The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-19

| straw had been placed upon tne naked
earth and that nearly all the beans had
been left exposed.
At Fort Valley, Wednesday, tho lumber
train on that division was standing idle.
caused by sixteen hands striking. The
strike came about because Conductor
! Rhoades would not let his hands meet the
provision train on Monday and draw their
| rations, and because he could not procure
cooking stove In as short time as the ne
| groes thought he should. Superintendent
| Starr came along a few minutes after the
strike, sustaining Mr. Rhoades in all he
| did, taking the names of all the hands,
which will be- furnished all overseers and
| trainmen, who are ordered not to give one
| employment, under the penalty of a dis
charge if they violate this order.
Last Monday night couple of chicken
thieves did up Cora, Rockdale county, and
the surrounding neighborhood. They
barely missed house. 1t is supposed they
| cooped something like 200 chickens The
| men had a two-horse wagon to carry their
game in Ia their company was large
yellow dog supposed to re along to enter
tain the yard dogs while the thieves did
their plundering. After loading up salts
factorily they left. After some hours
party was made up and efforts put forth to
effect their capture, but all to no purpose.
A wagon and dog corresponding pretty
well to the description was seen TO pass
through Lithonia early Tuesdoy morning.
1t is supposed they were en- route for At
lanta with their stolen game.
Albany Net0s and Advertiser: Mr.. Ana
bel, the young man Tho attempted to board
moving train at Smithville last Satur
day with bruised results, in conversation
with Capt. John A. Davis, the general
| agent Of the Central railroad at this place,
said, II am all right now; l have taken out
an accident policy, which is an assurance
that no casualty will befall me-" Capt.
Davis said that reminded him of a man
of this section who insured his life in a com
pany he formerly represented. The policy
expired, and on the day the man appeared
at his Office door and, sticking his head in,
accoSted him thus: Davis, you can renew
that policy on my life. | do it Just to
preserve my health haven't had even a
headache since took it out, and believe
the premium is less than doctors bills"
About o'clock Tuesday morning it be-
came evident to the miller that the splendid
dam to Bateman & Colbert's mill, near
Butler was giving way, and before the
miller had time to thipk the whole tumbling
dam came down with a mighty crush,
carrying away about IS feet of the dam.
On account of the immense quantity of
water and the heavy timbers rushing VIC
lently down the stream, the splendid new
bridge just below the MILL over White
w AVer creek, was broken ana washed
away. This is the third or fourth
time this dam has given away
within the last few years, each time
causing a heavy loss TO the owners of the
mill and some $500 to the county, or the
bridge contractors. 1t will take two or
three weeks to repair the bridge, and longer
to repair the dam.
AT Athens Wednesday the superior court
room of Clarke county was crowded when
kI.,rr
inson called the case of the state vs. T. "
Murray, for assault with intent to murder
1t will be remembered that during the
commencement exercises of the university
i'll 1887, lobe Murray became involved in
difficulty with R. L. Reaves and shot him.
The trial of Mr.. Murray has been put off
from time to time until nearly two years has
elapsed since the difficulty occurred. Mr..
Resves was sitting in front of the Com
mercial hotel and became engaged in a
dispute with Mr. Murray concerning the
| speed of some horses, both being livery
stable men. The lie and the coward was
| passed, aud both men clinched. Reaves
was shot and the wound came near having
| fatal results. The verdict had not been
| brought in at a late hour Wednesday
| night.
Collector Subers returned to Macon
Wednesday fromBrunswick and will remain
in the city about two weeks. The old SER
geant enjoyed his tripdown the coast and the
Jacksonville drill, and came home more
than ever enthusiastic in his praises of the
Cadets. You see how Atlanta is kicking"
said be, about the Guards earning the first
prize. Well, | will be one who will put $50
in toward prize Of $1,000 or $1,000, and
invite the Guards down here and try the
game over again. They could not bulge a
step, and every man who saw the Cadets
drill said that the Guards could only hope
for second money. Why, members of the
Atlanta companies who saw our boys drill
gave them willingly the first place, and
seemed pleased when the Cadets beat the
Fusileers, aud now they come back at us in
this sort of fashion. Oh, it's all bosh, they
are bluting and trying to appear as if they
worked wonders down in Jacksonville
While in Jacksonville attending the drill,
Caief Kenan of the Macon police stopped
at the ST. James hotel with the Cadets
Sunday morning he arose early to catch
the train for home and in his haste left his
valuable gold watch under his pillow The
train had almost reached Albany before he
missed his watch, and rememberi ng his
room, the chief telegraphed to Mr.. Camp
bell or the hotel to express him the watch
if it could be found. Wednesday a little
box was handed to the chief in his office by
an express messenger. On opening it he
saw his lost property neatly wrapped up in
y
The chief was one Of the happiest men in
Macon in second, and at once sat down
and wired Col. Campbell his thanks for the
ppomptuesS in sending him his watch. The
lit lie ticker was worth 500, and had it not
been for the honesty Of the chambermaid
at the hotel the owner would probably have
lost it,
There was a very old man from M@i-
wether county in attendance at Pike supe-
rior court last week He was feeble in APP
pearance, and indeed some of his old
acquaintances asked him his age. "Well,n
he said, "if live to see Feb 81 will be lis
years old Another remarkable fact con-
nected with my construction is that [
haven't a tooth in my head" opening his
mouth and pointing to his smooth, toothless
gums, he continued, II was born that way.
Wonderful as it may appear, my youngest
son aud eldest daughter wern bora that
way also" The same old fellow, looking as
II he was standing at the other end OF the
corridor Of life, with all the gravity of over
a century hanging over him, seriously saws
| to an acquaintance, "You mark a dollar
and give it TO me, and | will put il with
one Of mine, and you can't tell for the life
| OF you which one you marked" "You are
mistaken says the acquaintance, and the
silver dollar is forthcoming, marked and
handed over. Then the grave old man rat
| ties it with one OF his own and pockets
| both. Give my dollar back SAYS the
acquaintance. mo" Interrupts the old
man III said that il you would mark a
| dollar aud give II to me you could not tell