stated that one mercantile house in
Dahlonega has shipped to the mint in the
last three years Sl25, 600 worth of gold
Four-f1fths Of this was taken in in the way
of trade. This does not represent the yield
of the mines worked by the large COM
panieS, who ha We commissaries of their
own, but is what this firm has secured in
the way If trade from the small miners
who wash for gold on the branches and
streams ION their own hook There are a
dozen other stores at Dahlonega that get
their share OF this trade, the above only
representing what one firm has done.
There was a rumor on the streets at
Rome, Thursday, that there had been a
blacks at Round mountain furnace on
Wednesday night Hughes the dessradpo,
who had caused all the tronble and was the
ring leader of the riot, was there and took a
shotgun away from a man named Smith.
There was no further fight or difficulty
This was what probably gave rise to the
trouble. Hughes is desperate character
and although the furnace men have
offered a reward of 500 for his
mr. No on IN hora n
to capture him. Everybody around the
furnace carries a shotgun for fear of
trouble. The mail carrier who met the
steamer Hull City had one
When the Central train pulled into the
union depot at Atlanta Friday morning,
there was sick woman and child in one of
the coaches, and the husband and father
appeared tn be very much frightened and
excited. He was asked where he had come
from, and when he stated that bis home
was in Florida, nearly everybody about the
depot jumped at the conclusion that the
woman and child had yellow fever. The
news soon spread, and the yellow fever
cases at the depot be( anne the general topic
of conversation abodt the hotels and on the
streets. The chief of police was notified of
the matter, a0d be at once went to the
depot and found the sick woman and child
Ia the gentlemsn's waiting room and the
husband with them. The chief teIephoned
for DR.. j. B. Baird, secretary of the board
of health, and DR.. Baird, when he arrived,
found that neither the woman nor the child
had any kind Of fever. They were both
weak and tyad from travelling, and the
woman mai h9d falnting spell on the car
just before reaching the city. The mans
name was James NJ Miller, and he left
Seminole. Fla, and passed near Tampa.
where the yellow fever has broken out. He
concluded to leave the state, and was on his
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