The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

A Chinaman Who Owns Property at
Port Tampa Not Allowed to Land on
Returning From a Trip to Cuba-A
Man Killed by Train Near Madison.
A Macon Lady Solves the Mysterious
Disappearance of Milk.
GEORGIA.
Dougherty county boasts an old negro
who claims that he never had any teeth,
and yet he is all right when it comes to
beef and 'possum.
A negro has broken the record at Cho-
kee by catching fifteen 'possums in one
night. He will retire from business for
the rest of the year
While an Early county negro was plow-
ing in a field his pillow sank into an old
grave, and an empty coffin, or portions of
one, was discovered.
An old cows horn containing several
pieces of old silver money was unearthed
while a negro was digging a well near
Whitsett day or TWO ago.
quilt which was carried in battle by
a soldier of the revolutionary war is in
the possession of a lady of Early county,
and is in a fair state of preservation.
A negro won a dollor at Adams sta
ton Saturday night by eating a whole
ham at one sitting. He afterward left
happy, Notwithstanding the ham was raw.
Lightning sometimes strikes more than
twice in the same place. A house in Cal
houn county has been struck by lightning
thirteen times, and still stands to make the
even number.
The Oglesby Grocery Company of At
lanta has foreclosed a mortgage against
the Utoy Manufacturing Company. There
are several attachments against the same
company. 1t is located on the river eight
miles from Atlanta.
At a meeting of the board of trustees
of the North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege at Dahlonega Tuesday it was decided
TO cultivate some five or six acres of land
belonging TO the institutions as a kind of
an experimental farm.
A farmers horse created a sensation
near Blakely last week by walking up
stairs and taking a view of the country
from the front window. 1t was only after
continued effort that the horse was in
dueed to return to the stable.
Monroe Mitchell, colored, condemned
murderer now in the Berrien county Jail.
has only few more days to live. He will
expiate his crime on the gallows Dec. Z.
This hanging will be the first capital pun
ishment ever administered in Berrien
county.
A party of three from Michigan, who
left their homes seven weeks ago in wa
CONS, arrived at Valdosta several DAYS
ago. There they sold their wagon. built
boat, launched it on Saturday, and con-
tlued their journey to Florida down the
Withlacoochee.
The attorneys for VIII Myers. Atlanta's
boy murderer, have filed an application
for new trial in his case. The principal
ground for the application is, that the evil
dence in the case did not justify the YER
dict 1t is probable that the application
will not be heard until January.
Newnan's annual city election was held
Saturday, resulting in the election of the
following officers: Aldermen, r. II. Harde-
way, C. F. Meyers, DR.. T. ]. Jones and Y.
G. Thompson; members city board of ed
ucation, T. E. Atkinson. w. l.. WEIGH. w
l. Stalings and J. S. Hollinshead
The Democratic party of Franklin coun-
ty met Saturday in mass meeting and
nominated the following ticket for county
offices; Sheriff, &c. Carson; deputy sheiff
J, r. Fullbright; clerk superior court. r
j. Harrison; tax collector,'J H Browner.
treasurer, II. c. Burton; surveyor, w. G,
Hall; coroner, J. 7. Pr3ther, tax asses
sor, ]. r. LEROY.
The only bill of Importance introduced
in the lower house at Atlanta Monday wa &
by Senator Whitley, to allow judges to
clear court room of all spectators dur
ing trials when obscene evidence might
papers from publishing anything about
the trial, except what the presiding Judge
is willing to have printed.
White county can boast of several mon
who stand over six feet two inches. Judge
Nandiver, who lives way back in Tray
mountain, stands six feet eight inches
Will Turk, colored man near Cleveland.
is six feet seven inches United States
Deputy Marshal Helton is six feet six
inches, and those who go up to six feet
four are too numerous to mention
Macon Telegraph: For some time past
LADY living on Orange street has been
complaining that every morning some one
would steal the milk from pitcher which
she left on the front porch for the milk
man to put milk in every morning before
the family was awake. That the nilkman
put the milk in the pitcher was plainly evil
dent from the milk stains on the pitcher
ana she was not only worried but curious
10 know who it was that would steal the
milk and leave the pitcher. After she had
lost her milk every morning for about
TWO weeks in succession she decided tC
watch and was finally rewarded by seeing
her pet poodle, who had been in the habit
OF staying out at night coolly tapping the
mix. Anybody wanting nice little poodle
with whiskers and fondness for milk car
get II by calling and paying for two gal