The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-09

spected the rock quarry of DR.. r. W.
Mayes, a short distance from town. We
learn that they pronounced the quality Of
the rock to be good. They propose to buy
the rock and form a stock company for the
purpose Of opening up a quarry. They
value the quarry at s. 900. The doctor has
/ appeared in no particular hurry to sell or to
! work the quarry. IL is not known whether
he favors the proposition or not, in which
il is proposed for him to take q third inter-
/ est, If he so de-ires.
Marietta journal: The house of John
/ Patterson tcolOred), in the northeast part
/ Of town, was destroyed by fire on last FRI
| day morning about 6 O'clock When tie
/ ire was discovered IL was burning in the
| ball, cutting off access to the rooms where
the children were sleeping. Patterson was
at the bank sweeping out, at the time, but
/ his wife broke the window sash and glass
! and rescued her screaming children. III
doing SO, she cut her hands badly by the
broken panes. The entire household goods
were destroyed. only "a sewing machine
being saved. We learn that there was in
surance of about S400.
Talbotton NetC Era: 1t is said Of a GER
tain gentleman in town who is very fond of
quiet little game of backgammon, that
on one occasion recently be dropped one of
his dice in the contribution box at church
through mistake. He was very much en-
barrasset when he discovered his mistake,
but as he thought no one noticed it he had
decided to say nothing about it. The next
day, however, a friend bantered him for q
game, his ruling passion quite overcome
him. He went to the treasurer of the church
with quarter in his hand and asked to be
allowed to re1eem his dice The privilege
was accorded him, and he is still playing
backgammon.
Cuthbert Leader: J. L. Carter, who lives
some four miles this side OF Benevolence,
was in town Saturday and told US of a Gu
riosity he found on his place short time
since. Having been planting cotton in one
of his fields, he discovered what he at tirst
thought was a sack OF cotton seed which
had been left BY the hands under the shade
of green oak, but upon investigation
found 1t to be a growth Of some kind pro-
trudlng from the trunk of the tree. about a
foot or more from the ground. Mr.. Carter
thinks it must have grown with mushroom
rapidity, as being daily in the field he would
hardly failed to observe it. He says, how
ever. instead Of being brittle like things of
OF quick growth, it Is very tough, and
would easily be mistaken for a large sized
meal sack.
Four miles from White Plains, in Greene
county, Tuesday, Joe Grimes (colored)
killed Bill Williams (colored) with hoe.
The men were farm hands on the planta-
ton OF Samuel Leary. At noon when tue
hands knocked of for dinner, Williams went
to tree near by and lay down. In few
minutes he was sound asleep. Grimes, who
noticed how serenely he was sleeping, began
TO throw small rocks at him. He succeeded
In waking Williams up, who, in good humor,
asked him to stop. But Grimes continued,
and finally a stone struck Williams in
the face Williams jumped up, and
taking the small end of a hoe handle,
struck Grimes a sharp blow over the head.
The blow did not stagger Grimes, but it
made him mad. He seized another hoe and
made at Williams, who, our informant tells
US, was not mad nor excited. He grasped
Grimes arm aud held him off, at the same
time cautioning him to be quiet and behave
himself. For several moments they re-
NAMED in this position. and Williams,
thinking Grimes was over his anger, re-
leased him, saying: "Put down your hoe,
and stop all this foolishneSs." The words
were no sooner out ofhis mouth and Grimes
had scarcely been released. wnen he raised
the hoe and brought 1t down with
terrible force upon Williams head. Will
Jams sanklto the ground, his skull laid open
and his brains ooZing out. The hands who
were in other parts OF the field had wit
messed the seuffie, but never dreamed of
anything serious until they saw Grimes
strike and Williams fall Thay rushed to
the place, and as they did so Grimes made
of. When the hands reached Williams he
was barely alive, and in few minutes was
dead. He could not speak when they came
up. In the excitement Grimes was forgot
ten, and therefore made good his escape