The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-26

line on the old railroad bed.
Mr. George, n young man employed by the
Howell Cotton Company of Rome, has a
meerschaum pine carried by his uncle dur
ing the war. The pipe has list Of all the
engagements his uncle fought in carved on
its sides, Among the names engraved on it
with pocket knife are: ''Drew Bluff, May
IS; Chickahominy, Third regiment; Boo IS
boro September; Gettysburg, Winchester,
Cedar creek; crossed Potomac Sept. 4;
Harbour, Hare's mill, Petersburg, etc,
do vn to AppomattOx court house and the
surrender April g." The pipe is highly
priced by Mr.. George, and he would not part
with 1T for any consideration.
Friday night some one set fire to the barn
on Nell Rays plantation, known as the old
Walker Garter home place, about three
from one house to ano her. burning
nine altogether. The barn was a new one,
and considered the best and most convenient
one in the country. IL contained seven
head of stock, which were all saved; 1000
bushels Of corn, 10000 pounds of fodder,
10000 pounds Of hay, $50 bushels of peas,
all OF his pillow, gear and wagon harness, one
wagon, and numbsr of cotton planters
all of which were burned. Toe loss is estl-
mate ! az 81, 900, with $500 insurance.
Leary Courier: r. w. Hammond, of our
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and which is not only intrinsically valuable,
but valued beyond a reasonable price in dol
lars and cents from the associations con
nected with it. The pin represents miner OF
" 40, " standing Il on ledge Of gold quartz
his gun upon his right shoulder, frying pan
and spade strapped upon his back, and his
pick in his left hand. his attire being the
usual blouse, heavy boots, with breeches
stuffed in them, SLOUGH hat, and with full
and unkempt beard. The nugget out Of
which the pin was carved, was found by
Mr. Hammond's father, the late c. d. Ham
mond, ST., of Baker COUNT, while in Cali
fornia in 1882 during the gold exciteme15
of that period. The carving was done by
JeSeler ia San Franc SEQ, WAC charged $3J
for the work. Mr.. Hammond's father went
to California with company from Bald
win county, composed of forty men.
Saturday afternoon funny bear, fight
occurred on Whitehall street. at Atlanta.
The big black bear was bang led from
Jones 81 Rosser's stables to an improvis ID
dime show just below Mitchell, on White
hall street. A man held the chain that W
attached to the bears collar, and the man
was little man at that The bear trudged
along very nicely till he came to where
that big stuffed bear stands on his hind
feet, near Mr.. Nolan's store. Bruin cast
his eye ON that big brother in ack, who
hoS SUN n ihCkldSlilh tApleHSlDi dpJub ullll,
and as quick as a flash the circus bear was
on his hind feet and had his paws doubled
up fra smuggling match. With a fierce
growl he sided up toward the uffed bear,
and the little man tugged at the chail to no
avail. Suddenly the circus bear seemed to
realize that he was picking row with no
mortal bear, and with a snort Of fear he
tucked bis tail between his legs and ambled
Off, dragging the little man after him.
Thomas w. Troy is p -eparing to erect a
grain elevator and to build a brewery at
Macon. His latest move is to buy the large
81 on which stood the Rqlston hall block
that was recently burned down, and which
by the late decision OF the United Sta 5es
supreme court becomes the undisputsd
property of George B. Turpin, in trust TO
his children. The site rests on Third and
Cherry streets, atths corner. It is among
some of the most valuable property in the
city, aud will yearly appreciate in value.
Mr.. Turpin has priced the property to Mr..
Troy at $4,000. II Mr.. Troy buys, he will
er ct thereon a very handsome block of
store buildings In the event Mr.. Troy
doe not buy, the Exchange Bank will
probably buy the site, and erect thereon an
elegant bank building for its own use and
build handsome stores on the balance of the
ground. The bank has a surplus of 800, 900
and the directors think the best investment
W - maui VI ~ 10 Nu0 DuICtidSe VI UulS
property and the erection Of the buildings
A few weeks ago a proposition was sub
mitted by Macon combi alton of capital
lists to unite with Milledgeville capital in
the erection of cotton see oil mill at Mil
ledgeville. TO that end meeting was held
and subscriptions started The scneme was
going on with boom, when all at once
the news came that the American
Oil Trust Company has bought tue
site which the independent com
pany had selected. That put
a quietus on the whole thing. Recently,
however, w. S. Brooks, the operator of a
cotton gin in Milledgeville and an expert
enced hand in the cotton oil mill business,
has been agitating the question again.
Being an ex-employe of the trust company,
he has succeeded in quieting the fears of ths
people and convincing them that the trust
company has undertaken a bluff game.
The required amount is about subscribed
and the signs are good for mill for lSS9-'90.
Under the terms II the subscription con-
tract the farmers will pay for their stock in
seed at guaranteed valuation.
The coroner of Troup county was notified
Sunday that negro woman, the wife Of
George Culpepper. a negro living on Frank
Potts plantation, had been found buried in
a well. The facts seem to be as follows:
The negro and his wife have not been en-
joying domestic fell ity for quite a while,
and last Thursday this woman disappeared
The negroes on the plantation began 20
question George about her whereabouts.
lie said she had gone to her mothers. They
then found that to be untrue. Suspicion
ran riot, and Green Fuller, the supsrin-
tendent Of the farm, began to search for
the missing woman, add finding al
old well that had ALWAYS been dan
gerous, now filed proceeded TO have it
cleared out. To their horror they found
first chair, then bureau, then quilts and
various household articles, and next the
body of the dead woman was unearthed.
From Us mangled condition it was hard TO
say whether she had been shot or Knocked
in the head, as blood was on everything
The body was not decomposed, as the water
had risen above 1t and somewhat prevented
modification. George Culpepper has fled.
II has been whispered at Atlanta Of late
that the Rev. Sam w. Small is going TO
make the race for congress from that dis
trict, and certain Indications point that
way. II believe said one Of the numerous
political prophets Saturday, THAT Mr..
Small is getting ready 20 run for congress
in this district, and il he does, he will GER
tainly make things hum. There are Just
eleven counties In the district, and Mr..
Small short time ago gave out that he in
tends 20 present prizes TO the boys in these
counties who make the best prohibition
speeches at a certain time. ] regard that
as district pointer. IL shows that MIR.
Small desires TO make himself solid IN this
district. Whe you come tp think Of it,
the idea grows on you. Let's see nine Of