The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-01

quarts OF milk daily. She has TO be MIXED
but three days old. This COW. Aggie. is a full
FLOODED HOlstelu from registered stock at the
Lakeside dairy ana was taken bY Mrs, Bimm
TO raise when but three or four days old. She
gave eighteen quarts "a day with her second
calf and her mother is said to have given
twenty-five quarts daily. The milk is OF ex-
cehent quality and quite rich
Pensacola News: peculiar animal was
brought to the once Of the Southern Express
company this morning closely secured IN a
box TO ue shipped 20 NJ. X. 5. Mackenzie,
lighthouse inspector at Charleston, 5. c. 1t
Is cilled an African cat and vas brought
he from Cape Town. Africa by Japt Hag-
lund or the Norwegian bark Vega. II is Of
pided graylsh color, and ITS general appear
ance is very much like that Of a big rat. In
fact its head, ears and tail are the same as
those OF a rat. 1t was exceedingly restless in
the box al d appeared to he very wild, con
tnuously scratc hing al the wire grating and
making a peculiar sound unlike that OF a cat.
Tuesday about uoon W. A Dunav1nt Of
Atlanta, Ca, who had been in Tampa for sew
eral weeks assisting in the construction Of
the new bridge across the Hills Jorough river,
was walking up the track with an open UNI
brella In his hand. moving train that was
switching backed on him, cutting OF both
legs below the knees, and bruising him up
considerably besides, Tie did not notice the
train, nor could the engineer or brakeman see
the unfortunate man. he was carried in the
wa ting room of the South Florida, and DR..
Douglass summoned, who did everything pos
siole to ALLEVIATE the suffering Of the poor
victim. He fingered for few hours until re-
lieved by death
The Citizens Electric Light and Power
Company OF Pensacola, lately organized, has
Just let the contracts for a substantial brick
building for their plant, and for the poles for
their wires. The contracts for the machn-
cry were given out two or three weeks ago.
Everything is to be completed so that the
plant VIII be in operation by Dec /. The
electric plant will consist Of a 1 5C0incandes-
"a re fgFh HVrr,a FV1r,
OF latest improvement, an alternating arc
lighting current with cutoff and regulators
The principal stockholders il the new com
Iely are the fish dealers OF that city. and as
they are large consumers OF ice the company
Will AID ice manufacturing machinery to the
electric plant.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A commission has been issued to the
Waterhouse & Danner Company of Beaufort.
The COrpOratOrS of the company are Charles
b. Banner, John j. Cummings and w. P
Waterhouse. The capital stock of the com.
pany Will be $1,000. The company proposes
to do general merchandise business,
The executive committee Of the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College,haS been called
to meet in Rock Hill tomorrow. 1t is an
nounced that the college will be ready TO be
opened next September. The committee will
no doubt. at the next meeting, decide as to
now much more money Will be needed to
finish the work on the college and dormi-
tory.
Tuesday afternoon Russell Sparks, a white
FARMER, living about twelve miles north OF
Spartanburg, hanged himself. He was in
town on Sa urday and seemed all right. He
mad been married, but mis- wife had been
dead some time. He and his children were
living with his mother. He has never shown
any symptoms OF insanity, SO far as his neigh
bors know He was about 3 years old.
A commission for charter has been issued
to Hunter, Boggs & Co. OF Liberty. Pickens
county. The corporatOrs named are: Will
lam Hunter 7. n. Hunter, c. +. Hamilton,
NJ. A. Boggs, b. D. Mauldin and John Hunter.
Inc cap tai stock of the company is IS 600.
This is another OF the general merchandise
charters by which a lot OF business men form
a copartnership and are liable for a stated
amount and no more.
Insurance agents are adjusting the losses
at the Cherokee Mills at Spartanburg The
lnsuranceiS supposed to be about 800 000 di-
Vlded out anon st hundred companies. The
stockholders have not held a meeting vet,
but it is believed they will rebuild, inasmuch
as their water power and land are worth
$4,000 to S25 900. That is too valuable to be
left idle, Then half the brick will be suita-
BILE for the new building. II they determine
to rebuild they will not be ready to operate
the mill until the beginning of the next cot
ton season.
Thomas johnson. muatto about SO years
old, was lodged in jail at Eds edeld Friday
charged with two crimes He is suspected Of
being the negro who murdered a conductor
OF a eorgia railroad some time this summer
ana Tor whom a reward of $500 is offered, He
is also held for the murder of Bob Parks IN
other negro, on last oldaY. He and Parks
were crossing the Savannah in small boat
and he was The only occupant of the boat
when the other side was reached, and re-
ported that Parks had fallen overheard and
was drowned. Search was made for the body
and when found it gave evidence of foul play,
the skull being fractured. An inquest was
held and verdict was rendered that de-
ceased met his death from a blow dealt by
| the prisoner. Johnson was captured near
| Park Hill
al
| shortly before noon an excursion train from
| Greenwood arrived in the city en- route to
| Charleston. 1t stopped near the Union depot.
| and thereby hangs a story. There were a
| good many eXcursionists aboard the train
! and one of them who no doubt, had a desire
! 10 be roWdY, shot young newsboy of the IN
| Ion News Company, inhicting painful
| wound. The victim was julius Henry, one OF
| the regular news butchers of the company.
! l he weapon used was a 3S-caIbre pistol, and
/ the bullet entered the cheek, lodging in the
! ROOF OF the mouth, just behind the nose,
| whence 1t was extracted later on. Unless
! blood poisoning develops the wound will not
! prove very serious, but there is grave danger
/ OF such thing occurring. The story as told
! by Henry Is as follows: He is employed at the
| news stand at the Union depot, and was sent
! by the manager to 60 to an excursion train
! which had come in to sell some grapes. He
| went into the train and tried to sell the
| grapes. Very soon he was acC OSted by man
named Ralph Scurry, who told him that he
| had bought the right to sell all refreshments
vi wv u an anu tluJ NC Nlll0 DOYJ must BbI
| OF. This the boy told him he would do.
| Scurry then seized the basket OF grapes and
/ told everybody to help themselves, and gave
/ away about half a Uasket of grapes. The boy
/ took Scurry S hat, but gave it back to him
/ when he succeeded in getting his basket
! back and in getting off the train. A few
| seconds after getting off the train he was 60
| ing around the back end OF the car he saw a
! man point a pistol at him and fire. The
! train was then moving. The ball struck him
in the left cheek, a few inches below the eye,
I and ranged across his face. white man
! from Edgeheld, named Thomas a. Carson,
! was arrested and held in bonds Of $500 for
J trial in October.
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