The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-10

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His Wooden Leg in the Oaboose-A
Crazy woman's Freaks in Augusta.
The Casualty Record in Three States.
GEORGIA.
Lumpkin high school opened the fall term
On Monday last with i35 scholars.
There are now three newspapers published
In Stewart. besides the Hopper, which is
thrown in for good measure.
OiNeal & Gross Of PIMA cut the first lumber
with tEeir new mill on Thursday last. They
have everything about regulated now and
running on fuH time.
Mr.. Will Osteeu 81 Marion county has a
child 2years old with mouth fell Of teeth
and has been walking some time, but II
weighs only twelve and a half pounds
On Friday, sept. H. there viii be a school
exhibition at Haynes Creek academy. begin
ming at o'clock p. N. At 4 o'clock Commits
sioner Z amer viii make al address on educa-
tiOn.
Hon. G Gunby Jordan Of Columbus, has
qualified and is now member Of the board
Of State Railroad Commissioners. Mr.. Jor-
dan was chosen to ill the vacancy on The
board by the death Of Hon. Virgil Powers.
A lion, which escaped from LADY in Ala
bama is loose and proving about In Floyd
county. party Of hunters. headed by DIT.
Henry Battey. has been organized at n me 10
hunt the beast. The owner OF the lion his
offered $1,000 for its capture.
A negro who lives in Baker county dreamed
three nights in succession Of finding money
In an old grave. he went to the spot deslg
mated in his dream and found "a skull and
three gold dollars. This is the stun that
dreams are made or in Georgia,
At Augusta on Sept. Henry Walker a flag
man on shifting engine No Of the Georgia
railroad, wes run over in the railroad yard at
o'clock while attempting to mount the loot
board at the front end. Mr.. DObpius was the
engineer Walker had been on the Georgia
road for sixteen years.
Two commissions have been issued from
the adjutant generals office ia Atlanta. One
was for Charles II. Sheldon to be battalion
adjutant OF the Fifth Georgia regiment and
the other was for Charles NJ Roberts to he
first lieutenant of the Capital City Guards,
Fifth Georgia regiment.
George Thomas, a young Atlanta negro,
whose home is near the Grady hospital. on the
Pratt street side, was severely wounded in
the left foot yesterday. Thomas was loading
small pistol when ii accidentally dis
charged, making the wound. The ball passed
entirely through his foot, crushing the bone
as il went.
The men who furnish water for all the
eides OF the United States Will sWooD down
upon Atlanta to hold their next convention
and see the exposition next year. This was de
cided at Minneapolis MINI. 1t will be the
fifteenth annual meeting Of the American
Waterworks Association, and the outlook is
that the attendance viii be the greatest of
any convention the organization has yet held.
Jefferson Fielder an old and highly re-
spected citizen OF Berkshire district, died
suddenly AZ mis- nome near LiWfeuGeVllle iaSt
Friday afternoon. He was sitting in mis-
piazza late In the afternoon, and without i'll
feeling to warn him fell forward on the ban
listers and expired Immediately. DR.. Dick
ems was called in but was powerless TO res
cue the old gentleman from deaths iron
grasp
The board OF directors OF the Macon Expo
sition Company has elected Maj. A. O. Knapp
secretary. vice J. X. Kennedy, resigned. The
selection Is a most admirable one Maj.
Knapp was chosen over number of strong
competitors, which clearly attests to his nit
ness and general qualifications forthe place
Mai Knapp will be Of invaluable aid to the
company in matters Of railway transporta-
ton, etc.
Mr.. VIM. Tanner of Harbins district near
Lawrenceville had the misfortune last
Wednesday morning to lose a fine mule, A
negro living on Mr.. Tanner place hitChed a
team of mules TO a wagon and started to the
field after load of fodder The mules be-
came frightened and ran away When the
negro overlook them one OF them was lying
dead against pine sapling. The skin was
not broken but the sapling was barked. The
mule was worth at least a hundred dollars.
Homer Tharpe of Buena Vista had a num-
Der of guineas and all died but one. This got in
the habit OF going up on the front veranda,
where 1t could see itself in mirror through
the window, and about the same hour every
day the guinea would come to meet what il
supposed to be companion. Finally Mr..
Tharpe put mirror out in the yard and the
guinea cut up all sorts of queer antics before
that it had companion In the reflection in
the mirror
Decatur Record: The southern farmer
hasn't had better crop in twenty years, and
peace and contentment and thanksgiving TO
our heavenly Father should MI the land.
Manufacturers are putting their mills in oper-
alton everywhere. There are daily reports of
purchases in the stock markets for foreign
accounts, The treasury already shows both
gain in total reserves and an increasing
stock of gold. The assurance of three wears
peace and stability is like rain upon the
thirsty earth after a long drought. Send in
let US all give thanks together.
Friday morning party of six young men
left Atlanta on the Georgia road for Social
Circle on an extremely sad mission. Two
went to Social Circle on happy Grand
They went as the attendants at the marriage
OF Pelham Neel; yesterday they went to act
as pallbearers at his funeral. sadder
journey than this last none of these young
men ever took, and II was made all the sad
der because OF the contrast between it and
that other journey so short a time ago when
they went TO be present at the browning
event, the happ1est moment OF his life
Georgia Cracker: The prospect of abundant
crops this year in Georgia is exceedingly
promising All who have travelled over the
state unite in saying that the outlook for
bounteous harvest was never more satsfac-
tory. The corn crop is particularly good and
there ought TO be an abundance of hav. I'M
not yet appreciate the hay crop to the extent
they ought In some sections of the state
they do II is true, but 1t would be an easy
matter TO produce all the hay needed Tor
home consumption ana for the Georgia mar.
ket. Not bale ought to be brought into the
state.
u. T. Rouse, recently found murdered near
Live Oak, Fla, was we'll known in Macon
where his family lived. He became greatly
enamored with Esse Widgeons a ellknown
member Of the demi- monde A little over
two years ago, in it OF jealous rage he shot
her In the breast with a pistol attempted TO
kill young man who was with her and Sc
vercly cut his own throat Rouse was car.
rted to hotel for medical attention, and sud
denly and mysterousiy disappeared and es-
capped. Essie Widgeons recovered from her
wound and no EFFORT was made to catch Rouse
living in Florida, and they will be surprised
TO learn Of his tragic end.
Augusta Herald: Imbued with the hallu.
cination that she was the only existing hu.
man on this terrestrial BAH and seemingly
ensconced in happy dream with somnambu-
lstic features attached thereto aclompanied
by an ACCORDION, from which many dfscord.
ant notes emanated, crazy woman paraded
the various streets, alleys and avenues in the
SUBURBS OF the city Saturday night. She
seemed TO have but two purposes In view
walking the streets and performing upon the
accordion. Now and then she would be dis.
tracted from her pleasant occupation by those
who had aggregated upon the sidewalk per-
haps thinking she was an escaped curiosity
from Barnum S circus. She was a Uout, Iudg-
Ing from appearance. 81 years old, and was
quite respectfully atttred. though her hat
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