Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-05

N<ANANAHSo VIII UC1uE III JuuGs anu oil
ready preparations are going on actively.
The commencement sermon win be
preached this year by DR.. Isaac 5. Hop
klns, President of Emory college, on June
Il. On June Is r. w. Patterson, Esq,
VIII deliver an address and award the
medals. On june IA the annual literary
address VIII be delivered 10y Rev. }. W.
Lee, distinguished literary gentleman
Of Rome.
The condition Of Mrs. w. II. Jones, Of
Macon, who was shot by her husband
under such tragic circumstances Friday
morning, is unchanged. She is critically
i'll, and not expected to live. At no time
since the shooting has she been conscious.
She has not spoken, and appears to he
suffering intensely. DR.. w. II.
Winchester is the physician in
charge No attempt has been made
to remove the bullet that IS buried in her
head. 1t is thought that an effort to do
so would hasten a fatal termination.
Paralysis of the right side has ensued,
and it is feared that Inflammation will set
in. Her condition is pitiable and can re-
suit but one way. She may linger for
weeks, if the fever can be controlled and
internal bleeding prevented, but the
wound is an ugly one and the symptoms
alarming. She is receiving the best treat
ment, however, and may possibly sur
Vive.
Athens Bonner Vdtcbn1dn: In Athens,
as likewise the larger cities of Georgia,
there are number of lOw-down, deprayed
imported White women who are living on
terms of intimacy with negroes. Such
creatures are too vile for association with
even brute, vet certain negroes feel
honOred by their society, and openly boast
of the humiliation of the dominant race.
A gentleman from Oglethorpe tells us
that one Of these creatures has robbed
one OF his hands of mis- watch and all he
has, vet the poor fool is Dragging OF his
conquest to the other blacks. Such con-
duct can but cause trouble between the
races, and so far as Athens is concerned
the city authorities are determined to
suppress it if chains and stripes will ac-
cOmplish that end. A half dozen of these
vile dens are now being closely watched
by the police, and no quarter will be
shown transgressors.
In April, 1888. j. B. Williams, of Macon,
bought of Matthew DAILY, a copartner in
the firm of d. DAILY & Bro, all the rights
to use a particular style of beer bottle
that was owned by MIR. DAILY. He also
purchased at the same time all the bottles
of that variety then in the possession of
Mr.. DAILY. The number amounted to seve-
raj dozen. It was thought that there were
some bottles remaining that had been
misplaced and could not be found at the
time. Mr.. Williams claims that in the
purchase the right to control the missing
bottles was reserved to him. When the
business of Mr.. DAILY subsequently passed
into the hands of T. J. M. DAILY, barrel
of the missing bottles was found stored
away in the cellar of the store. They were
sold to Mir. Binswanger, who, when he
closed out his business and moved to New
York, transferred them to N. NJ. Block,
his successor. Last week Mr.. Williams
discovered that bottles with his stamp and
patent were being used by others, and
traced them to Mr.. Block, whose saloon is
under the Exchange Bank. MIR. Williams
approached Mr.. Block on the subject, and
advised him of the original purchase of
the bottles he bad mace, and insisted that
he should either turn the bottles over to
him or discontinue to use them. Mr..
Block refused, and hence the Injunction.
Some Of the points involved are delicate,
and the case promises to grow in interest
before it Is concluded. The injunction
will be heard by Judge Simmons May 16,
and will be ABLY argued on both sides.
Angie Lewis, a cOlored girl aged II
years, died rather suddenly at Atlanta
Saturday afternoon at her home. Nine
days ago from Saturday she began to
complain of a pain IN her side and head,
and was greatly annoyed by tickling
sensation in her throat. On the third day
she went to her home, and that night re-
tired with high fever. The next morn
ing she was unable to get up, and during
that day she related to her sisters what
had transpired between her and the SER
want whose place she had taken.
She closed the story by saying that the
girl had threatened to put a "spell
on her" Instantly the superstition of her
race asserted itself, and her sisters,
thoroughly frightened, began to tell how
Angie had been cOnjured. Among other
superstitiOus ideas of the cOlored race is
one that teaches that when a person is
conjured or hoodooed they die on the
ninth day from the day the spell is put on,
unless the spell is removed before that
day arrives. On Thursday last the sick
girls sisters declared that they were
going to send for an old negro woman
named Jones, who has a big reputation
among her people tor removing spells
and charms. she arrived before
noon Friday and Immediately
declared that Angie Lewis had been
cODjured. The girl had been complaining
all the time of her throat, saying that
something seemed to be crawling up and
down it, and when the old woman an
nOunced that the girl had been made to
swallow 1fOg anu snake bne FAMILY
believed her story. She then told the girl
that the tickling sensation in her throat
was caused by the frog trying to crawl
out. The old woman agreed to cure the
girl. She was paid, and began rubbing
the girl and muttering some strange
words. This she kept up for five minutes.
The girl appeared to grow easier, and
then the old woman left, promising to call
again Saturday. On Saturday about
noon she was so much better
that she arose from her bed,
walked 10 the kitchen and asked for a
drink of water. She walked back
to her bed, and about 1880 O'Clock her
sister found her dead. Drs. Todd and
Couch declined to give burial certificate,
and Coroner Haynes held an inquest.
The verdict was death from asphyXia.
Jesse Cook, who beat his wife to death
at Butler, Thursday, with club ak, set
tied in Butler about eight years ago, and
married an industrious colored woman,
Della Fowler, with whom he has lived
ever since. Though his treatment of her
has been tyrannIcal and very unkind-so
much Sc that she has been forced several
times 10 separate and leave him-he
would then make good promises and in.
duce her 10 live with him again. He
Joined the Missionary church, and in a
short time he was licensed by that church
to preach. During the February term Of
Superior Court he was indicted for vagran.
! CIV and an officer and posse went to arrest