The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-17


wheels-An Attempt at Suicide Neal
CarroiIton-The Week in the Timber
Business at Dsrien.
GEORGIA
A school is being built at Stockbridge.
The rice crops in Mcintosh county con-
tinue to look splendid.
A farmer in Forsyth county who is scarce
of stock works his son instead OF a mule.
The oat crop over the state is rather poor
this year. The fall crop is almost COM
plete failure.
An insect resembling the tightening bug
is playing havoc with the corn In Ran
dolph county.
The farmers Of Green county find stock
raising a profitable adjunct TO their other
agricultural interests
There are two brothers living in Pikens
county whose names are respectively Jesus
Christ and John the Baptist.
Col. A. A. Gaddis has severed his connec-
tions with all railroads, and will shortly
make Brunswick his permanent home.
The pilot boat Pet, Capt. Jussely, arrived
in Darien from Savannah on Wednesday
afternoon and is now cruising on the bar.
A state bank will probably soon be organ
lied in Brunswick. President Marsh of the
Capt. Arthur Bailey of Darien has about
a dozen fine orange trees that are bearing
this year. The trees are loaded with the
juicy fruit'
A party of gentlemen propose to start
mammoth brickyard at Carrollton and put
in machinery with capacity Of 5000
brick per day.
Mrs DR.. Gatchen, daughter of Col.
Taylor of Lexington, has been appointed TO
an 81 800 clerkship in one Of the depart
ments in Washington city.
Bishop Beckwith has appointed Rev.
Henry K. Rees Of Cave Springs archdeaeon
of Georgia an office created by the recent
Episcopal convention in Atlanta.
Mrs ]. w. Cureton of Trenton caught
one of the largest cells that was ever caught
out of Lookout creek, one day last week,
near Rising Fawn. 1t was five feet long
and estimated to weigh about seventy-five
pounds. 1t took one bushel OF bran to stuff
its hide.
Fish in Lookout creek, Dade county, is
becoming scarce. They will hardly bite
For years the people have lived off of fish
caught out of this stream, and the steady
onslaught on them has about cleared the
stream. A few fine ones can be caught
with a seine.
The brick work on the walls of the new
reservoir at the water works at Brunswick
is completed, and all that now remains TO
be done is to lay the floor and plaster both
that and the sides over with cement, when
Brunswick will have tanks large enough to
hold all the water necessary to protect them
in case of large fire.
Two strange negroes entered house in
Tattnall one day last week in the day time
and, in the presence of the ladies of the
family, riaed it Of all the money they could
find and such other things as suited their
fancy. The negroes were armed. and the
ladies, who were not, were ordered to keep
quiet, which they did.
Mai Root of Atlanta has in his employ
a negro cook, whose son is quite genius in
the matter of drawing. The boys name is
Marcellus Cooper, and he is IL years of age.
He has done some remarkably good pen and
pencil drawing. and seems to have an unu-
sually good eye for form and shade. Prop
erly developed, the talent will serve him
we'll as he grows older. Maj. Root thinks
most favorably Of the boys work.
At meeting of the board of stockholders
Of Butler Male and Female College DR.. A..
M. Patterson was reelected president of
that institution by clean vote of 90 to 0
against him. No betteP choice could have
been made. for il is due to DIR. Patterson's
management in the past that the college
has reached its present high standard
among the many fine educational institu-
tionskof which Georgia can proudly boast
Fort Gaines Advertiser: j. A. Haskins
Is making a pair Of the largest
cart wheels ever used in this sec
ton. They are feet high, with
hubs 16x1S inches. and track 8 inches.
The spokes are something enormous. The
wheels are to be used on a log cart by
Joe Grimsley at his saw mill in the lower
WI Of tba pfy 4 H.,
such wheels are costly, too, when we are
told that the blacksmith gets 50 for doing
the iron work alone.
Tennille Enterprise: We hear good one
on a drummer who is often in this place
He sat up one night this week until O'Clock
intending to 60 off on one of the passenger
trains. He had his trunks placed near the
track, his grip was thrown over his shoul-
der and he sat down on trunk and yawned
and rubbed his eyes until the train came
The train arrived in due time. The drum
mer saw it, but made no effort to get on OF
to put bis trunks aboard. After the train
had gone he gazed longingly at it and said,
"Well, III be darned; | wanted to go Oh
that trainl"
Friday night of last week w. A. johnson
OF McDuffie county lost by fire his
dwelling and nearly all of his furniture.
provisions, etc. The fire originated from a
Duncn Oh hghJeu COTTON rags. which had
been used in taking the contents of a bee
gum, and had not been extinguished. The
loss is estimated at about $780, No insur.
ance. On the same night colored woman,
living at c. c. Halls (the B. B. Wilkerson
place. in this county, locked her child in
her house and went off. The usual result
followed. The house was consumed by fire
and the child burnt to death.
Waycross Headlight: One day last week.
out at one OF the steam mills near Glen
more. a negro knocked white boy by the
name of O'Stein, severe blow with a cant
hook, and, in consequence, a warrant for
assault was sworn out and bailiff sent 10
make the arrest. The negroes of the mill
defied the officer and showed fight, when he
returned to Glenmore minus his prisoner.
and reported the matter. Some of the bows
in Glenmore didn't like this, and arming
themselves went out to restore order.
When they arrived at the mill all was quiet
and the negro had made good his escape.
Thomson Journal: On Monday night last
a heavy gale struck the premises of DR.
Sterling Gibson, in this county, and die
considerable damage. His gin house wa:
blown down, stable and COW honse unroofed
and a number of other buildings damaged
The tin roof on the porch of the dwelling
was torn off, piece of scantling driver
up under the shingles of the main building
aud a number of windows were broken
The doctors vineyard and orchard were
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