The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

No Truth in the Report Inat negro
Child Was Cooked and Eaten In
Wilkes County-The Burke County
whirIwind-A Byena at Large in
Sumpter County.
The new jail at Washington viii be I'm
ished early in June.
Active steps are being taken TO organize a
uniform rank Of the Knights Of Pythias in
Albany.
At Bealls mill. near Cuthbert. Marion
Taylor caught carp that weighed seven
teen pounds, in dip net a few days ago.
The trial of L. Il. Pattillo, who killed
Charles T. Hudson at Augusta in a street
duel on the night of August last, viii be-
gin at Augusta to-day.
The largest amount of money ever col
lected at Albany in one year for street tax
now over 81, 200, which will be still further
increased when other delinquents are made
to ante up.
The Baptist church of Griffin has at last
settled the organ question by appointing q
committee TO solicit subscriptions from the
members Of the church and to purchase a
new pipe organ from the factory, not to cost
less than 81 500.
1homaston Tines: Miss Nettie Vining,
who lives in the southern portion of this
county, is the champion hawk catcher Of
Georgia She caught seven hawks last
week in a trap. This entities her to
seven two-storied chicken pies from her
neighbors.
There is not a word of truth in the sensa-
ttonal tale OF the cooking and serving of
negro baby in Wilkes county. About April
! prominent young farmer told some of
his hands the above tale as an April joke,
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way the story originated.
Tom Mack, negro on William Ramsey's
plantation In Columbia county, admits hav-
ing set fire to and destroyed Mr.. Ramsey's
store near Appling few weeks ago Mack
has been arrested and is in Jail. He took
this spite out on Mr.. Ramsey for having
him arrested for burglarizing his store.
J. J, Bent, the young soldier who was
convicted OF picking the pocket OF drum
mer at Macon, was taken to the chan-gang
on Saturday. His father refused to remit
the money to pay the fine, and ueless some
thing Intervenes in his behalf, Bent will
wear shackles along with the negroes until
next September.
Oconee Enterprise: We are info rmed
that one day this week, while Ootavus
Branch was chopping cotton near Farming
ton, poisonous snake bit his hoe handle
and in a few minutes 10 had swollen so
large that he could not carry the log
formerly a hoe handle-out of the field.
Mr.. Branch Is also the proud owner of a
cow from which he milks twenty-eight
pounds OF milk at each milking, three times
day.
The whirlwind that passed over the
Powell place, at Shell Bluff, ia Burke
county, recently. had many curious feat
ures and resulted strangely and disastrousiv.
lt was so severe and of such a dry, parch-
SF.rr oftV.sl YhaA ,N L.
and five acres OF cotton. After the wind
passed the cotton weed, which before was
growing vigorously, would crumble TO
powder in the hand when handled. The
cloud OF sand and dust raised frightened q
good many persons.
At Macon Saturday afternoon O gentle.
man approached several police officers In
the vicinity Of Bridge Row and showed
them description of a negro named John
Williams, alias "Old AID" who was wanted
for the murder OF white man IN Twi0gs
county. The gentleman said that he was q
brother OF the murdered man; that be
thought the murderer was In Macon, and
that he would give $500 reward for his ar
rest. AT late hour Sunday night a negro
named John Williams, answering the de.
scription, was found in a house on Bridge
Row by Officers G. w. Moseley and w. II.
Jones, arrested without resistance and
locked upat the city prison for safe keep
ing.
The mystery that has for weeks sur
rounded the wholesale killing OF dogs near
Sumter City, in Sumter county, has been
solved at last. Several years ago, during a
general fight at a circus In a town a few
miles below Sumter City, several animals
broke from their cages and escaped,
among which were four verv large and
nerce.hy enas. The next day, howe Ter, all
she animals were recaptured except the
hyenas, who have since continued to roam
the swamps in that locality. These animals
are very ferocious. and, when hungry, will
attack man as well as a dog. A gentle
man IN Amerlcus Monday is positive that
the wholesale slaughter OF the dogs is the
work or one or more of these beasts, par
tlculorly since one has been seen within a
mile or two Of that place. The negroes are
very much alarmed since this fact was
made known, and scarcely one of them will
venture out of doors at night.
Brunswick Times: It has not yet been
definitely settled exactly as to when the
oyster canning factory will begin its work
OF canning pineapples, vegetables, shrimp,
ETC., but when it does, the business there
viii be as brisk as ever. The work of plant.
Ing oysters over the company's territory
viii be continued through the entire sum
ner. The enormous quantity of 100, 0OC
bushels OF oyster shells have been planted
along the rivers and creeks near the factory
for the purpose of catching the spawn Of
the oysters which is now being dropped.
The water Is teeming with this spawn, and
unless something is placed In the river ia
which it can adhere the germ will be de-
stroyed. To whatever hard substance tbs
germ adheres the oyster grows, and in g
short while this bed of shells will be liter
ally covered with young bivalves Another
means OF catching the spawn is by placing
brush In the water. This has also been done
to a very large extent by the company
Capt. w. II. Fulton, in charge of the coun.
ty convict stockade at the oyster factory
said yesterday afternoon that he had haC
his men cutting brush for this purpose, and
had furnished the company about 100 boa
loads Of brush himself.
Macon Telegraph: This week will be full
OF potent conseq uences for the freshman
sophomore and junior Glasses of Mercer
University. Examinations in those classe,
will continue, and the speakers will ge
themselves In fine trim for the ordeal O
commencement. For days the recitation
rooms and corridors of Mercer have run.
and reverbrated with the eloquent Grafton
that-are-to-be, and the rehearais will pro
coed with undated vigor Throughout thi
week and the next. Old professors, VIII
have been with Mercer for the past Eft,
years say that they have not seen better