The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-21


polished by hand: Gold and silver-bearing
| quartz from Leadville, tiger eye and agates
! from the Gunnison and the Hot Springs,
! turquoise, crystals lead and copper quartz
( from the Rocky Mountains around Denver,
and the white and smoky topaz, and
mountain coral from around Colorado
/ springs with thermometer set IN the Top.
The invitation committee Of the Savannah
/ Valley Convention held a meeting at Au-
| gusta Thursday at which important bust
ness was transacted. The invitation com
/ mittce will act as a reception committee TO
| meet the delegate, on their arrival Inc
convention win be held at the Cotton Ex-
! change AMI called 10 order at II o'clock,
/ Wednesday, Jan 35 On Tuesday night,
| Jan. "a, there viii be a meeting OF the entire
/ Augusta delegation TO formulate plans FOR
( permanent organization, and To transact
I other business preparatory to the cynVen-
! ton. The gentlemen that have the banquet
| IN baud have met with success and Mr. Pet
I tijohn will entertain the delegates at the
| Arlington in elegant style.
| A green hand from the country was en-
| ployed at the Albany compress, A day or
| two since, and put to work. While passing
the tie-cipper over bale Of cotton III the
press his arm became caught between the
bale and the upper portion of the compress.
/ The great lower Jaw of the iron monster
vas AtAl'ltF tI'Nillg u lJl uAiils biiD
became more and more severe upon him.
He struggled. squirm d and screamed with
| fright HIS voice was drowned in the hiss
ing of the steam. in few moments more
his arm would be crushed to a shapeiess
mass. Ii was impossible to eXtrlcate H.
The negro nearly tainted with terror. Mr.
C. w. Tiff, engineer in charge, happened
to notice the predicament the darley was
in. The lever was promptly turned and the
moving compress came 70 n sudden stop,
and the man's arm was saved.
Taliaferro county was declared wet" by
the Ordinary after the election last Noven-
Der 10y a majority Of 10 The Prohibition
lists at once contested, Three justices of
the Peace, appointed by Judge Lumpkin,
met At the court house Monday morning
for the purpose of casting out the ballots of
Illegal voters. Two days We're spent in the
Investigation, and the attorneys on both
sides agreed 10 defer proceedings until the
technical points IN the case are passed upon
by Judge Lumpkin in February, when the
attorneys for the ProhibitOplsts viii en-
deavor TO throw out the Crawfordville pre-
cinct for the following reasons: There was
but one freeholder VINO sat rs manager of
election at this precinct, the other two being
Justices OF the Peace and one of them an
alien. One barrOOm secured license and
commenced selling whisky in December,
and will continue to sell until the matter is
decided.
At Madison Prof Lowanda has been Oc-
cupying the stage at Fosters Hall with his
so-called gift entertainments. The professor
seems to be an adept at legerdemain, and
the last piece of sleight-of-hand work done
10y HIM was the most successful of any and
brought down the house'-that is, the
crowd was mad and indignant, and at one
time things looked threatening. Wednesday
night $50 gold piece was to have been
given to tine one holding the lucky number,
and it had been agreed that little girl
should draw from box twenty five tickets,
and that the twenty-hfth ticket
should win the money. When the
last ticket had been drawn the
professor substituted another, having
| on it the name of Moses Miller, and declared
Moses the lucky man. Miller was a
stranger, drummer, and was stopping at
the same hotel where Lowanda had quar-
tiers. He had several times offered to bet
that he would win the $50 The slbsttu
! ton was at once detected and several in
| the audience determined not to be swindled
in any such way. Warrants were issued
! for Lowanda and his assistants charging
them with cheating and swindling, but be-
| fore the officer could make the arrest,
| Lowanda left the stage and has not been
seen since
! A sensation was created at Lexington
| Thursday by the finding of what purports to
be the VIII of the late BlTwell Hill, in which
| he left his entire estate to his widow Bur
| Wei Hill inherited from l.. NJ. Hill, his
| father. Being lnsolvent he made q con
| tract by which Harry Hill, his son. stood in
| his place i'll his fathers will. Upon the
death of l.. NJ Hin, Burwell Eill and Har-
~ Hill made contract by which Burwell
| Hill had the right to dispose of the property
as he pleased. When Burwell Hill died no
will was produced, and it was claimed he
| had not exercised his right of disposal, and
| that his interest in the estate was only for
| life, and therefore ii reverted to Har-
ry HILL Litigation ensued. The case
went to the Supreme Court, which
decided that, as Burwel Hill had not
disposed of the property, his widow was not
| entitled TO it, The widow now produces
viii, properly attested and in the late Bur
well Hills handwriting 1t is not simply
signed, but written throughout in the same
| hand, which experts say is that of Mr.. Hill.
! The will was submitted to Mr.. Romare,
! Prof Moore and Prof Goldsmith, of At
lanta. 1t was admitted to probate, and
those familiar with MIR. Hills handwriting
say it is not forgery, but genuine will.
| 1t is claimed that it was found in an old
book, where it had been laid away and for
| gotten. Mr.. Hills counsel claims that the
case is already settled by the highest court
and that the will will have no effect even if
! it is genuine, which they do not admit.