The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-03

and Is quite noisy. Though she Is
not more likely TO shout, nor more
demonstrative, nor more iH-umed tAah
some others Of the good sisters. She at
tended the meeting at Bold Springs church
on last Friday, and while under the l3fiu-
ence of religi US excitement INDUCED In
such demonstrations as are not uGusual with
Persons in that condition. On Saturday
she was arrested under warrant charging
J er with disturbing religious worship, and
was lodged in jail on Saturday evening.
Her arrest eau Is considerable Indignation
Ten thousand dollars is the amount which
an Atlanta man has given for the fouuda-
tion Of a House OF the Good Shepherd in
that CITY. Tbs donor asks that his name be
not used at present, but he has made the
offer through Mrs. C. d. Horne. Ii IS de-
signed that this shall be the nucleus for a
house in Atlanta, where the Sisters OF the
| Good Shepherd can carry on their work Tor
good. The order of the Sisters Of the Good
! Shepherd is one devoted to the work OF re-
claiming fallen women. Almost every city
of any size in the country has such a home,
where the Sisters go quietly about the great
work which has fallen to their lot. The
ouiy one in the south is at New Orleans,
and it is the aim Of the gentleman who has
made this gift to have in Atlanta place
where this great work can be carried on.
A mulatto woman was arrested at At
lanta bv Sergt. Moss under peculiar Cir
| cumstances Saturday night. She was on
the | O'Clock train on the Central, and
boarded the train at Hampton. But there
was quite a change in her costume between
Hampton and Atlanta. When she boarded
| the cars she was arrayed IN a brown
| streaked coat and a pair Of brownish
| breeches pretty badly patched. The only
| thing new about her dress was the suspen-
ders. She wore a soft slouched hat, and
looked like young negro man. About the
time the train reached JonesDoro she passed
out upon platform, and in a few moments
| reappeared as a common looking negress
wearing pink Mother Hubbard. She was
carrying bundle of clothing in her hand
| When Sergt. Moss arrested her she owned
| up TO having left her home in Hampton, on
account Of fearing trouble. She was locked
up on a charge of disorderly conduct, and
Will be held for further investigation.
at Columbus Saturday night, the
| Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
McClintock division No. 400, held meet
| ing for the purpose Of discussing
| the verdict Of the jury in the case of Charlie
Ellison during the late session of Meri-
wether superior court in Greenville. Ellison
wrecked a passenger train on the Georgia
Midland railroad some time ago. The
engine was thrown down an embankment.
the engineer was killed instantly and the
| fireman was very badly hurt.
Ellison confessed in open court
that he placed bolt on the track for tue
| express purpose of wrecking the train. He
| also made statement that he was mad
with some of the railroad hands and that he
had recourse to this terrible crime for re-
venge. The jury returned a verdict of in-
voluntary manSleughter and the prisoner
was sentenced to thres years in the peniten-
tiary. At the meeting of the engineers
| great indignation was expressed at the YER
| dict, and the engineers drew up card in
which they tell the jurors in plain kings
English what they think Of them.
benjamin Harrison" Higgins is the
name of a colored baby in Rome The
| infant was born ON Nov. s, 1889, and
weighed thirteen pounds. His happy father
| is Ned Huggins of the Armstrong barber
| shop and sexton OF the Presbyterian church
Some time ago Mark Taylor, Jr., the son Of
the well-known barber, who is a nephew of
the II. f. addressed a letter to President Har-
/ rison informing him that the baby had been
| named after him. The following reply has
been received: Executive mansion, Wash
| ington, D. c., Aug. p 1889. NJ Taylor, Rome,
| Ca Dear Sir-The President directs me to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
| Aug. p, and TO express to you his good
wishes for the welfare of the baby who has
been named for him. Very respectfully,
| o. L. Pruden, assistant secretary Little
| Mark was in hope that the President would
send him an autograph letter that he might
keep as an interesting memento; but only
the assistant secretary replied. 1t is said
| that there are seventeen col red babies in
| Rome named after the much illustrated
| "Ah Benz
DR.. Cook, the veterinary surgeon, re-
turned to Atlanta Saturday from Green
| county, where he was sent by Com
missioner Henderson to examine into
the CHAMBERS. In his report he says:
On the morning Of the Aug. so. l met
most of the prominent men of Greensboro,
J and soon learned there was great excite
ment about the stock. Farmers were afraid
to bring their stock into the town, and either
| left them at home or tied them in the
| woods near by and walked into town
| Farmers were afraid of each others stock.
and in many ways there were tokens of
great alarm. proceeded at once to inves-
| tigate first such cases as were pronounced
CHAMBERS. l examined good many in the
town and number outside, but failed to
find one case of CHAMBERS. A great deal of
stock showed a mild form OF Influenza,
! which l consider due to their exposure to so
much rain and neglect in caring for them
al such times. This is a disease that readily
yields to treatment. The characteristics
| and symptoms of this disease are light fever
coughs and discharge from the nose, with
swelling of the sub-maxillary glands
unhesitahngly say there is no cause what
ever for the alarm and excitement"
W. w. Anthony of johnson county
says that while meandering along the
banks Of an old pond one day
recently he suddenly and Unexpectedly
came upon a huge moccasin, with her
Jaws ajar" and emitting a Sizing sound.
1t was the signal of danger, and soon the
little reptiles all about her commenced to
scoot for the "yawning abyss" and went
down her throat in a hurry. Will was nom
plused for the time, but, recovering, he
armed himself with a bludgeon and com
menced to belabor the huge reptile as she
sought refuge in dense thicket near by
Anthony was master of the situation, how
ever, and succeeded in killing the snake be-
fere- she 'gotther The most remarkable
| part of the story, however, crops in now
win says the whole face of the earth for
yards was literally covered with tiny little
snakes, ranging in length from 5 to S
inches, and from the body of the old mother
snake, as she lay wrthing in the last
agonies Of death, crawled twelve diminutive
reptiles. These, among others that were
Waiting about seeking the late lamented
mother, were pro uptly dispatched, and
after careful count the number aggregated
tfty-two snakes-all Late issue descend
ants' Of the mammoth specimen which had
met her sad fate at the hands of Mr..
Anthony.
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