The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-10

az the bottom of the hole. The theory is
/ that suhterraDean stream flows below,
and that this served as a sewer. No one
suspected 1t at this point 1t will be arcned
over, and the underground stream UTILIZED
as natural drain to receive the sewage
from the business portion Of the city.
As Mr.. Washburn Of Brooks county was
passing around the back port of his planta-
| ton. accompanied by two bulldogs. one a
| small one. the small one was attacked by a
monster rattlesnake. The larger dog went
/ bravely to the rescue. The snake imme-
| diately released the small dog and sprang
for the larger one, biting him IN the neck.
Mr.. Washburn in the meantime got hold Of
a fence rail and had started for the Gene Of
the battle. On seeing Mr. Washburn the
snake left the dogs and sprang for him.
/ The old gentleman backed few steps and
struck at the snake with the rail The rail
| took effect on the snakes head aud stunned
him. Then Mr.. Washburn got in his work,
and in a few minutes killed the reptile, The
snake was as large as mans thigh and
seven feet long. He was an old settler.
This small dog recovered, but the large one
died the next day.
1t is not every attorney who has his legal
! advice discussed by the supreme court. One
gentleman from Butts county had that eX-
perleuce in the supreme court at Atlanta
Monday Jude Beckley delivered the
courts decision in a case from Butts cOuu-
ty-that of Treadwell, Abbott q Co., VS..
Bauchamp. In this the sheriff had been
ruled for not raising money on an execution
which had been placed IN his hands and
levied on land. In his answer the sheriff
set up the plea tnat he had acted under
legal advice an affidavit of illegality hav-
ing been interposed. Judge Bleckley for
the court, SAYS: I'VE have mover seen a
more frivolous affidavit than this affidavit
of illegalty Surely the sheriff is bound
to know some law. He says he took the
advice Of counsel We suppose from the
quality of the advice that be obtained it
able to recover damages from his attorney
for giving such advice, if any damages have
been or should be sustained"
A year or so ago Gov Gordon, in his
message to the general assembly, recon-
mended the establishment of a board of
pardons, as that part Of the executive duty
has become so burdensome as to take up
great deal Of time demanded by other mat
ters. bill was introduced in the legisla-
ture to carry out this idea, but the it never
went through. Senator Massengale has
been thinking over the matter, and has
come to the conclusion that such
DO I'd Is an urgent neces-
| sity. He has, accordingly, formulated
a bill which was introduced in the Senate
yesterday. 1t provides for a board of par
dons to consist Of three members. The
amount Of compensation is not fully decided
| on. He thought of putting it at 81 900 per
annum each, but some senators W tn whom
be consulted thought it should be less, and
he may cut down that figure some. 1t is
said that great deal of the governors
time is given to investigating cases in which
| executive clemency is sought, aud still sew
eral hundred cases remain unreached.
Said an old railway engineer the other
| day: There are three kinds of trains that
| do not want to have anything TO do with
One Is the pay tram. You never know
| when you will overtake the section hands
| You will be going at the rate of forty miles
an hour, away you go around curve and
| you will dash by the boss and hands and
have to back back to them. There
| is always a good deal of talk over the wages
| and much time is taken up. The next I'M
| pleasant train to handle is an excursion
train. Every one living alcng the line of
road knows you by seeing you come by
| every day and they think you know them
as well. When on an excursion they pre-
| sumo upon their friendship to endeavor to
ride on the engine. No other place will do
them. The engi Ieer has to refuse them as
1t would amount to docking his wages from
Ethlrty to sixty days if he complied as it is
1 positively against the rules of the road
The persons denied the privilege always feel
| hard about it, and look upon the engineer
as Accommodating. The last and worst
| of all, however, is the officers train. II
| you run slow they say you are scared and
| fear to run fast. If you make good time
they say you are careless and reckless, and
want to kill somebody. You can't suit
| them.n
| AT Augusta, Monday, Leonard Phinizy
| filed large suit in the city court against
| thirteen prominent gentlemen in Augusta
1t is based on a promissorY note for money
borrowed from Ferdinand Phinizy Of
| At ens. The note is dated March f. 1889,
and was due on Saturday. 1t went to pro.
test, and Mr.. Phinizy brings suit for the
note, with interest, and $1,000 attorneys
| fees. The money was borrowed by the
directors of the exposition in closing up the
affairs of the company preparatory to issu-
ing the bonds last spring, and the suit is
brought against the following sgners of c
| note: j. h. Alexander, Jesse Thompson.
E. J. OConnor, John F. Armstrong
Wallace !. DELPHI, Glascock Barrett, W
II. Warren, j. Rice Smith, Clement A.
Evans Robert H. May, Victor ]. Dorr
Patrick Walsh and D. Sancken. The note
was for $4,000, for four months. with in.
terest at per cert and attorneys fees for
collection, II not paid promptly at matur.
ity. A prominent director said there is nc
disposition on the part of the gentlemen
whose names are signed to that note t.
| evade their responsibility. But that money
| was borrowed for the exposition COMPANY
and not for them as individuals. While
there are only thirteen signers to the note
there were twenty-six directors, anC
the claim of those thirteen is sim.
ply that every man on tn,
directory who is able shal
pay his proportionate shar-.