The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27

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railroad in Georgia. We took our first
railroad ride from Augusta 10 Charleston
with person who went 70 attend the exer-
cises OF Charleston Medical College when
DR.. Marshall Andrews was made a doctor.
The cars had seats all around like an ON
nibus of this city. There was a broad
plank all round the car on the outside level
with the floor, on which the conductor
walked round TO communicate with his
passengers
At Mount Airy an unknown negro was
put of the southbound train last Saturday
! night with his breast and back full OF shot
He claims that his name is Gordon and that
he was in North Carolina wien shot, but
will not say at what place. He says he was
working at a coal chute and had a dispute
| with the foreman about some money, which
| caused the shooting. He is very restless,
aud evidently did not intend stopping at
Mount Airy, but was detained on account of
not being able to beat his way further, ard
being sore and stiff from the effects of q e
shot, which still remainkin him, was com
| PEELED to take to bed.
! Athens Ledger: Monday night the vicin-
| fly known as ''Saulter's" was the scene OF
| one Of the biggest fights ever known In the
county. The negroes had gathered in an
old storeroom in the neighborhood, and
| danced until a late hour. Some of the
| gallants present having become much the
| worse for liquor, commenced betting on a
| game known as the skin game" This soon
| led TO violent dispute and then to a fight,
/ which was participated in by more than a
! hundred males and females. The shrieks
! thatrent the air were enough to drive TOM
| cat mad and produce nervous prostration
on all the bowling dogs 10 the universe.
| Several OF the participants were badly bat
| tered
Last November Mr.. and Mrs. A H. AL
friend of Atlanta purchased plantation in
Jasper county, a beautiful place known as
Grand View, on which they now reside.
Recently splendid chalybeate spring was
found on the place. and an analysis by an
expert chemist shows it TO be strongly i'm
pregnated with iron. Grand View is at
Minneta, forty miles from Macon aud with
in 200 yards from the Covington and Macon
road The ante elevation from which
this spring flows is 800 feet above the sea,
occupying the highest point in Jasper
county and commanding a magnificent
view for forty miles, Griffin can be seen
from the elevation. Grand View is above
the frost line, and a splendid place for the
cultivation of fruit. 1t has been suggested
| that a syndicate be formed to build a hotel
at Grand View, and make a popular sum-
mer resort.
Augusta Herald: Several small bows in
Dublin had pile Of sport the other day at
the expense of few of their friends and pass
| SAS-OJs 1He1 SecuTbu long piece OF Lele-
| graph wire and, making hook on one end,
threw it over the overhead, or trolley, wire
| OF the Augusta Street Railway Company. A
| gentleman who watched the antics of the
lads says that they secured a pretty good
current by standing on the ground and TAX
ing hold, rather touching the wire, which
was emphasized by mostening the
hold was laid on the wire The
gamins succeeded during the afternoon
In inducing several of their chums and men
passing by to receive bit of shock. In
one instance a prominent gentleman, who
did not believe that any electric current was
| obtained, grasped the wire and was fully
convinced that the electricity was there. as
was evidenced by his antics. The gentle
man who gives this story says the boys
seemed to know what they were about aud
handled the wire liked trained electricians
They used a rubber covering to their hands
when quickly removing the wire at the ap.
| proach Of a car.
Atlanta Journal: While Officer T. ].
Thompson was patroling his beat on FJr-
| syth street Wednesday morning, he came
across a man lying beside him was little
flee dog Officer Thompson telephoned for
| the patrol wagon 70 come and get the man.
/ When the wagon arrived the little dog
watched the proceedings of the officers with
much interest. He evidently didn't like for
his master TO be disturbed, for when the
| officers picked the man up the dog, with a
| growl, sprang at them and began biting
| their legs. The man was put in the patrol
! wagon fiat on his back Quick as a flash
the devoted dog sprang into the wagon and
| perched himself on his masters chest
| Whenever the officers moved the dog would
bark and growl and show his
teeth in threatening manner. All tie way
/ TO the city the dog kept up his barking and
| growing and dar16 n
| master. When the station house was
reached and the man was removed from the
| wagon the dog once more ran about biting
and swapping at the officres' legs. The man
| was carried back into the hallway near a
| cell and laid upon the floor, and there his
devoted little dog has been lying ever since
| at his side, protecting and guarding him
while he sleeps, and no one dares go near
the couple unless they are ready to rouse
| the fury Of the little flee. The man was
| identified at the station house as Mark
Winter, and the dog as little Calamity.
Augusta Herald: That was peculiar
| fight in Hamburg last night. 1t once more
confirms the theory that feline has nine
| lives--even wild cat. The crowd in at
tendance was not near so large as on the
| former occasion, but was Considerable
| nevertheless. It was announced before the
| programme was started that the English bull
terrier had been whipped during the mora
| ing by common house cat, and il was
thought best to supplant him against the
wild cat with a larger and more ferocious
bull The dog in the cage looked twice the
weight OF the cat, but the latter seemed in
perfect condition and, furthermore, seemed
to think herself equal to all Corners Then
the slide was raised and the pair went
| together. A rough and tumble scramble
ensued, and the dog got hold, but was
| persuaded to turn loose. He closed in again,
however, despite the punishment, and man
| aged to get death grip on the cats throat.
He held to it, though the cat chewed aud
scratched ferociously. The result was that
in about half minute the feline was choked
into insensibility. She was stretched
out on the floor of tie cage imr
and apparently dead Then the
dog relinquished his hold and
walked about the cage, seemingly quite
proud Of himself. All eyes were conferred
upon him. Look at that cat" some one
suddenly cried, and behold the plucky
creature had again struggled to her feet, al
though given up for dead. The dog saw
her and made rush, but she met him half
way and made his reception so warm that
he was forced to retire. This advantage
the cat followed up and in another minute
had the caniae thoroughly whipped, so
much SO that the slide was lowered, the dog
refusing to 90 within reach of those yici lus