The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-25

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Cut as he Fell Across Thresher-
The Wine Business Booming in Mon
roe County.
GEORGIA.
Nearly 5000 pounds Of wool were sold in
Scotland one day last week.
An Athens negro has sold $500 worth Of
Newfoundland pups In two years from one
dog.
One of DahIonegs's stamp mills turned
out last month twelve pounds Of gold IN
amalgum.
The walls of the new school house at Ell
berton are up, and the building VIII be
completed in a short time.
II is possible that large music store will
be opened at Brunswick soon. Parties are
now in the city negotiating to that end
SD. Phillips, of Coffee county, is a WOOL
grower on a large scale. He sold 5000
pounds one day recently in Villa
coochee.
J. P. Shannon gives notice that at the
next session of the legislature he will apply
for charter for the Elberton Building and
Loan Association.
On three-acre strawberry patch W. T.
Gibson Of Forsyth has recently cleared
5000 from the sale of the fruit He has
also made quite a neat sum on small rasp-
berry patch.
At Dalton Saturday night an attempt
was made to lynch the slayer Of Senator
Shields. A crowd of fifty disguised men
visited the jail. but the sheriff had spirited
away the prisoner.
Seven young men Of Marietta have en-
tered into a compact TO abandon the use of
cigarettes until Dec % next. For each CT
garetts smoked the forfeit is one dozen
cigars TO each of the six.
Parties in Hawkinsville telegraphed to
the Southern Hardware Company of Macon,
Saturday, for a shipment of Winfield rifles.
in anticipation Of trouble from the negroes
over the killing of negro man and wife by
Charlie McCloud.
At Atlanta Friday Deputy Sheriff Per-
kerson sold the stock of David Liebenmath,
on Decatur street to Mr.. Jim Allen, q mer-
chant of that locality. The bidding started
at s., 900 and ran up to $40, 0l6 % before it
was knocked down.
Rena Griffith, a negro woman at Delmar.
died about a week ago and was buried.
Thursday some facts came TO light which
made her son-in-law suspect that she had
been choked to death by her husband. An
investigation is in progress.
An application will be made to the legis-
lature for a charter for the Franklin.
Jonesboro and Covington railroad. This
will be very important line, as it will con-
meet Covington with four or five lines of
railroad running into Atlanta.
The Oglethorpe armory movement at
Augusta is progressing but steadily,
and subscriptions of stock are continually
being received. The feeling of interest in
this move and in Augustus military is not
confined to the city, or even to the state.
Americas Recorder: There are ten pris-
oners in our county jail. who are charged
with nearly as many different crimes.
There are gamblers, thisves, robbers, muir
derers and rapsts, who laugh and sing as if
nothing was occupying their minds at al.
Covington Star: A South Georgia farmer
saws he prevents his cows from Jumping
fence by cutting Off their lower eyelashes.
This makes the fence appear to be about
three times higher than it is. Cutting off
the upper lashes makes high fence look
low.
Forty or fifty lots of timber arrived at
Darien duri ig last week. The recent heavy
rains win doubtless swell the rivers and
branches sufficiently to allow timber to
come down. The article is badly needed in
the market just now, and besides the prices
are ruling away up high.
Brunswick will soon have two state banks
III ODDI I'LL ODD VI bltGSS VIII nave a
capital Of $4,000, and the other capital
of 100000. II is understood that A. ].
Crovatt & Co. will own the former, and
that DR.. J. NJ. Madden and several
other Brunswick capitalists will own the
latter.
At Vienna last week, while some negroes
were digging well deeper on DIR. NJ. E.
Vason's premises, they unearthed an old
pistol that was firmly imbedded in the
bowels OF mother earth. This well is not
an old one, but one that has been dug this
year, and, having dried up, the doctor was
having it dug deeper when the pistol was
found. How did it come theres
A negro woman, Floyd fuckers wife.
near Wallis mill, in Lowndes county, died
from fright several days ago. She and her
children were out picking huckleberries,
when her dog commenced to bark at a
rattlesnake. She heard the rattle, and
gathering up her children ran to near
fence, aud tumbled over it dead. 1t is sup
posed that the fright superinduced heart
disease.
Mrs. A. D. Riks of Townsville is in pos
session Of an interesting relic. 1t is an old
German Bible dated 1920 1t has been in
the possession of Mrs. Rike's ancestors for
$50 years, and she prizes it very highly.
There are also some letters written in the
German language that have been preserved
between the leaves of the book that were
written over 100 years ago. Mrs. Rike is
anxious to have the letters translated.
Darien Timber Gazette: While Mr.. and
and Mrs. Robert Manson ACCOMPANIED
johnnie Manson to st. Simon's on Friday
night, huge alligator about 10 feet long
crawled up to Mr.. Manson's residence de-
termed, evidently, to gain admittance at
the front door. One of the servants in the
greatest CONSERVATION ran and informed
William New. Young of the unwelcome
visitor, and Mr.. Young speedily dispatched
him with his Winchester.
j. M. Ball, who runs wood rack at the
74-Taile post, on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, in Pierce county, killed a
large rattlesnake near his rack last Satur-
day evening. The snake was first discovered
by Mrs. Waldron, who had narrow escape
of her life. She was within only a few feet
of the reptile when she discovered 1T. Mr..
Ball shot it four times with his Winchester.
and when killed it was found that it had
just swallowed large rabbit.
There was meeting at the court house
at Macon, Saturday, of representative Al
lance men from the counties of Jones. JAS
per, Monroe, Twiggs and Bib. The AL
lance has rented the warehouse formerly
occupied by A. B. Adams g. Son, and will
operate it the coming season for the bene.
MT OF members of the order. In the meet
ing, committee was appointed to arrange
for charter for the alliance. Warehouse
Company" and to complete plans for rent
ing the warehouse for the coming season.
On the evening before it was known who
had drawn the SIS, 900 prize in Atlanta last