The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-28

that Recommendation having been approved
by the commander-in-chief, Gov. Gordon,
said convention and meeting are hereby
called 70 take place at the capitol, in the
city Of Atlanta, on Monday, July IS, at u
O'Clock m. Each company OF the organlza-
ton Of the Georgia volunteers Is invited
and cordially requested 70 send delegates to
said convention"
At Macon. Tuesday night, ar the meeting
of the city council, Alderman Cox intro
duced resolution looking TO the issuance
of $4,000 worth of bonds, for building a
system Of water works TO be owned and
operated by the city independent OF the
| present system owned by northern capital
lists, under the name of the Macon Gas
Light and Water Company. 1t is proposed
to amend the bill to be introduced in the
legislature at its next session, which pro-
vides for the issuance of S150,000 worth Of
bonds for sewerage and paving, by adding
| $lOO, 900 for the new water works. 1t is the
desire that Macon should own its water
| works She now pays out for water sum
equal to per cent on $500, 900.
The screaming of two little boys created
a small sensation on West Peachtree in At
lanta recently. The workmen engaged in
clearing up the ground for the building Of
the Porter houses at the corner Of Powers
and West Peachtree, had been burning
brush and stuff in piles about the yard. The
young son of DR.. Scott and little Lloyd
| Field were playing in the yard and walked
into pile Of ashes that seemed TO be cold.
There were live Goals beneath the ashes,
and the boys were barefooted. Both at
once rushed screaming to the street. Young
Scott went home, but Lloyd Fields parents
were away from home, and the little fellow
ran up and down West Peachtree scream
ing with pain. One of his friends, boy
not much larger than himself, ran to him
| and took him into the house Of Mrs. j. s.
| Prather, where his feet were attended to-
The soles and toes were severely blistered.
The spring term of the Granville high
school closed Tuesday night. Monday morn
| ing was devoted to the examination Of the
primary classes, and the afternoon to reci-
tations and spelling match between the
smaller girls against the smaller boys.
Tuesday forenoon was devoted to speeches
by the intermediates and high grade classes,
interspersed with music by the pupils Of
Mrs. J. ID. Moreland's class. Col. 2. s.
| Whatley of Newman was the orator of the
day, and he gave some wholesome and
well-directed advice on "Home Education"
Tuesday evenings exercises were varied
aud interesting. A pretty operetta-"Lai-
la"-by the music class and others, opened
the entertainment. The school exhibition
followed the operetta, and consisted OF
| charades, tableaux, shadow pantomimes. The
son and his assistant, Mrs. s. s. Williams.
The following anecdote is told of the late
| Fortune Chisholm, who was at one time
one of the wealthiest and most prominent
| citizens of Atlanta. 81 was boarding with
his family at the time,n says the lady who
tells the story, land for some time his fam
lily had been begging Mr.. Chisholm to pur
chase for their home a piano. The old
| gentleman was kind at heart, but drew
close his purse strings, and it was with
much persuasion that they finally gained
! his promise to buy an instrument One day
be said at dinner that he had bought
piano. The girls in the house were in &C.
stacy, and sent out to invite few friends
to spend the evening and enjoy the music.
Well, after dinner the piano came;
Our first intimation of its arrival
was the voice of Mr.. Chisholm
calling from the veranda: Bring it in,
boys, bring it inP We looked out of the
window. There was the piano, being lifted
off the dray by two negro men. Ii was
scarcely as large as a dining-room table,
and it had fourteen yellow legs, with music
racks along the sides. 1t looked like bug,
and we all laughed, but the family did not
they were indignant and had it put out of
sight. Why said Mr.. Chisholm, you put
on lot of airs. / bought it at an auction
| this morning and paid for it $15.' The next
| day he hired an itinerant piano tuner to
come and put it IN tune. The man re-
manned one week in the house, received IS
for his work, and left without benefiting
the instrument, which was never seen by
any of the friends of the family"
A Thomas cat created some CONSERVATION
in good Methodist family of Clarke
county recently. The family owned an old
| Tom cat. In fact, ho was a regular heir
loom, having existed many years ago,
hence very ancient. The little children
| played with him; he lay peacefully at the
feet of the ladies, and never thought of be-
ing frisky. But sudden change came over
| the spirit of the Tom cats dream the other
day, and new life was infused into him
| The familyswere at prayer, a holy hour,
when all upon their knees, they were silent
in alteration. The Old cat suddenly became
quite irreperent, and went out for
a lark. It CHANGED that about this
| time Brer RABBIT came bounding on
| the roadside, and Brer Tom cat jumped
on him, and held him fast in his claws.
Not satisfied, he allowed his joy to bubble
over and went dancing into the room to
show his wonderful trophy. The family
were still at prayer. The cat slipped noise
lessly in front of the father and placed the
rabbit in his chair. And then came the
tragic denouement. The rabbit leaped
| from chair to chair. The sound of "Amenn
mingled with the whizz of flying fur, as old
| Tom went clawing furiously at his victim.
| The ladies' got upon the chairs and the little
| boys threw sticks at the combatants. The
dishes on the table ratified, and pandemo-
MUM reigned for few moments. The rab-
bit GOT away, and the old Tom cat may
again be found slumbering at the hearth
stone. Since Brer Rabbit escaped his
clutches, he has never smiled again,
FLORIDA.
At Apalachicola the price of pine lumber
| is still on an upward tendency.