The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-29

| When Sheriff Kitchen went into Dicker-
sons cell to arrange the clothing and bed
| ding which he had torn into shreds, Dicker-
son jumped on him and sought to show the
sheriff that he was the best man. The
| sheriff, however, conquered and subdued
! him, but not until Dickerson had given him
| several ugly scratches ON the left side of the
| face.
| A broken trunk, containing some clothing
| and other articles, was found on the river
bank at Columbus, above the Columbus and
Western railroad, Wednesday. Lieut..
! Pickett was apprised of tie matter, and he
at once in tituted inquiries as to whom 1t
belonged. 1t was found that the trunk was
stolen from the premises of w. Jenkins,
corner First avenue and Seventeenth street,
| and that it belonged to colored employe
named Win Thomas. A new suit of clothes
was stolen from the trunk, but nothing else
was missed.
| A negro by the name of johnson, near
Job, ON the Americas, Preston and Lump
with his wife on Monday night. They bad
been married only a week. Another nero,
| Nelse Clarke, had been dancing with John
| sons wife great DEAL and johnson told
him not to dance with her any more, which
| Clarke paid no attention to. When the
dancing began johnson cut him in several
places, and ut last reports Clarke was dying.
Dill JOIudn was dlSO DduiJ Cut III tIyih5 W
| stop the row.
The particulars of difficulty between
two negroes, Ely Walker and John Thomas
have just reached Tunnel Hill. The fig I
occurred on Christmas night at a negro
church located few miles south of Tunnel
Hill. In the ARRAY Ely Walker received
number Of fearful stabs about the chest
from which he died Thursday. John
Thomas, who did the cutting, escaped, and
sc .fat - To-. H. e .f1A
peaceable negro. Walker was a desperate
fellow when under the influence of whisky,
and he was drinking at the time.
Tuesday night George Stanfeld Of
Americas was on his way home, in COM
pany with several of his companions, carry
ing a lot Of fireworks to DO used on Col
lege Hill. A negro boy by the name of
Chick helms followed them and got into
dispute with George Stantield. Finally he
cut Stanfield two bad PLACES on the left
arm with "a razor and ran. A doctor took
several stitches in the wound, and Stanfeld
is getting on very well. Nelns was car
ried before Judge Pilsbury, who committed
him to Jail in default Of 500 bond.
A suit for SANDER has been filed in the
city court of Atlanta. Mrs Minnie Patton
and John Patton, her husband, claim that
Barney Mobley has injured the character
and business of the complainants to the
that Barney has openly asserted that Mrs
Patton is a woman of loose character, aud
that he referred to criminal relation be-
tween her and his father as well as himself
This is the first suit of the kind that has
been entered in some time, and 1t is set
down for hearing at the spring term of
the court
The Southern Cadets of Macon expect TO
attend the great drill at Dallas, Tex, at
l.. xl.a 4.
than ever before offered at q similar contest
in the United States. The Cadets will go
from Dallas to Indianapolis, where the first
prize will be $4,000 o. T. Kenan, the
newly elected chief of police, has resigned
the first lieuuenancy of the Cadets Second
Lieutenant Ed Artope will be promoted to
the first heutenancy, and First Sergeant
John Flynn will be elected second lieuten-
ant. The Cadets will begin in January to
drill for the Dallas and indianapolis con-
tests.
There are ten sub-alliances In Brooks
county. Thursday business committee Of
ten held meeting at the court house at
Quitman. Reporters were denied admis-
sion. Still it is reasonably certain that the
committee had under consideration the
perfecting of a plan by which alliance men
could purchase supplies, and especially gu
ano at minimum prices. 1t is practically
no definite and satisfactory conclusion. 1t
is noticeable and significant fact that
farmers belonging to the alliance have not
yet purchased guano, nor made guano con-
tracts
On Christmas night an unfortunate diff
Guilty occurred between two residents of
Butts county, Thomas Thurston and Bar
tow Collins, over the formers daughter.
Collins had taken Miss Eula Thurston to a
SION TO
girl and demanded her to come home with
him. Upon a request from Collins, he and
Thurston went into the yard to talk the
matter over. Later on those in the house
heard a scuffie, and on going into the yard
found Collins dying from several knife
wounds. Thurston was cut in several
places, and claims that he stabbed Collins
il self-defense.
During the last two years about twenty
families from the northwest have settled at
Douglasville. Wednesday night they had a
social reunion at the residence of the Hon.
G. c. Post The following resolution was
unanimously adopted, and will be published
in some of the northern papers. 1t shows
their appreciation of their new home: RE
solved, That having resided in Douglasvile,
Ca. and vicinity for periods Of time vary
ing from two months to as many years, we
do declare that we have been treated with
the utmost courtesy and consideration by
the white people among whom we have
made our homes, and that as rule we find
both whites and blacks law-abiding and
peaceful citizens"
A serious accident occurred to Col. l. w.
Avery in Washington Monday night. The
colonel is chief of one of the divisions of
the treasury department. and secretary to
Senator Brown. For two or three months
Col Avery has had to use a tricycle. on ac-
count of a slight attack of paralysis.
While going up Pennsylvania avenue Mon
day night he was overtaken by careless
cab driver, who claims not to have seen the
private secretary. The cab was going with
some degree of rapidly when it struck the
tricycle. and threw the occupant several
feet into the middle of the street with great
force. He fell upon his hesd and face, was
rendered senseless, and remained IN an I'M
conscious state for several hours. 1t is pos
sible that he can recover.
The annual election of officers of the
Young Meas Christian Association of Au-
gusta was held Thursday night in their par
Tors on jackson street, and the following
officers were elected: President, j. T. Bath
we'll; vice president, j. M. Hull; secretary,
G. b. Vail; treasurer, Carlton Hllyer; ex-
ecutive committee, II. A. Calhoun, w. I.
Davidson, w. /. Woodward, Grigsby Sib-
ley, j. Rice Smith, j. l.. Bowles, j. X.
Lamar. AT the meeting last Friday night
general secretary was called, and the gen
tleman so summoned has responded and will
arrive early in January. He is e. c. Nc
Eaddan OF Nashville a most popular and