Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-19

mere Is negro in jail at Forsyth who has
9utdone Tanner in his Abstinence from foo5
I1ortha me- mas eaten nothing for more than two
months. Sherin King called DIR L r Alavsn
der in TO see the prisoner to ascertsin he 60
1luon. de was found considerably reduced
ous Iree from al symptoms of INSANITY. heinz
go =, @ ute ratlonal and intelligent. He reads
a9o ~ writes wei. and is much above the AVERAGE
9I 9 ms race. Mr.. King and DR.. Alexander
nnally prevailed on him to sin a milk nuncb
Whlcn ne then did under compulsion. But he
@ Ions SoHtl1ue0 70 resolutely refuse all food and
can oe induced to tase only milk punch or wine
occasionally. Like DR.. Tanner, he drinks
wafer Freely, but outside of that he hasn't
takeh enough nouriShment in over two months
p keep an ordinary man alive three days He
mas lost about sixty pounds of flesh and is
merely a skeleton. He cannot walk a stem
ana can only get up with assistance. When
lying quiet he has the appearance Of a dead
man. His temperature and pulse are far he.
low normal. and his respiration Yesterday was
only elght per minute. The blood has settled
aoJut S5 IN Spots under the epidermis and he
trance. '7 --'' - - =
In June last the dwelling house Of Mr.. Sanp.
son Lanler, In the lower part Of Gwinnett
county, was burned during the temporary alb
sence OF the family from home. It was believed
20 nave been the work Of an incendiary, which
mas turned out to be the fact and that George
rnllIlllps, negro living in the vicinity. is the
guilty party He was arrested few days
since and made clean breast OF his mart in
used IN breaking into the house. and description
OF some new dress goods Mrs LaDier had left
IN her trunk, satisfied the parties that he told
the truth He implicated another negro who e
name we did not learn, and a colored woman
By the name of Carmella Hendricks The
woman was also arrested and is in Jail
ton or knowledge OF the crime
On the night in question she was at Georges
mousse, and one OF her children got lost After
hunting Tor II over the neighbOrhood it was
Fhea had ncfn 1ufas. a.
her bed, and George left directly afterwards
aud was gone all night. There were only two
tracks goinz to and from the house, and it is
believed they were made by George and his
accomplice, who has left the country. Whether
the woman knew anything of the crime is left
in some doubt, but it is tolerably clearly set
tied that Phillips was one OF the party who
burned the residence and carried of the goods.
Atlanta Constitution: "For several weeks
Macon, Rome and Dalton have been using
strong efforts to induce the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad to locate their
shops in their respective cities Knowing this
we yesterday inquired Of Major McCracken, the
superintendent, what was being done in rela-
ton to this matter. The Major said he had
been giving the subject his earnest attention,
that On yesterday citizen OF Atlanta had Of
Tered TO donate the company ten acres of land
that would suit for this purpose, but that the
company already owns twenty acres of land in
Macon, which requires no grading 10 make it
ready for the shops, and that ne had ex-
pected the company would merely en-
large the shops now at that point and make
them serve for the who g division. He said,
however, that having been pressed to do
so, he had consented to telegraph the general
manager, asking if the shops could be located
here, provided the people of Atlanta would
furnish the ground aud pay for grading it,
so as to put Atlanta on the same footing as
Macon in that respect No reply to this dis
patch had been received up to last night. We
have no doubt the necessary means to secure
this prize r Atlanta can be promptly made
up. A committee Of citizens will at once can
vass the city and raise the necessary sum,
which we hope will secnre the shops, and thus
give Atlanta another push on the road. of pro
gress, and towards securing for her 100000 in
habitants at no distant day. If the shops for
the AZ miles Of road comprising the Southern
division of this great system are located here,
the trains will run each way from Atlanta,
making a centre or radiating point. It VIII
give employment to over five hundred men,
thus making a certain acquisition to our pOpu-
latiOn. and an increase of our local business.
This should be will considered by our citizens
Of every class"