The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-29

whole crop he is at a loss to know what It is
that is killing his cotton. The blight is
spreading over the whole of the twenty
acres.
waynesboro True Citizen: A left
handed darky bought a stem-wnding
watch from one OF our young men. After
having the watca in his possession for sew
eral days, he brought IL back to him, saying
tnat 10 was no good, as it would not rua in
spite Of all his persissent efforts at winding
1t up. The young MAJ, after examining the
watch, turned the stem and the watch at
| once began ticking. The negro could not
for the life Of him understand why the thing
would not run for him, though be had been
| so faithful IN winding fs up. The inquiring
| mind or the young man, 20 the astounding
| bswtlderment Of the dsrkY. told him the
trouble. which was that no left handed mig
ger could run q stsm-wfnder. With his LETT
hand be had besa turning toe wrong way
/ all the tina He weat home firmly con-
/ vlneed that bis watch would ignore his left
| hSnd every time, ard it would only run
whsa manipulated by man using his right
/ hani
SoEzs moashs sxo ex>Co1srssxnsn J. c.
/ Ciszsnss Sas spcoi1eed special agent OF
sos Har @sparsz1sas - eooaaes certain IA
I S'acn11p11s wt1A rAe Land oWca-S % Chlcka-
manga >aEtle3ss1 lsokicy - sAs acquire
nsn1 e sa&Lr lads fer tie purposs Of =
niszaccA4 ParE n See1 many Instances
/ ';ls 1ecoEsa1iEs1s we're 1sesa.ed by the high
2r'cs 1en1x1as=1 ~ sAs land owners fof
5asf' 1cssesssssEs4 >czzs & the Sxrrss asked
4 were - sn2raEv gu q pxo9crsl0n to tina
rsaI valire 4 zes aza1s tat tbs Secretary az
var tisciltas ~ sos ce13snaasory process
{ AMI 1fs g'sxsrcE@cs wzil. II the end, carry
qua ne 1a-x srss-prsse OF the avenue of
s1n rcttrssS Day osco<e yssssrdsy il was
rsscii-ss. -1z1 NJ ca<zeasS should be com-
l1sziri1e2 - = <2~rlzl attorney Of the
rlwsr 49, - ~ l.
rllga1 ec121sz ses proceedings 10 court
1s,.sIDs1 1-cc4 81 - 5 commission was for
E-L-.is4 10 AZ l-zs3isfeiY BY the attor-
1sT genera IL government 10 a liberal
ciiaszE sr1lS Mr. Cle1sass will, no doubt, be
1lElI1assr=sAy compensated for his legal
sErwssssA
srrz2gs aid interesting story Of an en-
EzEszszt rag Is thus related by the Madt-
EsxazzL Several years ago Maids N young
--ls1 became engaged to young lady who
rssu1so II : neizhboring city. He placed a
.S1-t1l diamond ring upon her finger, as
t1ks1 q his love, and az a tie which
s2szsd bind their hearts in the bonds of sa-
cred sDgagsmsnk For a while all things
Esct sEnootsly, and the lovers were APP
psreltly happy. In an evil hour the girl
bSc2ne attached TO another suitor broke
hsr engagement with our Madison friend,
and married the man Of her choice. Nat
nraliy the dlsconsolate young man-her
former lover-expected the return Of his
ring. He waited. and it came not. He
wrote to her for It, and she ignored his let
ter. lie wrote again, and still no reply.
third letter, with the sams results. FL
nally theyoung man told friend OF the cir
cumstances, and offered him his claim in the
ring for S25. The friend accepted the offer,
wrote to the lady's husband for the ring,
but be refused to give it up. The purchaser
then employed a lawyer to sue for it.
I HAfFQF la he
gave mp the ring. tits worth 500.
Waynesboro True Citizen, On last Tues
day Allen Reeves, a colored man, who lives
a few miles out of Waynesboro, on Brier
creek. got into an angry. dispute with his
son. The boy, to escape beating, then
and there took to his heels by skedaddling
around the house. However, he didn't
leave so hurriedly but that he carried with
MIN his gun, and as soon as he got beyond
the reach of his father be paused
long enough at a window TO enable
him TO draw a bead at the old
gentleman. Fortunately for Allen, the ex-
ploslon only amounted to the bursting of
the cap, but even this little Incident re-
minded him that self preservation called for
quick movements, 80 that he lost no time in
getting TO his doable-barreled gun. The boy.
in order to show that he would shoot fred
his gun in the direction OF Lis father
through the door, perforating the interior
with plentiful supply of buckshot. Allen,
making ready, threw open the door, and,
| rapidly taking aim, discharged both barrels.
peppering his young hopeful with small shot
from head to foot DR.. MoMaster was sent
for, and be thinks that he picked a good
handful OF shot from the carcass of the boy.
Smithville Aetcs: Mr.. Cliff McManus of
this city Is under $1,000 bond TO answer
to the charge OF voluntary mansaughter.
he Is an engineer on the cannon bali train
on the Southwestern railroad between
Smithville and Montgomery. Friday night
OF last week be ran over two negro wo1:en
on high and long tresrle near Union
Springs. Ala. Both women were thrown
from the track and one OF them, the older.
was instantly killed and the other badly
hurt 1t "a said that she still live and will
recover. The women should have been on the
public wagon road and not have been walk
ing on the trestle, whica is against the
orders OF the railroad company They,
however, saw the train coming, and tried
to get off the trestle. The younger of the
women did succeed in getting Off safely,
but she returned to the trestle to assist the
older one, when both were struck by the
train with the result as stated above The
train came around the curve, and when
| Engineer McManus saw the women he tried
| TO stop his engine, but It was impossible to
do so. The coroner held an inquest over the
woman and the jury rendered a verdict
| VI EOiuuthFl LudusiauSnJef. Mr.. McManus
was required to give bond of s., 900 for
bis appearance at Union Springs for trial.
General Manager Green and Superintend-
ent Mckenzie were in Montgomery at the
time the officer appeared to arrest Mr..
McManus, and they promptly arranged the
S., 900 bond for him. Ii was rumored on
| Saturday that the negroes about the scene
| Of the killing were very indignant and much
incensed over the killing and made threats
against Engineer McManus but it Is not
probably that any harm will come to him
either from them or from the trial
Augusta Herald: There is now a man.
II. Skinner by name, who is making a
living digging and washing for gold every
day in the week up RAGS creek. two aud a
half miles from Augusta. With the crudest
appliances he nets himself from 90 so to IS
per day on the average, and has been doing
so for years. He has the greatest faith in
his belief that there is piles of the s'yellow
stun" about the locality where he works.
The deposits of other minerals than gold
around Augusta, in almost every direction,
are valuable aud rich. The kaolin, of the
richest kind, to be found in mex
haustible quantities on farms adjoin-
ing the city, has attracted the
attention of parties in different places. An
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