The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

effect that she came 70 her death from III
known causes.
The confederate veterans Of Bib county
have not had much g say about the leglsla
tures action reEAriing the soidlers home IL
4 Atlanta bet they disapprove OF II. II 4:
! llka1v tEat ,ba tl,nfeiersts Survivors AssO-
cation ~ Bob county will hold q meeting
this week 70 take some action on the mat
ter The association has been and is taking
care Of a number Of dependent survivors
ard the members have abundant cause 10
he Interested in the establishment of the
proposed home for disabled veterans.
| Gibson Enterprise: ". J. Snider was in
cur ofl5cs Wednesday looking quite sad.
He said the cholera was killing ell Of his
ho-s and the continued rains were running
his cotton. he Ssid he had twenty acres Of
fresh land in cotton and it was as high as
/ his waist, and he thought O few days ago
4 that it was very fine, but on examination
be found that il was very inferior. and
what il had Ga was falling of, aud last
Saturday lightning struck and killed about
half an acre OF the same field Of cotton.
One of the most attractive features of
the Augusta exposition will be the cotton
harvester, invented by Mr.. Cunningham of
Arkansas. The wonderful revolution which
would be wrought b. the perfection of a
machine TO pick cotton has long been recog-
nized. Many doubling Thomases have as
serted that there were reasons which would
prevent such a machine from ever being
perfected. Mr.. Cunningham's machine has
overthrow these prejudices. And visitors
during the exposition will have an oppor-
tuniTy Of judging for themselves A field
Of cotton has already been planted for the
exhibition of the harvester, and is IN fine
condition.
Ground has been broken for the Newman
Light and Power Company, and building
for the dynamos and steam plant will be
erected at once, together with coal-sheds,
etc. The main building will be 22x50 feet.
Very exaspsrating delays in getting suita-
bic poles have retarded the work Of running
the wires, though Mr.. Dresser was notified
Friday Of the shipment Of
two or three carloads, and
the construction Of the pole line will be
commenced Immediately upon their arrival.
The dynamos and engine are on the way.
and the entire plant will be completed not
far from the date promised by the CONTRACT
ors, Oct. %.
At Macon, Friday night, two negroes,
Jim Day and Harvey Stewart, became 10
volved IN a row and Stuart was shot and
seriously wounded. Stuart insulted Day by
telling him that his mother was crazy, and
Day shot him with a Winchester rifle, the
ball entering his thigh and coming out three
the swamp and successfully eluded the
policemen who tried to catch him. Stuart
bled great deal from bis wound, and he
suffered greatly. His thigh bone was tract
ured by one shot, and he was found to be in
q critical condition. There are strong hopes
Of his recovery, although he is badly and
dangerously hurt.
Judge Clarks's recent decision in the
Columbus Southern Railroad Company in
junction case, sustaining the Glenn railroad
tax bill. will save $500 600 per annum. The
bill was for system OF taxation through
medium of the state for the benefit of the
counties. It was fathered aud passed by
w. c. Glenn, Esq, when he was a member
of the legislature two years ago. To an
Atlanta Herald reporter Mr.. Glenn said
Saturday morning: This is one OF the most
important decisions made in Georgia for
years. 1t is very learned and able docu~
ment, and will be of immense benefit to the
state. IL saves over 800, 900 year.
and the combined railroad power
of the state has fought it on the
ground of uconstitutionality. But it
stood. knew what | was doing when
framed that BILL" Judge Clark has been
considering this decision about two months.
The company claimed that the law was
that it devised a plan OF
taxation not uniform and ad valorem, and
that it was in violation of the fourteenth
to the constitution.
FLORIDA.
Much interest is being manifested in the
approaching municipal election at Gaines
vile. The division of the city into wards
has induced many citizens to take an active
part who have heretofore held aloof and
were apparently Indifferent. The outlook
is that nearly every vote in the city will be
polled.
1t is reported that the water in the sink
at Gainesville. an account of which ap-
peared in the MORNING News some time
ago, has risen two or three feet within the
past few days. This indicates that the sub
terranean passage has become choked up,
and the probability is that the lake will
again reform.
John Thomas Porter of Grand Ridge
passed through Pensacola Friday on his re-
turn from the north, where he bought a
locomotive and six cars for the use Of the
Grand Ridge Manufacturing Company, Of
which he is president. Grand Ridge seems
to be keeping pace with the best of them
these dull times.
DeLand Record: A gentleman arrived in
the city Saturday from Kissimmee, where
be says he saw jim Alexander and Cad
Bryan training nine Seminole Indians
preparatory to an extensive tour through
the southern states with an exhibition that
will equal the famous show of Buffalo Bill.
They propose to show also through the
north. They start about Nov. l.
T, A. Philips of the Florida Central and
Peninsular railway is in a peck OF trouble.
He has a baby on his hauds that he does not
want and is puzzled to know what to dc
with it. The baby in question is the negro
infant left on the train az Madison rece fly
by its unnatural mother. Mr.. Philips say:
this is the first time he was ever called upon
to dispose OF black baby. He has appealed
to Col. John A. Henderson, general counsel
Of the road, for advice and assistance.
Live Oak People: There is a peculiar
looking gnat, or little white fly, that fill:
the air of an evening now. 1t IS a new in-
sect in this country, never having been seen
here until about this time last year, bu,
there are myriads of them and they cover
everything green or growing. They are
the only insect that We have ever known tc
tackle chinaberry tree, but they do So
with avidity. 1t is said that they are very
injurious to the orange ami other greer
trees. Can any one tell US what they arel
st. Augustine Netus: To see big sharl
six or eight feet long coming straight q
you in three feet of wafer and 100 feet from
shore, as though he had his breakfast to ge
and was not very particular as to what il
consisted of is likely to make you wish yol
were .'some other Teller" for two minutes
or so. Well. one of our citizens was jus
there the other morning. He was in the
surf fishing fer bass. The sea was calm
and clear as crystal, and while considering
which way to throw, be saw large sharh
| swim slowly by without even nod. When