The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-07
The Coroner's jury gave a verdict in ac-
cordance with the above facts.

/ was charged, had disturbed the quiet of the
eastern part of the city. They had disguised
/ themselves the women pCtt.ng OF mems
clothes and the meu DOMINIC tiIc women 5.
! In this disguise they started ont TO make
4 calls on their neigEboTS Coming 10 an old
negro mans house, he took oiT"ns" at their
ectings and doings and had warrants taken
out for their arrest After lodging them
/ safely in jail, the oil man was prevailed on
To withdraw the warrants and all parties
made friends.
Manly, of Philadelphia, who has been
| employing 800 hands in ornamental iron
works, at that place, has been prospecting
Tor Southern location for his business.
| After thorough investigation of all the
iron centres of the South he has decided in
favor of Dalton, and has purchased site
| Tor his works on the railroad near the
| Crown cotton mills. He says he can manu-
facture there much cheaper than in Phila-
delphia, and that Dalton, for manufactur-
! ing, has every advantage that Chattanooga
and Birmingham have, and many they
have not, The industry will employ several
hundred skilled mechanics.
A prominent business man of Dalton
suggests new plan for public improvement.
| IL is this: Let the incoming Council devote
! their undivided attention to thoroughly i'm
proving and beautifying one single street of
the city, until it becomes a perfect and
! lasting monument to their energies, at the
| same time devOtng only such work rs is
absolutely necessary upon other streets.
! Thus rs one street is improved another will
be taken up in turn, and so on, each sue
| ceeding Council performing their part OF
the work, until the end is reached, and each
| thoroughfare of the city Of Dalton has been
permanently improved and beautified,
Mrs. Louisa Biasingaim, mother of J. F.
Blasingam. who lives in the upper portion
! - To-,
was living at the time of her death, was
burned to death Wednesday She was
standing near the fire in her room and her
clothing accidentally caught from it. See
ing that She could not eXtinguish the flames
she called for help, but no one heard her
calls, whereupon she lay down upon her bed
and pulled the cover over her, hoping that
she would by this means save herself from
painful death. Her efforts were Intellectual,
and before assistance reached her she was
so badly burned that she died i'll short
time after the occurrence. Mrs. Blasin-
gain was an aged lady and highly esteemed
by all who knew her.
Further particulars Of the shooting of
Mrs. Elliott, by John Logan, at Jackson's
Cross Roads, reached Linconton Thursday
| 1t was first reported that the two shots had
caused her instant death, but this report
was erroneous, as she is still alive and with
fair chances of recovery so the attending
| physicians think logan first assaulted her
with a horse whip, but finally drew his
| pistol and fired two shots, one taking effect
| in the back of the head, inflicting a serious
though not necessarily fatal wound. He Is
still at large, though there is little doubt
but that he will be duly arrested. He has
many friends in that community who claim
| that his deed was justitiahle, on the grounds
that Mrs. Elliott had most vilely slandered
his vile, but there is also much indignation
over the affair.
| Mrs. William Courtney, nee Miss Ellie
Moore, of Wesson, Miss, reached Columbus
| Monday night. She came to see her husband,
| who is in Jail there charged with forging
orders on the Eagle and Phenix Manufac-
turing Company. Courtney broke Jail in
| November, 1856, and was not apprehended
| until few weeks ago, when he was arrested
| ut WeSson, Miss. where ne had married
Miss Efilie Moore few weeks berore. The
unfortunate wife visited her husband at
the jail Wednesday afternoon. The meet
ing was a sad one The wife declared her
intention of clinging to her husband through
| all his troubles she is plucky little
| woman, and says she will stay there and do
ali i'll her power TO assist her husband She
had consultation with a prominent attor
ney Wednesday, and IL is likely that his ser
vicAs viii be engaged to defend Courtney,
A strange animal, supposed to be veri-
|
| region comprising the northern portion of
Whitfield county Quite number of pigs,
| sheep and other domestic animals, it is said,
| have gone to appease the appetite of this
| rapaciouS invader. Considerable apprehen-
sion is felt by farmers living in that section,
and several attempts have been made to
track tie marauder to his hiding place, but
| without avail One youth says that as he
was returning home one cold moonlight
night, recently, and while passing through
| a lonely stretch of woods, he was suddenly
startled by what he ar first supposed to be
the cry of child in distress; but upon glanc-
ing among the tall pines on the opposite side
of the road he distinctly saw the figure of a
large animal crouching upon q limb of one
of the trees, while two blazing orbs glared
at him through the semi-darkness of the
night. 1t is needless to say that he made
| tracks from that vicinity without stopping
to form the acquaintance of the stranger.
Col. f. H. Hopkins, after having served a
term of eleven years as City Marshal of
Darien, now retires from the office. During
all these years Col. Hopkins has faithfully
| discharged his duties. The law abiding
citizens Of the community have frequently
expressed their admiration of his GOODNESS
aud courage in emergencies and of his
sagacity where detective skill was required
in ferreting out crime. But while coura-
geous and unfmching i'll the discharge of
ms uuUleS, tOl. HOPKINS was always
humane He made upward of 1000
arrests while in Office and did not on
single occasion resort to the use of a pistol
He traced up some of the most diaboca
crimes, brought the peri etrators to Justice
but always refused to receive rewards
There is now a reward Of $500, offered by
the State, to his credit, in u double murder
case, the criminal, Bob Anderson, now serv-
ing a life sentence in the penitentiary. FIRE.
Quently he was comphmented on his
splendid work by the court aud States At
torney For many years he held the posi-
ton of iailer OF Mcintosh county. and dur
ing his incumbency not a single prisoner es-
capped. In the organizations of the city, civil
and military, he has held high positions
While holding the captancy of the McIn-
tosh Light Dragons the efficiency OF the
company was kept at a very high standard
His zeal in military matters probably Sc
cured him the appointment as a member of
Gov. Stephens staff In most of the recent
political conventions he has represented his
native county creditabIy. Col Hopkins is
the owner OF two as well equipped planta
tions as can be found in that section, where
he now goes to minister to the wants of a
widowed mother nearing her four score
years.
FLORIDA.
Court convenes Jan. 8 in Bloomfield, and
a large number of visitors are expected.