The morning news., 1888-06-21

Mr. Speer was very busy Monday taking
measurements of the building. He will
think the matter over before deciding what
shape to give the addition. The probability
is that the custom house will take on two
more stories.
Little Ben Hill Piper. whose father lives
on the plantation of Col. j. N. Truitt, in
| 1roup county, is the youngest farmer in
the state. He has an half acre in cotton
which will average knee high, and several
blooms have already shown in it. he has
800 hills Of ground peas, fine turnip patch
and a most promising watermelon patch,
and he is not yet years old. He does all
the work in these patches himself except
the blowing. and bis crop will produce con-
siderable money when sold.
| In speaking Of the travel setting in for the
| summer resorts, and of northern travel, TO
a reporter of the Macon Euening Ne,CS, a
| prominent railroad man said on Monday:
The northern people no longer hold the
| impression that 1t is unhealthy to go south
after April l. The heavy through southern
| travel this season is an evidence of this II
anything in the world is. Those northern
| tourists who have come south this season
have written so hatteringly of the comfort
ing, soothing atmosphere to be found at re-
sorts along the line of all the roads, that the
tide Of tourist travel has almost COM
pletely changed"
Patrolman Love Barnes was tried on
Monday night by the police commissioners
of Atlanta for insulting Capt. Foos of the
Salvation army, disturbing religious wor-
| ship and using indecent language at the
training home.n Several OF the soldiers
were examined. Capt. Foos' testimony was
very racy. She was asked whether she was
Methodist, a Baptist. a Presbyterian, a
| Catholic, etc, and to all the questions she
| replied that she was christian. She con-
! tended that God was at the head of the
salvation army. The testimony against the
| policeman was clear and explicit. The
| board found him guilty of disturbing public
| worship when he dragged his wife out of
the headquarters, and of using improper
language at the training home. The sentence
was reprimand and suspension Of five
days.
| Abbeville notes in Americus Recorder:
On Sunday morning lot of gentlemen
were down at the wharf looking at the
boat, drinking beer, ETC., when dispute
arose between Scott and Mitchell, both
hands on the boat. Scott is a northern
man, and remarked that some negroes were
as good as white man. Without arguing
the question with him, Mr.. Mitchell pulled
knife and stabbed Scott. They were
parted, and Scott returned to his boarding
house. After supper he was waited on by
committee of gentlemen who notified him
that they would give him until morning to
leave. Scott left that night through the
woods, jumping bitches, fences and logs,
arriving at Rochelle about day on Monday
morning, where he purchased ticket for
Americas. When the train came along he
boarded it, since which time nothing has
been seen or heard of him.
In Chandler district of jefferson county.
Bart Moore (colored) stabbed and shot Clark
| Millsapp coiored). From the wounds he
died instantly. The inquest showed that
the said Millsapp came to his death from
wounds inflicted by Moore. who was bound
over to answer at the next term of the
superior court for murder. John Petty
John left Moore in charge of his house,
and, together with his wife, went to a
church meeting. Mllsapp went to the
house and demanded whisky, and Moore re-
fused to let him search for it and ordered
him off the place. Millsapp threatened not
only to break in the cupboard, but to kill
the two little girls in the house. Moore at
tempted to drive him off, and in the strug-
| gle cut Millsapp twice in the back Mill
sapp then left and threatened to return in
few minutes with his pistol and accomplish
his ends. In short time he returned with
several rocks. He was again ordered off
and kept advancing. Moore fred once and
missed him, and Millsapp continued to ad-
vance, aud as he reached the door Moore
| pIdCeu bHo gun uBdItisb Ills dDQOIneu ana
shot him, killing him instantly. Moore is
in jail
Atlanta Constitution: The biggest haul
| of stolen goods made in some time was
| made Tuesday by Detectives Buchanan and
Bedford at the house of James Bone. Bone
is watchman for the Central railroad at the
| Forsyth street crossing, and it is thought
that he, himself, is innocent of the st ,aling.
The detectives say that the actual stealing
was done by gang of young white boys,
among whom are the SOILS of Bone, the two
King boys and several others. The boys
are encouraged and aided by Mrs Bone
The house has been suspected for some time,
as the boys have been disposing of razors,
knives. ETC., believed to have been stolen.
| Armed with a search warrant the detect
ives raided the house. They found large
number of silks. linen and cotton handker-
chiefs, silk muffierS, ladies' and boys shoes,
two new derby hats, knives, razors, pencils,
two pocket scales, scissors, a pair of
child's gold bracelets, three mems
coats, one new pair pants, large quantity
OF white bleaching, crossbar muslin, 81 X
trimming, large quantity of tobacco, a
box Of knitting needles, etc. 1t will be
remembered that about a month ago the
bazar at No. 3 Whitehall was closed up in
the hands of a receiver, and curing that
time it was burglarized, the thief or thieves
entering through the skylight. Some of the
goods found answer the description given of
those stolen then. 1t was about the same
time that the place of Mcdonald a. Shea,
contractors for railroad supplies, was bur
glarized. and part of the goods recovered
are theirs. Besides these a great quantity
of clothing and valuables was found that
seems to have been taken from private resi-
dences. The same house was searched about
three years ago and a quantity of brasses
stolen from the East Tennessee road. found
buried in the garden. The boys have
hitherto escaped punishment on account Of
their age.
The little girl taken from a woman named
Sayres in Brunswick last week on account
of cruel treatment, has been identified a,
May Gertrude Anderson of Jacksonville
She has been taken back by kind friend
and is now reunited with her little brother
The Brunswick Morning NelUs gives the
following account of the matter: Littk
Mary's father is w. II. Anderson, OF
South Carolina, a nephew of the we'll
known Judge Presley OF that state. Mr..
Anderson was happy husband and father
of two chidren-little Mary and a boy
younger. But Mrs. Anderson's health fail.
ing, he spent money and time travelling
with his little family for her benefit, all to
no effect, for two years ago she died in Pa.
latka, Fla, leaving him with his two moth.
erless children, and half-crazed with grief
Under these circumstances he tried TO drown