The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-08

| the ll-year-Old son OF M. and MIS- d. =
| TilIey, was killed out at his fathers farm,
two miles from Decatur, last Saturday
morning, under rather peculiar circum-
/ stances. Some three months ago Ernest
| voluntarily decided that ne would learn 20
! milk, and since that time he has been milk
| ing certain COW regularly. Last Satur-
day morning he secured his bucket and
went to the lot to milk. While milking, It
| was his habit 10 stand and rest his head
against the cows hip, and it is supposed
that while in this position the COW bent her
! body in such a way as t. break the chlld's
neck with her hipbone. When found his
neck was broken. No bruises were found
anywhere on his body.
Griffin CAL: On Thursday last. while
Sells Bros. circus was ia the city, a fakir,
connected with the circus, appeared on the
age of soap" dodge. Many bit at the
scheme, and finally Eliza McLendon, a
negro woman who peides vegetables
around the city, paid $50 expecting to
receive hundred dollar bill in return, but
was considerably dismayed when she found
that she only had small parcel Of very
| cheap soap. She at once had a warrant
sworn out against Sells Bros for cheating
and swindling, and placed it in the hands #
| Officer Gossstt, who served 1t IN Macon and
settled 1t on the proprietor OF the circus,
who disclaimed any connection with the
fake, returning the $50.
Master Fred Catchings, son Of DR.. Catch
ings Of Atlanta, is a mechanical genius. He
is only 49, years old, and yet he is a regu-
lar correspondent Of the Scientific Ameri-
can. Not long since he perfected an
electric motor, with which he furnished the
power to run his mothers saving machine
Il is a complete motor made on the same
principle as those that run the electric cars
and the machine works to perfection
Master Catchings is prodigy in the way
of inventing things. He has his fathers
place fixed up with electric bells, and has
arranged it SO that the bell at the gate rings
the kitchen bell, and the bell at the front
door, when touched, rings the front door
and the kitchen bell both. The little motor
that be has invented was constructed of
the simplest tools and with the most ordi-
nary materials, and vet it does the work,
with a capacity of about one-eighth man
power, as well as larger engine would
perform the same tasks.
There was considerable excitement on the
street at TalapoOsa Friday afternoon over
the report that boot containing a human
foot had been found in the woods about one
mile north of town. The marshal together
with number of citizens, fastened to the
point to investigate the my sterious boot and
foot and the surroundings, to discover the
body from which it came. w. II. Hunt,
WV WOub WIN Lue party DudC went OUT,
identified the boot at once to be that of his
father. Mr.. Hunt recently brought his
father from Chicago, where he resided, TO
take care Of him, he being entirely devoid of
mind. About ten days ago the old gentle
man evaded the close watch his son kept
over him, and stole away from home, moth
ing having been heard from him until the
sad disclosure Of the facts as above stated
How he came to his death is and perhaps
will forever be, wrapped in mystery. His
body Is supposed TO have been torn b pieces
and consumed by hogs, as the surround
lngs indicate, but whysthere is no more of
his body or none Of his clothing to be found
is yet unaccounted for. Search is yet being
made.
Last Sunday night. as Ed Wise of Hilton
was returning from prayer-meeting at a
late hour to his room at Mr.. Odum's, he
met some one facing him coming down the
track. 1t being common thing to meet
people at night on the railroad, he never
once thought OF any one trying TO harm
him, and as they got opposite each other,
the unknown made murderous attack on
Mr.. Wise with his knife. The assassin's
knife grazsd Wise's throat 1t being
quite dark, the assassin misjudged the
distance, and only grazed his throat,
cutting bis collar in two and slightly
cutting his shirt. In the mean
time Mr.. Wise was endeavoring to get
his pistol, but before he could procure it he
was stabbed in the left breast, the knife
penetrating through his coat, vest. two day
books, and an envelope, lacking but frac-
ton of reaching the flesh. By that time
Mr.. Wise had his pistol and began tringing
it in use, whersupon the fiend began to look
for other quarters, and started off at $40
gait Mr. Wise fired several shots at him,
but is unable to say whether he succeeded
in hitting him or not.
A new electric motor is being completed.
1t is an Atlanta invention, and will be on
exhibition at the Piedmont exposition. The
car that 1T will draw to and from the
grounds is ready for the motor. d. E.
johnson is the inventor, and he is very san
gnine over the prospect of a great success.
He has been at work on it for two years,
and Is just now perfecting the machine. 81
conceived the idea,n he said, "of getting
more power with a given quantity Of cleo
trlcity than has been gained by the other
motors. Here is the way l have done it:
You see this motor. The armature in it
alone turns around, the balance of it being
fixed. In mine, as you see, the
armature turns with the axel, as does the
other, and is brought directly in contact
with the wheels. But the frame around it.
a sort of outside armature, turns in an OPP
posite direction, ana by this means l get a
double-acting machine, and my idea IL to
is SO simply constructed that l can fit it on
to common horse car and go right along,
thus saving the expense Of rebuilding the
rolling stock for company that is DIES rous
of doing away with horse power and adopt
ing electric power. Ny motor will be
run from q storage battery that is carried
on the car, and all the trouble about wires
will be averted. / consider this a great
desideratum. / charge the storage battery
in the morning with a sufficient amount to
run as many hours as desired, apply the
current and go rolling away. The machiu-
cry is SO constructed that it is under the
most perfect control, and any rate of speed
can be obtained. believe that the best the
other motors can do is fifteen or sixteen
miles an hour with a car l have expert
mented with this, and by the indicator
have made seven miles a minute. OF course
that would not do for travel, but can run
right along at the rate of forty miles an
hour with perfect ease.n
FLORIDA.
W. q. Henry of Leesburg has invented
an OranUp Sivar