The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31

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| ribs and into the heart. The wounded steer
Immediately fell to the earth, rolled over,
and down the embanknent The victor
rushed down after his fallen foe and smart
| ing under his wounds, he horned the carcass
with terrible rage for several minutes.
The rule established by the board Of edu-
cation in Atlanta requiring all children 70
he vaecinated before entering the public
schools has practically conferred monopoly
10 the business % DR.. Roach. He has
charged 81 for each operation, and has been
reaping a harvest. Many children, 1t Is
claimed, who have been vaccinated by
family physicians, aud in most cases
without charge. have been subjected to
! unnecessary restriction in procuring GER
tificates. 1t has come to be remarked that
nobody can vaccinate successfully except
DIR. Roach, and reputable physicians all
| over the city are mad. It IS understood the
| kicking has been So vigorous that the board
Of education will take away DR.. Roach's
monopoly.
Waycross Headlight: Last night Deputy
| Sheriff CasOn arTesCed John COlweu col
ored) on the charge Of two attempts at rape
| near Pearson, Coffee county, and turned
| him over 20 Messrs Newbern and Moncrief,
at whose instance he was arrested. Col
| well mad attempted to rape the 3-year old
| child of Mr.. Moncrief, for which that gen
tleman had given him a severe lashing, and
| bade the tie d TO leave the country, which
! he did, coming here. On her return from
school a little 7-year-old stepdaughter in
| formed Mr.. Moncrief that Colweil had also
attempted to rape her yesterday morning
while she was going to school, but was
| foied. On learning this, Mr.. MOncrlef fol-
| lowed the negro here, had him arrested,
and started with him back to the scene of
the crime. We have received no news of
their arrival at Pearson.
Gainesville Courant The other day
merchant in a kind of bantering way said
| TO an old fellow who looked lean and hun
cry: you need some fat meat to build You
up, have some here if you want it," The
| old man went to a heap of bulk meat just
opened, whacked off a rasher weighing a
| half pound or more and walked to the front
| with the unctuous morsel IN his hand, say
ing: Now few crackers, please He
was waited on, the merchant venturing
| You can't go that without a raw onion,
can your 81 believe 1t would kind o
season it up" and he reached into basket
| and got large silver skin. He then turned
himself on TO the unique diet, consuming
| the whole with apparent relish, then wiped
the flowing grease from his chin and looked
as though ne would like to conquer grease
| some more.
The conviction in Forsyth county of a
man named ConBlin, who was charged with
chopping wood on Sunday has created a
decided sensation among the Seventh Day
Adventists in Georgia. Rev. j. o. Corliss,
| missionary of that section, was III Atlanta
Thursday and talked at length alb ut the
case. THE witnesses testified, said he, that
| they saw him chOpping saplings just back
| OF his house. but did not know what he
was chopping them for. On being ques-
toned one of them said he lived within $50
| yards of the defendants house but hal never
seen him work on Sunday before And yet
| he was convicted by "A jury of twel ye rnen
and fined S25 and costs, amounting in al t.
| $40 50. The poor man happened to have a
conscience which led him to observe Satur-
daY as the seventh day OF the week, instead
of Sunday, the first day Of the week. Ho
is good citizen, pays all his honest debts,
and is respected by all as mao"
On the East Tennessee, Virginia and
| Georgia railroad, day or two ago, a train
was just pulling out from the six-mile cross
| ing, near BTnns wick, when the engineer was
tagged down by negro. The negro pointed
| TO deep 1vashout, over which the rails and
cross-ties hung, only held in their position
| by the connection they had with the TRACK
| The negro discovered the washout two
| hours before the train arrived and decided
| TO wait and warn the engineer of the peril
| before him. Twice he started to leave sig
nals In the washout and continue his Jour
ney, trusting to the engineer to see the sig
| nals, but ne finally decided to stick it OUT,
| ANA did so with the results before mem
| toned. GA the train was Supt. Barnes AID
| other officials, and they at once blocked up
! the track and the train passed over safely.
| The negroes name who saved the train was
not learned, but mel are now trying to To-
| cate him, and if he is found hs will be-
handsomely rewarded.
Townsville Times: No doubt many of
our readers have noticed plant which
| grows in abundance on the line of the Sa.
vannah, Florida and Western railroad be-
tween this point and Albany. 1t is a long,
| ball-shaped, yellow and green plant, about
10 to Is inches in length, and grows IN clu5-
tiers and almost covers the ground in some
damp ana swampy places; 1t Is called the
| pitcher plant, or fly catcher-itS botanical
name we are not familiar with
but we allude to it to note
its peculiarities. 1t is veritabla Nv
catcher, and its mouth or funnel-shaped ID
is open until fly or other insect lignts
upon it to feed upon its sweets, which they
| do, and as they enter the funnel the top will
close up and gradually contract until il
| forces the insect down to its base, when
they are apparently absorbed by the plagt
An examination of one of the funnel-shaped
plants, by splitting the plant open, win
| reveal the remains of quantity of flies,
insects and worms of various kinds.
Sandy Wilcox. Macon gambler, was ar
raigned before Mayor pro tenn. Tindall on
on the charge of vagrancy, l. e. gambling.
Wilcox has been in Macon since February
and has not been known to do any work,
and has been a frequenter of gambling
saloons. He was dealing cards at the table
where Lowenthal and Bohuefeld had
their quarrel, which finally resulted
in the death of Bohnefsld. Wilcox
was put under a bond of $500 tc
appear as a witness at the trial OF Low.
enthal at the November term, Bibb lperiol
court. Jim Stubs, a farmer of Joue
county, stood the bond, and Wilcox agreed
to 60 to the plantation of Stubs and serve
his employer Wilcox came to Macor
Thursday, became disorderly and was ar
} rested. Mayor pro tenn. Tindall, the ster
ling official who issued the order CLOSING
J the gambling saloons, tried Wilcox on the
charge of vagrancy and sentenced him t
pay fine Of $50 or serve sixty days on tn,
chain-gang. Wilcox is still in iail, being
unable TO pay his fine.
Townsville Times: Last Sunday morn.
ing the Rev. A. c. Stevenson, pastor O
Fredonia church, followed by the fathers
and mothers in Israel, and some new con
verts, repaired to the county line bridge
on the Ochlockonee, to administer the sol
emp ordinance of baptism. Gathering OF
the banks of the stream, preparations were
made for the baptiz ng. As is the custom
| the crowd commenced singing, singing ont