The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-29

COmmencement-A bark mat 0aiAeo
from Brunswick Given Up as Lost
2 Bullets Fly over the Collection OF
an7Account in Webster County.
GEORGIA.
Joseph NJ. Newly, and old-time resident
of Augusta, died in that city day or two
ago.
At Americas, Tuesday, a piece Of steel
few into the eye of negro, completely de-
stroyiog the sight
A little negro, Henry Johnson. who was
bitten by moccasin few days ago, died
at Columbus Monday.
The object noticed floating in the river at
Athens and reported as the corpse Of baby
proved 70 DO that of a small dog.
A 16-year-old girl, claiming to be Rom
Ward Of EIlijay, has been taken into Gus
tody by the police of Atlanta on the suppo-
sition that she is demented.
Miss NJ Rutherford, principal of the
Lucy Cobb institute at Athens. is the au-
thor Of a work recently published, the title
of which is English Authors"
The Columbus Guards are drilling three
times each week. They will present a
handsome appearance at the state encamp-
ment. The new dress uniforms are ex-
pected in few days.
keyhole of alarm box No. a., corner Spring
and Plum streets, with red putty so that it
would have prevented most effectually an
alarm from being sent in. If the authorities
could find the culprit the hand of the law
would lay heavily upon him.
Athens Banner: w. o. Shelnutt passed
through Athens Sunday with the body of
his wife, whose last request was that she be
buried at her old home near jug Tavern.
Mr.. Shelnutt is the party who was SO
severely beaten. He is now with the South
ern Agricultural Works of Atlanta. He
tells us that he is having a book written in
which he will give an account of bis
troubles, and also ornament it with pictures
of all the men who whipped him.
The German bark Dora Ahrens, which
sailed from Brunswick Aug "a for Rosa
rio, has without doubt foundered, with
Capt. Peters and her crew of eleven men.
A cable was received in Brunswick Tuesday
from the owners of the vessel in Germany,
which says they have given up up all hopes
OF her safety. The Dora Ahrens sailed with
a cargo oflumber, valued at 81, 115. shipped
by Stilwell, Millen & Co. Since leaving
port she has not been seen or heard from.
Judge w. II. Kimbrough of Americas
was recently presented WITH a maidstone by
DR.. Duncan Of Lee county. The stone is of
oval shape, and not of a very large size
Years ago DR.. Duncan shot deer and Sc
cured the stone from his paunch. 1t has
never been tested, another stone being
owned by resident of Sumter county. The
method Of using the stone is to soak it in
boiling milk and then apply it to the bite
The poison will be drawn out and absorbed
by the stone. Judge Kimbrough is very
DESTROYS OF giving the stone a test.
jackson Vidette: Judge B. P. Bailey is
the best snake fisherman in the world. One
day recently. while fishing on the Ocmulgee,
the judge saw monster moccasin swim
ming by. Thinking it was sea serpent
the judge attempted to harpoon him with
his hook. Making an artistic cast he sue
ceeded in hooking the monster through the
body. Then it was pull Dick. pull dew
we mean pull snake, pull judge. AT last
the snake made dash at the log upon which
the judge was standing, when the legal
lumlnary took to the water, yelling for
help. He was at last rescued by his friends,
and his snakeship was killed.
Gainesville american. d. J. Guyton.
who lives near this city, killed large
chicken snake few days ago under peculiar
circumstances. Mr.. Guyton's COW lad
failed to come up at the usual time. and be
went out in search for her. After a ioug
hunt he found the animal in field, and
when he attempted to drive her homewara
she would not move. Upon closer inspec-
ton MIR. Guyton met with a surprising
sight. Wrapped around ons Of the legs Of
the COW was large snake, the head of which
was doing effective service in drawing
lacteal fluid from one Of the teats. 1t took
only few minutes to y II the snake, which
was found to be of the chicken variety,
measuring 6 feet and inches.
Rome Tribune: Last Friday was the
closing day for the high school at Everett
Springs. A man named MeCool was on
hand and soon became somewhat intoxi-
Gated. He drew his pistol and fired 1t off,
and in many ways proceeded to disturb the
peace and exercises of the day. Finally
matters became such that warrant was
obtained at the instance of the school
trustees. Henry Burton, who with Others
attempted to arrest McCool, was fired upon
by him several times. When number of
SHOTS had been fired Mr.. Burton fired upon
McCool with small shot gun loaded with
bird shot. A number of the shots took
effect in McCool cheek and on top OF his
head, one shot entering near his eye The
men failed, however, to arrest McCool and
he is still at large.
Forsyth Advertiser: On Tuesday evening
OF last week an unusual freak of lightning
occurred in the suburbs of this city. During
the passage Of small cloud which became
fully charged with electricity, bolt of the
saiile eubeTeu the w 6St6rn Union telegraph
wires, and continued along them for about
1000 yards, destroying twenty-one tele-
graph poles. Every post save four, which
were split open, was literally shivered into
splinters and broken into two pieces. At
one point in its passage along the wires the
electricity jumped over thirty feet to
good-slzed pine tree and streaked the bark of
1t from top to bottom, and at another point
1t jumped about the same distance to an
oak tree two feet or more in diameter.
splitting the tree through the center and
loosening the bark more than half round it.
'Some time ago a party of gentlemen
near Social Circle went out fox hunting,n
says the Walnut Grove Nelcs, land on en-
tering a piece of woods they spied a fox
making across the woods ut breakneck
speed. The dogs gave it about two hours
chase, when the fox returned to large log
lying in the woods. and was seen to go right
on, making the chase three different times.
One of the party decided to station himself
at the log in order to determine what the
peculiar actions of the fox meant. Shortly
after he had taken his stand he saw the fox
coming. The fox leaped into the large end
OF the log. Just as he jumped into the log
another foxswas seen to come out at the
other end. And on examination the log
was found to be entirely full of foxes, six
teen in number. And when one would Jump
In at one end he would punch out another,
and thus force him to make the race
Americas Recorder: On Saturday last J.
w. Bell of Tennessee one of tha ouante IF