The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-04

A gentleman from flynn county saw
curiosity while travelling in Clinch county
recently in the shape Of a three-legged
chicken. Two Of its legs were growing in
their natural place; but the third grew in
/ verted from the chickens back, its toes
pointing upward, and extended TO their
utmost tension. Whenever its head de-
| sends in picking up food. or its body is in
! motion from walking, the muscles Of the
/ inverted foot relax and expand with aston
! ishing rapidly. Another singular freak is
| that it has horny substance growing from
| its bill, some two or more inches in hight
! similar to the horn of the unicorn, and as
I hard as flint, and with which it fiercely
attacks other chickens, dogs and even hogs,
and sometimes infiicts mortal wounds The
chicken was hatched in the early spring
and has developed great size and strength.
According to the mortuary report for
Macon for the week ending Saturday al
noon. as submitted by Sanitary Inspector
Hall, the mortality was greater than has
been known there in many years. The
cause is no doubt traceabs to the extreme
heat and cold Of the week and the terrible
dust with which the city has been inflicted
until the recent rain. The average weekly
mortality of Macon, as shown by the
statistics regularly published, is from three
to six, but the number last week goes to
eighteen. There was only one case Of fever.
which originated out of an attack of
pneumonia. There were four cases of con-
sumption, three of which were negroes
The mortality among children was heavy,
the number being six. The eighteen deaths
occurred in a population of $1,000, which
cannot be considered as very serious per
cent.
AT Macon, for some time, the Central
road has been missing signal lights, and a
few days ago notified the police of the fact,
requesting them to keep sharp lookout for
the missing property, which could be easily
distinguished from lanterns of other roads.
Thursday evening the officers spotted Mack
Wallace aud Bill Harris, two railroad ne
groes, who had been seen lettering around
the freight yards of the road. By some
sharp detective work the officers learned
that the two men had broken open a Cen
tral car on the nigut previous, and had car
rled to Cotton avenue pawnbroker the re-
suit OF their haul-a suit Of clothes belong
ing to I. O. Hicks of the Central road. The
goods were recovered, and then a watch
was set over the house where the men lived.
At an early hour Friday morning Lieut..
Wager aud Officer Patterson brought in the
men and the railroad signal lights which
had been stolen from the road.
Thomas Peters. of Atlanta, general man
ager for the southern department Of the
Washington Life Insurance Company, has
just leased an American graphiphone for
one year. This is the first one of these
wonderful human machines that has ever
come to Georgia ready TO go to work. Mr..
Peters proposes to use the machine. which
is in appearance very much like sewing
machine, in the place of a stenographer
When he wishes to have a letter written
he repeats the letter in trumpet-mouthed
tube attached to the cylinder, turning the
WhpnIE OF thu npchina DQ hp fatke Tho
typewriter changes the tube for a different
one hooking in the ears, turns the machine,
hears the letter repeated and writes it off
on the typewriter. Mr.. Peters hadi his
little boy to sing a mother goose melody
into the machine. He will save tn, cylinder
so that the child can hear his own voice
when he has grown to be a man. A large
number of persons have called to see this
graphiphone aud to hear it talk like man
of flesh and blood.
A crowd of negro boys gathered on Broad
street at Atlanta Wednesday afternoon, the
largest member of the gang holding q dead
rat by the tail. ED" said he, turning to a
little moke, "dat air Chinese man down dar
on Mitchell street wants to buy a rat for
dinner, you kair dis yere one an he'll gin
you 20 cents fur him, an I'll gin you ha'f
er de money! "Gimme de rat" The rats
tail changed hands, aud a moment later the
little moke disappeared down the steps
leading into the inner sanctum and shirt
starching emporium of Harp Sing. bias
eyed heather. BOSS, gotter rat for you.
Gimme 20 cents an de rats yournn The
Chinaman's ire was aroused, and before the
negro could escape. his clammy hand
clutched him in the collar, aud a moment
later, when Sergt. Outright and Patrol
man Burks, attracted by the Negroes I'M
earthly yells. appeared on the scene, they
found Harp Sing playing a tattoo on the
boys hide with a barrel stave. Both were
carried to the police station and the regis
ter adorned with the names of Harp Sing
and Ed Wells