Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-04

NH"iHeu ny Lne leg IN an OuIuOuee lo1
three days, like some wild beast, and the
merest pittance of food, hardly calculated
TO sustain life, was allowed her. All the
language she heard was the curses and
abuse OF her inhuman parents, and the
poor girl is driven so near to desperation
mat she is almost savage.
Saturday W. A. Heard ran of with
girl Ii years Of age, Miss Hogg, from
Iroup county over into Harris county,
and Obtained license and married her.
AS soon as the mother learned of it she
started in pursuit, but it was too late.
sunday the mother of the girl took the
young man with warrant for the otiense
OF kidnapping before Justice D. Il. Cali
ney, where Heard waived committing
trial and demanded Indictment by the
grand jury. In the meantime Heard got
his wife and ran off Monday evening
/ writ OF habeas corpus was sued out and
placed in Sheriff Edmonson's hands.
After some searching he found and
brought the wife back. The girl Is now
in custody of the Sheriff at Capt. A. Z.
EdmonsOn's home awaiting a hearing to-
day. The girl says she is determined to
live with Heard. She looks to be Is years
OF age. Both parties are of good family.
Sunday g. G. Bolckam was down at his
farm below Macon. AS he was returning
he saw two boys in bathing near the Cow
ington and Macon railroad trestle. He
proposed to his little boy to drive inside,
and they would see the boys swim The
little boy laid the fence down, they drove
inland were quietly watching the bathers.
The eldest, johnnie Cardel, IA years old,
swan the creek, and his younger brother.
Jimmie, started TO follow, but Mr.. BOlc-
! kan saw that he was frightened and
sinking, so he told the boys to run and
tell boatman to loose his boat as the boy
was drowning. The brother began crying
on the bank, and Mr.. BOlckam, throwing
off his pants and coat, rushed in and
drew the little fellow out just as he was
sinking the last time. Monday he passed
/ by their widowed mothers home to see
how the boy was, and found that the boys
had not only kept dark about the drown
ing, but had emphatically denied having
been bathing.
Much inquiry has been occasioned by
the published order of Gov. Mcdaniel re-
appointing Hon. John T. Henderson Com
missioner OF Agriculture until the meet
! ing of the General Assembly. 1t is four
| years term, and one that is filled by the
| Governors appointment, and the public
do not understand why the appointment
does not read for four years. Had the
| term expired during q session Of the Leg
| islature the appointment would have
! been for four years, subject to contir-
| nation by the Senate. Occurring as it
does, Aug. %, it creates a vacancy in the
office from thatdate until the assembling
of the Legislature. For this Intervening
time. therefore, Gov. Mcdaniel orders
| Judge Henderson commissioned at once,
as there will be no opportunity TO have
the appointment sanctioned by the Sem
ate. The appointment must be confirmed
! by the Senate, however, before the CON-
mission for four years can be issued. Ac-
cordingly when the Legislature assemblies
Judge Renderson's name will be sent in
| by Gov. Mcdaniel to the Senate, and
when the appointment is confirmed by
them he will be commissioned for the term
of four years, dating from Aug. %.
Not far from bonneville is an old house
| which has the reputation of being haunt
ed, the owner of the place having died
there some years ago. Terrible sights
have been seen, awful sounds Neard, and
still more horrible things imagined about
the silent old house by the natives. There
| were some young men, however, who re-
| fused to believe until they had seen for
themselves. These young braves repaired
to this den OF hobgoblins and departed
spirits at twilight, bent on ferreting out
the ghost reports and ascertaining how
many there we're, etc. They walked in at
the door and looked around, but seeing
nothing one of them said: "Pshaw
there's no ghost here" But just at
that moment they heard groan and saw
an object begin to move in one corner,
and they changed their notion, forgot their
firearms, lost their hats, and with all
the speed they could command retraced
their steps, perfectly satisfied of the gen.
uineness OF the apparitiOn. There is a
man, half crazy, who stays about in the
woods there, and had at that time gone
into the house and laid down. The boys
speaking disturbed him, and he raised up
| to see who it was, just in time to see the
dust flying behind the brave ghost hunt
ers, and. all unconscious of the part he
was playing, he passed off for respecta-
BILE ghost.