The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-17


in big supply at a time when he had the
proceeds of fifty bales of cotton in his
pocket, now anguish' in Jail at jefferson.
Petty John is a portly mulatto, and com
mand9d the confidence of merchants in
Athens. Gainesville, and all the small
towns around jug Tavern.
AT AIpharetta it was reported few even
ings ago that a stolen horse had passed
through town. and that there was S25 re-
ward for the same. Drs. Simpson and Nc
Daniel decided TO try for the reward. Sad
ding their horses. they put spurs to them,
and In five miles dis ance their horses were
q ont to give out. They exchanged horses
and away they went again, and in about
SIX miles furtler they overlook the horse
thief, and on Investigation they found that
the young man had bought the horse from
Dr. Westmoreland Of Atlanta.
Thomas Churchill Of Atlanta, whose wife
mysteri usly disappeared more than week
ago has not yet discovered her where
abouts Churchill married a Miss Sarah
Baugh W en- she was but u years old and
he but IL The wedding occurred in At
lanta ten years ago. They have no chill
dren. Their married life has always been
pleasant, and that is why Mr.. Churchill is
at loss to account for his wife's disappear
ance Mrs. Churchil1s mother, Mrs Fannie
! Baugh. is now critically i'll ct her home
near Forrest station, on the Central rail
road.
| Greensboro Herald: Among those who
voted at Greensboro on last Tuesday was
K. c. Hailes, one OF the best known
planters of the county. As he came into
tho court house he said: "Forty-eght
years ago to-day | voted in an old wooden
building which stands where this one does
| voted then for William Henry HarI ison
for President of the United States" And
to-dayF questioned bystander. To-day
| vote against the grandson of William
Henry Harrison for President and he ex
hibited the solid democratic ticket with
Cleveland and Thurman at its head
Near Smiths Mills, Dc. Alfred White
met with a singular accident on the night
of Nov. -, while coming from Flovilia.
The doctor had lately purchased a fine horse
which be priced very highly, thinking his
qualities all right. When near the ferry OF
I. j. Goodman he stopped and slipped the
bride from the horses head for him to
drink. The horse took fright and ran over
the doctor, throwing his wife from the
| buggy, breaking one arm and three ribs
and otherwise bruising her up. She had
not spoken when last heard from. The
horse, in his fright, ran headlong into the
river, carrying the buggy and a new set of
harness with him.
The Newman Herald is determined to
cover all Of the ground in assigning the
causes Of the defeat of democracy in the
late campaign. Here are the reasons the
Herald assigns for the republican victory:
Republican Doodle, the tariff, the Sackville
letter, Hills treachery, mugwumpery,
Hewitt and the County Democracy, Grant
and Tammany Hall, democratic rascality in
New York city generally, universal repub-
lican cuSsedness, opposition to the solid
south, democratic detection in Brooklyn,
republican hankerlng after the surplus in
the treasury, sectional jealousy, bloody
shirt, money devils and monopolists, and
Brice's inexperience.
At the Augusta exposition in the United
States government exhibit in the depart
ment OF war hangs confederate flag. 1t
is from the war record bureau, and IS hung
beneath the Star Spangled banner Gen.
Marcus j. Wright has written the following
lines: The confederate flag hangs listless
and unsupported, which denotes defeat
with heroic submission; pacific, but digni-
lied; subdued, but not disgraced: subOrdi-
nate. but not disfranchised or disfrater-
nized; obsolete, but not dishonored. Having
no further constituency, 1t ceases to exist
as an emblem of a nation, but it claims a
record Of an earnest effort, and of a genius
and heroism unquestioned of all mankind.
At Augusta, Thursday, a negro woman
left the exposition building with four silver
dollars clinking in her dress pocket. While
near iIe Exposition saloon Two
well dressed young men walked up, and one
Of them was seen to Put his hand in the
woman's pocket. When he attempted 10
withdraw his hand he attracted her atten-
ton. She hastily ran her hand into her
pocket and discovered that 81 of the 81 had
beel taken. The thief and his pal inIne-
dlately decamped, and were seen to enter
street car which was on its return trip to
the city. The police were notified of the
robbery Gunapaia1 in hot
men ju,t as they were in the act of leaping
from the car.
Tuesday Sheriff Edmondson was shot by
Simon Woodruff near Mountville, Troup
county. The wound is serious, but not
dangerous. Woodruff sold some mortgaged
property in 1886, aud Mr.. Truitt, who held
the mortgage. had him arrested by Sheriff
+. b. Edmondson. Ever since that arrest
Woodruff has borne a grudge against the
sheriff. Monday Mr.. Eimondson went out
to arrest Woodruff for selling mortgaged
property and bring him to jail, or get the
mortgage satisfied. Woodruff promised to
satisfy the mortgage and Sheriff Edmond
son went for the papers. Mr. Woodruff
met him with a shotgun in hand and
some words passed. The sheriff drew his
pistol and both fired simultaneously, the
load from Woodruff's gun taking effect in
the sheriff's neck and side. He staggered
back, but was caught by John Peldy, who
was with him. Mr.. Peddy drove him to
Mountville, where his wounds were dressed
by DR.. Fits, who extracted twenty-five
shot. Fortunately the gun was loaded with
No. SIS. for had they been larger, Troup
county would have been minus her sheriff
Marshal McC )rmack, accompanied by
posse of determined men, left here
last evening to arrest Woodruff, but
they returned without finding him, as he
had fed to Texas.
FLORIDA.