The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-20

yard, carrying with him his pistol. Just
after he bad gone out his wife decided TO
test bis bravery, so, unobserved by him,
she slipped out in the back yard. After
the husband had looked around the yard
and found nothing to account for the
noises. he started toward the house. He
was probablv feeling little nervous and
superstitious, when be saw in the yard q
ghostly figure clad in white. He stopped
! and looked. The figure moved. He started
toward the house The figure followed.
This was more than he could stand and
with the pistol tightly clasped in his hand
he made a break for the no Use, the ghost in
| close pursuit Just as he reached the house
! he looked back and saw the ghost right be-
! hind him, aud with a shrek that alarmed
| all the neighbors he dashed through the door
into the house. After q time his wife sue
ceeded in explaining matters and Quieting
his fears, but his dreams that night were
not happy ones. Around the house IN ques-
tiol strange sounds are still heard at night,
but Of late no one tries to find out from
whence they come.
Millsdgeville Chronicle: Col. NJ. W. Hall
OF this city showed the Chronicle curios-
iey yesterday which has a history. part Of
which will be especially interesting to old
citizens OF Baldwin. The curiosity is in the
shape Of a small bill, about 2x4 inches in
size, "a cents 10 value, dated Greensboro,
Ga. 1890, and signed BY d. & B. Sanford.
ID. Sanford was the father Of Hon. d. B.
Sanford II this city. and b. Sanford was a
brother of D. Sanford, and "our Dan San
ford' was named for the two, father
and uncle, taking both their initials,
d. and B. In 1900 d. & B. Sanford
were among the largest and most i'm
pJrSant business men of Georgia, and we're
doing business in Greensboro, which was
then in Baldwin county. Bald win being at
that time very large county, and after
ward wss divided into Baldwin, Putnam
Morgan, jasper and some other Que of the
near counties. The firm also had a Dranch
store at what is now known as Island
Creek, near this city, where they carried
on considerable traffic and bartering with
| the Cherokee cue Other Indian tribes, who
then inhabited this and adjoining counties,
and this money and other bills Of different
value we're issued by D. q b. Sanford and
were used in making chenge with
| their customers. The firm wss very
/ wealthy aud so well known that these bills
were received at their face value in New
| York and else where in the United States.
| The firm did an extensive business until
1857, when they failed. The bill has
"Greensb 70" printed on one end and "6A
cents" on the other. In the middle Of the
bill IS the picture of a fat hog encircled
| with '6]l cents; Due the Bearer
| Six and quarter cents on demand in
current bank Bills" signed u. & B. San
| ford, Greensboro. Ga The bill distinctly
bears the imnrint of Kneass, Young & Co,
Philadelphia, who printed the bills. 1t is a
curiosity indeed, and we'll worth the space
and description we have given it. 1t is
| neatly engraved. AID makes pretty little
| bill, printed in black ink, and is the only
| one that has been seen in many years, that
we have heard Of.