The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-09


with the privilege of increasing to 500, 900.
Mrs Lou Ellington Of Cuthbert has ma de
I a practical demonstration of what can be
/ accom- plished with a small beginning, by
| the exercise Of proper industry and econ
omy. About the middle of last September
she invested one dime in material sufficient
| for a bonnet, which when made was i'm
medately sold and the proceeds expended
! for more material. This az lin was all
made into bonnets and Sold and the money
| thus realized was again invested in ma
terial. Having repeated this business a
number Of times, she found on the lst of
March that she had from this one source
| accumulated $50 20 besides having several
bonnets on hand. Thus in less than six
months the dime had grown until it ex-
ceeied $40
A white woman named Mollie Hill came
to her death at Chattanooga Tenn.
Wednesday, under painful circumstances.
She came to the city afoot from Gadsden,
Ala, where she said she had been working
for her cousin. She was taken suddenly
and violently i'll while walking on the
street, and was taken into a Negroes house,
where short time afterward she died in
great pain. The coroner's jury gave the
verdict that she had died Of congestion of
the lungs. She was on her way to her
uncle, who, she said, resided in Gainesville,
Ga. The told sad story Of having been
wronged by a lover, which caused her
TO leave her uncle, but gave no name by
which TO identify her seducer. She was
hurled in the potter's field, having not a
friend or acquaintance in the city.
Great excitement prevailed upon the
streets of Homer Wednesday afternoon
about 4 o'clock, when a small black dog
made its appearance and acted very
strangely. IL less than twenty minutes it
had attacked several children. 1t tried to
bite little Mary Mason, catching her by the
shoe, but did not draw any blood. 1t tried
to bite Master Henry Dyon. 1t bit little
Hattie Morris on the leg Tommy Scrog-
gins, the little son of Sheriff Scroggins, was
bitten in the throat This wound is pain-
full. IL took part of the flesh from tine
throat, making an ugly wound. After
attempting to bite several others. it took
refuge under the house OF Mr.. j. w. Stump
ter, and after several well directed shots bv
Mr.. Sumpter it was killed. IL was foaming
terribly at the mouth, and was hard to
kill
An important and lively meeting of the
city council Of Augusta was held Thursday
night to investigate the matter of the bridge
committees twice changing the plans Of the
city bridge now being built across the Sa-
vannah river, and Of the appropriation
committee appropriating an additional
ST, 600 for the work, costing now in all
$4,000, when the original plan was given
out by contract for about $4,000, without
the knowledge Of council. Messrs. Kerr
and Austin opposed the action of the above
committees, but were defeated in their
attempts, and the extra appro-
priation was Endorsed and the site OF
the bridge remains unchanged. The ex-
penditure of money on the bridge was left
in charge Of the bridge committee, but
Messrs. Carr and Austin, members Of the
bridge committee, asked TO be excused from
serving and their request was granted. The
meeting was breezy, and insinuatons were
made and taken up and answered on all
sides. The action of the council will hardly
meet with the approval Of the citizens,
who have been aroused on the bridge ques-
ton.
Fort Valley Mirror: 1t is generally
known that our good Gov. Gordon is at
the head Of a syndicate ranch in Taylor
county, lying on Flint river, having been
fitted up and stocked for the purpose of
raising all kinds of hogs, cattle, sheer, goats,
mules and horses; particular attention be-
ing given to the propagation Of the species
OF the latter known as Texas ponies. Maj.
G. b. Howard informs reporter of the
Mirror that friend of the governor told
him he should by all means procure some
good coon dogs, as coons were quite numer-
Gus in the swamps and very destructive to
corn, and unless they were hunted down
and made TO migrate corn raising would be
almost impossible. And then, governor"
continued his friend, you should have a
pack of fox dogs, both for the pleasure of
the chase-when visitors are on hand, as
well as to promote q successful and thrifty
pig industry. After this YOU
should get several bird dogs, as many
friends who will be with you will prefer
bird shooting to fox hunting" The COVER
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the suggestions Of his friend, who seemed
to advise wisely and well. Col. Shepherd
Of Columbus, was applied to to gather up a
lot OF dogs and ship to Reynolds, but Shep-
herd was dilatory in complying with the
governors wish, so he called on Col. Lee
Jordan, who undertook the job of getting
up the dogs if he could find them in Lee
county. The colonel called up his numer-
Gus colored tenants and farm hands and in
quired about dogs. He was told that there
was quite a number on his places and
neighborhood that could be spared without
serious detriment to the farming interests
OF the -ction. Bring all you can get on
a certain day to Albany and | will give
you fifty cents apiece for them" On the
day adesignated about seventy-five were
brought up, dogs of all sorts and sizes, for
which the money was paid and the dogs put
in a box car. Before the train left Col
Jordan looked in on the lot, and judging
from appearances that a good bait of some
thing would be much appreciated by the
quadrupeds, he bought about seventy five
pounds Of beef and had it cut up and thrown
into the car, which was consigned to Gov.
Gordon's agent at Reynolds. Fighting and
snarling began as the train rolled away, and
was kept up 80 ferociously and determinedly
that when the agent opened the door TO
turn out the pack the condition Of the con-
signment was such that all tine parties
agreed that it was not safe business to put
seventy-five dogs and seventy-tive pounds of
beef in a locked box car to ship to Reynolds
or any other place.
FLORIDA.
The cotton crop of 1883 is not yet all sold
in the Tallahassee COUNTRY.