The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-03

From ROme-Ihe Eush OF Nottoh a
Americas; Avenues of the Town
Blocked with wagons Laden With
the StapIe-FaiuabIe Dog STRUCK
by RattIer and killed in sumter
County.
GEORGIA.
The Americas city schools will resume
on Monday, Sept 9.
A prohibition society has been organ
ized in Terrell county.
The Heard County Sunday School As
ISOLATION VIII meet in Franklin saturday
Sept 7.
The Cobb county fair opens next Thurs
day. Poultry. cows, hogs, mules, hCfses
form products, dairy products, etc-' VIII
be exhibited
At Americas a train Of wagons. all
loaded with cotton, almost blocked Sot-
ton avenue carly Saturday mornlhs- Inc
train extended from the Allen house TO
Wheateys corner and numbered nlhs-
teen wagons.
Cotton pickers are IN demand at amer
icus just now, and wagon loads or ldle
negroes from tho city VIII ind employ
ment in the whitening fields OF sumter
this week. Thirty cents ana Ieeu is
the ruling price per hundred.
The whistle at the steam ginnery, foo,
of jackson street Americas, was opened
by the weight Of the rope during the ear
~ hours OF morning Saturday, and Tor
ed the natives in that part Of town.
Two attempts were made at Americus
Saturday TO bUrglarize the residence OF ).
w. McLane on College street Inc thleNes
made their first attempt at O'Clock ~
the morning, but being frightened away
made another EFFORT about o CLOCK al
night.
Newman Herald-Advertiser: S. f. Leigh
of Panther Creek district. raised this
year 5000 bushels Of oats on siXty-nVe
acres-a yield that is probably unequaled
in the county. The land has since been
sown in peas. ana by this means VIII tur-
nish its own fertilizer for next year
crop.
The Lumpkin Independent remarks thar
If any merchant or any one else mas come
into possession within the last few months
of an old Spanish coin about the size OF
United States silver dollar Dedrln6
date Of l7S2, he can obtain some valuable
information in regard TO IL by visiting
OF addressing the Independent ONCE.
Southeast Georgian: There was a large
rattlesnake which stood guard around
w. II. Kings watermelons all the sum-
mer, and frightened more than one boy
from Mr.. Kings field. II really looks as
If this snake was useful and might have
been allowed to live. but a negro killed
him a few days ago. lie was very large
and had the usual number OF rattles ana
buttons.
Times-Recorder: The force engaged in
stringug the wires of the southwest
Georgia Telephone Company reached
AlnerlCuS some llfne SATURDAY LNAS COM
plotting the line between this city and
Dawson. At noon Friday the gang was
at point six miles south of town, ana
as the poles are all up along the route the
work of hanging the wires should be
completed soon.
Argus: Last week the new addition 10
the water works engine, pumps and dy-
nano rooms was completed at Dalton,
u feet being added, making the building
40XS2 feet. A new square roof has been
put on and covered with slate, and the
building now presents a new and hand
some appearance. a new ana large boil
er has been put in and il is now com
plete a plant as can be found anywhere.
Barnesviile Journal: Matthew White
was knocked off the track by the down
excursion from Atlanta last Saturday
night at about 9:45 o'clock and killed. II
is supposed that he was under the inhu-
ence. OF liquor and sat down on the ties,
thinking the train which had passed was
the only one running. Coroner Hamil
summoned jury on Sunday morning and
the jury decided that the road was blame
less
Claxton Press: Work on the Collins and
ReidsVille road is progressing rapidly %.
Crossing the right-of-way early In the
morning one day last week, the Press
man saw three hands, boys about u years
old, at work on a stump. In the afternoon
they had succeeded in digging up thar
stump and commencing on another. AT
hear the whistle of the locomotive :r
about ten years.
Rome Tribune: William Inman, the faith
er OF Robert w. Inman, the young man
who was lost off his yacht near New
York recently and whose body has no;
yet been found, was the president of the
Ringgold (Ga.) Bank before the war. in
the days when that town was one of the
most prominent trading points in all the
country. He was a cousin of John Il
lnman and some years after che war
Went TO New York, where he accumu-
lated a large fortune.
Dave Mckamy's two sweet little tots made
narrow escape Thursday. They were
IN buggy on the big railroad bridge
when the horse became frightened anf
dashed off, running as far az Sbringfield's
stable before the buggy collided with q
tree, aud all the occupants were thrown
our. Ihelr escape was marvelous-whiis
soIneWnat bruised and cut, not one was
seriously hurt The smallest child e year.
old did not have a scratch on it.
Roswell Banner: About o'clock or
dnursday night in March Of last yeal
woman was found dead on the creef
ana some mystery was connected witt
the affair. Joe Bell says that on Thurs
DAY night he saw light about as large
as lamp at that very spot and il moved
back and forth about the place for SOM
time lie watched IL with interest an.
some fear until it suddenly disappeared
lie cannot be convinced that il was no
caused by some superhuman influence
MT l. A. Whaley was in the city Sat
urday and reported a rernarka ble inof
NSit occurring on his farm the dav he
lore. valuable dog, while running II
the woods, was struck squarely betWeer
the eyes by monster rattler, the fang,
being buried so deep that the dog colIC
not shake the reptile off. His howl,
brought Mr.. Whaley to the rescue ant
the snake was quickly killed Within
minutes the dog died with the snake,
head still hanging between his eyes Th,
reptile was six feet in length and sporteC
seventeen rattles.
Times-Recorder: Americus warehouse
men handled S72 bales of cotton Saturday
During the morning hours the stapl
poured into the city in a steady stream
from every country road the loaded WAC
ons came. and each of the warehouse
presented a scene of unusual activit
with cotton bales piled high about Their
and employees busily engaged handling i,
AS last as the bales could be sample
they were sold and the money spent i
making purchases and Hquidating debts
Prices ruled about the same as ION tn
DAY previous, and in all cases the sale
made were highly satisfactory.
Chronicle: Saturday evening as the Al
gusta Picaninny band was parading dow
town. there came very near being a deaf
by an electric car, that would have caus
ed an arrest under a very serious charge
AS car passed Walker street, on | in
COIN, II met the band, which was fOllowe
by crowd of negro boys. One of thes
whose name was not learned, was pushe
headlong before the car as it advanced