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

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ditIon as required the constant attention
of Dr. hesaa, her devoted son.
There is quite revival in the pear in
dus.rv il Liberty county. Many are
g Tagging their orchards, and the others
7 are preparing to start in business Mr..
Waite d Dorchester is planting out twenty
Ave acres This Industry IN Dorchester
surpasseS cotton, rice or naval store and
it is thought by the HinesvIns Gazette that
it would be good idea for the pest-growegs
in that locality to unite and 90 into canning
and evaporating the fruit when the market
is duh.
Lieut.. Pickett exhibited at police head
quarters at Columbus Tuesday a lot Of
rsics (which lie collected at Missionary
Ridge Rhel he was in Tennessee some time
ago, on a visit TO relatives. Among the
collection was a lot Of battered bullets,
which he picked from the riddled trees on
the fatal battle ground, together with min
nie' balls and pieces Of old bomb shells
These souvenirs Of the late war recalled
many = story Of adventure and blOodshed
among the survivors Of the great battle.
Near Turnerville, in Habersha n county,
a dreadful fight occurred Monday between
T. A. Ivester and John Cox. They were
taking it hand to hand, and about the time
that Cox was about exhausted Bill Sherley
i.jerfered aud cut Ivester fearfully just be-
low the hea t. and it is believed that Ivester
will notirecnver. Cox CONNIE ICED the row
and left it TO be settled by two neighbor
boys Cox is from South Carolina. where
he has likely returned since the difficulty.
The parties have escaped, and are still at
large
Officer Thorpe, Of Brunswick, whilst on
his beat on Bay street Tuesday, about mid
night, discovered a blaze on William An
derson's residence lot, and hurrying to the
spot, found paper saturated with kerosene
and all in a blaze, bundled up against a
small house il the yard With the assist
ance OF va Gilman on the railroad and
friendly tub Of water just at hand, the fire
wss soon put out. A negro boy was dis
covered near By, crouched against the side
Of house. He was arrested, out protests
innocence.
A colored damse Of Athens threw her
Household mo CONSERVATION Saturday
night. She declared she had religion and
forthwith tore off her clothing, hurled
ch irs around, turned the bed upside down
and performed many other wonderful
freaks all the time singing, shouting and
praying II was pronounced a genuine case
II old-fashioued religion by many Of her
companions, but the gentleman for whom
she was at work CHANGED to pass by and dis
PEELED the illusion 10y saying she had stolen
a pilt Of his liquor.
Something OF a sensation was caused at
Athens by two colOred men sweari out
warrants for the arrest Of two young men
for shooting at them. AS the negroes state
II, the story runs as follows: Two young
men were out hunting with their dogs aud
guns Wednesday when they mot two ne
groes riding mules. The negroes were or
d4red to halt, but thinking the command a
joke they co tinuei their Journey. A few
re Of :, Il
the shot taking effect on the mules and the
negroes. Neither, however, were hurt.
jerry Daniels, a negro wood seller of
Glynn unity, is one of the characters tina
Brunswick possesses. He is GA years old,
has never ridden but one time on a railroad
tram, and claims to have never been sick
since he moved to Glynn county, which was
in 1863 But the most remarkable part
about Jerry and his family is that he has
twelve children, ten boys and two girls, one
named after each month in the year. The
girls are named May and June, while tine
boys go by the names Of January, Febru
airy, March, April, July, August, Septem-
Der, October November and December.
A certain farmer Of Sumter county went
to the war with the first company that left
Americas, for he loved his country devot-
eddy. He served faithfully for several
months until he heard the music Of the
battle when it ragged at its llerc st" and he
got sick, was sent to the hospital, and re
mainei sick. 1t is said that he ate some
peaches, planted the seed, and remained at
the hospital and ate the fruit which grew
on the tree, which was very fine. On being
asked why he stayed he replied: Il liked
peaches more than my country, when life
was at stake for IA country that didn't care
a cuss for me
There WAS an explosion in the cotton seed
oil mill at Hawkinsville Tuesday. The
mill runs night and day. Tuesday morn
ing when the engineer of the night force
went off duty he failed to turn Off the
steam, which was forced into the boilers
whore seed are cooked. One of these boilers
got too full Of steam and exploded, tearing
out the bottom and top Of the woodwork
and ironwork unde meath The boiler was
torn to pieces and the glass shattered. b.
+. Parsons, superintendent, standing near,
had narrow escape from death by a piece
of iron. He was badly wounded in one
leg A larger piece narrowly passed him.
Had it struck him il would probably have
killed him. The damage is considerable
The first annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Covington and Oxford street
railroad was held in Covington tuesday,
and 127 Of the l42 shares of stock were
represented. The report OF the board OF
directors showed the following facts: The
cost Of constructing and equiping the road
was sl5, $40, the receipts amount to 81 1913 10
and the operating expenses have been
$l,033 10, thus making the net earnings
1904 50. This is fine showing, in view of
the fact that the Covington end Of the road
has been in operation only about seven
months and the Oxford end has been in
operation only four months. The follow
ing officers we're elected for the ensuin
year, to- wit: Pre- ident, W. c. Clark; board
of directors, J. NJ. Pace, j. A. Stewart, D.
A. Thompson, J. f. Henderson, J. T. Cor
ley, ]. W. Brown and Morgan Galloway.
At Atlanta Monday James w. Settle Of
Madison allowed himself u be done out Of
500 at the depot by sharper He was
sitting in northbound train when a stran-
ger dropped into seat with him and
started up a conversation. he explained
tlat he had in the express car the corpse Of
his brother-iu-law. The stranger went out,
but Just as the car was about to start came
back into the car hurriedly and with tears
ia his eyes informed Mr.. Settle that the
body Of his brother-in-law was about to be
unloaded because he hadn't paid the
charges. His own money was In his trunk
aud could not be reached at the moment.
Would Mr.. Settle kindly advance the
amount temporarily, and II would be
handed back to him. The guileless Settle
handed the stranger the SEQ required and
the stranger disappeared. Subsequently
Mr. Settle strolled out TO look at the corpse
but failed to see either the remains or the
stranger. Mr.. Settle is now strapped.
Athens Banner Waterman. The best one
heard lately comes from Oconee county. A
committee was appointed by the grand Jury