The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-24

pcrience OF a NeHFo oAEutk WIN
the African Fever.
GEORGIA
Crops around Sparks are reported ir
hne condition.
The Southern Phosphate Works al Ma
con viii resume operations on Aug l.
Fifty-two ears of corn grew on a single
stalk in +. Hooks garden near SWANS
bOrO this summer
The corn crop is now considered safe,
and viii be the heaviest ever harvested
in BullOch county.
The military Of Macon viii petition
council for a portion of Tattnau Square
park for a parade ground.
The crop outlook in Johnson county is
very encouraging. Good crops and fair
prices viii cure the silver craze.
4. H. Satterheld killed a turtle in Henry
JohnsOns hcld near DahlOnega Monday
weighing tniTty-seven pounds net.
The Thirteenth Georgia regiment will
have its annual reunion at Jackson Fri
day. Judge Hardeman Of Macon has ac-
cepted an invitation 10 deliver the address
of the day.
A red-hot campaign is on in Fannin
county over tho court house question.
The contest is for removal from Morgan
ton TO Blue Ridge or Mineral Blum.
A large acreage has been planted in
peas in Walton county this year.
Gnmer county has recently built a new
and substantial jail and Ordinary John
son says he Will begin the erection OF
new court house as soon as some more
funds accumulate in the treasury.
James Lansberg is in the hands Of the
sheriff at Rochelle for furnishing whisky
10 minors Lansberg has been arrested
before for violation Of the whisky law,
and he viii no doubt be punished severely.
A Carroll county man hired buggy 20
go to Ala bama. He was somewhat sur
prised when he started on his return trip
10 find the dashboard gone. on investiga-
ton he found that a cow had done the
oh . ar.rr ~ Of fa kur "a
Sol Sapps colored while sleeping on the
Georgia. road track at Athens Monday
night, was run over by the train His left
foot and right arm were badly crushed lie
has been unconscious, and Dr. Benedict
says there is little hope for his recovery.
Fulton Williams Of Dahlonega has dis
covered a weed which grows in his broth-
er's garden, ia Union county, that Will
catch and hold a chicken. thick sub
stance runs out of it which is adhesive,
and when chicken or bird comes In con-
tact with ii il can't get away.
a negro died near Erastus few days
since and when they We're preparing him
for the coffin some of the brethren want
cd % bury him barefooted. and some pre-
ferred to put shoes on him, saying that he
would not like to walk the streets OF the
New Jerusalem barefoOted
E. +. Williams of Atlanta has a curios-
ity OF his store on West Mitchell street,
near Forsyth. II is Plymouth Rock
rooster with four well developed feet and
legs. Mr. Williams has this fowl in
coop with a hen that has a face and mouth
and somewhat resembles monkey
The Rome Foundry and Machine works,
employing a large number of hands, vol
unfairly increased the wages of its en-
ployes 1919 per cent. Saturday. Business
in all lines AZ Rome shows decided i'm
provement and the merchants are san
guine in their expectations of large trade
this fall.
An organized effort will be made by the
temperance people of Bibb county to sc.
of he
in the next legislature. Not only will the
representatives be petitioned to work for
it,, but a special committee Of the pro
hibitionists will. in all probability, go be-
fore the House in behalf Of their cause.
Monday night while c. NJ Hawkins was
trying 20 arrest a negro man near Rut-
ledge the negro stabbed him in the breast.
He is very low and will die. The negro
cut Johnson, a young man who was as
sisting Hawkins, twice. but not seriously.
The negro made good his escape. Blood
hounds were procured and are now after
him.
The law class of '93. University of Geor-
gia, will have a reunion and a banquet
on University day at the exposition this
fall When this class graduated, the
members decided to have a reunion with
in the next few years. University day at
the exposition will be such a favorable
opportunity for the reunion that 1t has
been selected as the date for that affair.
man. his wife and daughter stopped
over in Senoia a few hours recently. They
nois, on their way to South Georgia They
were taking their trip leisurely and look
ing at the country They said many more
will follow in the fall. They had the
appearance of sturdy honest German peo-
pie, who are good farmers and make
good citizens.
Turpentine men around Sparks are more
hopeful than they have been before in
some time. The fact that they want
all the round timber they can get is a
pretty good indication THAT they are
looking for better times. They have had
fair prices for what they have sold, but
are holding most of their products for
an incI ease in prices. The mill men are
getting all the orders they can fill at
present.
A few days ago Dr. Whelchel of Dab
lonega was called out into the country
20 see a lady who had accidentally got
some medicine in her eyes. The medi-
cine was purchased from an old quack
doctor and came near causing her to lose
her eyesight. DR.. Whelchel informed the
lady that if she had given the medicine
to child, according to the quack's di-
rections, it would have killed it in few
minutes.
While no decisive steps have been taken
by either the town council or county
board of education towards the election
of teachers for the Blakely Institute,
since the muddle which arose between
them and led 10 much talk in the COM
munity, "a few weeks ago, from present
indications 1t looks as If at least a. tenn
and all the necessary arrangements made
for the school to open as usual when the
time rolls round.
DR.. w. E. Carnes, the well known young
veterinary surgeon, returned TO Atlanta
Saturday from Burke county, where he
has been on the lookout for cases of
CHAMBERS. He discovered a dozen or more
cases and killed the animals to prevent
q spread of the awful disease. 1t seems
that the disease has been going for two
years or more, but ii has not spread rap
idly because the mules are known as
cotton mules" and remain on the plan
taton all the time. The disease has been
raging for two years.
Charles Ivey left Augusta Monday on
the fast train, at his post of duty as fire.
man A short while before reaching At
1anta, the train struck a horse on the
track near a station. Ivey crossed over
TO the engineers side of the cab and
looked back to see what damage had been
done to4the animal He forgot the signal
post they were fast approaching, until
he came in contact with it with such
awful force that death will follow His
skull was crushed, and he was reported
dying when last heard from.
A daring highway robbery occurred
Saturday night on Marietta street at the
entrance to the Arlington hotel, at Allan
ia. George H. Bellinger, window man for
the I1ads-Neel Company, was held up by