The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-16

ears OlQs
GEORGIA.
DIR. C. a. Cheatham died at Dawson a
day or two ago.
The Dooly county camp meeting viii
commence Aug 81.
B. F. Melton Of Dawson expects 10 pick
twenty bales of cotton weighing 800 pounds
each from twenty acres Of land.
At Griffin. Wednesday, Josey Plummer
was sentenced TO ninety years lmprlson-
ment, on conviction on a charge Of arson
A capitalist of Brunswick IS considering
the advisability of building a cold storage
warehouse 10 be used for the storage and
forwarding of produce.
Over 500 vehicles bearing negroes passed
through Washington last Sunday to and
from an associa ion which they held about
five miles south of there.
Edward Cotton jumped into the canal at
Augusta at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning,
to escape from negroes with whom he had
a row, and was drowned.
There is a good deal Of complaint among
the seafaring men about the absence Of
range lights on Brunswick Point. 1t is
dangerous for a strange vessel to ply the
waters at night.
1t is understood that Prof, James c.
Hinton, son Of Rev DR.. Hinton, of Macon,
has declined the professorsbip Of ancient
and modern languages in the Middle Geor-
gia Mechanical and Agricultural college at
Milledgeville to which he was reelected at
The last commencement.
A cat owned and raised by Mrs. DR. Cum
ming, of Irwinton, is Cne-halt rabbit. It's
head, front feet and front section of its
body is like an ordinary house cat, while
its hind part resembles that of "a rabbit,
Its tail being short ana perfect, and when
not in motion, will sit in tie same position
as would ll-blooded rabbit.
A queer freak of lightning occurred at
Kirkwood few days ago. A young man
named Gay was struck by lig htning and the
shoclIw so great that it tore the eyelets
out of his shoes. Strange to say MIR. Gay
was not injured beyond the shock Of the
stroke, and is as good as ever. M. Burpitt
had two valuable cows killed Wedo esday by
lightning.
Last week, while S. j. Dixon was at work
on the residence of Dr. j. $. Wood, at Irwin
ton, he found a hen egg between the top
floor and lower ceiling that had been there
ever since the house was built-about forty
years ago. The shell was very light, and
no sign of crack could be found on it, the
contents of the interior being dried up and
nothing remaining but the she'll.
AT Newman, Wednesday, fire DESTROYED
the beautiful residence Of j. r. KIRBY, Jr.
cashier of the Newman National Bank.
Most all the furniture was saved with but
slight damage. The house was insured in
the Southern Mutual of Athens, for 81 $50,
and the furniture for $3.50. Mr. Kirby will
rebuild at an early date and erect tho hand
soonest residence on Greenville street.
d. NJ. Walden, while fishing in the Satilla
river few weeks since, was short of bait.
and caught a large horse fly and put il on
hieyh On nd lf.t 4. ., 1,
and soon caught small turtle, he then in "a
playful manner threw his hook with the
fly and the turtle upon 1t in, when soon a
large cat fish had struck and was hung upon
the hook. Mr.. Walden succeeded in hauling
him to the land, and had the satisfaction of
taking from his hook a cat fish, turtle aud
a horse fly.
At Macon Wednesday afternoon Judge
Gustin refused TO accept the brief of evil
deuce as submitted by the attorneys of Tom
voolfolk in their motion for a new trial
and ordered that the stenographer's report
be made the brief of evidence ia the case.
Judge Gustin also granted the supersedeas.
as the motion had not been completed
Therefore Tom Voolfolk Will not hang to-
day, the day appointed. The hearing on the
motion will now actively begin since the
brief Of evidence has been decided upon.
Some miscreant attempted to burn the
new Methodist church in Triton on Satur-
day night last The church was damaged
a good deal, and it will be necessary to have
1t replsstered. Suspicion points strongly to
Jake Young as the ncendiary. Runner
sage he has threatened TO give Triton an
other blaze if some of her citizens are not
less earnest IN their endeavors to effect his
capture. Jake is crippled in one leg, which
causes him to hop and make peculiar
track. The tracks found near and around
the church are said to be identical with
those of Young
The Funeral Directors Association of
Georgia met in the parlors of the Markham
house at Atlanta Wednesday, There were
about thirty-five Of the directors present.
and W. II. Platt of Augusta presided. The
object Of the meeting was to finish some
very important business left over from the
regular meeting that convened at Savan-
nah on May Is. The business was disposed
of, and the associat ion adjourned at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. The members
were then given a carriage ride around the
city, visiting Grant park and other points
of interest. The ride was rendered by the
local uudertakers, and was very heartily
enjoyed by the members.
At Macon Detective Joe Porter states that
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. in the
kenneSaw restaurant, he saw one person
transfer to another party the diamond ring
that was stolen Sunday morning off the
finger of Herman Bohnefed Neither of
the parties had any connection whatever
with the KenneSaw. Porter saws he also
knows positively the name of the party VINO
furnished the knife to Lee Lowenthal with
which he killed Bohnefeld. Porter saws he
will swear to the identity of these parties at
the legal inves tigation Messrs Valentine
q Ulrnan, proprietors of the Kennesaw,
affirm positively that the transfer of the
ring was not made at their place, nor was
the knife furnished there
At Atlanta, Wednesday, the Hon. Smell
son of Meriwether came forward with an
other resolution and speech. He resolved
that the newspaper reporters and cor
respondents should De Expelled from the
privileges of the House. Mr.. Snelson made
a speech Tuesday, supposed to have some
connection with the Western and Atlantic
railroad lease bill There being doubt
among the press representatives as to which.
side the honorable gentleman spoke upon.
they preferred not to commit themselves to
an error, and in writing out cir reports
simply stated that "Mr Snelson spoke. y
This is what grieved Mr.. Snelson, and the
burden Of his argument Wednesday was to
show that he ought to have been put down
as speaking against the Rankin amend
ment."
Norman Doyle, a colored boy Is years OF
age, died at Kingston, Wednesday, OF
hydrophobia. On June IS he was bitten on
the arm just above the wrist by a strange
dog. The slightly punctured place made
by the dogs teeth soon healed and nothing
was thought of the matter. Sunday, Aug.