The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-02


most complete manner. Careful lumber
aud mill men in Brunswick estimate Its
value at at least $4,000 The amount OF
insurance cannot be ascertaiued, though as
careful business man as its owner would
hardly have taken his own risk.
a few Sundays ago an Atlanta preacher
had selected as his text for his morning
discourse: sit is easier for a camel to 90
through the eve of a needle than for rich
man to enter the kingdom of heaven" He
intended to scotch EN-" When he entered
the pulpit he found note from
the richest member of his congregation, and
it read as follows: "Whea the collection
for foreign missions is taken up this morn
ing put me down for $780, The sermon
was preached on the text: Take heed
that We do not your aims before men to be
seen Of them"
The record was broken Monday morning
by the tax collectors Of three counties max
| ing a final set cement and closing up their
I accounts with Controller General Wright.
Dooly, Macon, and Pickens counties have
now the honor Of having collected all taxes
and paid them into the treasury in shorter
time by several weeks than was ever done
before. Dooly county paid this year Sl2,
las 81, Macon county S9,054 So, and Pick
ems 81, 75S IL. All the o.her counties are
far ahead of previous years in their pay
| ments and this year all accounts will be
earlier received than usual
Two young men of Marietta were ont
visiting one night last week, and while
| passing along on the sidewalk near the city
cemetery they passed through a current of
| hot air, which seemed to be about one yard
| in width. So surprised were they, and to
| convince themselves that they were not
mistaken they turned, retraced their steps,
| and recrossed the current, and it was hot
i enough 90 almost SINCE their hair. The hot
J air current crossed the lot Of Mrs McCul-
| locks, and seemed to come from a north
western direction, crossing the road in the
| direction of the cemetery. They were
| dumfouuded, and are utterly unable to &C
count for the phenomenon.
From present indications it is believed at
| the state agricultural office that inspections
of fertilizers this year will show a large
! increase over those of last Whether or
not this Is due to the reduction of inspection
fees or to other causes is a question. Per
haps the Sanford bill requiring sealed
samples of all commercial guanos TO be held
for analysis in case Of litigation, thus pro-
viding practicable way for getting at the
| merits of the question where the plea is a
failure of consideration, may have inspired
the farmers with greater confidence in the
| quality of fertilizers. However that may
be, heavy sales are looked for, and requests
for inspection are coming in with unwonted
rapidity.
| A tall negro, suiting in size and color the
| description of Brewer, the Jesup desperate,
and carrying a Winchester rifle, put in his
| appearance in Hoyt & Co. s store at Bruins
wick Monday, and made a purchase of
some cartridges. While in the store, Mr..
| Dubberly, who served him, made some
attempt to examine his gun, but was de-
| barred from doing so. After the man left
| Mr.. Dubberly went across the street and
hunted up Moses Daniel, who knows
Brewer well. When Mr.. Daniel reached
the street the man with the Winchester had
reached Meyers sidewalk, near Union
street, and he could only see his back. The
back and general outline, Mr.. Daniel says,
resembled Brewer very much, but he could
not say whether it was he or not
Miss Mary Brown of Abbeville has a
large red rooster, which she calls "Bid, u
and which has been a pet from his chicken
hood. His early history reminds one of
Moses in his basket among the bulrushes,
Among the eggs left from a setting hen,
and which were condemned to the pit be-
cause they were no good to hatch, it was
| Bids fortune or misfortune to be found
In the act of casting these chad eggs" into
the hole toe chirp of chick was heard,
| pleading for recognition. The egg in
| which he was epcased was taken out, and
| under the warmth of fire or sun the little
chick soon broke out. Since then he has
been treated almost like n child by the
| family. He comes into the house and talks
in his own dialect to strangers and the
family, and feels, no doubt, his Importance.
The gin house Of Oslin Baker, farmer
who lives on the old Greenfield road near
| Mcdonald, about sixteen miles from
Townsville, was set on fire last week and
entirely consumed with it's contents, con-
sisting of seed from about eighteen bales of
cotton, besides an assortment of farming
tools. While the family were out endeav-
oring TO extnguish the fire thieves entered
the house, and, securing a trunk contain
ing 800, carried it some distance from the
house and rided it, in some manner
overlooking a 500 gold piece. Mr..
Baker, on returning to the house
and learning OF his second loss, hurried tc
Mcdonald to notify the merchants of the
missing money. Duncan Peacock of the
firm of Fl. Roberts, remembering having
changed $40 bill for a negro that morn
ing. produced it, and it was Immediately
recognized as part of the stolen money.
gave him the bill, and it is believed that be
will be caught.
An exceedingly intoxicated citizen
boarded the Fulton County electric car al
| Atlanta Monday evening, thinking that c
quick ride might fit him to seek the seclu-
sion of his family. With some difficulty he
rolled himself into a seat, and then gazed
around at his fellow passengers in vacant,
hopeless sort Of way, as if he were trying
to count them and their great number dazsc
him. He suddenly grasped himself about
the middle and shrieked with terror. 50
feel it, know feel it," he said. 80 it,
in my stomach-no-no-its in my head.
Then turning to an eminent physician who
was seated next to him, he seizec
him by the arm and asked: Doctor
don't l feel itg' There's no doubt
IN my mind" said the doctor
but you do feel it, and feel it badly A
maudlin smile OF satisfaction iillumined the
intoxicated mans face for an Instant, and
as he rose aud staggered out he said: Gen
tlemen, me If / stay on any car that
makes me feel this way" When the cal
moved on the gentleman was grasping a
pole on the sidewalk, and he was feeling
just the same.
A dog is creating great deal of excite
ment in DeKalb county, near Decatur.
About a week ago the dog started on q
tour, and bit every COW, mule, and dog that
he came across. Several attempts were
made to kill him, but he managed to ESCAPE
and is still at large. He is supposed to have
hydrophobia, as several of the COWS and
mules he has bitten have died joel Barnes
has lost valuable cow; William Jones has
lost fine cow; William Cobb has lost a
valuable mule and COW; Jarrett Morris
has lost COW and a mule; Bep
Morris has lost cow and two fine dogs