The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-11

White Caps Near Camilla-A Negro
Who Eats Flies.
GEORGIA.
Sheep shearing is the order of the day
just now il Server county, AID the wool
clipping bids fair to be one of average
yield.
Fortv-three snits were returned to the
NAV term of the Superior court OF Scrlven
county, which convenes next Monday week !;
more than for several terms past.
c Wynn, a negro boy, was arrested by
the police at Athens Wednesday for hitting
sanothe! negro, who was sick, with a rock.
Cup vas escorted to his nome and his
mott err laid on thirty-nine lashes in the
presence of the officers.
Jim Cunningham, a 15-year-old negro
boy, while swimming In Centennial lake,
about half a mile below the pars, at Macon
Thu siay. wa seized with cramp, and
before help could reach him, sank to the
bottom of the axe and was drowned.
Near Avalon, in Franklin county We'd
nesday, a team ran away with o. n. Har-
rim while hauling a l'al of shingles from
J. T. Elmonds' Single mill to Avalon,
throwing him fro II the wagon with suca
violence as 10 cause his death in a very
short time.
Thomas NJ. Bobo, an old and respecte |
Wednesday night be was not feeling well
ana took dose Of morphine He fell asleep
aud died without ever having awakei. The
morpnine probably was the Immediate
cause of his death
A little daughter of J. W. Poppell Of
Jesup was sariSlsly hurt last week A cart
boiV had bee tasen off the VIII els and
stood u by the fence. She was playing
around it hen it fell upon her one or the
sf4-flyir1cr her. hoad aud taarirto V
the front part If her scalp.
At Atlanta Thursday. Park Woodland
was qualified as city clerk and took charge
of that Office. lie gave a bond of $50, 900
with c. j. Wenme~ter, Jerry Lynch,
Charles J. Keith, d Dr. Howell as seru-
rites. J. Fl. Goldsmith threw open the
door of the ity comproller'5 office. His
bond is 5000
The saw mill Of z. J. Hall, situated eight
miles south Of Cuth1ert, was destroyed 10y
fire Thur day after Il about 4 o lock.
The origin of the fire was from a spark fall
ing in siwdust near by. The loss will not
be less than So o, and may probably ex-
cecil hat amount There was no insurance
on the property.
Joe G. Bernard of Athens has at his store
a family of cats. The mo her cat has
a daughter thar has several beautiful kit
tens. The grandmother Of the kittens, sec
prov ding for the n, has taken charge of
Ter grandchildren, AMI attends to them as
If she was their mother.
T. c. Mitchell of Townsville caught a
mother fox and three little foxes a few
mornings ago while ont hunting. Mr..
Mitchell carried ono Of the foxes home and
placed uim among a lit er of newly bora
pups. The mother of the pups gives linn
the same attention that she gives her own
"a nd 1irtl F,gn
to be raised by its foster mother.
DAVIS N has developed "fy-eater," who,
for siugularity of taste and strength Of
digestive organs, takes the cake flies aud
all. TIE negro boy, John Wheel can eat
anything, and, according to a physician is
the only person known that can re ain a
fly on bis stomach. A few days ago John
ate three flies and t'ok a big chew Of to-
bacc) on top Of them all for the sum of five
cents,
Mrs. TAYLOR of Macon, who was bitten by
the mad dog some weeks ago, died Thurs
day from blood poison, tle result of tle
wound. There was a report on the street
that she had hydrophobIa. but the physi-
Clans agreed that it was a case of what is
com noalv called ckiaw. One of her fin
gers was badly injured and never he tlet
over. From tins me the blood poison, and
eventually the locklaw.
The other NOR i1g, at the residence OF
Rev. George S. Tunlln Of Marietta, as one
of the family was proceeding to make up
bed that had been used the night before, a
snake sore IS i.ches in length was discov-
cred conceal d IN the bed covering 1t was
INSTANTLY killed. Parties who saw it say IL
was highla moccasin. 1t is supposed t.
have been in tie bed during the night.
How it got there is a mystery.
A. L. Barry of Alpine, Walker county,
came to IS death on Apri % from an un-
usual cause. He had mashed the nail of tle
middle finger of his right hand, it ending in
blood poison. The Inflammation extended
up ms arm N a dlStiDco red line. Between
the elbow and shoulder the arm sNeiled
badly. On the on side of it, something in
apf earance Ike a clrbuncle, ab ut two
inches across, formed. 1t turned black and
the Il below It down TO the bone seemed
TO be rotten.
A little child of Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Pres
ley of Dou ylasvllie was severely injured a
few days ago by a chicken rooster. The
little oae, who is about is months old. was
spurred by the rooster about the face, neck
and body to uch a ext mt that the doctor
had to be sent for. One Of the wounds as
quite dangerous, but the child is doing well
az this time. TIE rooster paid for his vi
dictIveness with his life, for Mr. Presley
enptiei the contents OF his shotgun into
his body ith fatal effect.
Master Wright Martin, a student of the
Name Lou Warrhen institute, at Wrlghts-
vile, wears gold watch whic1, it is said.
originally cost $500. 1t was formerly tho
property Of Wright's grandfather, the late
lion. joan b. Wright, after whom
Nrghtsvllle was named. The watch III
question IS beautiful piece of workman
ship, tie works OF which fine ami co tly.
The wearer appreciates the watch greatly,
both for its real value and as a cherished
Ihemenyo of his late grandfather.
There is woman in Irwin county who
has novel way Of making her hens set
Whenever sac gets ready TO set hen, il
matters not whether the men is ready or not.
she catches them, breaks one leg, puts eggs
AID hen in a nest aud nails them up Shs
saws ere is nothing like b eaklng one leg
toJnake them set. BY the times g matches
TIE leg is well, and the hen is ready to care
for the chicks. 1t is hoped, however, that
there are but few women in the state 50
cruel as TO deliberately break chickens
leg
Mrs Caroline RYDER, of Troy. Ala. and
her sister airs. Gonala NIX, Of Maco =, Ga,
aled about Inc same hour on Tuesday las.
1hey were former residents Of Girari.
lie remains ot Mrs Ryder were carried
to Columbus Weine day, and removed
from tie Broad street station t. the
Girard Baptist churcn. The remains
81 MS. Nix were carried to the
city by the afternoon train from Macon.
Ihev were SUBS quently placed by tae side
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