The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-27

Scriven County-A Chattanooga Man
Rejected by His Intended on His
Marriage Day.
GEORGIA.
The estate of the late Simon Marks, of
Athens, will foot up over 5000, 900.
The Democratic mass meeting Of Pulaski
county will he held at Hawkinsville to-
morrow.
Capt A. Y. Beaton has sold his turpen-
tine interests at Abbeville to B. D. Wood
ard, of Eastman, for $4 800.
Col. Tom Rains, who lived near Hickory
Grove. committed suicide Sunday by shoot
ing himself with a shotgun.
The Democratic party of Campbell
county will meet in mass meeting at Fair
burn May to elect delegates to the At
lanta convention.
Screven county has had a week of drought
with high and cold winds, which has done
considerable damage to farmers Cotton is
about half killed and corn badly stunted.
The town council of Elberton is arranging
to sell the stock owned by the town in the
Elberton railroad, about 175 shares. The
Richmond and Danville is supposed to be
the purchaser.
petition asking Thomas Nell, of Athens,
to be candidate for tie House of Repre-
sentatives from Clarke, was circulated
through the streets of that city Tuesday, and
quite large number signed it.
At Cochran, a dog supposed to be mad
was killed by the Marshal last Saturday.
Wednesday the Marshal killed a cat that
had hydrophobia. Neither of the animals
had chance to bite anything
The citizens of Elberton viii subscribe
the $751; 900 asked of them by the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern. Nearly the whole
amount has been subscribed, and the remain
der will be procured in few days.
Saturday morning a daughter of Bob
Harris, who lives three miles from Dawson,
aged about years, was fatally burned by
her dress taking fire. She lived but few
hours after the accident occurred III the
most excruciating agony.
lshmael Weaver, a venerable colored
man, of GAINESVILLE, died Tuesday. He was
the father of seventy-two children. He has
been heard TO say that if he had kept all his
children together he would now have fifty
two able-bodied farm hands.
AT Crawfordville, Edward Rhodes, a ne
gro, who has been confined in Jail here for
several weeks, made his escape Tuesday
night through an opening III the rear of the
Jail, made by himself. He attempted to
hang himself in Jail about ten days ago.
Oscar Mccall (colored) was arrested and
brought before Judge John II. Hull at
Sylvania, Tuesday, for a committal trial,
charged with assault and battery upon the
person Of L. Blomburg. The evidence be-
ing sufficient, he was committed to the next
Superior Court for trial
At Lexington, Babe Rome, now in Jail
for adultery and other crimes, under $3.50
bond, will probably be let out, as a number
of citizens will go on his bond through
sympathy for his old mother and heart
broken sisters. viii Rome, a younger
brother left town week before court met
with an indictment for the same offense
hanging over him, in company with
negro wench.
The Marietta Hotel lot, on the square at
Marietta, owned by Reynolds, McClatchy
q Reynolds, was sold on last Monday to
Hon. J. b. Blackwell for 5000. Two store
lots had been previously sold to Messrs
Brantley, of Blackshear, for 81, 900 Messrs.
Reynolds, McClatchy & Reynolds bought
this property little over "A year ago for
$500. They have sold it this year for
$1,000, making profit of $4,000.
Fred Weibens and Stephenson, the Hart
well bicyclists, passed through Elberton
Tuesday on their way to Augusta, to enter
the races to come off in that city. They
proposed to make the distance, 100 miles, on
their bicycles in one day, having come from
Hartwell to Elberton, twenty-one miles, in
two hours. Weibens will make thousand
mile trip on his bicycle before he returns
They feel confident of carrying off the prizes
in Augusta.
A young man from Chattanooga arrived
at Gainesville Tuesday night to be married
Wednesday morning to young ,lv Of
that place. When the groom arr ed Mt
the brides home she was all dressed for the
occasion, and minister and friends were in
attendance. Just before the young lady
finished putting on her gloves, she told the
young man that she did not love him, and
could not marry him. He took the next
train for home.
Gus letter, on old and highly respected
planter of Houston county, died at his
home in Hickory Grove, last Monday, of
paralysis. Mr.. letter has been suffering tor
some time, and for the last week or two he
has been confined to his bed. His remains
were Inferred in Orange Hill cemetery,
Hawkdnsville, on Tuesday last. lie was the
father of Hon. William a. letter, of the
letter & Boardman water works, of Macon
and Brunswick b. w letter, of the brick
works in Macon, and Joe f. letter, Hawk
insville. His age was 66 years.
AT Macon, a few days ago, the pretty
little blue eyed seven-year-old daughter of
j. F. Stroberg, slightly scratched las her
parents supposed) her eye with a pair of
scissors. The eye not getting we'll she was
carried to DIR. Cotter, the oculist who
found a deep wound underneath the lid,
which has ruined the eye forever. The
inflammation was eased for few days, but
Wednesday of this week, the eye had be-
come Assessed, and the good eye already
becoming weakened and endangered
through sympathy, DR.. Cotter had to re-
move the injured eyeball.
A sensation was produced in the neighbor-
hood OF BARRIERS creek, in Walton county,
by the sudden disappearance of Thomas Nc
Donald and his wife's widowed sister, Mrs.
Thomas, who accompanied him in the night
to parts unknown. A few DAYS ago the
prodigal sister returned alone They got as
far as Rome, where, she says, Mcdonald
was arrested by some one who claimed to
have a warrant ror him, and she returned
a wiser and promised to be better woman
in the future. Mcdonald left his wife and
several children in a destitute condition.
and her sister who accompanied him left
one child to be cared for by her widowed
mother.
Trees long retain the scars inflicted upon
them by rife balls, and trees are standing
on the OLD Indian battle ground near Daw-
son that still bear the sears of the rifle
balls fired into them during the fight in
July, 1886 The pine tree that one Of the
soldiers assembled TO spy out the movements
of the Indians is still there The venerable
Mr.. Statham, who is now living near
Abbeville, and who at that time was a
lieutenant in Capt. Jernigan's company.
fIA gNlsN Hla.n Ill II.