Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-23

the fight was a great stir in the water aboHt
twenty feet from him. On looking he saw
what at first appeared to be jack fish jump
ing around. In second the red ana
black body of king snake appeared,
twisting and turning. while every now
and then a streak Of black appeared,
as the mOccasin was thrown around. Inc
fight lasted about twenty minutes; stones
and sticks were thrown when the nght WOuid
subside, but there was no getting the SNAKES
apart. When the reporter lett nOthlng couI1
be seen of the mOccasIn, but the req pouy OF
the king snake was occasionally TO De seen as
he pulled himself out of the mud. II would
have been more interesting had the fight Oe-
Cured on land, providing an opera glass had
been handy, but it was dramatic enough as 1t
was
Yesterdays Atlanta Constitution says: ''AIr
Emory Speer has been retained in one Of the
biggest mortgage cases ever tried in the State.
10 is the fOreclOsing of a mortgage for $4,000
on ten thousand acres of land in Washington
county Mr.. b. J. Wilson, of West End. sues
W. G. Riddle and wife. The circumstances
may be recited as follows: Mr.. Wilson was a
commission merchant in Savannah about the
year 1870, and the Riddles were immense
planters in Washington county. Mr.. Wilson
had advanced them over hundred thousand
dollars, and took mortgage on the lands.
Riddle failed to pay and the mortgage was
fOreciOsed and the property levied upon
When it was about to be sold Mrs. Riddle
interpOsed claim to it. SAYING that the
title was not in W, {. Riddle, but that he
held IL for her as trustee for her and her chll-
dren. That Riddles father had executed a
deed creating this trust estate in ls4S; that
the deed was recorded, but the record was
destroyed by the burning of the court house
in Sandersyille about 1854; that it was again
recorded and again destroyed on Sherman's
march to the sea. The contest is over the
die has regularly acted with the property as
though it were his own. The bill has been
6 sd g iage 6 e ng he s6Sgrh SFSsh C9 er 2 tqs 6
Georgia, and viii stand for trial at the fall
term. The land is worth 100000, being as
level as "a floor and rich rs 1t can be
A correspondent Of the Brunswick HSrdid
writes from Nashville: "On the train COM
ing from Dallas. Paulding county, Georgia,
we had the odd experience Of seeing real
Mormon. He was a young man reared in
upper Georgia, but lately residing in Colorado
and now missionary His missionary
labor seems to be confined to converting hand
some young women and escOrtlng them to
Utah, one every five weeks, there to be turned
over to the pOlygamOus wretches who are able
10 maintain them. Such a pitlable and per-
picking sight-a decidedly handsome, modest
looking young woman, perhaps 20 years Old,
fine complexion. dark eyes and hair. and a
splendid figure. perhaps little inclined to
robustness, sat beside the missionary. a few
minutes judiciOus pumping secured the frank
est admissions from the pair. He seemed
honest, intelligent and sincere. She honest,
simple and well bred, certainly modest and
virtuOus. but with no indication of mental
training. Her face denoted all that a physiOg
~
she was q convert to MOrmOnIsm. Several
poor benghted people, women and girls who
met Us at the stations IN upper Georgia, were
all, as the conductor stated, converts. The
missionary Mr.. EchOlsl would go to the plat
form at each station and hand out the tracts
and told them when he would return. These
missionaries have q strange experience in
only securing handsome but ignorant young
women as converts. The men don need any
conversion"
The following, from the Eufaula Bulletin, is
the sequel to story already reprinted in the
NEWS from the AmCrlcus recorder: at is no
news to many of our readers that Americus
Ca, and Eufaula have for some time been in
terested IN, If not excited over, q ease OF al
legged kidnapping, in which Mr. W. II. Brown
and wife, OF TINS city, are principals. The
children are Charley and LeOnOra Burke,
brother and sister of Mrs. Brown. On his
dying bed, in 1879, Mr.. Burke expressed his
desire that Mr.. Brown and his daughter Mat
tie, then engaged, should wait a reasonable
time after his death, then to marry and take
control of the two remaining children, Leo
nora and Charley. Their uncle, +. E. Burke
after their father died, was appointed guar
dian and administrator of the estate. He is now
dead, and as the children had no lawful guar
dian, and to carry out the wish of their father,
Mr. ana Mrs Brown. under the additional
advice Of their counsel, Major Henry r. Short
er. went to Americus after them. The rest is
told by Mr.. Brown: we went to Americus,
procured a carriage and driver, visited the
residence Of Mr.. J. NJ. Cook ian uncle to the
children by maTriage), Where one Mrs. VIII
liams, the maternal grandmother of these
little children, also resided. The purpose of
our visit being stated to Mrs. Williams, an
elderly lady of some 20 years, she objected to
our taking the children away. Mrs. Brown.
urging upon her consideration the wish eN-
pressed by her father, Mr.. Martin Burke. IN
his last Illness, insisted, as the children now
had no guardian, 1t was altogether right and
proper that she should have the care and
custody of her little brother and sister, who
begged to go with her. Mrs. Brown took tire
children IN the carriage with her, insisting
upon her right te do so, when we drove m
town TO the depot, and brought them to our
home in Eufaula. where they now remain.
The case is now in the cOurts.'