The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-15

was entertained that she would soon meet
/ the same fate as her husband. The pre-
/ diction has proven true. A gentleman
/ from thai neighbOrhOOd, friend Of
/ the unfortunate family, stated TO your
| correspondent Sunday night lat he called
/ to see the unfortunate woman tie eve
ming before, having heard that she had
] been attacked with hydrOphbia. He found
| the m .serable creature on the bed chat ed
| hand and foot, frothing at the mouth,
| growing aud whining and trying to bite
! and scratch herself or anybody or thing
/ that came near her, The gentleman
further stated that he did not enter the
house as he came on to the city to-day, but
learned on passing that death had ende
her horrible suffering. Your correspond
! ent further learned that the re lple in that
community are wild with excitement, as
two other ladies have been bitten by cats
| They are speaking Of organizing club
| and discriminating every cat in the COM
munity
Capt Barney Lee of Atlanta has
one Of the Oldest commissions issued
to officers Of the confederate army.
1t made MIN second lieutenant Of
the Fulton Blues, and is dated May
| 81, 1861, and is signed Joseph E. Brown.
At the time it was issued he was only 10
years of age, but the oldest man except
Capt. Purtell, the commander, in the whole
company. He was too young, but the ext
geuces Of the case caused him TO be com
mi-si red. He comm uded the Blues when
they escorted the remains of poor Bart
Smith u the cemetery. Smiths was the
first body that was returned to Atlanta
from Virginia, where he was mortally
wounded at tho first battle Of Manassas.
His funeral occurred at the old
First Methodist church. OF all that
company who went to the war
every man became an officer III some other
company. But Of all the officers of the
Blues, Capt. Lee is the only survivor. He
was afterward sergeant maj or in the Thir-
ty-eighth Georgia regiment, and first leu
tenant in company K, Sixty fourth Georgia,
and participated in the battle Of Olustee.
lie has carried that old commission twenty
eight years in tue old, yellow envelope, ad-
dressed to him in Gov. Browns own hand
writing. Il has passed over the states of
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi,
and was one time in the bottom of the
Chsttahoochee, when its bearer was thrown
in the river 1t has been on his person
every day Of his life since he first received
it, and is still pretty we'll preserved.
Athens Banner Wdtchman: Fridays
noon train on the Coviagton and Macon
road, brought to our city lady who was
accompanied by a little boy She was
the center of the town. the guests noticed
that she was rather reticent, at first, but
after staying O few days, she made herself
more agreeable to those with whom she was
in contact. The lady proved TO be Mrs
Dixie ii lygood, the celebrated electric Won
der from Macon. In conversation Mrs. Hay
good mentioned that just before she left
Macon a gentleman had purchased license
TO marry her, but as she did not care to
marry, she decided to come up to Athens
where her brother, Mr.. Richard Abbey, is
| living. Mr. Mathews, the gentleman WON
| she was to marry, was in total ignorance Of
| her destination, and when informed of her
| departure he determined not to be overcome
! by difficulties, so he started at once for
| Athens and, arriving Sunday afternoon,
proceeded to find the object Of his affec-
| tion3. On Monday afternoon he acc )m-
| plsned his end, and together with her
brother, called upoa Mrs. Haygood. A
conference of several hours was the
| result, when the onng man LETT, to call
| again after tea, but when hs returned he
was informed that Mrs. Haygood hal
gone to the theater, SO he left note, at
| the same time stating to the servant that
| he would call next morning. Mrs. Hay
| good was very much frightened when
she found that he had followed her to the
city, as she stated that he had threatened to
| take her life il she did not marry him.
| Next morning tuesday Mrs Haygood left
the city for Macon, and did not wait to see
| Mr. Mathews as he had requested. Later
! on Mathews called, and the servant who
answered the bell stated that he had pistol
| in MS hand. He asked for Mrs Haygood,
but was told that she had left the city. He
| tuen wanted to know if the negro had de-
| livered his note. The reply was yes"
| Mr.. Mathews then proceeded to the depot,
| which was the last seen OF him.