The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17

to hir. The Athens Banner SAYS: Tn,
fact that letters from white citizens to tins
pOstofice authorities about the postOffice
have teen destroyed has shown that a COM
biration between father and son must have
existed.
sod cutters and sand thieves infest At
lanta suburbs. and Hon. A NJ. Reinhardt
Fourth ward alderman, is after them
Beautiful suburban lots have been robbed
OF their thick, grass-grOwn sod by the sod
thieves, while great holes have been dug in
others by the sand stealers. These thefts
have been going on for long time TO the
great annoyance Of the property owners,
aud up TO the present no relief could be OBJ
tanned. Now an ordinance on the subject
is TO be introduced.
Strange it is that some people have dark
forebOdings cross their path Just before some
dire calamity falls like pail upon them.
Mr.. Rogers of Camak was SHOT by burglar
| on Wednesday night and died from the
I effects Of the wound. On Wednesday
morning he wrote letter to a young lady
| friend in Atlanta stating that he felt
awfully blue, but he could not tell why, as
| be had just bought a new horse and buggy
and was making plenty of money. He
wrote in a very gloomy strain, aud even as
| he penned the words the dark shadow from
the death angels wings was falling across
| his youthful life.
| Tennille Enterprise: One day last week,
while the piling machine force was at work
on a trestle on the Wrightsville and TennIlle
railroad, a man from the neighb0rhood
walked up and began watching the proceed
ings. He went from one side TO the other
and gaZed with much curiosity at the
| powerful weight as it sunk the large tim
bers deep into the ground. At last the
| sight got the best of him, and. with a view
to ascertaiuing the real power of the weight,
he walked up To Capt. D. 7. Burke. who had
charge Of the work, and innocently in
| quired: "Do you reckon that ere thing
would mash a mans headW
Over year ago L. II. Dottenheim, Of
Macon, while walking in Cincinnati, slip
ped and fell on q banana skin, and badly in
| jured his spine. He was confined to his
| bed several months, and on getting up has
| been compelled to use crutches continuously.
his back was very much bent A few
weeks ago he went TO Mt. Sinai hospital, in
New York city, to try some kind of heroic
electrical treatment. He was told that it
was simply question of life aud death. He
| determined to te.t it, at any rate, and life
won the fight, though he remained uncon-
| sciOus for several hours, Fifty doctors
watched the treatment of Mr.. Dottenheim,
so wonderful was it, and crowd of curious
| spectators assembled on the outside to learn
the result.
In Cherokee county there is a man who
| draws two pensions-one from the United
| States for wounds received in fighting for
| the stars and stripes and one from the state
| of Georgia for wounds received in fighting
| against the stars aud stripes He is very
| old man, known as Mr.. Garrison. the super
| intendent of the pauper's farm in Cherokee.
He served in the United States army in the
war with Mexico, and received a severe
wound, for which ha is now dra wing a PEN
| sion. When war was declared between the
north and south Mr.. Garrison, notwith-
standing his wounds, took up arms for the
confederacy, and is now drawing a pension
| from the state for wounds received while
| battling beneath the stars and bars. He is
perhaps one of very few living men draw
ing pension from two different powers.
A special from Chattanooga, TIE H., says:
wv I. Berris of Nashville, en- route Thurs
day to Rome, fell in on the way down to
Chattanooga with a pleasant companion,
who represented himself as a business man
of Rome He proved to be very enter
tanning gentleman, and gained the respect
of Mr.. Berris. While waiting In this city
for the departure of the Rome train the
stranger was approached by one who repre-
sented himself as a freight agent, and
demanded the payment of $52 freight
on the goods before they would
be reshippe1 over the Rome road. Unfor-
on his person, and would be greatly pleased
if his friend Berris would advance the
amount, which would be paid at once on
their arrival at Rome. Berris kindly &C.
commodated his travelling companion, who
went to the freight depot to arrange the
transfer. 1t was some time before Berris
realized he hal been duped- The alarm
was given. but the police have not got
crack Of the confidence man"
"
FLORIDA.
A stray pile driver was found in the
river at Palatka Friday, and tied up at the
Florida Southern docks.
| The postoffice at Orchid has changed
hands. f. Forster has now the honor OF
being postmaster.
s. j. Kennerly has sold out his dry goods
and gentemen's furnishing business at Pa
latka to +. 2. Mersereau. Of the First Ma
| tIonal Bank.
| Lizzie Brown, the colored woman shot by
| HOFFMAN at Gainesville on Tues lay, is get.
| ting along finely. An investigation demon
strates that the shooting was purely acct
| dental.
| Wednesday Feb. 26,will be Sunday schoo
day at the South Florida Chautauqua, at
| Mount Dora, and Sunday schools of all de-
nominations and from all parts of the state
are invited to be present. President Nettle
ton of the state association, Rev. VIM.
Shaw, Rev. George NJ. Boynton, j. B. I'm.
derwood and others will take part.
Lake City Citizen: The dogs belonging
to Prof. Morris show, while parading thu
streets Monday, forgot their dignity anC
| joined in a race after the pointer dog be
longing to Mr.. Streety. 1t was nip anC
tuck for quite a distance until the pointer
took the fence in flying leap and LANDED
safely in his owners yard, scared nearly tc
| death.
Lake City Citizen: The Italian who runs
| the peanut stand ON Fourth street was turn.
ing his peanut rooster the other Afternoon
with slow and measured hand, when an OLD
woman came to a halt and carefully OBJ
served the operation. After scrutinizin(
the rooster from every side, she finally gave
it up, and remarked: mo, sir; you dom
get cent out of me for no such music az
that. Why, can't catch half of any of tn,
| tunes, and it smells as if something wa
burning inside"
| SOUTH CAROLINA.
Negroes are emigrating from Newberry
county to Texas.
Graham is growing over the infection o.
a negro postmaster.
The Masonic temple at Henderson wa
completed last Tuesday.
The Fairfield Granite Company has beer