The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-30

man had in his hand a bag supposed to
contain the silver coin. The cashier count
ed out $50 i'm bills and handed them to the
unknown. The latter recounted the money
and before many seconds quietly picked
it up, together with his bag of silver, and
made a quiet departure. The cashier did
not discover his loss until the man had
been gone several minutes
Last week Molena i'm Pike county was
visited by female evangelist She gave
many thin ideas Is an explanation Of
the Bible, and said when God spoke of
man lie meant woman also. She was
there two days and nights, preached
twice and took up collection to pay
railroad fare, which, it is said, she never
pays She let's the conductor put her off
at the next station, so she can preach
and take up another collection. She does
not wait for an invitation, but viii meet
man, ind out where he lives and tell
him to take her baggage, as she is going
home with him TO dine. She went home
recently with a gentleman from church,
and must have become alarmed. for she
occupied room on the second floor and
before retiring bored holes in the window
frames and put in nails so they could not
be raised.
Uncle" Jimmie Evans Of Shoal Creek
| district Lumpkin county. is now iu his
| eightieth year, and yet hale and hearty
| ana able to do a much work as many
young men. lie served IN the Seminole
Indian war, and while IN a battle at the
Okeflnokee swamp, with the Seminolss
ne fell on snag Of pine log and would
not been rescued by his colonel, Elijah
W. Chastoin of Fannin county, who took
him in boat 10 Fort Fannin, where he
was nursed back to health. Uncle" Jim
mic served az magistrate Of Shoal Creek
district for thin s-four years and during
his long career as an officer he never
bound over any one brought before him
for trial to higher court. He exercised
his influence with his fellow citizens for
law and for obedience of its mandates,
and in that way always held the esteem
and respect of his neighbors.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Tennille, under date of oct. %, writes
as followss Late cotton and field peas, pO-
tatoes and other root crops have needed
rain for a long while, and will, as a con-
sequence, do poorly. Early sowing of
small grain is out OF the question, and
sugar cane on upland is almost failure.
The farmers have housed about all the
cotton that is open, and il has about all
opened. As a rule the cotton has been
marketed at very satisfactory prices. Sep
TENDER and October have been unusually
dry, only light rains up to this time, and
vegetation is parched up. Streams are
drying up, wells are failing, live stock
consuming peas and shattered corn In
the fields without improving thereby,
and general dread of the terror of all
terrorS, IRE, pervadeS those who have in
terests to suffer Near Tennille there Is
pond which has about lost all of its
water, and few nights ago a party OF
| hunters left a fire so that 1t broke out.
! 1t is related that the fire is burning into
!
/ actually burning out.
The correspondent of the Morning
! News at Dublin, under date of oct. d
/ writes as follows: Each week for the
past six weeks a murder among the col
| ored persuasion has been chronicled in
! this county Saturday night a week age
! Dan Roberts shot and killed Tom Gil
! more at l4ONett A feud existed between
! both. They were at a cake cutting, and
4 from there went to the woods, and while
/ playing a game of skin, Roberts became
IN win &c
| ey and shot him dead Roberts escaped
! Near Buckeye Saturday night a large
! crowd of negroes congregated on the
| Hicks place, and We're soon indulging In
! the game of skin. Two young coonS, who
| were enamOred about a certain dusky
| damsel fell out, came TO blows, and one
| named Charlie Miller drew a pistol anC
| fired at his assaiant, making a morta
| wound. As usual, Miller made good his
! escape.-A large meeting of the citizen!
/ of the town was held at the court hous,
| last Thursday for the purpose of discus
| sing water works and electric lights
with a view of issuing bonds to pay FOL
the scheme.-Rev. s NJ. Prescott, VIII,
resides on the Guyton plantation, suffered
a heavy loss by fire last week. His gil
with five bales of cotton, and 800 wortl
of seed, were destroyed.
Atlanta Journal: A few days since on,
of the ugliest bull pups that ever got lost
| strayed or was stolen found himself
perhaps through the irony OF fate-in tn
beauty show. He had been kicked, hootet
and buffeted about. The congress o
beauts was haven for him. He received
the first kind glances that he had gottel
since he brushed yelping and snarlinj
through the turnstiles. He seemed t.
know that he was in the hands of friends
and clambered on the platform, when tn
pretty delegates from Spain, Scotland an
| France Yentured to pet the brute. H
| wagged his tail, which, in exposition
phrase, was a great concession for bul
pup. Shortly afterward, the homely ras
cal appeared decorated in vari-colore
ribbons, and from having been an outcas
an hour before, sat grimly conscious tina
| he had suddenly developed into a hero
| Having established his headquarters
Midway-that's the name the girls OF tn
beauty show dubbed him-began system
| attic visits to the various attractions alon
the street of pleasure. Friday he returne
gaily bedecked in the round cards. whic
contained the startling announcement
4 have shot the Chutes." The net sen
sstional thing done by Midway was t
rush madly into the doorway of the con
gress with string of sausages two yard
/ -aaef sta Is