The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-09

50 outraged that they have determined to
! apply t. the law for protection, and counsel
il being employed
! Dawson NcicS. J. II. Lee is one of our best
! citizens and farmers and anything be tells
may be relied on. Mr.. Lee tells snake
story that surpasses in singuarity anything
/ that we ever before heard. 4 few days
ago while standing on the edge Of pond
/ on mis- plantation, ne observed a huge moe
casin lying at full length beside pine knot
| Presently a king snake came no, and the
! fun began. As soon as the ln1ccasln saw
the king snake II started off at full speed.
/ The king snake caught him almost in
stantly and as quick az flash
grasped its prev in the middle and
tied MIN in a complete kaot Tie king then
/ tried O. grasp the m5ccasin's head, but their
| position was such the head could not De
reached. Finally the hold around the moe
/ casln'' body was rehnQuisled, only to tie
/ grasped about TIE head AMI tied into anoth-
/ er knot as before. The snakes remained in
J this position for an hour or more when Mr..
| Lee picked them uD with a stick and car
| rIed them a quarter of a mile aud
put them down in the public road.
I While being moved the king did not
become thu least frightened ard held
/ lts grasp around the moceasln as they both
swung from the stick. When put
upon the ground again :he king began ex-
| aiming the moccasin to see If life was ex-
tInci. Finding him dead, he proceeded to
swallow the moccasin, head foremost. The
moccasin was twice as large as the king,
aud 1t took about an hour and half TO
complete the swallowing act, whom his king
snip cra~led into fence corner to digest
his dinner. Mr. Lee passed along there
again later in the day and found that the
| KING had burst wide oCsn from swallow
ing the large moccasin.
F. VI. VanPelt succeeds Mr. Lyons in the
Atlanta postOttce. Mrs. Isham, widow Of
Prof. John Isham, takes up Miss Lyons
work NanPelt has been a republican for
years, and has been in the railway mail
service. Last fall he made the race fer
state senator against Hon. Frank z. Rice
and Hon. Sam w. Small Gen. Lewis
considers him competent man,
and feels thoroughly satisfied. Mrs
Isham, the lady who began work at
Miss Lyons desk yesterday, is well known
throughout the city, She was the second
wife of Prof. John Isham, once principal
of the Crew street school, and is Mrs. L. A.
Anglers stepm1ther Only the day before
she went to work she was before the civil
service commission, and could not possibly
have received a certificate from tn Il BODY,
as the papers have not been examined
! hat She passed the examination, however,
10 one VINO knows her Will doubt for an
instant. She will be the only lady on the
eligible list. Gan. Lewis said Wednesday
under the civil service law, my ap-
pointment of Penny was the only ing
possible. | had the two vacancies and
the two men to fill them. | thought it best
to put the white man in the money order
department where he would come in contact
with the public, and the colored man in the
registry department where he would not.
Before leaving the Office Mr.. Lyons was
offered place by an Atlanta firm with an
advance of 500 There was talk upon the
streets Wednesday of burning Gen.
Lewis in eftigy, but the rumors could
not be traced to any reliable
source, and 10 demonstrations were
made. Gen. Lewis received a large NAL
Wednesday. Among the letters which were
placed upon his desk were several written
by parties who either neglected or forgot t.
Sign name. Some of these epistles were
very warlike One began with some de
cidedly salty remarks, continuing: what
IN the - do you mean by putting that
negro in there! If you don't take him out ct
once, I'll kill you" The letter was four
pages and was very abusive and threaten
ing. Another, containing about the same
threats, was signed; Zone of the Ten
Regulators