The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30

Il ed that while walking along the track OF
] the Columbus Southern railroad near the
/ water tank. two or three miles below
/ Dawson. he found negro man lying near
! the track with his head badly bruised
4 County Physician kendrick went out TO
I see the man and found him in a semi
1 conscious condition. Besides the bruises
| on his head the doctor thinks bone over
| one OF his eyes is broken. In response 10
/ much questioning the negro gave his name
I as John Williams. and said he was from
Griffin. He said a negro named Nose NV
/ ing in Dawson. knocked him In the head
and robbed him OF IS and his shoes and
/ clothes He was moved TO farm house
nearby.
Baiun ]. W. Harper OF BloOdworth's
court, had an exciting chase al Atlanta
/ after a Spalding county burglar Wednes-
day. Andrew johnson. alias Sporty, was
1 badly wanted IN Griffin on several charges
| OF house breaking. -Bailin Harper has
been on this lookout for him for several
( days and shortly after noon he met John
son on Peters street. The bailim told the
negro he was wanted and just as he pro-
duced his handouts the negro turned
and darted up the street The repeated
calls Of the bailim 10 the negro 70 halt
were unheeded. and Harper. drawing his
pistol, fired two shots at the fleeing man.
seeing capture Inevitable fell TO his knees
ana begged for mercy. He was locked
Up and the Spalding. county authorities
telephoned Wednesday. Johnson was
taken back to Griffin by Sheriff Morris.
The Augusta Herald tells a sad story.
Charles Stafford owned a faithful dog
which gave birth TO a litter Of seven pup
pies. The faithful mother dog was one
day poisoned by some incarnate fend.
The little innocent puppies became poison
cd by their mothers milk, and one by one
they shuffed of this mortal coil AS the
baby dogs died. the fond old mother dug
a hole in the ground and buried them,
until finally there was not one left TO say
I'VE are seven" All that remained was
seven graves side by side in the field.
The mother felt that the end was near
and repaired TO the burying ground,
where she land down among the little
bunch OF graves, and surely, bat slowly
sank into that bourne from which no dog
returns. Mr.. Stafford buried the mother
by the side OF ner litter and there is
touch of Sadness that comes over every
one when they are shown the graves and
told OF the devotion and death of the
faithful watchdog,
Americas Recorder: A crowd of
male beings, numbering perhaps 200 paid
% cents each for the privilege of sitting
In the broiling sun for two hours Wednes-
day, while six damses in abbreviated
skirts skated around the diamond and call
cd X playing ball" on, IL was rare sport.
In order to give 1t the semblance of
game a number Of young men took part
and thus added TO the general hilarity
OF the occasion. And the crowd whoop-
ed and yelled encouragement as each fairy
made the circuit and scored. The game
was devoid OF any startling features, and,
upon the whole, could not be objected to
by the most exacting moralist The crowd
was sympathetic, and when one of the
girls fell down and 1t was feared that her
ankle was sprained, 200 spectators arose
as one man to tender their services in the
premises. The sextette of fair Willow
wielders left this morning for Marshall
vile, where they propose to astonish the
natives with their skill and proficiency
with ball and bat.
Atlanta Commercial: II you should hap
pen TO see great shaft of ghostly white
light darting to and fro across the heavens
al night don't be alarmed. II the IiThf
should rest on the white dome of the cap
itol and make its minutest details as plain
~ visible to the eye as at noon on June
day don't hunt up the oldest inhabitant
to ask when he last saw such a phenomen-
on. The strange looking light which will
flash over the city tonight will come
from the great search light on the Cow
eminent building at the exposition
grounds. The searchlight which forms
part of the display of the navy depart
ment, was placed in position on the roof
of the building yesterday afternoon and
was connected with the electric wires
which furnish the light to-day. The light
is a counterpart of those used on vessels
of the navy and has a remarkable range
1t was operated for the first time Wednes-
day night and its rays will be directed to-
ward the tall buildings OF the city, which
We're plainly visible from the roof OF the
government building.
Marietta journal: Last week Miss Mil
lie Legg accompanied by her friend. Miss
Minda York, were out driving a gay young
mule, and when near home the mule be-
came frightened, ran against large tree,
threw them both out, tore loose from the
buggy and left for its hUme. The fright
was caused by the noise of some hogs
that were feeding near The road. Miss
Mile is still confined to her bed.
Herald: George Williams, a young col
ored man of Augusta who
had probably imbibed some mean
liquor, got himself into trouble We'd
nesday afternoon. A party of boys, it
seems, were making for the south COM
mons with rifle, for the purpose of trying
to shoot out an old load, and Williams in
terfered with them. They resented this.
and Williams not only abused them and
threw brick at the head of one, but took
the gun and mounting his wagon drove
off. The boys followed until they met Po-
liceman Sim Morris and told him about
the affair The officer told Williams to
return the gun, but he refused to do so.
The policeman took the gun away from
him and told him 10 drive on. Williams,
however "sassed" and defed the officer
and twice tried to get to the boys to beat
them, saying that he would be willing 20
work lifetime on the gang for it. He
was fined SIS.