The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06

County $500 a Negro NOuNASGSO y
seducing a White Girl in Cherokee
County and Given Twenty Years il
Jail.
GEORGIA.
Henry Pope is on trial at Summerville foi
rape
Mrs. Janette Bethune, of Griffin, dice
Friday night.
William HAYNES, of Madison county, dice
Thursday, aged NJ years
The new pile driver was at work on the
Darien wharves last week.
Hannibal l. Kimball has returned to At
lanta and will make that city his pernan-
ent home.
The Hilton Timber and Lumber Company
of Darien, is getting out lumber for the
construction cars of the Short Line.
The churches in Augusta began a series Of
united religious meetings Sunday, to con
tinue nightly throughout the month.
An immense rock slide occurred on the
Richmond and Danville railroad near Travis
station, just below Toccoa, few days ago.
Ralph Martin, oldest son Of John Martin,
OF Toccoa, while pTactlcing on the roller
skate at the rink had the misfortune to get
his arm broken.
During last week there was but very little
100000 feet of timber and lumber was
sent foreign from that port last month.
Sheriff Kellum passed through Monte
yuma Sunday with Crawford Lindsey. the
slayer of his cousin, James Linds Y. Lind
sey will be placed in Bib county jail for
safe keeping, the Dooley county Jail not
being considered safe.
The Albany Oil and Refiaing Companv's
plant, IN Albany, after a very prosperous
season, suspended operations Saturday.
The supply of seed became exhausted,
which neoessitated the mill shutting down
The mill has crushed, up to the present
time, 1000 more tons Of seed than last sea-
son.
Col Mark A Harden, Clerk of the House
of Representatives, says there will be a
large crop of candidates for the Legislature
this fall He says the election of a Senator,
two Supreme Court Judges, and a large
number of Solicitors General and Judges of
the Superior Court is causing a great many
To announce their candidacy earlier than
usual
At Jackson r. T. Watkins swore out a
warrant on Wednesday charging Henry j.
Collins with assault with intent TO murder.
Collins waived preliminary examination
and was bound over to the Superior Court
in the sum Of $1,000. The difficult grew
out of misunderstanding in a business set
Element. Mr. Watkins received some
wounds about the head, inflicted with a
Ratchet
A Atlanta Willis Mcclellan tcolored) was
found in a mangled condition on the West
ern and Atlantic railroad track near the
rolling mill, about - o'clock Saturday
night. The body was picked up and carried
to his hate home. At first an impression
prevailed that Mcclellan had been kill Il and
placed on the track, but an investigation
showed that Mcclellan had been walking OH
the track, when he was knocked down by
an engine and run over and killed.
On Friday morning Merritt Birdsong,
who lives near Browns Mound, nine miles
from Macon in the lower part of Bjbt
county, was told by some of the hands
working on his place that they had seen 9
white bear walking about the foot of the
Mound and dragging a chain, one end OF
which was fastened about its neck Mr.
Birdsong went out TO search for him, saw
the tracks of the animal and the trail OF
the chain, but nowhere could be found the
bear
AT Atlanta Win Tucker, the negro'boy
who was shot in the pit of the stomach by q
companion by the name of Jim Franklin in
difficulty which occurred between them
Saturday, near Grant park, is still alive
and seems TO feel cheerful He saws that
the wound does not give him much pain
Sunday he was up and walking about the
house. The pistol ball, it is believed, die
not penetrate the stomach, but lodged il
the flesh sufficiently far from the surface
not to be felt by the hand
Brunswick is a second-cass post Office
Hitherto there have been two first elias
post offices in Georgia Atlanta and Savan
nah-and four second class-Augusta, Ma
con, Columbus and Rome; now Brunswick
makes the fifth. In order to become sec
ond class office, $1,000 gross receipts pei
annum is required. Brunswick has already
exceeded this amount with the receipts fOl
the period from now to March 81 still t
come i'll. If her receipts could reach $40.
QUO gross, she would obtain the carrier svs
tenn. She will get it anyway so soon as tn,
government has official knowledge that hel
population has reached 10000.
Cherokee Superior Court has Just closed
its work, and ad journed to the second Mon
day in September Much business wa!
transacted and all cases tried which coulC
be disposed of at this term. Several had K
be continued on account of the sickness o
Col. c. D. Phillips, who was leading coun
sci in them. No very important cases were
tried, except two, one OF the State VS.. Mr.
Honea, charged with the murder of his wife
and the other one the State VS. Henri,
Brownlee, for seduction. The evidence
against MIR. Honea was very meagre and in
sufficient to make the charge of murder
stick, hence a consent verdict was agreed
upon, and he was found guilty of assault
and battery and sentenced TO eight month
In the chain-gang.
The most important and exciting case o.
last week in court at Canton, was that o
the State vs. Henry Brownlee (colored)
charged with the ruin of Miss Fannie
wayne, beautiful girl of 10 yyars of az,
and well co Injected. During the trial o
this case the court room was crowded anC
every one was anxious to catch every wore
uttered by the witnesses, the court, the at
torneys and the defendant The girl wa
the only witness put upon the stand VIII,
swore point-blank The defendant did no
even make a statement The court ap
pointed Coils. Sam DuPre, of Canton, ant
j. w. Henley, of Jasper, to see that th
negro had fair trial, but the evidenc
against their client was too overpowering
and he was found guilty of seduction an,
sentenced 20 term of twenty years in tn
- penitentiary
At Talbotton burglars broke into tn
store Of Heath q Bardwell Saturday morn
ing about , O'Clock by bursting in the bac
door with large shop hammer, which wa
obtained from shop near by. Night
Waterman Dennis saw two negroes as the
were entering the house the second time
having taken as much as they could carr
once and deposited under a shop about fit
yards distant. Watchman Dennis halle
them, but received no answer. He the
told them TO halt OF he would fire. One {
fine burorlars Immediately fired Damn