The morning news., 1889-04-23

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| league was composed simply for the pur-
pose Of advertising Birmingham.
A most estimabe citizen Of Americus,
who has a daughter at one Of the larger
! colleges for women, was much shocked re-
| Gently to receive a letter from her in which
she made the startling admission that upon
| the following day she was going t. New
! York with chap" The estimable citizen
| lost no time in writing his daughter for an
explanation Of her conduct. He wrote her
that Of course such proceedings were in
violation Of the rules of the college and Of
social usage, aud il. as Vas PROBABLY the
| case, her statement had been intended as a
joke, ii was to say the least, in very bad
taste. A day or two later the young
woman wrote him TO the effect that be was
way behind the times Chap" was
simply the collegiate abbreviation Of cha
psron. Just now the estimable citizen
isn't saying word.
James NJ Wiley OF G winnett county, who
applied for his allowance under the naimel
soldier act few days ago, has a peculiar
wound, from which he still suffers acute
pain at times. He was a member Of COM
pany H., Eleventh Georgia regiment, aud
at tae battlJof the " Wilderness May 6, 1864,
a minnie b2l pierced the muscle OF the back
Of bis neck, plowed under the skin and i'm
bgdded itself Ia the angle Of his right jaw
byle, ull GClly uIUtT the eur. ut EuIA VI
the all become encrusted, and for twenty
five years be has carried it in the point of
his jawhOne. The butt OF the ball protrudes,
and may be plaialy seen. The wound still
suppurates at times Tho ball is firmly en-
ca,ed in the cliuging cartilage, and the
doctors say that 70 extract 10 would lead TO
decay Of the jawboue and probably result
in death. Mr.. Wiley enjoys fair health,
and will probably go 70 his grave with the
bullet 10 his bone
Among the newsboys Of Rome, to his size
and years, George Clements IS the smar est
and most Industrious. He is only years
old, and IS very small for his age. He has
q keen Instinct for telling a man who wants
to buy paper, even if he sees him across
the street or a block ahead. He sells more
papers than any other newsboy. When he
gets a bundle of papers to sell he starts on
a run, If there are other newsboys around,
and outsells them all. He goes from one
end Of the city to the other, and does not
mind letting the people know what he has
to sell by strength of lungs. George save
his money aud has about $50 in the bank.
The other day he went with his father, I.
K. Clements, the we'll known job printer,
and formerly proprietor of the Georgia
Clipper, to attend theSummervills land sale.
The excitement and enthusiasm of the sale
caught George and he decided TO buy a lot.
l15 EiChS4 OuI OnE anu LQl4 his ldLutE u
bid it in for him, but not to 20 over $50
Mr. Clement bought the lot for s75, and
now the newsbOy is a property holder.
George was the youngest buyer at the Sum
meryille sale.
A Georgian who lately returned from
Hamilton, Marion county, Ala, relates the
following: Owen Hatch keeps a small gro
Gerry store in that neighborhood. Mr.. Hatch
sells liquor as well as family groceries.
Keeping only a small stock Of liquor on
hand he keeps most Of it in jugs. One day
last week two-gallon jug of corn liquor
was left standing on the floor behind the
counter. MIR. Hatch stepped behind
the counter and was SURPRISED TO
see q black snake coiled around the
jug with its head inside. He watched it
for a moment and soon discovered that
the snake was drinking liquor. 1t was not
disturbed, and after several minutes it
slowly uncoiled itself and ATTEMPTED to
crawl away, but was too drunk, and
stretched itself out on the floor, apparently
asleep, until next day. Mr.. Hatch ex-
amined the jug and found that the snake
1ad drank more than a quart Of liquor
Two days later the same snake returned
and when it crawled under the counter Mr..
Hatch watched it. By coiling itself around
the jug and giving its neck a twist around
the stopper, 1t was able to remove the cork,
and again thrust its head inside and began
TO drink liquor. 1t was allowed to drink
its fill again, after which it was killed.
Covington Star: good joke is related
of kind sister, belonging to a church not
a thousand miles from Coyington, who was
devotedly attached to her pastor, and
piously taught her children to reverence
the minister above all men, They were
strictly auc conscientiously taught that,
when speaking Of him in comparison with
other men or things, he must always be ex-
cepted as the greatest aud best This rule
was so rigidly adhered to by the good
mother, and the children we're 50 punctil-
iously trained with regard to their high
esteem and partIslity for the minister,
that they never spoke Of any one or any
thing without always adding the one ex-
ception. Now, it so happened one day that
one Of the little boys, who was a precocious
youngster OF six years. was out playing in
the fields, near his home and discovered an
immense hog grazing in the pasture, when
be became alarmed and ran to the house
with all the swiftness his little legs could
command. Upon reaching the "paternal
haven Of safety" and almost out of breath,
he called to his mother with all the anima-
tion and ardor of his boyish nature: "Uh!
ma, ma saw the biggest hog down yon-
der in the field that | ever saw in my life
except our minister Whereupon it is said
the good mother tainted.
In looking over some old papers recently,
L. Fl. Andrews, Of Milledgeville, came
across an original journal of the proceed
ings Of the Senate Of Georgia in 1906 This
is probably the oldest record Of the kind in
the state aud IS a valuable piece of prop
erty. From this record, 1t is seen, that the
staUe Of Georgia, at that time, had only
twenty-five counties. Ths seat Of govern
ment was then at Louisville, Ca, aud Gov.
John Milledge was then the chief executive.
Hon. Edward Telfair, Of Chatham, was
president of the Senate and William Rob
ertson was secretary. The journal contains
q record Of the resignation of Gov. Milledge
and his subsequent election to the United
States Senate; an act to incorporate
the Presbyterian church OF Savannah,
which was destroyed in the great conha-
grafton a few days ago; an act to incorpo-
rate the town Of Milledgeville, and
al act to limit the jurisdiction Of
the mayor Of Savannah. IL contains a
unique record OF the deaths Of Hons. Moses
Burnett of Glynn, aud Joseph Welcher of
Savannah, both OF which we're announced
10 the Senate on Nov. 30, the funeral ser
vices being held on Dec. 2. Ths resolutions
Of respect are given and the programme
for the procession ID given in order the
picture Of collins being indelibly drawn on
the page, at the place in tho programme
that the hearsas were in the procession.
The drawing is supposed 10 have been done
with pen, but is aremarkable piece Of in
genuty, haviug the appearance Of being
burned in the paper. The pages are un-
ruled, but the writing is as straight