The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
GEORGIA.

mated for the Legislature from Houston
county by 100 majority.
Bailey Banner: with a sugar refinery
in Savannah the growth Of the agriculture
interests of this section would be mar
Vicious. Is Savannah going 10 let her op-
portunity pass2
Moultrie Observer: Gov. Gambler wants
the public school fund cut down another
S2OlO0O We can't see the sense OF cut
ting off educational appropria lions in these
days OF prosperity.
An unknown negro. his body fearfully
mangled. was found dead on the railroad
tracks Friday morning about three miles
below Palmetto 1t is believed he was
riding the trucks of The night passenger
and fell under the wheels.
Tefair Enterprise: on raising big wat
ermelons this year Lake Park swept The
field. our of a dozen prizes offered fol
the largest melons, Lake Park got eleven
Of them, while one went TO Wilcox county.
The first seven prizes went TO Lake Park.
the eighth to Abbeville and the others
to Lake Park. The melons ranged from
10 TO $50 pounds each.
First Vice President o. b. Andrews and
Supt Vaughn of the Southern Railway
passed through Harmony Grove on a spe-
cial train. making an inspection Of the
Northeastern Railroad recently purchased
by the Southern Railway Company. The
people along the line are all rejoiced that
the Northeastern Railroad has been pur-
chased by the Southern, and will well
come ii.
Worth Local. A motley crowd of for
eigners. claiming to be Braziians, struck
Sylvester last Friday morning but as they
were plying their vocation Of fortune tell
ing and horse swapping. contrary TO law
they were assessed about $40 and required
TO move on. There We're quite a num-
Der of the drtiest looking women ard
children in the crowd that has ever struck
the town.
Mr.. Benjamin Brewer Of Banks county
was fatally injured Saturday last by being
kicked on the chin by mule and died
from the injury on Wednesday. The force
of the blow threw him TO the ground with
great violence. producing conclusion of the
brain. He was picked up by his friends
in an unconscious condition, from which
he never recovered. The accident occur
red in the upper portion of Banks county,
near Silver Shoals.
Early County News: Mr. J. P. Lane
representative from this county was in
Blakely the early part OF this week con-
sulting with his friends on whisky meas
ures and we understan that he and his
friends who have been fighting for whisky
so long, especially as against the dispen-
eary, nave drawn bill TO be introduced
at this session making the minimum guam
dty OF whisky that can be sold at the dis
pensary five gallons.
prohibition election has been ordered
by the official publication of Ordinary Hn
cause have been quietly working for some
time, and the committee met in the Court
House at Homer on the 25th instant ana
passed resolutions requesting the friends
of temperance to rally 10 the support OF
the cause, as they believe that the time
Is now at hand when the county can be
safely carried for local option. Commit
tees have been appointed for each militia
district, and Inc time for the election set
for Dec. II.
Two companies of the University of
Georgia corps of cadets at Athens have
been formed and have begun drill An
other company will perhaps be formed in
a few days. OF Company A M NJ Thur
man is captain, Fair Dodd first lieuten-
ant, b. d. Watkins second lieutenant. OF
Company B, j. P. Mott is captain, c. NJ.
Young is first lieutenant and II. Higgins
second lieutenant Another company, c,
viii perhaps be formed in few days, and
the cadets will all take guns at once.
Lieut.. Col. e. l.. Griggs is officer in
charge, and makes a very fine command
ant He is a graduate OF V. NJ l. and
held captainey in the Third Virginia Vol
unteers before coming to the University
of Georgia.
Americas Times Recorder: Surgeon
Wertenbaker of the marine hospital serv-
Tac feghk ~,
North, and will thoroughly investigate the
one case of suspected varioloid here and
determine whether il is really that or
something else that afIlicts young Charles
Hogue and has caused quite a consldera-
BILE fright here Whatever it may be. the
opinion of DR.. Wertenbal1er will relieve
the public mind to very great extent
Young MIR. Hogue has suffered from some
skin eruption for ten days, and fearing
that ii might be varioloid the city au-
thoriNes had the case Isolated and a guard
placed over ii. Two or three local physi-
clans Examined young Hogue and pro-
nounced the affection varioloid yet there
are many here including physicians, who
do not wholly concur in this opinion.
Albany Herald: A very unusual accident
happened a few miles north of Albany
yesterday morning. Mr.. Rodman Mitchell
was riding the claybank pony belonging
ing. He was sitting on his horse. and
had his gun on his shoulder The horse
had stopped and was grazing on some
grass when Mr.. Mitchell saw a covey OF
partridges on the ground a few feet in
front of the horses head. Anxious to kill
as many of the birds as possible, AIr
Mitchell raised his gun and aimed at The
birds as they were huddled on the ground
Just as Mr.. Mitchell was about to pun
the trigger of his gun the birds flew and
the frightened horse raised his head Just
in time for it to catch the load from the
gun. The whole load of shot struck the
horse in the back of the head and it fell
TO the ground. Only once after the unfor-
tunate beast had been shot did it succeed
in getting on its feet, and it died In a
short while. Mr. Mitchell deeply regrets
tile unfortunate accident, as The horse had
20 The Tiff family for a number.
Of years, and was quite a favorite pet, as
well as useful animal
FLORIDA.
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