The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-09

Who Uses His Drum as a chicken
CoOp-Mexican and Spanish silver
Coins Dug Up I'm Carroll County.
GEORGIA
Atlanta is TO have a new military COM
pany called the Emmett Guards.
a negro boy. named Frank Kendall, was
Instantly killed Friday on the place OF
G.. J. Briant. a few miles from Rome. He
was blowing IN field, when an old
tree, without any warning, fell upon him
and the mule, killing both.
John Barker Of Lumpkin county, who
was shot by his father in family row
on Thursday, died saturday. The father,
Martin Y. Barker, Is confined IN Lumpkln
county Jail. charged with murder. Mar
tin Barkers wife was the stepmother Of
the son. Mr. Barker is about 80 years old
and his son Is about p. The quarrel
started between the wives Of the two
men and the men became involved.
The appraisers Of the estate of the late
Judge j. a. kendrick OF Americas have
completed their labors and made neces-
sary returns to the court OF ordinary.
The estate is appraised in round figures
at $4,000. OF this amount $4,000 is IN real
estate, cash, bonds, stocks and notes
The remainder. about $1,000, is in stocks,
the value of which is nominal or worth
less. Thornton Whcatley is the admins
traitor Of the estate.
The petition Of the Normandale Lumber
Company was filed in the United states
court at Macon Saturday. asking for
certiOrari to remove to that court suit
brought against them IN the superior court
of Telfair county by +. A. Quinn Peti-
TONERS claim that they are residents Of the
state Of New Jersey, and not Of Georgia.
They also set up that the claim Of title
about which they are being sued Is fraud
ulcnt. but they could not hope TO get
justice in a state court because OF local
prejudice.
Walter Blanchard. the foreman Of the
bottling department of the Chattahoochee
brewery at Columbus, attempted to com
nit suicide Saturday evening by taking
some poisonous compound. Blanchard re-
sides In Phenix city. near Knights sta
tion, and when his purpose was discovered,
DIR. W. II. Stevens was quickly summoned,
who responded, finding the unfortunate
man In an extremely critical condition.
After several minutes Of hard work, the
doctor succeeded in bringing him around.
No cause is assigned for The act.
A serious. difficulty occurred al the Chat
tahoochee brewery at Columbus Saturday
afternoon, in which Carl Willauer,
the foreman of the brewing department,
and John Brown, a labOrer, were the prin-
cipals. The fight had hardly begun, how
ever, when il was suddenly brought to
an end by Willauer breaking Browns Jaw
bone. A misunderstanding arose between
the two men about some work. and after
exchanging number OF uneomp hmentary
words with each other they concluded TO
settle their difference with blows, which
resulted as above stated.
Postmaster j. Tom White OF Dexter
gave the required bond Saturday to cover
his shortage of $500 in his postoffice ac-
counts. Mr.. Whites father was accept
ed as bOndsman Postmaster White de-
'cided not to wave commitment, as first
intended. but, instead, he had his case
continued until April 20, which will pre-
vent the grand jury next week from
finding an indictment against him. BY
that time Mr. White says he Will be
able to make full settlement with the
against him, as his bondsmen had not
grown uneasy about the condition of
his finances.
Plume Young a 9-year-old negro boy,
had his foot cut off by Georgia Southern
train Saturday afternoon at Gums cross
ing, a mile below Macon. Young was at
the crossing with a number of negro
women. All of them were fishing in small
lakes on the side OF the railroad Young
set out his lines on one side Of the road
and went on the other side to talk with
one of the women, and while over there
looked back across the railroad and saw
that he was getting bite With his
eyes fastened on the boiling cork, apd OBJ
lVious TO everything else, he bounded to-
ward the other side, but just as he put
his foot on the track a passing engine cut
IL off. He fell backward, which saved
him from being killed.
The Glascock Banner tells a good story
connected with the Forty-eighth Georgia.
AS the regiment was on the march to Get
tysburg some of the soldiers stepped out
of the ranks and "cOntscated'' couple
OF geese and one of the drummers I'M
headed his instrument and put the cap
tured birds in his drum. shortly after
wards the colonel came along and motto
ing the drummer failed to give his usual
drum whacks rode up and said: "Why
don't you beat that drum2" Colonel"
said the startled man, Il want to speak
to you," The colonel drew close to him
and said: well, what have you to say?"
The drummer whispered: Colonel I've
got a couple of geese in here" The col
onel Strengthened up and said: well, If
you're sick you needn't play" and then
rode on. That night the colonel had roast
goose for supper.
f. NJ. Bass of Il. NJ. Bass & Co., of At
lanta. is counting a pile of Mexican and
Spanish coins and trying to decipher
the various inscriptions and peculiar
marks on them. MIR. Bass and his brother
own farm near CarrolltOn, and Friday
the money was plowed up In the field
had been buried for years near the stump
OF an old tree and their discovery was
entirely accidental. The old mans pillow
turned one of the pieces of money out
of the ground and a little work resulted
in the finding of about 500. The coin
must have been buried fifty or more years
ago, for the most recent date on any of
the pieces is 1883. The oldest of the coins
is a Spanish 25-cent piece, which bears the
date of 1916 Many of the smaller coins
have holes punched in them and look as
il they had been worn strung around
the neck of some person. The coins were
sass's brother and given TO him to dis
pose of. The old man who found them
promptly reported il to Mr.. Bass, who
says he intends to give the proceeds
from their sale to him.