The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16

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I DAYS of 1864 when Sherman was maxim
! Rome howl IN Georgia. His men rode up
I to this factory. listened for minute 10 the
hum OF is spindleS, glanced at Mr.. Jewell,
I the elder, who was standing at he door,
aud, in Obede &c 20 their commander,
started 20 fire ths building. At this slant
Mr.. Jewell pointed 10 the tower on which
the Masonic sign Co was printed IN very
I large type. The leader cried out % his
men, Hold a minuJe" and then begun 70
| exchange signs with the factory owner.
! Finding that the latter was a true Mason,
he made his men march onward 70 other
spoils.
The other day while the Hon. H. T.
4 Hollis Of Buena Vista was assisting party
of gentlemen in surveying piece of land
| ne discovered something that he supposed
I TO be dead hawk IN a swamp thicket near
/ the line of survey, but when he requested
some one to approach the object and in
vestigate the hawk stretched itself with all
the strength ii could command, and then it
/ was disc vered that the fowl IF the air was
in the coil of a small black runner snake
/ not la ger than uan's finger and about
three feet long. The hawkand snake were
| having a life and death struggle with the
/ chances deci ledly in favor of the latter.
1t is supposed, and very naturally, that the
| hawk attempted TO devour the snake, but
| the snake got the inside turn on the hawk
and was crushing the life out of it when
! both were killed.
There is a little girl in Atlanta who goes
| by the name Of Bright Eyes Bird. She is
| the daughter of Bob Bird, who was a cow
boy in Texas for several years. and came by
her name in a romantic manner. When
the Wild West show was in Atlanta several
years ago Dir. Bird went to see the per-
Torrance. He knew some of the
COW oys and invited them to his home.
They accepted the invitation and brought
several Of the Indians with them. Mr..
Birds little girl was then a baby in a
cradle, and as the wild looking red men
gathered around her she gazsd at them
with wondering eyes, The Indians were
silent moment, looking nteltly on the
pale-face papoose, as they called her. In a
solemn manner one of the Indians united
his necklace, and muttering an Indian
word the b glish to which was Bright
Eyes," laid it in the baby's cradle. Fac b
of the other Indians did the same, and
bright Eyes, has been the baby's name
ever since.
George Markers, bis wife and a hackman
named job Smith escaped death at At
lanta Monday by almost q miracle. A
freight train on the East Tennessee road
ran into the carriage in which they were
crossing the railroad tracks at Mitchell
street aud broke it to atoms All the
occupants Of the vehicle were thrown out
aud injured painfully. Several doctors,
however, who hasteued to the scene pro-
nounced the driver to be the only
one in a dangerous condition. He b q
several ribs broken, his shoulder was dis
located, and he probably received internal
injuries. After Mr.. and Mrs. Markens had
recovered conscious eSs they were both
found to be badly bruised. Neither of them
could walk without great pain, but no bones
were broken. They we're assisted into a
hack and taken to the Leyden house, where
their own physician cared for Them Mr.
Markers has for years been a prominent
business man of Jacksonville. He arrived
at Atlanta recently, bri ging with him ex-
cellent letters to prominent men there. He
decided to remain in Atlanta, and opened a
wholesale liquor business on South Pryor
street.
Most people think that rattlesnakes are
entirely useless upon the earth, but the
story told by citizen Of Athens the other
day will set aside such a belief. He was
telling Of how there we're places in South
Georgia where men extracted oil from the
rattlesnake and used it to cure rheumatism.
iheSe persons will give negro 81 to point
out rattlesnake to them, aud then thew
Kill 1t In peculiar manner. They place a
forked stick over the snakes head, then put a
is done to keep the snake from biting itself.
The body of the reptile is then strung up
and the oil extracted from it. 1t sells at
81 per ounce, and this industry is a very
profitable one. The snakes in that section
are very large, averaging five feet in length.
and one RATHER gives up a great deal of oil.
A little negro once saw two rattlers living
close together, aud wanted to get the money
for finding them. 1t was a mile to the
hnncn l4a f-osl Al.
would crawl off while he was gone, and so
he took off his coat and placed it between
the snakes. He went off, came back, aud
found them still cycling the coat. He had
them charmed.
Bill Pledger and his clique are badly dis
appointed And L. NJ Pleasant tcoloredl
recently appointed deputy revenue col
lector at Brunswick, is the cause of the dis
appointment. Pledger and his crowd are
not only disappointed, but are disguised.
disgruntled and thoroughly outra led with
Pleasant 1t seems at until few weeks
ago, Pleasant was at the head of the dis
satisfied e-holding negroes in
Georgia. he was strong in his denuncia-
ton of the administration for not reward
ing the negro with office in this state as
the negro constituted the bulk and back
bone of whatever so-called Republican party
there is in the state. He was angry that
Jne Negroes claim 20 once was completely
ignored, and that Harrison had turned the
back of his hand to them. Revenge must
be forthcoming. Accordingly a short while
ago Pleasant issued a call to ma of the
leading negroes to meet a. Macon on Oct.
II, 10 discuss the situation and formulate
some plan of action to obtain recognition
by Harrison, i. e., Offices. Pleasant was very
indignant when he sent forth his pronun-
ciamento. The appointment to office, now
ever, seems to have appeased Pledger's
wrath, aud he did not put in an appear
ance.
7. L. CAN'T, editor and proprietor of the
Athens Banner, is on a jaunt in Fl rida
Here is an extract from one of his letters:
1.-The engineer of our construction train is
a little Engllshman and an old sailor, hav-
ing travelled all over the world. He is a
very intelligent man and close observer.
and while at dinner gave us a most
interesting account of his JOURNEYS
to strange countries. He has bee
on voyage to Alaska, doubled capes
Horn and Good Hope, looked upon
Mount Hecla, and served in the Peruvian
navy, in which country he once lived. He
says the loveliest women are the Spaniards
and Caucasians, but they lack great deal
of being modern editions of Caesars wife.
The Peruvial bellies are also lovely to look
upon, but are like whited sepulchreS. In
speaking of countries, our engineer said
that there was q peculiarly about both
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