The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-07

and at the same time moved up TO the
window. Unaware OF the important
change be hurriedly put his head up to the
window and said: ''One more sweet kiss,
pet" In another instant the point Of a
cotton umbrella was thrust from the win
dow. followed by the wrathful injunction,
Scat, you gray-headed wretch" He
Marietta Journal: Some Of our farmer
friends have been amusing themselves at
the expense Of their neighbors who live
near the road gate that separates Marietta
district from Smyrna, which is a stock law
district, by taking a cow bell and going
into their neighbours field back of his house
and rafting 1t. The other night Dan
Alexander took a bell and went into
Browns field and began ringing it. Brown
got up aud went out in his shirt-sleeves and
chased the supposed COW around for some
time, when, failing to drive her out, he got
mad and said be was going back and get his
shotgun and pepper the dog-goned COW
little. 1t is needless to state,that the COW n
soon got out of hearing distance
There Is typical 6-year-old small boy in
the Third ward Of Atlanta who, for the
execution of mischievous pranks, has no
equal in the state. Recently his mothers
attention was attracted from her churning
by the ringing of the door bell. When she
returned she found the typical small boy
busying himself with the churn. ReDrov-
ing him and sending him away, she con-
tinned the process of making the golden
butter. Imagine her CONSERVATION and in
dignation to find that she had churned to
death three small kittens, which the small
boy had put in the milk. thinking they
were hungry. Locking him in the pantry
for so grave an offense she was still more
annoyed to find that he had emptied the
contents Of the molasses jug, the vinegar
jug, the preserve jars and the lard can into
a barrel half full Of -four.
In 1859 the general assembly was COM
posed of 301 members; 1872 of these were
senator's lone from each county, and 169
representatives. one from each county, ex-
cept for thirty-ssven counties, which had
two each. In that legislature initiatory steps
were taken toward reducing the member
ship to the proportions that now prevail, as
the Senate especially had become unwieldy.
The legislature of 1859 was composed OF
eighty-six wings and 215 democrats The
following was the vote for governor:
Joseph e. Brown, 6S,7S4; Warren Aiken,
Al ,030. The taxable property in the state
in 1859 was as follows: Value of real estate,
$14g, 547, $50; value of 444, 364 slaves, $271,
62O, 405; value Of city and town property,
S32, 129, 3l4; value of money and solvent
debts, 500, 124,701; value of merchandise,
stocks, ETC.. $60,03l, 300; total, 5000, 452, 984 I;
average value of slayes-men, women and
children-a little over $500.
Conyers Weekly: G. NJ. Jones, our county
school commissioner, informs US that not
single negro applicant for teachers license
to teach school in this county has stood a
successful examination up to this time. 1t
is true, however, that the negro schools of
the county will continue as heretofore but
the schools will be taught by those who OBJ
tanned licenses last year. The questions are
difficult, and will have tendency to shelve
incompetent persons. The object of
the law is to raise the character
of teachers. In doing this it may
nave the effect Of breaking up good many
country schools. To obtain collegiates to
teach schools in all parts of the state may
after trial be found to be a matter much
harder to reduce to practice than, is at first
supposed But the reduction in the number
of teachers and the raising of the standard
Of leadership is not without its ad-
vantages. IL the teachers are few and
competent, their pay will be better, and the
better informed the instructor, the more
capable he is of imparting information.
Brunswick Times: Zone hundred and
seventy-six acres OF land for SIS. That's
what saw done at public sale in Jesup
the day before yesterday" The speaker
was prominent attorney of this city who
had just returned from professional trip
to the county seat of Wayne Continuing
the attorney said: THAT reminds me of a
sale Of property that was made here some
years ago. A certain local capitalist bought
two large lots, located in a most desirable
portion of the city, for the small sum OF S12.
He sold them afterward for $4,000 or $i2,
600. The property to-day could not be
bought for $500 stThe noint y
increase in real estate valuation
here within the past five or six years and
its continuous growth. There is another
point also, and it is that several fortunes
have been made here and elsewhere by pur-
chases of such nature, when the land put
up for sale was not considered worth the
taxes levied on 1t. In some instances the
purchases were actuated by keen, almost
prophetic Judgment; in others, bong ht sim
ply because it was dirt cheap nothing in
tended and were willing to risk the chances.
But just think OF an investment of SIS sud-
denly, you may say, realizing a fortune
of $4,000. 1t sounds worse than Jack and
the bean stalk. But then, you see, this is
Brunswick
Americas Republican: Palestine Smith,
son of Rev. George j.. Smith, who once
lived near Americus, is in the city, after an
&OoVhSo VA AOib1 ~SSNGn years. he comes
from somewhere out of the wide wilderness
of the world, stranger to his childhood
home and friends. Ii is said OF his father
that he was good old-time preacher. and
most excellent man, and one that feared
neither man nor the devil, for his heart
was with God. While he was making his
circuit ring with the f'good old-time
religion" there was an eccentric, rich
old man by the name of Jones living
somewhere near Friendship who stilled
his own liquor, had a negro to go around
with him, carrying a jug of spirits, aud
an Indian, who carried fiddle. When
Jones got on his sprees he would generally
throw off all of his clothing and 70 about
naked. His wife made him some long shirts
for these occasions, and he wore the shirts
on his DRINKS, and nothing else On one
occasion Mr.. Smith was preaching, when
Jones, in his shirt, with his jug and negro
his fiddle and Indian, put in an appearance
and wanted a dance and a high-daddy time.
Expostulations would do no good and at
last the preacher descended from his pulpit,
pulled off his coat and pitched into Mr..
Jones in the most approved pugilistic man
ner and gave him sound thrashing. Jones
left, and the preacher got through with his
sermon without further interruption.
About one year ago a dog, supposed to be
mad, bit puppy belonging to Joseph Cald-
well of East Point. Mr. Caldwell kept the
dog tied for several days, but as no symp-
toms of hydrophobia appeared he turned
him loose ana the incident was soon forgot
ten. On Tuesday last the dog became
snarlish and began snapDinp at ever-vthipo r