Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-06

h T.
had conference with the hands at l
O'Clock, and a satisfactory settlement of
the difference was made, they returning
10 work Immediately after.
! A detective officer OF Macon has been
engaged tor some weeks in a search for a
! supposed Insurance sWiadler. Some time
| ago man insured his life for several
! thousand dollars, and soon after it was
reported that he had been killed. The
peculiar circumstances surrounding the
! alleged killing, among them being the
| fact that the body could not De found, led
/ the officers of the company to believe that
an attempt was being made To swiudle
! them. The man in question married in
| Macon, and 1T is said that his wife, now
| in Atlanta, has been Swallowed bv a de.
| tective for more than a month deteo-
! tive has been to New York, to Texas, and
| to other parts Of the country searching
| for the supposed swindler, but has not
been able TO discover anything of cOnse-
quence. .r1... 81.
Lumpkin Independent: While Master
/ Walter ellis was trying to throw his
shepherd dog, Grover Cleveland, into
/ Grimes pond, holding the dog by his rear
! legs, Walter slipped into the pond him
self. Grover chung to the bank with his
| fore feet, while Walter held on to the hind
| feet, and felt Tor the bottom in vain with
| his own feet. Grover looked anxiously
over his shoulder at his young master, as
| If he would like TO rescue him from the
wafer, but his strength was not sufficient
J to pull both himself and Walter out. He
! held to the bank, however, and kept
! Walters head out of the water until some
! boys pulled him out. Walter took a long
! look at the dog and said: "GrOVer, when
| get you home I'll give you more candy
aud crackers than you ever had before in
| your life"
! At Monticello, Tuesday, the CorOner's
! jury met to investigate further the killing
| of John Hopkins, col0red. They eXamin-
ed twenty or thirty witnesses, but could
! get no proof sufficient to authorize them
to issue warrant for any ones arrest.
! The jury rendered the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury, find that Jack Hopkins,
colored, came to his death by a shot from
double-barreled shotgun in the hands of
| some unknown parties, and recommend
! that the Governor and the County Commas
sioners offer sufficient reward to bring
the guilty parties to Justice" 1t is re-
ported that Hopkins vile is going to
| swear out a warrant against Mr.. Gilmore,
| charging him with the killing. II is also
rumored that she is going to sue the coun-
| ty for damages. Up to this writing no
warrant has been issued
At Oglethorpe Tuesday Squire Bryan
was brought before Ordinary e. A. Greer
on writ of lunacy and was declared a
! lunatlc. Squire has history. Five years
ago he was indicted by the grand jury OF
Taylor county for an assault with intent
| to murder, in trying to cut his wife's
| throat. He was convicted and sentenced
to 10 years in the penitentiary. After bis
sentence he was taken back to Jail and
| while here he got possession Of pocket
| knife aud deliberately cut bis eyes out of
| mis- head. This remarkable act, however,
/ did not keep the law from being enforced,
! to some extent at least. He was taken to
! the coal mines, and was worsed two
! years, when he was pardoned out by Coy.
! Colquitt. Since then he has been gradually
! losing his mind, and was Tuesday de-
elared mt subject for the asylum.
DIR. Joseph Jones, of NOrcross, makes
| the following statement in refutatOn of
an erroneous presentation OF the facts by
/ the New York Tribune: "GeB. Bethune
began exhibiting Blind Tom when he was
about 10 years OF age, and when he was
slave as be had right to do. After he
was made free, Bethune entered into
contract with MingO, his former slave and
Toms father, agreeing TO pay him $500 per
annum for Toms services. He placed
Mingo and his family in a comfortable
| house, the old homestead OF the Bethuues,
near Columbus, Ga, and paid the $500
| promptly. After the expiration of the
contract Tom was adiudged an idiot by
the court, and Bethune was appointed his
! guardian at Toms own request and that
| of his brothers and sisters. He Is devoted
| to the family and does not want to 90 any
! where else. Besides all the liberty one
| could have under a business engagement,
/ he is humored as child in all the whims
| of blind idiot, and has always had all
the instruction he was capable of receiy-
| ing"
! David Marks has Just been acquitted
at Covington of a charge of theft in
| trial characterized by a very remarkable
coincidence. A few nights ago the smoke
house of Mr.. joseph SOckwell was raided,
and quite an amount OF meat was stolen.
! The buggy in which il was removed was
| tracked in the direction of Dawes house.
| Upon learning that he had a quantity OF
\ meat similar to that stolen, Mr.. Soskwell
/ obtained search warrant and, accom-
| panied by an officer, made a search Of
/ Marks house, and a piece of what ap-
| peared to be shoulder meat with the blade
! bone in it was found. 1t had the imprint
OF a corncOb, clearly defined, upon the
! skin part of it. On the trial Of the case
| Mr.. Sockwell swore that it was his prac-
tice to salt down his meat on cObs,
and he was satisfied the piece
in evidence was r part OF that
| SLOlen from MIN. me uelehuanb cldlueu
| that il was not shoulder meat, but piece
of ''jole" bought by him from his landlord,
| William Adams. Mr.. Adams testi-
! fed that a few days before the
search was instituted he had sold TO
Marks a "jole," and exhibited to the
/ court another one from his smOkehOuse,
on which there appeared an imprint of
\ cOrncob. In the opinion OF the court the
/ guilt or innocence OF the prisoner de-
/ pended upon whether the piece of bone in
the meat found in Dawes house was OF the
Jaw or shoulder blade. DR.. j. a. Wright
was called in as an expert, and used
| his knife In the dissection of both pieces
1 and pronounced them similar, aud rs
being parts OF the '.iole." The defendant
was discharged.
FLORIDA.
McClenny, formerly Darbyyille, wants