The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-03

missiles. They were all alIo'Io'' 1"4
the trial Bill aud John Cas- were boun'
over in the sum Of 800 and two gentleme
went on their bonds. The cases VIII nov
be settled in cou t.
WASHINGTON Gazette: In looking owe
some old boxes Of books belonging TO DR.
Andrews Mrs Fred Hunter came across
file Of old ne wspapers published IN 1916 anC
1917 in Washing'OG. They are copies ot tn
Washington Ae,rS Of which j. M h. CharI
ton was thea Or prietor and editor. 1heJ
had been given to DR.. Andrews when ne
edited the Gazette, aud be had put The
aWav so carefully that they had never
turned up. Il Is a very valuable and inter
estinQ find. As soon as Miss E. 4. Bowen
saw il she gra bed it and carried it of to be
deposited in the library.
Gibson Enterprise: F. VI. Walker, one
of our most prosperous farmers, was aroused
one morning last week by noise in or
alb )ut his pantry. Mr.. Walker hurried to
the scene of disturbance, aud with piece
Of fence roll entered the house. Instead Of
finding rglars he found a very large rat
pursued by tabby ca, and tine cat DUR
| sued by a very large snake. As he entered
the rat ran into the meal barrel, closely
pursued by the cat The rat was captured
and killed by Mr.. Walker. In the confu-
! sion Mr.. Walker turned on the snake and
| killed it. which he regrets very much, as
the snake was of rat-killing kind.
Augusta NewS: Augusta merchants are
tired Of being imposed upon by bad debtors
! and robbed by deadbeats. The merchants
suffer heavy losses by their credit accounts,
which at the close Of the fiscal year they
have to charge to profit and loss. The
losses have iucrea'ed so largely until now
they amount to large sums, and the mer-
| chants have got to thinking how TO rid
themselves of these bad debtors They
have about decided TO organize q local
branch Of the Merchants Retail CONNER
| cial Agency Of Chicago. j. NJ. Matthew
representing the agency, is now in Augusta
working up the branch. Many Of the mer~
chants have gone into the association, which
| will be organized in few days.
Marcus Hammock's residence, near Clear
Creek, was struck by lightning Wednesday
morning. The fluid passed down the CHM
| ney striking and demohshing a clock a d
| the mantel on which it stood. 1t then leaped
to the bedsread on which Mrs. Hammock
and her 4-months-old baby were asleep.
| The lightning struck the foot post of the
bedstead, tearing it 20 fragments and
Knocking the bedstead down Mrs Ham
mock and her baby fell to the fo0r, and,
strange as it may appear, although badly
frightened, neither was injured in any man-
ner, not even being shocked by the electric
current. Mr.. Hammock and his son were
sleeping in the next room aud were, of
course, badly frightened. The damage done
was inconsiderable
Macon Telegraph. The military hospital
corps met Friday night at the Volun GERS
armory and everything points to a most
prosperous future OF the corps rhe menu
bers will be thoroughly instructed in every
detail OF the drill, which is intricate and
difficult. Surgeon Ire winner impressed upon
the members the necessity for a prompt
and regular attendance at the drills, which
will be held at the Volunteers armory, He
wanted, be said, to make the Macon hospital
corps the best in the United States. Mill
tary men are enthusiastic about the new
company and it may 10 predicted that
every regiment in the state will have its
hospital corps within a very short time
The only wonder is that they Rave not been
formed long ago, and should the soldiers of
the state ever be called upon to 90 into the
field in active service they will understand
that Surgeon Gewinner deserves universal
thanks and praise. and that his men are the
brsvest and the best soldiers on the field.
At Macon Allen Fielder, negro boy
about II years Of age, was shot In the held
by another negro boy Of his own age named
Cohen James Friday night. Fielder had
been employed as porter in Mr.. McGol-
rlchs store, at the corner of Fourth and
Pine streets About $50 o'clock he was in
the store, when young James came. The
two have always been fast friends and they
were soon chatting with each other. James
took revolver out of his pocket and began
playing with it. Suddenly it went off and
struck Fielder about the center Of the fore
head. He fell unconscious as il dead
James was badly frightened and ran up TO
the house on Second street and told what he
had done. His employer advised him to
go back to the store and see If he could
do anything for the wounded boy. On re-
turning he saw Officer McCafferty and gave
himself up, and was lodged in the city
prison. Drs. Moore and Ross attended the
boy, who soon revived enough to be able to
speak. They succeeded in extracting the
ball, which was lodged just inside the skull.
Some Of the brains came out during the
operation. The bullet was cut and shaved
by the hard skull through which it passed,
and several pieces had to be extracted. The
boy will probably recover. James can
hardly be held for anything more serious
than carrying concealed weapons.
Athens Banner: There is in the state OF
Georgia to-day child IL years old but
very little larger than when it was born,
and without q bone in its entire body. A
citizen of Athens tells us this, and he is a
gentleman Of undoubted veracity. The
names of the parents and the place where
they reside are not given, as they are sensi-
tive upon the subject. This curious freak
of nature is suggested at present by a story
going the rounds of the press concerning a
woman IN New York gradually becoming
ossitied, She noticed the ends OF her fingers
becoming stffsued, and one day knocked
one of her fingers against a table and broke
off the end joint. 1t was solid bone
and very brittle. Her nose and
feet are now turning to bone. On the other
hand, here is a human being without bone
in its body. If the former is q curiosity.
what must be this letteri The child in oues-
ton was born without any bones in it's
body, and has lived until now. It is II
years old. 1t has never grown to any ap-
probable size, and, although IL years old, is
not much larger than it was when born. 1t
has never talked, and consequently takes no
NOTICE of its surroundings. Necessarily il
is hard thing 10 keep 1t alive, but
its parents are very devoted to it, and some
one stays by it constantly to feed it on
milk and water. 1t is necessary TO give it
milk or water almost every fifteen minutes.
Strange to say, the mother is more devoted
10 it than any of her other children, AMI
saws she would rather give any of them I'D
than this one. II this child were to die, she
says, it would land her in the asylum. For
years and years she has sat by its bedside
and her mind has been SO constantly upon
it that she would go crazy if it were taken
from her. The child gives no evidence OF
ever growing any larger than it is now.
This is vouched for as the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
aud the gentleman who told this
knows the name of tbs parents aud where
they live.
FLORIDA.