The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-11

put in TO trying his Winchester. After he
| had followed it some distan q down tho
lake, ana fired a dozen more shots at it.,
Mr. Brannen stepped out from behind a
tree, where he had been watching tho fun,
and asked him please not to break his bait
gcurd.
Some excitement was created at Toccoa
Wednesday over the discovery of an in
fautclde. While some negroes were draw
ing the water from a well on Mr.. Hughes
pace prepa atory TO cleaning It cut, they
were Mortified by the discovery of the body
of well developed child in the bucket The
body was wrapped i'll an old worSted s7cque
and had every appearance of having been
born alive. There is a difference of opinion
as 70 whether 1t is a ne cro or white child,
but from its Appearance the most reas m
able conclusion is that it is a mul tito 1t is
the opinion of the doctors that it had not
been in the we'll over twenty-four hours.
There is no clew as 20 who is the guilty party,
but the proper authorities have charge Of
the matter.
Robert Fleming, an aged and much re-
spect citizsns OF Conyers, has SO ne very
ancient relics in his household One of
them is metal, supposed to be zinc, spec
tacle case that is $50 years old. It was
bought and used by his gr4ndfathe". The
otaer relic is a 81 all walnut uox l u inches
deep, 5 inches wide and 10 inches long, that
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used for hree generations in Ireland by the
Fleming family, and has through three
generations been in use in this country. If it
does not get destroyed Mr. Fleming wants
1t handed down to some Of the family con-
necliou. The Fleming family are of Irish
descent. The grandfather Of Mr. Fleming
was br 'ught over to this country when he
was a little boy, some 200 years ago.
A painful and peculiar accident hap
a IRA hat ri If
Taylor county rece entity. Ault Betsey (ls
she is ia niliarly called by her relatives and
friends Is past so years OF age and has to
have constant care and attention; and her
daughter having to go to q mel yhbor's, a
short distance away, directed her mother t.
sit still until she returned. When the
daughter returned she found her moShers
caalr vacant and at once sought her in the
garden and found her covered with blood.
Aunt Betsey berg constant smoker, had
fallen with her pipe stem in her III )uth, and
Jabbei the reed stem nearly through the
back of her neck The poison from the
stem caused her throat % rise and DR..
HALEY was called to give her attention.
Washington Chronicle: Last Friday
Wilkes county proved the trusting place OF
lovers from a distance, and who they were
or where they came from could not be
aScert9ined by the closest scouting of a
reporter. This fac is self-evident that they
were lovers and of course very much inter
es5ed in eacn other. On Tuesday night the
young lady in the case, who was about 10,
came IN on the train and stopped at the
hotel. But she refused to register or to let
her name be known She said she expected
to meet a friend here, but as she could not
find him, must go to Elberton. Early next
morning she procured a team and driver
from Roane & Wool's stable and hurried
o.. Out at the sixteen mile post she met
her lover and got in the buggy with him.
The negro driver here lost sight of the lovers
Ten more days and the waving of plumes
the tramp of the soldier boys will be ne trd
on Macon'S streets The last prepare 10 IS
for the grand interstate and state drills are
rapidly going forward, AID by the close of
the week all will be ready for the reception
of the visitors. A large force of han is in
three days time has already cleared the
grounds of all Objectionable grass aud
trash, and in its place will be found a
smooth surface nearly 300 feet square. on
which the companies will drill for the cap
itai prlzs ana tho honor of being the cham
pions of the state. The entries have about
settled down to ten or eleven, although
Secretary SIMS has given notice that en-
tries can he r1ade up to May l5 when all
who may not have co ne into the arrange
ment will be allowed to remain on the
outside. Already the contestlng teams are
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tournament.
Real estate sales have been lively at At
lauta this week. The Whitehall street store
occupied by j. NJ. & J. C. Alexander, has
been sold for SO, 900 cash. The store fronts
on Whitehall street % feet and ru0s back
1S5 feet 1t brought $3.50 more a front foot
than any other property ever sold In At
lanta. M. & J. Hirsch have bought the
sore at 40 Whitehall street, occupied by
A lava lNAa G. - 10, I
states that they sill tear down the Alexan-
der building and the building occupied by
themselves, and on the two lots build an
elegant fouF-storv brick and iron front
building. which the firm Of Hirsch Bros,
clothiers, will occupy Mrs. NJ. P. loper
has sold the building on Wall stree. occu.
pled by the Frenc restaurant to the Pc
ters estate for $26,0 900 The building is only
tventy-tire feet front and fifty feet deep,
buc brought over 81, 900 front foot Three
acres on the Georgia railroad, at the corner
OF the boulevard, have been sold to the FIJI
ton cotton spinning company for $4,000
cash.
AT Concord the excitement among the
negroes over the supposed killing of the
negro doctor, and the rumored putting of
the ody in White Oak cree (, at the juno
ton of the creek and Flint river, is some
what abatihg. For several days past toe
otSi NSo nave OoSh ll'ShAiiS w Otte CTSCk II III
discu sing the matter generally, leaving
their cotton and corn to take care of itself.
1t seems that the negro doctor had
been in tle Payton neighborhood
for several days, and for some
cause or other so14e negroes on the
place did not want him around any longer.
So they advised him to go back to his home
in Columbus and when he refused to do 50
they caught hi near { q creek and gave
him sound whipping. The victim was
not heard OF for some days, and the negroes
finally turned oat and beg IN looking for
him ia the creek and in the river. They
found him five or six miles beyond, badly
whipped and pretty sore, but by no means
a drowned negro. He was keeping himself
very quiet, lest he should have another
vl,iJatiop."
1t is proposed to introduce a bill before
the next legislature TO secure the necessary
TO sell the university grou IDS In
Athens and locate it out at r lck College.
The buildings on the CAMPUS would lie re-
modelled and convertei into business houses
a ID Offices. The campus would DO cut up
and sold off in lots College avenue would
he extended Immediately through the
campus, and the rear lots would front on
this avenue. IL is timated that the prop
erty, as it stands. would sell for some
S250000. One hundred thousand dollars OF
tais would be used in erecting the
neces airy buildings at Rock College: ha bal
ance could be put out az interest t. yield a
permanent revenue r the university. 1t