The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25

whereabouts OF his son. who. he thinks.
has gone west. probably 10 Indian terri
tory. The youth is described as dark
haired. Of dark complexion, deep brown
eyes and weighs 10 pounds He was
dressed in light Jeans pants. dark blue
shirt, and faded calico coat, and calico
lined straw hat. and was very country
neQ in manners and appearance
Triton Gazette: one day last week.
while William Hester. over on the line
of Colquitt and Worth. was burning on
a small piece Of woods preparatory 70
clearing IL for cultivation, his little child
who was raking straw for him, handed
him an armful which IL had been holding
Tor several minutes. He twisted II tight
~ in his hands and fired II, to scatter
the fire along the grass, when he was
hOrrined to see that he had ground
RATHER twisted up IN the burning straw.
The snake evidently did not relish such
harsh treatment and was striking Wig
Orously at everything within reach, and
Mr.. Hester dropped the thing considera-
bly, quicker than If II had been hot po-
tato.
Jesse and Charles Seruggs have return
ed 10 Ousley from a successful deer hunt
in LAFAYETTE county Florida. They were
met at Gainesville BY their brother, A. r.
Scruggs, and six other gentlemen. The
party had fifteen hounds and two point
er dogs and the hunt was a good one IN
spite of the heavy rains. They killed two
large wild turkeys. a tremendous rattle
snake and nine fine deers. Seven OF the
deers killed were bucks and two were
which they were unable 10 get. J. J.
Scruggs Killed his first deer on the trip,
the balance OF the crowd bloodied him
thoroughly with the blood of his FIRST
deer.
Statesboro Star: Another negro has
been murdered in Bulloch county, and
this time the farm of r. f. Brannen was
the scene of the crime. Two negro boys
had had quarrel over trivial matter
and one put a load of duck shot into the
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after having the differences settled, as he
thought The Star has not tried to fnd
out the names Of the parties, as murders
among the negroes Of BullOch county are
getting TO be such a common occurrence
that the report of one has long since
ceased 10 be an interesting news item.
There Is hardly month in the year that
a case of murder is not added to the long
list OF these crimes. Jim Love, the negro
who stood at one door of the house, while
ms partner stood at the other and filled
the body of Simon Slater with bullets,
one night last winter, is now dehantly
walking up and down the public roads or
Bunoch county with a pistol swung to
his side and continues to go at liberty I'M
arrested and unmolested.
Eastman Times-Journal: On a corner of
two back streets at Eastman last Tues
day occurred one of the most desperate
struggles which ever took place in this
section. At the beginning of the struggle
only a Few persons were witnesses as to
what was going on, but soon quite a crowd
watching them as they wrthed and twist
ed in the agony of each others embrace.
Unable to go to the rescue of either and
not able to separate them, they We're COM
PEELED to stand silently by and look on in
eager, anxious suspense. Neither of the
two opponents had knife or pistol and
the battle was one of brute strength. At
last II was seen that the larger of the two
was slowly, but surely, getting the best
OF II, and when the vanquished foe was
gasping his last the victor was seen to
deliberately take him by the back of the
neck and choke him to death. The spec
tRtors turned their heads with sickening
hQTror from the scene, and when they had
the courage to again look upon the en-
counter 1t was found that the Times
Journals pet king snake had exterminated
his opponent, a beautiful brown mecca
sin, about three feet long, and was prepar-
ing to swallow him head foremost. which
feat he accomplished in about two min
utes. At this writing our pet is resting
quietly awaiting a chance to make an
other snake meal.