The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-04

of the artillery. a young man who stands
high at the Atlant. bar. has prepared a set
Of resolutions declaring every office, COM
missionei and non-commisSo1ed, vacant.
I Tbe object OF the resolutions IS 70 get rad OF
the objectionable officers who have declined
heretofore 70 take a very broad hint. Other
I members OF the battery say tie resolution
viii be adopted, though no one viii openly
say just which officer, or officers. persist IN
| holding on % their commission despite the
sentiment OF the command. II the resoln-
tons do not succeed there IS talk of pre-
ferring charges and having a court-martial,
which might sir uD something OF social
I breeze.
Waynesboro True CItissa: An alligator
that played 'possum came near doing dam
age 70 some young men near Aillen Mon
day. Van. Tyler OF this place together
with Messrs. Applewhite and DsLoaoh of
Mlllen had been out 10 the river bunting.
They had killed s gator about seven feet
long, and, putting him in the wagon. were
bringing him TO Town. Van, who was sit
ting near the middle of the wagon, began
% triumph over his fallen enemy by CON-
temptuously kicking him in the side. Then
thing happened that was done so
quick the boys can't explain it
There was a rush, snap, a yell, aud
Van went out the wagon head foremost,
leaving as q souvenir part Of his pants
hanging on the gators teeth. The other
boys woke I'D tO the importance Of hasty
acton, but DeLoach took little too much
time in getting ready for an old-fashioned
head foremost dive into a sand bed hence
ne struck the ground minus q shoe heel,
which his gatorship gratefully swallowed
and slyly "wunkn his eye as II he enjoyed
lively time himself. The boys rallied from
their stampede, and, advancing with guns,
put an end 10 their foe.
Rome Tribune: Robbery and arson are
the charges entered against a young white
man named Carter, who is confloed in Jail
st Summerville. A. n. Bridges, who was
at the head OF the firm Of A. Ii. Bridges &
Bro. OF White Springs. on the Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus railroad, came to
Roms Saturday. he reported the FIRST rob-
bling and then burning Of his grocery store
last Tuesday night. tie says that he was
awakened by the cry OF FIRE, aud iInmedi-
stely dressed and ran TO the store just in
time to see the roof fall in. The whole
neighhorhood turned out, but was too late
to save the store or stock, a few cases
OF tobacco being the oaly thing saved
Everything, including tie building.
was consumed. The loss was about
5000, with no insurance whatever. In
cendiarism was nt once suspected and q
strong lookout was kept, not in vain, either,
for few nights after the FIRE a white man
was caught hauling -four ard groceries
W uGluS lfOu4 "A ul1t4E pidCe
under some sawdust The man is q young
fellow % or "a years old named Carter, his
family beiHg a very resi- ect6bls one, but be
has borne rather a pad character Carriers
houss was searched and large load Of
goods was found thsre. He tells a long
story about the goods, claiming that he
bought them from q negro, but could not
give the negroes name.
The long continued drought threatened
Atlanta with genuine waser famine two
weeks ago. Every meagurs has been dis
cussed to avert this calamity, ard finally
the board OF water commission
ers ordered q stream, known as
Todd's lrAuch, turned into the
eservoir, so urgent did the necessity be-
come. Immediately there was a strong
protest from the board of health, because
Tcdd's branch WAS long ago shut out of the
reservoir because Is WAS little better than
sewer wate:. The board Of health had John
NJ. McCandless, the chemist, to make an
other analysis OF the Todd branch water,
aud when he reported that TO use il was
dangerous TO human life the board brought
the point to the attention Of the water COM
missioners. But the water commissioners
had secured an analysis OF The water by State
CEomSt Payne, which showed It to be
not only wholesome, but even more health
| ful and pure than the filtered water which
| the city has been using. Tee difference IN
the two analyses created a sensation and the
| two chemists are now busy verifying their
work to make another report In the mean
| time ToGd's branch hiss been cut off from
che reservoir to await the result of the new
analysis Supt. Richards Of the water
works says there IL no way TO prevent a
| water famine unless Todd's branch is
! brought into use again, If the weather con
| tinues dry as It has been. Tue water Of
Tedd's branch has been running into the
reservoir for ten days past, and but for this,
the superintendent says, the people OF At
lanta would not now have a gallon Of
filtered water to use.