The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-03

'whoar and knowing that no one had any
business in there at that time Of night, pro-
| ceeded 10 investigate. When he went int D
the barn and asked who was there he was
answered by the snap of a pistol. This
only determined him 20 capture the in
truder, and with "A threat 20 Kill him if
| he did not come out, a negro named
| Bob Lackhart advanced with pistol in
hand and snapped twice more at Mr.. Han
son, the last time the pistol being right in his
breast. Mr.. Hanson had no weapon, but he
knocked the negro down with his fist and
took the pistol from him, brought him to
town and had him placed in
it and one more snap would have fired it,
bat his quickness in knocking the negro
down saved him from being hurt.
A special from Canton TO the Atlanta
Journal says: Near Hickory Flat, some
five miles from this place, at IL O'Clock Sat
urday night, Virgil Ponder waylaid, shot
and Instantly killed Eben Reese, young
man Of q years, who was going peacefully
on the road home with his younger brother,
Russell Reese. Ponder used double-bar-
relied shotgun, firing only one barrel into
Eben, and then snapped the other barrel at
Russell, which failed to fire. He broke
70 run, when Russell Reese took up his
brothers shotgun and shot at Ponder,
filling his shoulder and back with
small shot, but not disabling him. Ponder
was under the influence Of liquor. SO far
as known there was no cause for the killing.
Eben Reese was paying attention to young
lady who lived on Ponder's land, and he
had to pass Ponder's house in going to see
her. These visits did not meet Ponder's ap-
proval, and he had ordered Reese to discon-
tinue his visits, and had threatened him
with severe chastisement if he did not do so,
which threat he carried into effect by shoot
20 har. Tha
coroners jury yesterday returned verdict
Of willfulimurder. Both young men are Of
respectable and well connected families"
physician of Macon bought small
alligator a day or two ago Relating TO a
reporter of the Telegraph, some remiui-
scenes on the Nile, he said that crocodiles
are John the Baptist kind Of clergy. The
word preacher means not a talker, but
tourist or traveller. During the annual
foundation of the Nile, the crocodiies go
out on the flooded lands and feast on the
fruit of the honey locust, of which they are
passionately fond. Hence their resem-
blance to John the Baptist, who also had
penchant for honey locust The doctor
said the gator would make an excellent
subject for viviseotion. 1t was not seusi-
tive and would simply look around as the
doctor carved his tail, as much as
to say, Il do wonder what alterations
you are ma king in the At Of
that garment. In this respect the gator
differed little from wiregrasS boy, who
once fell under the DOCTORS knife. No
anesthetics were used, the boy suspiciously
fearing their effect While the doctor was
amputating his hand, the boy looked on
with intense interest, and when the opera
ton was successfully performed, he ex-
claimed, well, that's the funniest feeling l
ever felt A peep through a microscope at
some infusoria, bacteria, microbes and
other molecular affairs, and their intox-
icated antics under the influence of a drink
of liquor, dropped from the point of a cam
brio needle, frightened Off the reporter.