The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-16


ter County Hunter Takes a seat
Previously Near Biz Rattler-Cu-
pid's Cnpers at Augusta-A Giant
squash AT AIbnny-A Georgia Town
without a Drug store.
GEORGIA.
Catoosa county claims the unique dis
tinction of not having a drug store win
in its boundaries. From this fact the res
iients argue that it is the healthiest part
Of thr state .'if not in the world.
While e. c. Ramsey was running a
mower in a hay field on MI. spain place
near Quitmau the other day big rattle
snake Eot tangled mp iu the blades ana
vas cur into half dozen pieces.
Greensboro Herald journal: John Hen
y Davis. CQlored youth about y years
old. son of Young Davis or the OAK Grove
mill last Tuesday. and by some means gO-
his head caught between the iron lever
and the mill. fracturing his skull
Ouitman Free Press: There are lots OF
fine home raised horses and colts IN
Brooks county now, ana nothing would
be more enjoyable or profitable IMAM To
have colt show ~ Quitmau some day
this fan. II all the handsome home rais-
ed colts in Brooks county were brought
together the sight would be pleasing
and surprising one and would greatly
stimulate this good work.
Times Recorder: Manager Bloom
Brown of Americas is adding the finish
ing touches to the interior Of the opera
house, and many substantial improve
ments are to be noted. a large amount
of handsome scenery has been added, and
this Stage Manager Charles Lingo is fasl
placing ia position. Americas pretty
theater VIII present very pleasing app
pearance on opening night, 18th inst
Americas Times Recorder: While hunt
ing squirrels near his home in the Twer-
ty-eighth district Of sumter county day
or two ago Murray Duke, grandson Of
MURRAY.
death from a rattlers bite While sitting
beside a log watching a squirrel, very
large rattlesnake crawled almost across
his lap without being discovered The
snake was killed and was found to have
ten rattles.
The Atlanta Commercial will publish
paper at the exposition grounds. simulta-
neously with its issue printed in the city.
A New Model Campbell perfecting
press, an exact duplicate of the machine
that now prints the Commercial, is be-
ing placed in machinery hall, and when the
exposition gets i'm full blast the crowds
who visit the great show, will have an OPP
portuntty of seeing how an up-to-date pa
per is printed.
Herald: About 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing two siX-mule wagons came into Al
bany loaded with hay, each wagon haul
ing thirty bales. The entire lot came from
the plantation Of Col. 5. j. Jordan of Lee
county, and was only a sample of what
that prominent planter has been doing
this year in the way Of hay raising. 1t
was sold to n. +. Tiff, and when weighed
It was found that there were 1900 pounds
of it. Mr.. Tiff paid Col. Jordan $3.50 per
ton for the hay.
Moses Holt, a well known colored man
or Albany, exhibited In the Herald office
recently a squash that weighed 55i5
pounds. That is, Nose said it was a
squash, and il looked like a squash. IL
was grown by Nose Holt in this city
and he informed us that the root of the
vine was very near his hydrant and that
II was Wei watered. This may, in part,
account for the immense size Of the
SQUASH. Nose says there are two or three
more like ii on the vine.
Macon County Citizen: 1t really seems
thar trouble never come single handed.
Sullivan, had four children. Three OF
them while hunting a hens nest last
Friday were bitten by q rattle snake
Hearing their cries the excited mother sat
the little baby down in the yard and ran
70 their assistance. When she returned
the baby was dead. 1t had crawled into
the We'll and the three larger children
bite.
Herald: Magistrate Neibling at Angus
e had a laughable case ia his court Sat
urday afternoon. 1t seems that the night
DeIore Two negroes one of them named
carter, bought a watermelon from the
Greek fruit dealer on Broad above Mar
quarry, the condition being agreed to by
the Greek that if the melon was not GOOD
the darkies should have another Tire
melon did prove bad, but the dealer re-
FUSED to make it good so the darzies
next day brought suit for cheating ana
sWlndlng. The Greek couldn't under
stand the Judge and the judge couldn't
understand the Greek. and several inter-
prefers We're sent for. The case was FIN
ally settled by the Greek returning the
ten cents to the darkies and paying s.. 90
costs.
Augusta Herald: Two young men found
out saturday morning to their cost that
1t viii not do to play practical Jokes or
policemen. For some weeks past officers
walking beats in the southern portion OF
the city have been greatly ANNOYED bv
parties blowing the sergeants' distress
calls on whistles with tone exactly like
those used by the police. The whistlins
KEPT ihem moving about pretty Nveiv
Feeling sure that it was done purposeiv
10 worry the policemen, three Of them
started out last night TO catch the offen-
GERS. Ihey did catch them at l O'Clock
near the Augusta factory. Two of the
party-Smith and Alger-were fined 81 50
each To satisfy the recorder several
whistles of divers sounds were blown In
court, among them a "Deviline' .
Greensboro Herald Journal: The bod
les OF the three drowned men, Mr. Ira
caldwell and the two negroes, Albert
ed and buried. The body of Goss was
found last Sunday on the rivers edge Mr.
;. Parks place, and was buried on the
bank of the stream. Tuesday the badiv
decomposed remains of Mr. Caldwell ana
John Armor were found about ten miles
iqrther down the river near Mi Frank
near the river The condition of All tbe
bodies found made it necessary to hurry
them at once. John Jackson colorei
found the body of Albert Goss last SIM.
gay morning, and Zekial jackson, his son
FOUND the other two bodies Mondav
jackson, who Is a boy of 1S went down
the river in boat to find the bodies
Americas Times Recorder. r. 7. Ken.
nedy, young man hailng from Terrei
county, and who has been in Americus
several days selling county rights for ,
patent churn, was tried before Judge T3iw.
on yesterday upon the charge of larcenx
from the house, and bound over to M
November term OF superior court The
trouble arose over the loss of "a pisto
the night before, taken from a house al
questionable character. Suspicion pointef
70 kennedy. and when arrested a pisto
answering the description of the one los
was found in his room. The woman yyb,
owned the weapon, q small seven-shot re-
NolYer positively identified as her prom
erty the pistol found in Kennedv's room
Whlle IN the barracks officer Barrow, vyht
MADE the arrest exhibited the pistol IA
kennedy, who declared he had never seev
u Inc case viii be tried at the next tern
columbus Enquirer-Sun: on Fas
highlands Saturday morning Hem,
ADAMS, negro, was arrested after
long chase, charged with eraalincr Z, ,r,.