The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-27

and 1880 the second, but he hoped as sooI
Is they became experts in the work 10 make
Sae factory at least self-supporting.
Quitman Press: Ages ago this portion OF
the globe was a part of the sea, as IS evi,
! denced by the presence Of oyster shells and
/ coral. The writer brought home sgeci
I men of the coral reef builders handIwork,
| Tuesday, which was picked up on Dir. K. l.
| Denmark's plantation, about six miles from
/ town. 1t is on phosphate rock and there Is
said 70 be large quantities Of it in various
| portions Of Brooks, notably In the Cutler,
Hickory Head and GrOoverville sections
Look closely after the heretofore despised
rocks gentlemen. There may be more for
You in them than YOU would make out of
cotton in four generations.
There is something of a romance con-
nected with the life of Mrs. Paris Of Tate
Her father, Mr.. Totem, was a sleightOf-
hand Snowman, and gave her away when
she was years old to Mr. Smith Of Fan
min county, who raised her as his child. She
grew up and married Mr.. Paris and
moved TO Tate she did not know she had
a relative living ultil recently, when she
was informed that Mr.. Gulley married a
Mackey, and, remembering that her mother
was a Mackey, she wrote to Mr.. Gulley
who answered the letter and informed her
that bis wife was her aunt So Mr. and
Mrs. Paris and their children came to
Woodst OK, and the meeting between aunt
and niece, after a separation Of sixteen
years. was happy one.
WayneSboro True Citizen: Joe Carter
Ccoloredl and his wife, having no children to
amuse their idle moments, on last Sunday
interested themselves ''Inonkeying" with a
pistol. As usual the pistol was not Loaded,
yet had concealed some whsre away down in
its peppers a small modicum of powder and
lead. There was flash, then nose and
then Joes better half experienced ting
ling sensation about her right nostrIl,
which caused blood TO flow ever so freely.
DR.. Whitehead was summoned, and his
examination showed that the little leaden
messenger had Travelled up through the
nostril and found an exit by passing out
Just under the left eve. She will not lose
her eyesght, neither will her smelling be
rendered less discerning.
Augusta Herald: There may be a lesson
TO Augusta In the powder explosion near
Rome, Italy, which resulted in much de-
s;ruction to life, limb and property. There
are now stored in this city, in the first ward,
In the southeast corner Of the old fair
grounds three powder magazines Of great
capac ty, and there is a petition before the
city council for the establishment in
Augusta Of another storage house for ex-
ploslves. There can DO no cOncealment of
the fact that residents of the first ward,
particularly In the neighborhood of
the old fair grounds, within which
enclosure the magazines are, have
felt at all times much uneasi-
ness because OF the proximity of so large an
amount Of explosives. In fact, property
holders in the neighborhood referred to are
now taking active steps to present united
protest to the city council in regard to the
matter. The presence of the magazines is
regarded by many as a constant menace to
lie and property, not only in the immediate
neighborhood. but to a large portion of the
section OF the city in which the explosives
are stored.
Congressman Jo3 Wheeler of Alabama is
In Augusta to attend the confederate vet
Grams reunion. Although born and reared
on plantation near Augusta, this is the
first visit Of the great confederate cavalry
man to his old home since the closing DAYS
OF the war. Indeed it will be practically
his first visit since he left there in 1854 to
90 to West Point. And right here there is
an interesting story about the way he
secured the appointment 10 the military
academy. He applied for it from the
Augusta congressman at that time but
Gen. +. T. Alexander got it. Wheeler was,
however, determined to go, and he went to
New York and asked Congressman
Cumming, an uncle of Hon. Joseph b. Cum
ming, who then represented Brooklyn dis
trlct. In this he failed, but by persis ency
he secured an appointment from another
New York district. After going through
West Point Gen. Wheeler served in the
United States army in Arizona and New
Mexico among the Indians until the break
ing out OF the civil war, when he went into
the confederate army, in which, by his gal
liant and successful fight, he arose to senior
cavalry general.
A special to the Danville Monitor from
Madison county tells of the capture of a
devil fish In Broad river, near Daniels
ferry. A party of negroes were seining
and when they hauled their nets ashore they
discovered a terrible looking fish, with
arms and legs of tremendous length. Iu
was ten feet in length and the two fore
limbs, or arms, contained prongs which
resembled fingers, while the other limbs
were very much In the shape OF horselegs.
When the negroes reached the bank and
discovered what they had captured they fl d
In terror. One of the negroes was q little
slow, and came very near losing bis
life The monster gIipped him around the
leg with his fingers, and he yelled terribly to
his companions for assistance. One of them
who escaped approached to within ten feet
or his unfortunate companion and threw an
ak at the monster. 1t was thrown with
terrible force, the blade striking the fish on
the head, which caused it to relax its hold
on the negro, who escaped. The fish ap-
peared to be in pain, and it's struggles were
terrible. 1t tangled itself I'D in the seine,
and finally rolled into the river, sending
forth fearful shrek of agony as it disap-
in ha otn