The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-06


gro Chased by White Men Jumps
into the Chicamauga and is Drowned
Remarkable Life OF a Resident OF
Spalding County.
GEORGIA
There is talk of buying an elephant for
the geological garden at Grant park at At
lanta.
Several unsightly buildings have been or
dered torn down by the city council Of
Brunswick.
The Adelphian Society of Wesleyan
Female College at Macon will celebrate on
May II "Bsnefactor's day. the anniversary
of George l. Ssney's birth.
Five additional carriers will be put on in
Macon in July. A superintendent of mail
carriers will probably be- the next appoint
ment made in the Macon postotfics.
At Americas, Saturday, while Otis Hens
ford, a lad about Is years old, was playing
with pistol it was accidentally discharged,
the ball entering the thigh and passing
down the leg.
DR.. J. E. Henley, well known in the
neighoorhood of Campbellton, Palmetto
and Fairburn was found dead in his bed
Saturday morning by his son, who at
tempted to arouse him.
R. Gilliard Dunwody, a Darien boy, but
now of Brunswick, who has been attending
the Pharmaceutical college at Philadelphia
for some time, graduated at the last term, a
few days ago, having taken the first honor.
Fort Gaines is excited over an outrage
perpetrated on Minnie DIN, the infant
daughter Of K. d. Adams, only IL months
old. by a negro boy, about IS years old,
named Gordon Conley. For awhile threats
of lynching were heard, but as the criminal
Is lodged in Jail, and large petition will be
sent to Judge Query requesting a term of
court to try the fiend. the enraged citizens
will await the verdict Of the jury.
AS the o'clock passenger train on the
Western and Atlantic road was approach
ing Cartersville, and when at a point near
the Etowah river, some Migrants hurled a
shower of rocks at the train One large
stone struck window of the sleeping car
attached to the rear Of train, and, crashing
through the window, struck one Of the pas.
sengers in the left eve, mutilating it terri
bly,. The wounded passenger is j. II. Bruce,
a well-known citizen of Nashville, Tenn.
A dead negro was found in the Chica-
manga river, near Graysville Saturday
His name is unknown, but the circum-
stances surrounding his death are peculiar,
to say tho least Of them. On Monday night
the negro was standing near the lime-kiln,
where crowd of white men congregated.
To brighten him they started to run him
out of town. The frightened negro ran
was made to rescue him, he sank beneath
the waters and was drowned. He is sup
posed to have been tramp.
The Griffin Cal has the following con-
corning John Gossett: There is a man
living four miles east OF Griffin who has
resided in the same neighborhood for sixty
three years, and on the same plantation for
forty-six years. He is "A years of age,
never was intoxicated, never smoked a pipe
a n fOhaPpn hoe
he ever known one card from the other.
Himself and wife have been keeping house
forty-nlne years, and have raised seven
sons and two daughters, seven of whom are
still living, with thiruy-one grandchildren-
twelve in Georgia and nineteen in Texas.
His wife is 66 years Of age, aud she never
hired washing done or bought pound of
laundry soap"
Albany NelUs and Advertiser: Capt. r.
Hobbs has been annoyed considerably by
English sparrows. They have pecked lis
flowers and shrubbery all to pieces. A few
days since Mrs. Hobbs heard that hominy
soaked in q solution of strychnine would
kill them out and she Immediately boiled
about quart OF hominY and sent it down
TO Hilsman & Agar Co.'s drug store to have
1t soaked in strychnine 1t was soaked and
sent back to Mrs. Hobbs, ard yesterday
morning she baited several places in the
yard with it, The sparrows gobbled it ND.
but 1t did not kill them worth a cent. About
lOO of them turned perfectly snow white ia
very short while and became very pug
nacious and quarrelsome and whipped OFF
The other sparrows as fast as they alighted
Albany Nel0s and Advertiser: Although
most of the costumes worn at the old folks
concert were costumes of tie period of a
century ago, anu were made especially by
the ladies wearing them. and were bewitch-
ingiy becoming, yet several of them, the
reporter learns, are really antique specimens
with history. Those that ne has been
able to get the history Of are: Miss
Annie Davis wore brown silk, made
full skirt, tight waist, full sleeves
by Capt. Tete Smiths mother and
seventy-tive years old or more. Mrs. Will
lam Lockett wore in the farce. "No Cure,
NO Pay" plaid silk, made full skirt on
short waist, worn over hundred years ago
by Mrs. &. b. Wooten's great-aunt The
dress worn by Miss Hattie Hall is an antique
satin gown, once worn by Mrs. Judge Spen-
Ger OF Albany, n. Y, who was the ances-
tress OF Mrs. L. E. WEIGH of Albany, Ga. She
also wore an antique medallion. The medal
lion is over one hundred years old. The face
IN the medallion is that of Judge William
ID. Hall, who was one Of the judges Of the
United States supreme court, and grand
father OF Judge Samuel Hall of the supreme
court of Georgia. Miss Annie Belle Alex-
ander's costume was rich wine-colored bro
caoe, made with full court train, the pettcoat
or heavy cream satin-a most effective and
becoming dress. Cream feathers orna-
mented her high pulled hair. and her
Etruscan gold jewelry finished off her
costume. Miss Aimee Parker wore a bro
cade purchased fifty years ago, as a repro
duction Of those worn In the old colonial
times. 1t was made also in the style of that
day, and accompanied by rouge, patches
and powdered hair as part Of the costume
The petticoat was OF rose-colored satin, and
the lace which covered it was an old famil =
bridal veil. The brocade was of a siIverv
changeable green, with roses and English
Jessamine scattered over it. The miniature
worn at the throat on black velvet was a
relic of near 200 years ago.
FLORIDA.
Pensacola has purchased police patrol
wagon. a
Fernan dina's shipments of lumber this
month will probably amount to 10 900, DOC
feet
Over 100 acres have been plauted in mel.