The morning news., 1889-05-29

News TeaElei llaNkilSFlll6 souHuaV Ol
tho accidental killing of the Rev. MIR. Muir
raw, Baptist preacher residing in the
lower part Of Pulaski county. The facts
as near as could be ascertained are as fol
lows: On Friday evening last a horse Of
| Mr. Murray's was sick, and he took him
over to Mr.. Hollis, one of his neighbors, for
treatment. The horse in short time ap-
peared to be sufficiently revived to be taken
! home, and Mr.. Holt went back to the field
to his work. Some hours after Mr.. Murray
was found near the house dead, with the
| horse ON top of him. The suppOsitiOn Is
! that in attempting to mount the horse TO
ride TO his home it fell in tit, crushing to
death its unfortunate master
| T. j. Howe, who lives a few miles from
| Americus, owns q halt-bred Jersey bull
about 2 years old. The animal has been
! confined in a field that IS trayersed by the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery rail-
road, and on Tuesday morning bull
! concluded 10 dispute the right of the train
TO follow the track through the field. He
took the roadbed and wouldn't move but
shook his head dedantly at tAe sound 0f the
whistle. The engine moved into the fight
and the bull stood his ground until they
collided, when he flew about 20 feet off the
track, rolling over and over, and believing
in fear. He had no bones broken, but now
when he sees a train he gets into the farthest
corler Of a fence and hides his head until
il is out Of hearing.
Judge Atkinson and Solicitor General
Brantly have queer case on their nandi at
Brunswick. It seems tbat a negro boy
nq'raf Steward acc. Stsd an ice cream cake
vender a few weeks ago, and told the
vender to 'given him two blocks Of the
THIS the boy did, expecting that
Steward would pay Tor the cream when he
heG finished eating it. Steward says, how
ever, tgat he did not promise to pay the
bOv, aud that he never received q promise
of pay. -Hne ice cream cake man had
Steward arrested for larceny, but the evil
kence shows distinctly that be asked the
boy to "give" him two blocks. This the
peddler acknowledges, and the court and
solicitor are nov puzzled as to what head
of crime the case comes under. As it will
be queer matter to procure an indictment
on, and as Steward is nothing more than
boy, it is probable that his father will be
required to administer to him q severe
whipping and then end the case.
A Georgian relates I be following story of
a queer delusion under which one of his
uncles labored: my uncle was a farmer
and a wealthy man. When the war broke
out he enlisted and faught bravely TO the
end. He had not been home six months
when the strange fancy seized him that
there was a small drum in the top Of his
head, and chat he would never moro have
peace He was sent to the private insane
asylum. Except for this peculiar idel he
was apparently as sane as you or l, and his
conversation on any topic but this was
rational. Finally the physicians hit upon
a happy idea. They told my uncle they
would perform a surgical operation, and
take the drum out So they had a minia-
ture durm made, and one Of them kept 1t
in the palm of his hand where the patient
could not see il. They then cat tho scalp
on the top of his head until blood came,
and the physicians pretended 10 draw out
the drum through the top of his head,
stitching the wound after doing so.
Ny uncle was cured the minute he saw the
drum.n
A party Of a dozen young men of East
man went out scinmg on the river one day
last week. They struck camp, as il were,
at the double bridges, and Hugh Powell
was detailed to take charge Of the baggage.
A rude hut had been constructed on the
bank of the river BY some hands recently
working on the bridge, and Mr.. Powell
utilized this for a shelter When the bows
had gone into the water, and when Hugh
had arranged everything nicely, be laid
down for a nap. When hs driftei Off into
tlat delicious state, uDon the border Of
dreamland, his remaining onsciJusness
detected "A rustiing in the leaves in the hut,
ami he opened his eyes and saw what he
took to be a small chicken snlke-a harm
less reptile-crawling toward him. Hugh
was alone and had time on ais
hands, aud in the absence of a fel-
low man to play a joke upon, he
Immediately seized upon the idea OF giving
the little snake a SURPRISE and he laid per-
fectly still until the snake crawlad up
within six inches Of his face. He exps ted
to see the terrified chicken snake husele
away in great fright, bat imagine Eugh's
surprise wnen the little reptile quickly
threw itself into a coil, erected its t4ree
rattles and a button, sounded the tocsiu Of
war and flashed its fiery tongue from be-
tween its deadly fangs. The tables were
turned Hugh did not fall into q faint-he
was too manly for that-but he got Up
without ceremony and without delay. seizsd
a convenient pole and quickly dispa .chad
the little rattler. Hugh has made up his
mind not TO prank with any more chicken
snakes.
Following is the latest estimate Of the
losses and insurance by the fire st Dublin
Sunday: j. w. Reinhart bar $500, stock
damaged 500, no insurance; G.. W. Mad
dox, store house $4,000, no insurance;
Moore, Marsh & Co, store house $4,000, no
insurance; j. :. Brady, agent, general
merchandise, stock $3.50, no insurance;
Roughton, store house 5000, no insurance;
B. F.. Dugsan, fancy grocery, loss Of stock
NlsDJB no lhhll AlCHs y. W Dun ICY AoNH3
800, 10 insurance; +. W. SAelt II, stock Of
general merchandise $l,j00, no insurance; :;
W. J. HightOwer. bar a d fixtures $4,000.
no insurance; W. Glider, building $1,000,
no insurance; Z. Hilman, restaurant 800; Z.
Smith, restaurant 500; Or. r. II. High
tower, damage to oliice and furniture $500,
no iusurance Peter Franklin, barber SlOO;
Jesse Cowart, damage % goo .s 500; Dublin
iewelry store $500; II. j. Smith, shoe TO Is
$3.50; Mrs. S. Il. Iillery, st re house $500,
no insurance; Mis- Ba3rden, millinery. dam
aga to stock $50; Nathan Burch, building
500; r. J. Hightower & Son, damage to
building, $50: a. M Prince, damage %
goods, SlCO; Willis Dasher, restaurant, $50;
J.. c. Perry, stables and buggy, $3.50; NJ.
l.. Jones q Co.. general merchaldise, build
ing and stock, - 900, insurance $4,000 in
the Home Insurapca> = Gogpany Of Now
York. In oUafr 10 s sfeNent tie spread Of
the flames tFa sThlery and Burcn houses
were bloy1iip With dynamite and thus the
Dalton h5tel vas saved Dublin presents a
charred appearance aud everybody is dis
heartehed at the losses. The total loss is
about 50, 900 Ri fF
Theswgrd used by tho tiler OF Zaradatha
Masonic Lodge Of Elbertau has quite an in
terest;ug history. During the war it was
taken by John ID. Adams of Ebert county
under the following Circumstance A
brigade of confederate troops to which Mr
Adams belonged captured a regiment of
negro soldiers commanded by a white colo
mel Tho coufederates were 50 Iragcd at
the thought of white man commanding
negro soldiers that they prepared 70 hang