The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-09
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

the Accidental Covering ofan Artery
Alliance Men Decide TO Build a
Warehouse at Athens-The Ocopol-
Ico once a Large Salt Water Stream.
GEORGIA.
The Macon cadets VIII enter the prize
drill at the Piedmont exposition.
E. B. Clark of Oglethorpe county had an
arm badly lacerated by machinery day or
two ago.
Engineer Cooper started from Macon Sat
urday to survey the Ocmulgee river TO
Hawkinsville
There is some talk among the ladies of
Griffia Of combining and importing about
twenty-five Swiss girls for housemaIds.
At a meeting Friday the city council of
Athens granted a street railway rights OF
way and agreed to a contract for lighting
the city by electricity.
In a town partly situated in Oglethorpe
county a cotton seed war is raging and the
price has been run up ITO % cents per busbel,
with prospect of going to % cents.
Geo. A. Duckworth of North Warren be-
came involved in a quarrel with Madison
johnson of McDuffie county, on last Mon
day evening, which resulted in Mr.. Duck
worth being badly cut with keen-bladed
pocket knife. He will not die.
During last week report was IN circu-
lation at Lexington that a serious epidemic
of foyer was raging at Smiths convict
camp, in Oglethorpe county; that there
were in the neighborhood of 100 cases upon
Col Smiths place, and that deaths were
occurring at the rate of four or five day.
The report proves to be without foundation.
Two negroes, who are brothers, got into
a quarrel at Mrs. Belknap Smiths place
near Washington Friday, and one cut the
other very badly in the breast and shoulder.
Mrs Smith was preparing to go to town
with carriage and wagon and the negroes
Quarreled about which should drive the
carriage. The wounded negro is probably
fatally cut.
A district convention of the Farmers
Alliance was held at Athens Saturday, and
. was attended by delegates from Clarke,
Oconee, Madison, Jackson, Walton and
! Oglethorpe counties, and many other
+ alliance men who came as visitors inter
ested in the questions that we're to come be-
fore the meeting. The convention decided
TO build a district warehouse in which to
store cotton until satisfactory prices were
] obtainable for the staple.
queer piece Of script is in the possession
! of James Stokes of Atlanta. It was issued
by the Western and Atlantic railroad on
Aug. T. l641. 1t has the figures so in the
left and right upper corners, with a rude
freight car in the middle. On it is printed
the following: For want of change, on de
mand we promise to pay the bearer the sum
of so cents at our office in the Tennessee
division in such funds as we receive from
the commissioners of said road when the
sum Of $40 is presented. Bhonn 81 Smith
Allen Rogers, an industrious and well TO
do negro, who resides about seven miles
from Warrenton, came near bleeding to
death Sunday morning from a cut across
the left wrist which severed an artery. He
was carelessly whiting on a stick when hi
knife slipped and entered his wrist. The
cut while only about two inches long, was
in a vital place, and had he not taken the
precaution to cord his arm before leaving
home he would have bled TO death before he
reached the doctor.
Quitman Press: AS you 60 down the
steep hill at the new cemetery, which leads
to the basin of the Ocopilco, ana when
about half way dowr, on the right and left
You will see q bed of shells of marine fish.
1t is plainly defined on the walls OF either
embankment, and would seem to indicate
that at one period of the worlds history our
little Ocopilco, at times only a few spans
wide, was a large salt water river, with
ebb and flow of tide, and that some prehis-
toric race gathered oysters and left the
shells piled up where they are now visible.
McDonough Weekly; The most persistent
rodent In { csc parts was one that mon
keyed with Maj. Wallis steel trap. The
first pass he made at the trap he got his tail
cut clean off to where that appendage
formed junction with his spinal column
Not being satisfied with the fondling he re-
ceived at the laws of the trap, he returned
after his wound healed and had another
set-to with the trap, in which encounter he
lost hind leg, which was shaved off close
up to his abdomen. After TINS had gotten
well he returned to the trap and thrust his
head in it. Maj. Wall exhibited the re-
mains OF the rat, which was married as
told by the steel trap
According to general report in Columbus
another duel is ON hand Charles Palmer
sent note to H c. Hanson demanding
apologiesfo certain articles which appeared
In the City Item, Sunday morning paper
issued by Master Victor Hanson, Mr.. Han
sons son, or, if the apologies were not made,
choice of weapons was offered. Palmer
states that the note was sent through his
friend jim Slade, who consented to act for
him. Mr. Palmer called upon Messrs Bill
Duke and Henry Mishel in the first Instance
TO act as his seconds, but both gentlemen
declined the post of honor
Washington Gazette: Gen. b. w. Heard
informs US than the first carriage that was
ever brought to Wilkes county, was
brought here about 1909 by Mr.. John
Knox VINO lived at NeWtown, lust eight
miles from Washington. 1t was a large
carriage, painted yellow and mounted on
&c" springs, somewhat resembling the
stage coach which the older generation re.
member. This carriage was brought &c
Wilkes from Virginia, and was called
s'Knox's fort" Mr. Knox attended worship
at Fishing creek church in this county
and it is said that people would come t.
service far around, more to see this won
derful vehicle than to worship God.
Bal Brinson, white man living about
fifteen miles below Waynesboro, stole +
mule some time ago and warrants were
issued for his arrest Friday. Sheriff Hurst
went down to serve the warrant Brinson'.
friends knew of the coming of the sheriff
and made preparations TO defend Brinson
Mr.. Hurst started to enter the yard ant
they turned two savage dogs on him, anc
Miss Brinson drew a shotgun on the sheriff
and his crowd, saying: IF YOU come one
step farther I'll shoot you" The sheriff
started and she raised the gun to fire wher
the sheriff halted. Brinson was defended
by brothers aud sisters with guns, knives
and pistols until he could make his escap
into the swamp. His three brothers ant
sisters have been arrested for resisting tn,
officer. Brinson was still at liberty at last
accounts.
Weston Patterson, of duelling fame. wa.
expelled from the University of Georgia il
1873 for an attempt to fight duel with F,
Z. Gray, who was killed at Atlanta las
wear by the marshal of West End tn,