The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-22
ing four or Eve small checks and getting
away with about 500

! subscriptions 10 the Southern Baptist lheo-
logical Seminary 10 have been built at
Chattanooga, Tenn. These notes were given
several years ago, but because Of some hltch
! IN the building OF the seminary, they were
not paid. The principal and interest made
some Of them for considerable sums, but
Justice Hargrovc ruled that they were not
collectble, owing TO failure OF consldera-
ton.
A few days ago a gentleman in Lexing-
ton received letter from a Mr.. Beautman,
of Stone Mountain, saying that he had a
/ contract for 81 900 worth Of granite for
new hotel in Rome: that Stone Mountain
granite would not he received and that the
! Oglethorpc granite was tAe only granite IN
that section that would do He wanted to
know IL arrangements could be made with
| the owners to peTMit HIM to open a quarry.
II so lie would Immediately put thirty hands
to work upon it. Such terms az il is thought
will he acceptable have been offered 70 Mr..
Beautman.
Lafayette Messenger: The burning OF
| n. H. Garmany's barn on Nov II will be
remembered by all Houston Shaw, of the
firm of Glenn & Shaw, Of Chattanooga.
having received intimation that he was
charged with being the incendary, came
/ down at once to demand an investigation.
/ For that purpose court met at Pond Spring
| Saturday, Squire Kilgore presiding. After
| court was opened the case was at once dis
missed by the prosecution. Mr.. Garmany,
when he found that he had no evidence 20
| connect Mr.. Shaw with the crime, took this
| honorable course
! There is not a vacant dwelling in Athens.
! Within the past few days there has been an
active demand for Athens dirt, and prices
are advancing rapidly The Hodgson es-
tate has sold ~ w. :. Holman the lot on
! Clayton street. above Moss q Thomas ware
! house and occupied by William HodgSon,
! for s. 600 The lot is IA small one the resi-
| dence thereon being no object. The price
/ was paid for the location. Solicitor General
! Brown has bought about sixty acres of land
/ OF DIR. Linton, on the extreme edge OF town,
I paying for same $1,000.
| John Downs, a brickmason of Vienna,
! aged about 40 or 45 years, married a girl of
/ - years of age, a daughter of Mr.. Mccall,
! living a few miles above Vienna. Downs
and his youthful spouse did not get along
amicably after The first week or two, and
! two weeks ago they secretly separated,
/ every one thinking that she had just gone
/ On n visit to her fathers family Last Sat
/ urday afternoon Mr.. Downs went out to
/ see ms etter-half, and while there engaged
| in a dispute with her, and her mother and
! father, during which Mccall was stabbed,
| but not dangerously wounded.
Some time ago George Martin, editor of
the Atlanta ArdIdhche, was married TO a
most estimable Virginia lady. As soon as
| the notice of his marriage appeared IN the
papers a woman of Atlanta had Martin ar
| rested on the charge of tlgamy, claiming
that Martin was her husband. The case
was placed before the grand jury Of Fulton
| county several months ago, and trial bill
| was found against him. Friday this case
was called IN the Supreme Court before
Judge Clark. An affidavit was produced
from the woman stating that Martin was
4 Hnts
| The case against him was then not proven
A couple of negro men stole two hogs in
the neighborhood of Leakesvlle, Jasper
| county last week. The owners of the pork
erS gathered a crowd and followed the
thieves to the house of one of them, Abram
Benton by name, on the premises of Mrs
Missouri Campbell. The posse watched
the negroes cut up the hogs and put the
meat under the hearthstones, when they
made known their presence and demanded
entrance Abram rushed through the posse,
shooting right and left, whereupon the fire
was returned by the white men. Abrams
pistol did 70 execution, but it is thought he
was wounded. The other negro dressed
himself up in woman's clothes and made
good his escape,
In 1864 when a portion of Sherman's army
passed through Jones county, several
negroes joined it. Among them was slave
named Henry Anthony, belonging to Mrs.
I.outher. He joined the Thirty-fourth
Colored Infantry, and while doing picket
duty at Hilton Head in South Carolina, he
contracted rheumatism, which has hung on
to him. At Macon Friday this negro,
although a Union soldier and fought against
the South, made application to the United
States government for a pension, and was
vouChed for by Capt. +. :. Johnson of the
Fourth Georgia and Col. Isaac Hardeman,
OF the Twelfth Georgia, and his papers were
drawn up by Lieut.. l.. d. Ripley, Of the
Second Georgia Battalion, all OF the Con
federate army.
Mrs. HAYNES, an aged lady of Daniels
vile, with singular bravery, saved her son
from death at the hands OF Bud Strickland.
Tom HAYNES and Bud strickland had been
! trying the virtue of blind tiger whisky dur
ing the day, and when they reached the
point where hilaIity is greatest. thdy re-
turned to the home of Tom. 4 quarrel en-
sued between the mep, which resulted in
Strickland knocking Haynes down with a
.encerail Strickland had just stuck his
bowie knife into the back of the PROSTATE
| man, when Mrs Haynes made her appear
ance. Strickland lett the knife il, Toms 'body
anu ran, The mother at once took hold of the
knife and drew 1t out dripping with the
blood OF her sou. She tainted rs she looked
upon it, and was found by the ncighbors n-
conscious with the knife III her hand. Tom
is in precarious condition
Cliff Clay, Jr., son of Cliff Clay, of
Americas, is a prodigy He was only
years old on Jan. q, but he can make aim st
as pretty a speech as his old namesake, the
great Kentuckian. Friday his uncle, j. j.
Clay took HIM around among his gontle-
men friends at Americas, and unabashed by
whatever sized crowd be was called before
, the youthful orator would mount box OF
counter, and rattle off his address in a vie
that many an older speaker might envy.
His masterpiece is Hon w. a. Hufl'S great
spe sch on Sentiment which was delivered
before the last session Of the Georgia I.egis-
lature in defense of his measure in connec
tion with the convict lease system. Tie has
memorized that speech and reproduces it in
an astonishing mannar, his gestures and
intonations being perfect. His reproduction
OF this brought down the house wherever it
was delivered.
Col Edward c. Wade. President of thu
Alta-Caiifornia Mining Company, both OF
Cherokee county. informs the Adu0nce that
he will now proceed to the work of the re
organization OF the Fighting Town Mining
Company, of Fannin county, this State
The copper mine owned by this company
near the Ducktown mine, and which waS
successfully worked until the war stoppe
it, Will be re-opened upon the re-orgaulla
ton Of the company and shipment Of the
: ore commenced. The property of these
companies Is Immediately and most
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