The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-19

road. The two men jumped from the car
riage and ran after the animal, chasing
it about quarter Of a mile and capturing
il. The fox was fun grown and a healthy
animal. 1t was brought back to this city
by the men who caught it, To outrun a
fox and capture it in so short a distance
without the aid of dogs Is new thing In
this part of the country.
A white man created some excitement
in the eastern part of town Sunday. His
actions were so queer that some of the
people there thought he was a lunatic, so
an officer was sent for. The man was ar
rested and was found to be intoxicated
He had four large TASKS OF whisky on his
person, and when the police asked him
where he got them he did not hesitate to
ten that Boss Blackshear sold them to
him. Boss has no license to sell liquor
though he has been accused of running a
blind tiger" and he was arrested on that
charge. In the mayors court, he refused
to plead guilty or to plead not guilty, so
he viii be held until the man arrested
Sunday (who was released on bomb comes
up for his trial. The city officials regard
Boss Blackshear as an enemy to the
liquor license system, and they are anX-
ious to convict him of violating that law.
At a meeting of the county commission
ers yesterday they took a new position in
regard TO county paupers, passing an order
forcing those who rely upon the county for
support to go 20 the poor farm. Hereto
fore rations have been issued to a large
number of people in different parts of the
county and the expense has grown to such
an extent that the commissioners have
felt the necessity of drawing the line some
where They, therefore, decided yester-
day to build cottages at the poor farm and
to support those in need who will go and
live there and to cut off the allowances of
those who refuse to so to the farm. The
action of the commissioners is generally
approved, though nothing viii be known
as to the success of the scheme from an
expense-saving standpoint until after No
vember, when the new rule goes into eff
feet.
The new pump at the artesian well was
started yesterday and the result has been
highly satisfactory so far The machine
has a capacity Of AGO gallons a minute and
is being run to pump l75 gallons minute,
which is a great deal more than Valdosta
needs for her supply. The pump was put
in position last week and is said to be a
very fine machine being new and improved.
A serious runaway scrape occurred a few
miles below here yesterday. While driv
ing to Lake Park a horse ran away with
Mr.. Jim outlaw and Miss Lucie Tomlln-
son, overturning the buggy and bruising
both up considerably. The young lady
jumped from the vehicle and was not hurt
as badly as the young man was. He tried
to stop the horse and was thrown out of
the buggy.
There have been several important bus
mess changes here recently, the latest be-
ing the trade by which Mr.. Tom Crawford
came in possession of Hightower's large
livery stable The building was erected
here last year and is a splendid structure.
1t was leased to Mr.. Crawford for a period
Of five years Mr. Crawford win open
large stock of wagons etc, and will sell
stock during the season.
Coz. w. $. West went to Atlanta tonight
to discuss his bill for uniformity of text
books before the school book commission.
1t is understood here that Col. West will
appear before the commission in an adj
dress on Thursday