The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-14


cry Near Jacksonville.
GEORGIA
J. T. Graham OF Eastman killed a rattle
make this week which was six feet Big
length. had ten rat-les and button and
g. was as large around as a mans leg
The little 6-year-old son a. S. T. Jones
0f Eastman picked. one day last week
l00 pounds OF cotton. His name IS An
drew and be Is "a very bright Young fell
low.
Marietta Journal. May THIS be a false
prophecy Much fruit as providence has
given the south this year. there VIII be
thousands OF dollars spent IA Dixie for
chemical northern vinegar in ls3s,
Albany Herald. John Barleycorn
threatens 70 become an issue again when
the legislature meet But John is not
afraid. He has been able 10 hold his own
with our state solons for many decades.
Douglas New South: The Douslasville
Hosiery and Cotton Alill Company Is the
latest addition to our list OF industries.
Application for char ter has been publish
co, and no doubt the mill will be IN oper-
alton on Jan. ].
Mr.. Walter r. Ozmore on Saturday last
presented the Cuthbert Leader with a Gu
riOsity in the shape OF a stalk of corn
with two big ears which had ma rured
from the same joint. We have often seen
two ears suspended from one stalk. but
never saw two ears from the same shoot
before.
Star: T. a. Jones had on exhibit in FL
when leaned against the store of J. n.
Jones q Co. reached above the second
story window. Capt. jim Burch, who
has seen the fields from which the speci-
men stalks were taken, enthusiastically
says that he could drive fOur-hOrse
wagon into the field and load 1t without
moving the wagon.
Thursday az Atlanta charter was is
sued by the secretary Of state to Frank
S. Hambleton of Baltimore. Luther s.
Bent of Philadelphia, and Henry =. Tai
fHrfa tor
the Albany and Northern railroad. This
is the road that was sold May Il. last in
Americas TO these incorporators under the
name OF the Albany, Florida and North
ern
Thursday ]. S. Tolbert filed a suit in the
circuit court at Atlanta against the South
ern railway for $4,000 damages. Tolbert
says that when he was fireman running
from Macon TO Atlanta. the engineer was
running at o reckless rate of speed. Sud
dely he applied the air brakes and the ten-
der jumped the track Tolbert jumped
from the tender and received bad fall.
He was injured internally and thinks he
is due $4,000.
Liberty County Herald ST Bradwen. col
Ored, who lives near RicebOro, while try
ing to catch a chicken for dinner on last
Sunday was bit on the middle finger of
his right hand by rattle snake about two
feet long. In about an hour he was act
ing like an insane man. Cutie Bacon, col
ored, who has cured several people of rat
tie snake bites was called in and COM
accounts was getting along well.
Lewis Henderson, at one time a brake
man, but now an invalid for life, so IL is
claimed, has brought suit at Atlanta
against the lessees of the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern railroad for $4,000
damages. The petition states that he was
injured in a wreck near ElbertOn on Aug.
10 last. and that his back was twisted,
his liver Displaced and permanent iniu-
rIes received. He claims the wreck was
Que to reckless running and the poor con-
dict Of $4,000 and has filed suit for that
amount through his attorneys.
n N. Weaver at Cuthbert knowing
that some one was feloniously entering
his kitchen night after night by the aid
Of false keys, determined to catch the
burglar, and on Friday night last en-
ployed watchman for the purpose. Sure
enough al the usual time the burglar, who
proved to be Try" Thornton, one of Mr..
Viewers hands. made his appearance in
the Kitchen and was taken in custody by
Green Harebuck. Upon searching the
prisoner pistol and dangerous looking
knife was found on his person. He will
therefore have two charges to answer,
burglary and carrying concealed weapons.
Mary Tolbert Of Atlanta was caught in
the act of burglarizing a house Thursday
night and Is now langushing behind the
iron bars OF the station house for her vio-
lation OF the state laws and the good or
der Of the community She entered the
house of Mary Harris. cOlOred, last night
and was in the act of wrongfully appro-
seen and captured by a porter in the
service Of DIR. ]. +. Alexander. Patrol
man Linan was sent for and he took
charge of the would-be female burglar
The woman Will probably be sent TO jail
to-day.
The government building at the At
lanta exposition came near being the
scene OF dangerous confiagration early
Thursday morning and the destruction of
millions was prevented by the prompt
discovery OF the night guards The
flames was caused by the unaccountable
crossing of wires at the instrument con-
nected with the big time ball on top of
the building. Before the fire was found,
the relay had burned out completely, the
wood about the key boards charred and
the Bunting had caught in several places
Five minutes more and it would have
been a diftcult matter to have saved the
huge structure.
Work will soon be begun by Win Aus
tell on a ten-story building, which is to
go up on the Forsyth street Site owned nv
him at Atlanta. This site is at present
occupied by several two-story buildings
some of which have been damaged BY
nre. me frontage OF the property is 1i9
feet and it runs back along the Western
ana Atlantic railroad about 235 feet. Mr.
Austeu has not only announced his in
tenuon Of putting up ten-story building,
10 go ahead with the necessary plans
Mr.. Austell believes that Forsyth street
when Nenable hotel is completed will be
one of the principal thoroughfares of the
city.
BlackShear Hustler: Last Saturday
night in front of owen Purdons store. al
Offerman a serious shooting ARRAY oc-
Cured Charley Harvard, colored was
shot four times by Walter Morgan. each
shot taking effect, the first shot hitting
him in the chin. the second in the chest
the third in the back of the neck, the
fourth in the left hand. After being shot
he turned and ran into Morgan took the
pistol away from him and put il into his
pocket and drew his knife out opened it
with his teeth and stabbed him in the left
side near the heart The trouble occurred
about a pair of socks which Morgan stole
from Harvard. DR. Avant dressed the
wounds and says that neither of them are
necessarily fatal
Pearl Williams, Beattie Green. VIII
Pearson and John Henry Foster like
most Atlanta negrO boys of their size and
kind, are very fond of watermclons and
peaches. Their voraciOus appetite for
these delicious and tempting fruits cot
them into deep trouble yesterday The
four darkies are under arrest charged
With trespassing. For several DAYS pas
thieves have been entering Farmer Du-
rand s fields and orchards in the western
part OF the county and stealing his wa
termelons, peaches and other fruits about
the place. He notified the county officers
OF the trespassing Of the thieves and yes
teraay afternoon County Cheers Turner
ana Werner captured the four negroes in
the act Of raiding the watermelon patch.