The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-24


the coat returned they would find that he
was correct and that the account had been
| paid Fortunately, for some one, the
| Clothes had not been sold, and were found
| after long search. In the pocket, as the
note had said we're found the missing funds
In the year 1870 a family named German,
! consisting of father, mother and SIX chill
! dren, left Faunin county to seek home in
! the far West. After reaching one of the
| border States, the savage Indians fell upon
them and massacred the father and mother
and the two oldest children, taking the
| others as captiyes, and held them as such
| for several years. The oldest in captivity
was Catherine German, now Mrs Catherine
| Swerdferger, of Sabetha, Kan. This lady
has written a true and thrilling narrative
of their captivity, which is to be published
for the first time in the Blue Ridge Post
Miss Eliza Cox, of Blue Ridge, is a cousin
to Mrs. Swerdferger
At Americas Saturday, the 5-year-old
! grandchild of Lizzie Washington, a colored
woman, who lives just in the rear of
| Felders warehouse, was playing near the
| door, when a strange negro, driving two
! horse wagon, came along, picked up the
picaninny, and drove off toward the river
| at rapid gait The negroes in the neigh
borbOod raised great hue and cry when
| the bold abduction was discovered, and as
many of them saw the act committed there
will be no trouble in identifying him when
he is captured. A warrant has been taken
| out for his arrest, and an officer of the law
went with it out to where the negro is said
| to live, and was expected to return with
| both prisoner and child.
The little negro girl, Pearl Sneed, who
drank a cup of potash water Thursday, at
Albany, after suffering agonies for thirty
six hours without the proper medical atten-
ton, died Friday night. Her mother,
Emma Sneed, after she discovered that the
| child had drank the fatal potion, sent over
| to Mr. +. l.. Stewart, who lives near by,
and asked him what to do for the child.
He told her to give it castor oil and send
| for doctor Immediately. He went over
| Friday morning and found that the oil had
| been administered, but no physician had
been summoned. When questioned about
it, the woman said she could take what
money she would have to pay the physician
and give the child decent burial
| II. J.. Mcpherson, in clearing up a piece
| of wood land near Villa RIGA last week
discovered two springs Of clear, crystal
water bubbling up. Where they empty
| into branch near by rusty crust forms
on the water. Mr.. Mcpherson, in company
with several Others decided to investigate
! it. They got pitcher of water out of each
and put some maple bark in the water, and
| one of the pitchers of water turned black in
! a few seconds. Only one of the springs
seems to possess any colorlng qualities, but
| they are very close to each other. The
water out of one will turn black in less
! time than it takes to tell it by putting
maple bark in it, while the water out of the
other has no affect on the bark at all
| At Athens on March 2S, an important
looking stranger walked into the co rider
of the Commercial Hotel and inscribed on
the register in bold back hand, 81. p.
| Williams, Florida" When Easter Sunday
came the man astonished church going
! Episcop7lians by attending Emanuel Church
attired in jaunty grey suit, patent leath T
pumps, skull cap and no vest. In this re
marketable garb the stranger walked up to
the front seat and partook of the sacrament.
| The next day ne opened an Office in the new
Dayton building and advertised himself as
! ~. p. Williams, broker and real estate
| AGENT After three weeks stay in the
| Classic City be departed for parts unknown,
! leaving behind him an unpaid board bill
and office rent, besides numerous minor
creditors When his trunk was opened, it
was found to contain a camp stove, cooking
utensils and complete camping apparatus.
| His creditors are on the lookout for him.
j. NJ. Goggans, of Jackson, has very
| peculiar jug that was washed out of an In
| dian grave on the bank of the Ocmulgee
I
the fleshet of 1887 The Jug will hold prob
ably three pints and is in the shape of a
| cymling with a short neck. The neck Of the
jug is about four inches long, covered at the
top with pointed cap, and has hole in the
side of the neck, from which doubtless
many a drink of "flre water" found its way
down the goozle of the red man in whose
never had handle, but the neck is stout
and shaped with a view to suspending il
| with a strap or cord. This relic OF the red
men is probably more than a hundred years
| old, as tine existence of the grave from
which the waters oxhumed it was unknown
to the oldest inhabitants of this section
The jug is in a state of perfect preservation
and if no mi,hap befalls it, bids fair to dc
service for many generations to come
Eatonton Messenger: The other Sabbath
evening we fell i'll with Judge L. c. DENIM.
and walked awhile for recreation. W.
went and took a glance at the old oolorec
| cemetery Just i'll rear of Judge Turner,
residence. There are buried here, so Mr.
Dennis informed us, over 800 negroes who
died during the days of slavery. The gras
and pine growth now cover the graves Sc
that only few can be recognized or discov
cred. There are also buried here few
| white persons, prominent among whose
graves is the one Of old Mr.. Wornum, whC
committed suicide by hanging himself neal
the Pike Spring in 1888, little over fifty
| three years ago. This grave has over it
marble slab, fallen in, and has around it
wall of gray rock. This man Wornun
was the master Of old Jack Wornum, til,
| colored man who was so farniliarly known
on our streets to within few years back
He was also q relative of the Fred Bryan
and Pike family, who lived in this vicinity
| for a number OF years.
The Athens burner says thore are 81
many queer things to be seen in the Univer
sity library. Among them are volume
presented the university by the British
government, extending as far back as VIII
lam the Conqueror, and the Doomsday
b ok. In looking over the old files Of pa
perS, which date into the past century. tn,
editor noticed in the Augusta Herald, OF
January s, 1900, the obituary of Gen
Washington. He died December Ia, 1893
but it was three weeks before the new,
reached the public in Georgia, through the
press. There are also files OF very Old ia.
pers from other cities in the State, one from
Washington, Ga, published by William G.
Guien, date Of 1924 In the rear Of the Ii
brary hall are hung tlno portrait, of many
of Georgia's distinguished sons, among
them Chief-Justice Joseph Henry Iumpkin
Josiah Meigs, former President of tho col
lege, Drs. Waddell, Caurch and Henry Hull
Gen. Oglethorpe, Gov. Wilson Lumpkin
Gov. James Habersham. Georgia's frs
Governor; DR.. Crawford Long, Gov. Jen
L.. a