The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-03

| that no finer clay was to be found anywhere
| in the south The purchase of Messrs. Speer
| and Huntington, embraces $50 acres, lying
along the banks Of the Muckalee, ana every
where upon it this valuable clay is 10 be
! found Bat it was not for this, altogether,
that the property was bought. Realizing
the rapid increase in value in real estate
within the past two years, MeSsrs Speer
and Huntington thought that they saw
good thing in this tract OF land for building
purposes, and to this end will have their
purchase laid OF into city lots, aud other
wise improved.
Americas Republican: A pretty married
woman living IN an adjoining county owns
a cow that she thinks the world OF. She
milks the COW herself, as she does not want
her spoilt by endless atte ton. Since the
crops have been gathered the cow has been
running in the fields, and the brush of her
tail got filled with cookie burrs. One morn
ing last week the lady went into the pen to
mix, and while she was performing the
duty the COW switched her tail into the
neatly done up hair on the lady's head.
The bnrrs caught and the lady dropped
her pail of milk and began to un-
tangle her hair The occupation disturbed
the COW and she began TO prance, Tho
lady grabbed the tail with both hands
and called out; 80, wench! so wench!n
But the wench, not liking the grip, started
y
the household by her shrieks, and
negro woman ran to her rescue, but had
TO return to the house for a pair of scissors.
The cow was driven into a stall her tail
trimmed off and left sticking to the lsdy's
head. She went TO the house, and we are
informed that il took her husband, the NO
gro woman aud the balance Of the family
until 10 O'Clock that night to pick the burs
from her head. She VOWS that that cow
shant stay on the place "a week, or she'll
have her killed and fed out TO the hands.
The store of w F. Gay of Gay was sur
rounded by several suspicious characters
Saturday night about IL o'clock. AS John
Gay walked out just before closing his
doors, he discovered a person in little pine
thicket a short dista &c from him. Gay
approached him and made Inquiries es to
MS business there at that time OF night.
Getting no informatiol from him, he
turned TO 60 into the house, when he saw
some one at the we'll whom he saluted, but
getting no answer, got two of his friends
Thrash and Z tes, who were
in the store, and went out To inyesti-
gate the matter. Thrash and Estes soon
found several parties hid ia the weeds near
by. They struck match 10 see who they
were, when they were Immediately fired
upon. The fire was returned. after which a
general rusilade occurred. The thieves
which they evidently werel He'd, leaving
one of their number dead on the spot.
Others are supposed TO have been wounded.
The person found dead was a we'll known
oolored boy in the community, who, it is
supposed, was plotting q band of robbers.
The bundle seen in the hands Of one was
supposed to be burglars tools, with which
they intended to open the safe The coro-
ner's Jury rendered q verdict of death from
unknown causes. G. W. Head had a fine
mule stolen on the Same night. Some think
they took it to make their escape.