The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

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JaekSonviIIe in broad Daylight.
A boy Dies From the sting Of a
Bull Ant
GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal claims 1850 per-
sons are riding bicycles n that city
H J. Dsughty, a prominent citizen and
capitalist and cashier Of the Bank o.
Calhoun, died Friday from appendicitis
Lieut. ". c. Elder, who some time ago.
sent in his resignation TO the Griffin
Rifles. has Withdrawn 10. Lieut.. Elder
gave as his reason FOR wishing 20 resign
his business duties.
A. p. Bignon. an old and wen known
citizen OF Augusta. died Saturday Of
brain trouble In his younger years Mr..
Bignon was leading citizen aud was con-
nected with the house OF Bignon q Crump.
Amos is the name Of the new postofnce
recently established ina Heard county. 10
Is located I'm the sixty-ninth district and
Henry Franklin is postmaster. The mail
is supplied from the Waynesboro post-
office.
About forty members Of the Blbb county
chain-gang have commenced the work OF
cutting a large canal TO drain the swamps
below Macon. The gang viii work under
the sukltIA lalnA OF CARt- A'aHNAAAA- a wiz
take about eight months TO complete the
jon.
sam Armstrong. the young white man
charged with cutting Conductor Joe
Steed. has had his preliminary hearing
at Macon. The hearing lasted about three
hours. and al its CONFUSION Armstrong
was placed under bond of S.J 20 appear
at the next term Of superior court Arm
strong made the bond and was not car
ried 10 jail.
During last week there was shipped from
the port Of Darien 1,iS7. lf3 feet Of timber
and lumber. During the past month there
was shipped, coastwise and foreign. S,4i2,-
100 feet Of hewn and saWn timber and
lumber. During the month ending on
June 30, there was measured al the pun
lie boom IN Darien ] loo 900 feet Of square,
scab and sawn timber. This does not in
clude the sawn timber and lumber which
came I'm during the month and was car
ried direct to the private booms.
A few friends Of VIII n. Harden had
suspected for ten days that he would
marry this week. but he stole the proverb-
ial march Thursday and was married TO
Miss Maybelle Chanler OF Kingstree, 5.
c, She had been at Dalton the past year,
visiting her relatives. the family OF DR..
j. {. BivinEs. She Is eXQuisitcly beauu-
full; has large black eyes; graceful, 1.-the,
and only II years old. Her father, Joe
Chanler, was a schOOlmate Of Mr.. Har-
ben in Dalton nineteen years ago. The
happy couple met for the first time about
five weeks ago. They left Thursday night
for Ashevslle, n. c.
News of a remarkable death near Pond
Springs. Ca, a few miles from Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. was received there Satur-
day afternoon. Ben Harris, the lS-year-
old son Of a farmer. was hoeing cotton
IN large field. A laborer working near
him heard the boy give wild scream.
The young man then ran few feet sunk
10 the ground writhing and screaming IN
agony. In ten minutes the boy was dead.
Examination showed that Harris had
been stung by bull ant" as the insect
is called in that country The ant was
found clining to the swollen, purple ankle
of the unfortunate lad, and was secured
and preserved by David Hall, a Chatta-
noogan, who was in the vicinity. Mr.. Hall
said that "bull ants are numerous I'm
the Pigeon mountains, the scene of the
occurrence. They are about an inch In
length and have singer, which is fully
a half inch long. One other case is on
record where the bite Of the insect proved
fatal
Scott Thornton and his troupe appeared
at Nevin's opera house at Rome Thurs
day night in a Fools Revenge" and It
looked as II ali the city of Rome assisted
in the revenge. Scott appeared IN due
time on the stage and there was a pretty
full house. The few ladies present began
to leave when they saw the bent OF the
crowd, but they did not all escape, one
being struck in the face with an apple.
Some of the most aggressive of the audi
ence got on the stage and pandemonium
ensued. Scott and his actors retired TO
wait for the crowd to quiet down. but as
1t did not quiet, the show was declared
Off before the first act was ended. The
police did not attempt to keep down the
rowdies. After the crowd reached the
rsal
about the entrance, calling for Scott and
when he came down they followed him to
the Central hotel, jeering at him and
kicking up a general rumpus. 1t was
very discreditable affair.
Americas Times Recorder: In pursu-
ance 10 a general invitation extended by
the score of aspirants for county office,
just 300 stalwart judges of good water
melons assembled at the court house Fri
day morning to assist in demolshing four
wagon loads of the fruit 1t was decreed
that buttoned vests We're not stylish upon
this occasion, and each voter arranged
his apparel accordingly. The melons,
eighty-five great big forty-pounders, were
laid upon the stone steps Quickly and
silently a dozen bright blades flashed.
and-the feast was prepared. Just sucn
a scene was never before Witnessed in
Sumter Each man of the assembled host
seized a generous hunk. and burying his
nose deep into the rich, red meat breathed
a silent prayer Tor the success OF every
candidate for Office in Sumter county. Not
a word was spoken for twenty minutes:
they had come not there to talk. Ana
later, when the 1879 others baat a retreat
VIII Dodson, from behind the sweet
wreck of a "Turpin Grey" waved them
an adieu and fell CALAMITY at the post Of
duty.
Macon Telegraph: Mrs. Annie Abbott
the Little Georgia Magnet" who has
been out of town for several weeks. re-
turned to her home 10 find that her trunk
had been broken open and the following
articles stolen therefrom: -Four and a half
dozen small solid silver spoons. twenty
four large silver spoons, two dozen silver
table knives four and a half dozen silver
forks, two silver salt dishes with silver
ladies, one silver bureau set, consisting
of three brushes, a comb and small mir
ror, one gold headed umbrella, one silver
set of salt and pepper cases, three gold
pins, gold bracelet set with nine foreign
coins. a snake gold ring set with dia-
monds, sapphires and rubies. silver brace
let with bangles and two silver sugar
tongs. She found that the goods had been
sold to Herman Mon a 1eweler on Cot
ton avenue. She went to Mol to recover
the goods. Mol readily acknowledge buy
ing the articles from her son, but said
that he had smelted the gold and silver.
nj rod all Of . bo s,1..