The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO srArps
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHs

q "arrenton Lady Who Money Sticks
To-Driven Out of Buggy By a
snake-Why Eight Columbus Bellies
Kept the Military Boys Waiting.
GEORGIA
Walker Taylor. who owns and operates a
gold mine in Warren county. is Displaying a
lump OF mined gold which he values at $40.
Joe Moore, an employe OF Reid & Lanoir
or Columbus, fell from ladder "Wednesday
ana had two ribs broken, besides being hurt
internally.
The water system of the Macon Gas
Light and Water Company is being greatly
enlarged. New and large pipes are being
lala, and the company says it will have a
system that will have a capacity of supply
ing city Of $50, 900 people.
y. Z. Riddle, travelling salesman Of the
Massey Cotton Gin Company, SAYS he has
Travelled through fourteen counties north
OF Macon recently and that crops are good,
1ne farmers IN better circumstances, and
running under so per cent. less expenses.
Warrenton Clipper; OF all the peculiar
characters that has ever come under our
observation there Is one in Warrenton that
caps them ali. 1t is in person a lady that
Is so extremely fond Of money making that
when you place a coin against her flesh IL
adheres as though 1t was glued there. This
Is, indeed, strange freak, but. neverthe-
less, true.
]. c. johnson who lives near Warrenton
was travelling through MoDuffie county last
week with his family by private convey
ance, and as be was leisurely driving along
the public road the buggy wheel passed over
the body OF large king snake. This en-
RACED the snake, so 1t era wIed up one Of the
spokes into the buggy and there it remained
until the occupants had fed. In a short
time the snake crewled out Of the buggy and
disappeared into the thick forest along she
roadside unframed
The large yard dog of Mai C. E. Nc
Gregor of Warrenton became crazed with
hydrophobia last week. ALI during Friday
morning the dog acted strangely bur moth
ing was thought Of it until Just about night
when he was so vicious that the family beS
came alarmed. They succeeded In getting
him shut up IN house, but with his power
ful strength he soon liberated himself from
captivity. During his wild career he sprane
upon the 12-year-old daughter of Mrs. A.
w. Scott, knocking her down and bruisinR
her considerably. One of her front teeth
was knocked out in the struggle. The dog
escaped without being killed and has not
been heard Of since.
Mrs. I. p. Green of Albany had a mar
row escape from a serious injury Saturday.
She had been out driving with the family
POhJ ohA Sdlb anu bbOpDeu at LlelT resi-
dence on Railroad street, where she alighted
from the buggy for a few minutes. She
unhltched the horse when ready TO continue
her drive, but before she stepped back from
his head be became frightened at an APP
preaching baby carriage containing an ice
cream freezer reared and came down with
his boots, just grazing the back Of her head
and shoulders and tearing the back Of her
dress into shreds. Mrs. Green was badly
frightened. but not injured The horse in
dulged In lively canter after coming down
on all fours, which resulted 10 a broken up
cart.
Columbus Enqttirer-Sun: Several CO.
lumbus ladies have recently visited Griffin
and their pleasant words concerning the
military have floated up to the sounding
board. One lady returned yesterday who
has been with friends during the encamp-
ment, and she had a grlevous tale to relate
She said that in the hospitable home where
she was made welcome eight lovely girls
were guests. Early every morning the SOL
dlers tiocked to the house as bees flock to the
clover fields, and 1t soon became matter of
comment that when the young men in brass
bound jackets called early the girls did not
put In an appearance es quickly as might
De expected but came downstairs slowly
and always one at a time. An investiRa-
ton revealed the fact that the eight Young
ladies all occupied the same room and in
the room there was only one looking glass
Each girl was allowed thirty minutes az the
mirror and as they commenced prepaYiup
for the days campaign at o'clock in the
morning 1t was 10 o'clock before they were
all dressed. The same process had to be
gone through every time a change Of toilet
was necessary, and before the visit of the
eight young ladies was over the mirror had
been used so much that the quick silver was
worn off Its back