The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-18

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! b fore work had been susp .nded Every
thing is now moving on rapidly, and Con-
actor Redmond holds to his promise TO
/ have water in the factory wheels the week
Of the opeaiug of Augustus exposition.
! A. o'clock on Monday evening a special
! train left ALBANY on the Blakely extension
of the S uthwestern railroad to carry a
| force of hands out TO camp near Arlington
TO cut crossties Several of the negroes
were drunk when the train pulled out, and
it did not take them long to get up tacket.
Ned Gray drew his pistol and shot four
times at John Jones without effect. Jones
returned the fire, and put ball into Gray's
stomach. killing him almost instantly. As
soon "a Jones re allZ d what he had done he
jumped from the train, and nothing has
been seen or heard Of him since. The train
made no stop, for Mr.. Stone, the Albany
agent, who was in charge of the train, said
that he knew there would be lynching if
Jones was caught, so enraged and excited
were the other negroes
At Lawrencevllle, Tuesday, the case of
the state VS. w. D. Byrd, charged with Sc
duction, was begun. Judge Peoples and
Col. McDo aid represented the defendant
and Col. VIM and the solicitor general the
state. The evidence on the part Of the state
disclosed the fact that In October, 1884, the
defendant had carnal knowledge with
fAllldDNld OOl6, lIldJ he DetD ubT
as a lover over two years, and had secured
her unstinted love {" d confidence The de-
Tense was that the girls character was Dad,
and rrOducei two witnesses who corrobo-
rated il. The state, in rebuttal, produced
witnesses who testified to her good charac-
ter, ard did 50 by both male ard female
witnesses. Much interest is manifested in
the case. The defendant is member of an
honored and respected family in the county.
Memorial services will be held at tie
Central Presbyterian church at Atlanta on
Sunday, Oct q, at 7:31 o'clock p. M, in
honor Of the members of the Confederate
Veterans Association who have died dur
ing the past three years. An interesting
and impressive programme has been ar
ranged. There will be music by the choir
of the Second Baptist church, and addresses
by the pastors of the leading churc es of
the city. The following is a list Of the dead
in memory of whom the services are to be
held: Capt. Robert H. Atkinson, Capt.
John Keely, Capt. Daniel PIttman, Capt
W. M. Williams, Capt. H. L. Williams,
Maj. John F. Jones, Sergeant Major e. B.
Lovejov. Lieut.. Martin Bridwell, Capt. w.
I. Wills n, Private A. l.. McCuchens,
Private George A. Wallace, Private j. Ii.
R Id, Private B. F. Hodges.
For some time past "Daisy,n one of the
fire department horsej,of Mac II, at the
engine house of NJ /, has been sick and so
sick that the boys have been sitting up with
him. On Monday he was so swollen with
some kind of horse collie that Dr. Lyons, the
department. veterinary surgeon concluded,
as last resort, that he would make an in
cision, in order to let out the air from the
stomach. This was done, aud a small metal
tube promptly inserted in the incision,
which was made in the flank Instantly
there was flow of air or gas, and DR..
Lyons struck a match to it. The gas ignited
and large and steady flame was main
tanned for nearly an hour. At night such a
flame would have lit up building twice as
large as the engine house. OF course, the
swelling went down, and now the only
trouble to be feared is Inflammation of the
bowels.
Rev. William Henry Strickland, late of
Gainesville, now pastor of Central Baptist
church, at Atlanta, reported at the Baptist
Ministers conference on Monday morning
that he had in arranging his study and as
sorting his books and sermons, committed
$50 old sermons 70 the flames and that he
had $50 more on the condemned list to be
burned soon. When asked how many SER
mons he owned, he replied, lone thousand"
When asked, why did YOU burn these" he
said, they are old, stale, flat and couldn't
consent to preach them any more. [ make
and preach better sermons than those now
AID why should l preserve these produc-
tons, which | no longer expect TO use.
TOO many sermon barrels standing around
are suggestive of incidence" He stated
further that these earlier efforts had not
been preached at all for ten years. Some
difference of opinion was expressed in the
meeting upon the wisdom of the bonfire.
Judge Van Epps says he was In court
once during the trial of a man charged with
carrying concealed weapons, and before be-
ginning the examination of witnesses, the
solicitor said that there was lawyer in the
court room who had on his person at that
moment a concealed weapon. If the lawyer
would come up and lay down his weapon,
and sign pledge never to carry concealed
weapons again, he would not be prosecuted.
but il he refused to do so, he would be c n
victed. Then there was commotion among
the lawyers, and finally one of them came
up, laid down his pistol, and signed the
pledge. i am glad to see you come up
said the solicitor, but you are not the man
was speaking Of. Then there was another
commotion, and, after little delay, another
lawyer came up. This is not the man yet
said the solicitor; and then another lawyer
came up and signed the pledge, and another
and another, until nine lawyers had laid
down their weapons and signed the pledge"
Il. j Hughes is wanted by his creditors
in Rome. His whereabouts are unknown.
The Tribune says: "He Is well known in
Rome. He was formerly head man of the
carpenters employed by Capt. Joe B.
Patton. He was very profaIIe and over
bearing man and none Of the workmen
liked him. They made protest against him
and be was promptly removed. After
leaving this position he formed the Rome
Building and Contracting Company, which
he advertised would build court houses,
jails and hotels and large buildings a
speciality. The company was prepared, he
said, to build anything from a woodshed to
a state house He had cards printed stating
that the capital stock of the company was
800, 00O Evidently he did not get much
business, as he spent a good deal of his time
around the exposition grounds and just be-
fore it opened ran shooting gallery. 1t is
said that he owes 81 900 to various parties
in the city and 800 to the exposition asso-
citation for privileges"
Lawton Collins and Leonard Williamson,
young farmers of Montgomery county,
loved the same young lady, and were rivals
for her hard Williamson, it seems, was the
more successful and won her heart. He
heard, however, that Collins had come in
between them by telling something that
broke Off the match. Williamson went out
with horse and buggy on Sunday, Oct. Z,
and finding Collins at home, asked him TO
get III the buggy and take ride over to the
young lady's house. Collins
accepted the invitation, and while
passing through piece of woods
Williamson directed Collins TO look upward
at some object, SO IL is theoried, aud while
his attention was thus attracted William