The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-25

B. Small has purchased q LOT 95z250 on
Cherry street from Sam Weichselbaum for
g, 900 cash, on which he will immediately
erect q handsome building for his extensive
| wholesale business. 1t will be three ssOries
high with ornamental front. Henry Horne
yesterday sold his one-third / terest in the
concert hall on Cotton avenue and Null
berry street to Col Isaac Hardeman for
! $3.50.
! Gainesville Eagle: The Eagle is indebted
! 70 Mrs. Nj. K. Fields, who spent the past
! winter in Cedar Keys, Fla, for c great
marine curiosity. Il is the esudai append
| age OF what is called by the people who
! live along the shores Of the Mexican gulf
the 'Uhipporee.n This specimen of the
whip or tail of this strange fish is black is
something over five feet 10 length, and has
very much the appearance and is about the
sizs OF an ordinary buggy whip On the
large end Of this whip where 1t was separated
from the body are two or three lance
shaped, ssrrsted spines doubtless used by
them as offensive and defensive weapons,
and with which they probs ly killed their
prey while holding it with their long whip
| like tail until it was deVoured. 1t belongs
TO the ray family Of fishes one Of the spe-
cies kno wn az ''stingRree,n or "stinR-ray."
Whether the one that spnrted the long keen
whip of WHOM We are speaking, and called
''whipporee," is a distinct.species from the
"stiDgaTee, )" We are not scientists enough
20 decide.
A special from Calhoun to the Rome
Tribune says: 1.-THE negro settlement Just
above town was raded last night by band
of white caps, aud tremendous racket was
raised. The show was opened by the break
ing in OF the doors of Nathan Parker's
house, a negro section hand on the Western
and Atlantic railroad. The white caps
threw terpeutine balls in to give light, and
Parker and his children we're hustled out OF
bod and severely logged The next point
of attack was the house Of one George Gas
ton, another section hand, but
&c rye was too spry for the night
raiders, for when the door was broken
down George greeted his callers
with dose Of cold lead from the ready
muzzle of a double action Smith & Wes-
son. This badly ratified the crowd and
caused 1t TO scatter giving CASTOR a cnance
to es ape, and he improved the chance TO
the bes. possible advantage by breaking of
to the woods, followed by the shouts and
CURSES and shots from the pistols OF the at
tacking party. After the firing had ceased
ald Gaston had disappeared the white caps
covered negro section hand named Parker
and white man named Wood, who also
worked on the section, with their pistols
AID ordered them to bring out q hand car
The trembling section hands eyed. They
were then ordered to pick up one Of the
white caps who had been brought
70 the earth by one Of Gaston's bullets and
place him on the car. The entire band OF
white caps then got aboard and still keeping
the thoroughly frightened section ha ids
covered with threatening revolvers ordered
them to pull out With the muzEles Of re-
volvers looking them in the face the two
men pulled away at the lever OF the car With
all of their strength, not knowing whittier
they we're bound. On they went through
the blaokness OF the nIght, through a long
stretch OF dense pins woods, by silent fields
of corn and sleeping farm houses. Miles
came and were lost In the silent darkness.
No word was spoken. No sound distur bed
the stiffness but the clicking OF the
wheels on the rails and the heavy
breathing Of the two section hands.
The towering bridge at RssacR hove in
sight The section hands heaved a sigh of
relief, but there stood the grim white caps
and there still froWn the revolvers Go
faster, came the fearful command. The
two men pulled away and the slumbering
little village of ReSHcA went by like fash.
Between the steep hills and into the DARK
woods the car made its way and when some
dista ce above Resaca the White Caps Or
dsred the men TO stop. They took up their
wounded comrade and ordered the section
hands to throw the car of the track and 20
back home a-foot. Parker says that the
disabled White Cap was very seriously
hurt The cause OF the attack ia not known.
There has, however been some trouble be-
tween the children of Parker and CASTOR
and white man who works ON the section
Gaston's wife was badly beaten after her
husband affected his escape"