The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-03

Woman in Mans Clothes Arrested
at Atlsnts-
GEORGIA.
Plainville this year, has shipped ovel
81, 200 worth OF peaches.
SH. Stone. an aged and worthy citizen
of Monroe county. was found dead IN hi
bed in Macon Sunday morning.
The Hebrews of Athens will give a grand
ball IN a few weeks that will surpass al
entertainments of It's kind ever held II
Athens.
Col W. E. H. Searcy. who is now az
Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va, writes that he
will subscribe $500 toward securing the
Alliance Exchange at Grid.
A hawk few down among some geese al
james Banks house, in Marietta the other
day, and in place Of capturing a gooss it
was captured by the geese They laii hold
of the hawk and soon had him disabled.
j. H. Rhyme of Jasper can say something
that few Others can. At the time Of his
birth he bad six living grandmothers. He
is now over % years old, and his great
grandmother lived until few years ago.
Schlsv County NetCs: Our champion fox
hunter, Tip Barnes, has capturned nineteen
foxes this season. His PACK Of fox dogs are
about run down, he says, and he is now
stacking up. One Of his dogs ran himself to
During the season Just closed the cotton
receipts in Columbus were over rs, 900 bales,
or an Increase over the previous season Of
il ,465 bales. The merchants, mill men and
warehouse men ore determined to push the
receipts this season to the 100, 900 line
At q meeting Of the members of the
Burke Light Infantry Of Waynesboro last
week, $500 was raised for uniforming and
eQuipping the company. 1t Is generally
agreed that Judge II. H. Perry is tho choice
for the captsincy, and that he will accept.
While a dozen negroes were gambling
about a mile from Warwick, Saturday, a
dispute arose over the winnings. A man
named Shepherd became very angry, and
advanced upon Harry Mumtord (coored)
with his knife drawn. Before he could
reach him Mumford drew his pistol and
shot him in the heart, killing him instantly.
An electric light wire fell down at the
corner of Twelfth street and Sixth avenue
at Columbus Saturday night while a full
circuit was on. The wire struck the tele-
phone cable and the 'phone on the baggage
room at the Central depot was burned up
in consequence. Baggage Master G. T.
Miller was at the telephone at the time. He
was next heard from in a prostrate condl-
fion on the opposite side of the room.
At Macon, Saturday, S. Pepper and Sam
-AltmaYer closed the trade whereby they
DuTCnhscQ Ouc hOlIuuGChei NdCduL Nlb, CORNER
Mulberry and Spring streets, for S., 800. The
lot is 80 by los feet The lot has been
divided and Mr. Pepper takes the corner
half at $1,000 and Mr. Altmayer takes the
fnside half, next to Joe Bonds at g., 500.
They viii erect two handsome residences
for their own occupancy.
On Tuesday Aug 6, saloons were voted
back into Rome The city council fixed
the license at 81 900 per year. Twelve
har haa I'D 70. /
three beer Licenses. The fiscal year of the
city ends on April l of each year. The
major part of the money derived from the
liquor licenses will be expended on the
streets. Part of it viii be expended IN
purchasing additional apparatus and better
equipping the fire department, and on the
cemetery and public buildings.
P. C. Miller of Brunswick has an old
compass which he proposes to furnish the
Piedmont Exposition ship Glynn. 1t is a
combination compass aud dial and was
made for Mr.. Miller's great-grandfather by
Johan Schretteger of Augburg, ia the year
17i2. II has not been used for the last
century and half. and is wonderfully well
preserved as a family heirloom. The com
pass is made entirely of brass Its needle
Is still true TO the pole, and indicates the
points in queer German characters with
perfect accuracy. The instrument is but
little larger than an old-fashioned watch
and is inclosed in a leather case.
The Cuthbert Liberal is going very freely
for the scalp of President W. II. Young, Of
the Eagle and Phenix Mills on the cotton
oAgging question. An editorial published
in tue Liberal of Aug. 80 proposes that the
planters summarily boycott the Eagle Mills
on the ground that MIR. Young fayors the
Jute trust The paper intimates that the
president Of the largest cotton manufactur-
ing esta blishment in the state is in the fight
against the farmers. He positively denies
connection with any trust and even when
the southern cotton mills proposed a short
time ago to form combination TO run on
short time President Young entirely kept
aloof from the scheme.
Micajah Owens, who lives about five
miles from Rochelle, near Kings crossing.
walked to town last Monday He will b.
100 years Old on Jan. 4, 1890. He walked
about the streets and conversed freely with
those he met. 1t has been only about three
years since this old gentleman walked to
hawkInsville from where ne lives, dis
tance of twenty eight miles. He seems TO
have an aversion to horses, as he walks al
most everywhere he goes. He had never.
ridden on the cars before the Americas.
Preston and Lumpkin railroad was built.
and he was pleased with his first ride. Mr.
Owens has lived IN Wilcox county about
seventy-hve years, where he has raised a
1ai 30 Ldnly. MS cnlIuren, grandchlldr0n
and at-grandchildren-a good many of
the latter being grown-number nearly 800
many of whom are among the best citizens
of the county.
Just two miles beyond Watkinsville. q
gentleman had very fine COW which he
priced very highly. This COW wandered
down to little branch, and stepping int
a blue mud branch mired up in this mud
As soon as the animal was missed search
was made, and she was found all mired IN
The owner soon secured the assistance of q
large number Of hands and the work OF
digging her out of this miry ditch was be
gun. After many hours, all of the cow was
excavated except her tail, and this wa:
firmly held by the caving mud from the
sides of the ditch. After vainly TRYING t,
prize her out, the only thing holding her il
this mire being the tail, three burly negroe:
were ordered to pull it out of the mud By
main force. They pulled for some time
and all TO no purpose. At last the attempt
was given up, and in order to releass the
animal, it became necessary to cut the tai
off, and the old COW was again free.
On last Thursday evening about o'clock
two small clouds seemed to meet, and rain
commenced to fall in Gilmer county II
less than ten minutes the heavens were dark
and rain poured down in torrents. II
thirty minutes everything was afoat. The
creek bottoms appeared as a river, over
riding corn crops, aud laying them as fla
as II log had been rolled over them. Il