The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-20

trace it to the farmer who sold it, Some
! farmer living around Harmony Grove, VINO
Is now feeling good over how he palmed OIL
a false packed bale, will be SURPRISED when
the Sheriff comes to arrest him.
Brown & French, grocers of Americas,
bought the stock of L. j. Darden of that
| city. They claim to have bought the stock
in good faith, not knowing that Darden was
involved. Judge Fort Saturday granted a
temporary injunction against Brown q
| French, restraining them from selling any
| OF the Darden stock until the case can be
heard on its merits The trial is set for
March "A. Coleman, Burden solomon,
| OF Macon, are the complainants Mr.. Oar
den left the city the night after he disposed
| of his interest. stating to some friends that
he was going to Mexico.
At Monticello a day or two ago, while j.
NJ. Byars was digging out the cook room Of
! his cellar, underneath the old swanson
| store, the dirt suddenly sank into a dark
| hole. 1t revealed a well fourteen feet deep,
! two feet in diameter and walled with rock
! TO what seemed once to have been the top.
| The dirt for three feet over the mouth was
as firm as elsewhere with no sign on the
| surface. Judge Swanson occupied the store
more than thirty years ago. Not citizen
can be found who ever heard OF the well.
Il was dug before the present house was
| built, hut surely IN the right place, for now
| the well is in the corner of the cook room.
1t seems as if the rocks had just grown
! around hole.
A row between some of the railroad hands
and some Madison negroes occurred at Il
negro house near the depot at Madison Fri
| day night Some of Hampton & Bradeen's
hands went in a negro restaurant and be-
came rather boisterous, when one Of the
| town negroes, Ed Darracott, asked them to
make less racket. This enraged them so
| that three of them drew their pistols on
Darracott Bert Simmons out-running the
Marshal, ran into the crowd and tried to
| arrest one of the railroad negroes, whOsfe-
sisted arrest and shot at Mr.. Simmons twice,
one ball passing through the crown of his
hat. At this juncture the Marshal arrived,
and, with other assistance, three negroes
were arrested and lodged in Jail. The negro
who shot at Mr.. Simmons is still at large
AT Thomaston Mrs Williams, the wife of
Judge j. G. Williams, had a narrow escape
from being burne1 TO death Wednesday.
While sitting by the fire spark popped
out, and unknown to Mrs. Williams lodged
on the back part of her dress. A consider
able portion of the clothing was burned be-
fore she was aware of it. When the heat
made itself felt she discovered the fire and
gave the alarm. With great presence of
mind she began sitting the fire with a small
shawl which she had over her shoulders.
At the same time Mrs. Yarbrough, who
was present, dashed bucket of water on
her, the colUred cook rushed in and the fire
was soon extlnguished. Mrs. Williams was
not burned, except on one hand, while try
ing to put out the fire; but it was narrow
escape.
Whitesburg was saddened Friday by the
death of Grant Roberts, aged 81 years, and
at the same time the death of Mrs. McIarn,
"a daughter) and wife of Col McLarin, of
Farburn. Mr.. Roberts was the father of
twenty-five children, seventeen of whom are
yet living. Mrs. McLarin leaves her hus-
band and six children, all about grown Mr..
Roberts has been suffering for some time
with paralysis, and his death seemed almost
inevitable, yet no one thought on Friday
last, when Mrs McLarin left Campbell
county, and her husband and children, to
be by the bedside of her aged father, that
her life would be extinguished simultane-
ously with his. As soon as she found her
father was dead she fell across him. ex-
claiming; Father, / can't give you up"
and soon she too was lifeless
The following are the principal arguments
used before the House Committee on the Ju-
dietary in behalf of the proposal to estab-
fish an Eastern division of the Northern
district, with United States Courts at Au-
gusta. 1T will be a great convenience and
saving of time and expense to the large
body of people in these counties. The coun-
ties composing this district are rich and
populous, and all of them traversed by rail
roads centering ut Augusta. The city of
Augusta Is the center and commercial mark
of this territory. 1t is here the people have
their factors, friends and agents; and here
they would not be subjected to the annoy
ances and inconveniences experienced by
all classes-litigants, jurors, witnesses and
lawyers-in having to attend court at dis
lance from home and in a strange commu-
nifty"
A day or two ago Warren Edge, an old
citizen of Athens, while running over some
old papers, came across an exchange on the
Bank Of Philadelphia for 81 900 Mr. Edge
had brother who went to California in
lS49 when the gold fever struck the coun-
try. He made a great deal of money in
California, and sent Mr. Edge exchange on
Philadelphia for 81 900 as a present. The
| exchange was given by Page. Bacon & Co,
of San Francisco. Mr.. Edge, not knowing
that the exchange was of any value put it
away and kept it since 1853 The banking
house of Page, Bacon e. Co. went under in
1854 but the Bank of Philadelphia is still in
existence, and the exchange, in all proba-
bility, is worth its face value. Zeke Edge
will ferret the matter out, and if there is
any possible chance to get the money will
do so.
Matthews Free Press We are not super
stitious, never were and never want to be-
but it is a fact, we now surrender In the
train the other day at a station above
Matthews beautiful red-haired girl
stepped in, when the conductor pointed his
index finger to IA sure enough white horse
near by. We didn't think much about it
until the train arrived at another station.
| when in walked another young lady. She,
| too, was pretty, but with similar hued hair
Out the window we glanced, and, behold,
there stood the present white mule
On we poadered and wonde. ed to the CITY,
and then wheuwe saw girl with a red
head come dashing and slashing down the
street in spite of us we invariably glanced
back to see If that white horse was in sight,
and it is true, he was there Why, we cannot
tell We are now superstitious
Burglars entered the stores of w. B.
Griffin and G. w. Wood at Sunny Side,
Spaldipg county, Friday night. and stole
$3.50 worth of goods. T. f. Smiths wood
store was entered, but the burglars obtained
nothing there. Between the stores of Mr..
Griffin and Mr.. Wood were found two
coats belonging to Mr.. Wood and several
pairs of pants, a box of cigars and a
few spools of thread belonging to Mr..
| Griffin. 1t is thought that the raiding
! party was com posed of local talent and
an eye will be kept Oh several parties that
are suspected of having had a hand in the
steal. One thing about the burglary that