The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-01

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Canton Adrdnce: Will Elrod ami Frances
! Hughes were married las Sunday Squire
Mullins tied the knot. 1t was one Of those
marriages where the girls parents object.
Mira Hughes didn't fancy Young Elrod, and
| was opposed to his marrying ner Caugnber
Ths young people decided 10 marrv. tholg i,
and gave the old folks the dodge While Mrs.
| hughes was away atteni ding the funeral OF
Mrs. Butter worth, Elrol, with a marriage
| license and the squire. came upon the scene,
and Hiss Frances Hughes was made Mrs.
WIZ Elrod beneath the spreading branches
OF d msjestic oak.
Saturday, BsiIff j. J. Huff went to arrest
a negro at Mrs. Wilson's gin house,
| seven miles from Concord. When Baiiff
Huff presented his paper, AMI told the
negro what he wanted, the negro picked up
hand ak and began to advance OF him.
Fluff saw that he was in peril, and com
| menced to fire on the negro with lis pistol.
| The negro kept coming. aad Huff saw that
he was going to get TO him, and ieveltd his
| carbine aud shot him through the head,
/ killing him instantly. Four white men
were present, and they all think the killing
justifiable. Mr.. Huff sent for the sheriff
| Immediately and gave himself up.
Buena Vista Patriot: While In DR.. W. L.
| Billiards. Office at Columbus Tuesday, we
| by chance witnessed a very = range disease,
| one case of a very few which has ever come
| under the specialists notice 1t was a case
| of ophtholmapegia externa. and the patient
was named john Walters, a youth from
| Schley county, who was there for treat
ment The top lids of the patients eyes
| we're dropping, about half covering the
pupil of the eye, and seemed TO DO drawn
| taut, as though the balls OF the eyes were
swollen. Every muscle Of the eyes seemed
| TO be paralyzed, aud those windows of the
SOU" could be moved but slightly.in any
direction.
/Waycross Reporter: On Sunday after
noon last negro name1 Nit chell, belong
ing to the crew of a material train on the
Brunswick and Westerl road, was drowned
while bathing in the Satilla near the rail-
road bridge. Mitchell could not swim, aud
was pulled into desp water by a companion
IN spirit OF fun and left to get out as best
he could. he sank and was seen no more
until Tuesday, when his deal body was dis
covered some distance below the bathing
place, badly mutilated by alligators. Sew
erai negroes were prese It waen the man
was drowned, but they do not appear t.
have made any effort to save his life. They
say that the negro who pulled Mitchell into
the deep water has fled for parts unknown.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Robert Flour
noy, one Of the most successful farmers of
Alabama, was in town Thursday. Mr.
Flournoy is one of the lest posted men on
grasses in the south, and raises more hay
than any other man in Alabama. His hay
crop this year promises to be tolerably fair.
de has $50 acres planted in grasses, from
which he expects to reap not less than 600
tons OF tirst-class hay, which he can sell
readily 10 this market at SIG per ton. His
hay crop Is worth about S42 per acre. aid
Mr.. tlournoy says there is more money for
him in hay than there is in cotton. Mr..
Flournoy does not think much money can
be made out of cotton where the production
is less than bale to the acre. The cos of
working, gathering and marketing cotton
is very great as compared to raising hay.
William B. Long of Dahlonega reports
bonanza just in sight. While out in the
mountains of Noontootly, in Finnin
county, few days ago, he came across a
place which showed that work had been
done in the days of yore He investigated
the surroundings, and found that a tn mel
had been cut In the mountain and that a
large rock had been placed at tbs entrance
of the same. He called in help, and on re-
moving the rock he found den of rattle
snakes. He succeeded in killing thirty
three, and thereby making his way into the
tunnel. He found several old tools, which
he thinks were used by the Indians Ia cut
ting out the silver. He reports that it is a
genuine silver mine of almost solid silver in
hard blue rock. So soon as he can obtain a
proper showing he will, assisted by capital
lists, commence operations to develop his
rich find.
Primus Jones, the frst-bale man, in
PRODUCED remarkable resolution in the
lower bouse of the state legislature
Saturday. Its object was to abolish
the state Senate ''in toto, absolutely,
and forever" The resolution explains
itself: Whereas it is manifest to the m m
bers OF this House that the honorable Senate
of this state, commonly known as the house
of lords has recently adopted a resolution
setting forth that in that body no more
House bills would be acted on uni all SEN
ate bills in the House had been disposed of
and whereas the so-cslled house of lords has
failed, and continues to fail, to act on many
important matters sent them by the said
House, among the least of which is the lease
OF the Western a I'd Atlantic railroad; there
fore be it resolved by this branch OF the
general assem- lly that the said house of lords
Is hereby abolished in toto absolutely, and
forever" The reason assigned for this rad
lcal change In the stale government is a
comparatively trihing one, and the colonels
most intimate friends had no idea of his in
tention The resolution fell like thunder
bolt from clear sky. The clerk had barely
finished reading the resolution before the
whole proceeding was declared cut of order
and all debate thus summarily squelched.
Several days ago the town Of Walesca
was the subject of much msrriment in the
legislature. The town wanted a charter,
but no one seemed to know where Walesca
was. The pare has been found and de-
serves a charter, as the following from W.
A. Hayes will SHOW: "Your report of the
legislative proceedingsa few days ago did
| an injustice to a very good section of a very
| good county in North Georgia. 'Walesca'
| is post village of 500 people or more, eight
miles north from Canton, Cherokee cou lty.
1t has $1,000 school building, known as
'Walescs Normal Institute It has a
| twenty-room hotel, with numerous
dwellings, occupied by people repre-
senting the different trades and pro-
| fessions. 1t is directly ON the line of the
| proposed railroad from Cartersville to
| Gainesville. The village is surrounded by a
| fine section of country adapted TO farming
! fruit-growlng and stock-raising The hills
are full Of minerals, while bubbing up from
every hollow are springs OF pure cold water.
| Many of the springs are mineral, with very
| decided curative qualities. 'Walesca' uas
| been the home of j. j. A. Sharpe for thirty
| years, who has twice represented his cou ty
| in the legislature with credit to himself and
| satisfaction to his constituents. The village
| of 'Walesca' is noted for its piety and good
moral tone. In gathering of 200 or 300
people there, one will seldom hear q protane
word or see drop Of liquor"
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