The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-24

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a verdict that the deceased came to her
death by blows inflicted by her husband,
| which caused the rupture of blood vessel,
/ and that they believeit TO be manslaughter.
George is now in jail.
Tom Pope, the miller at Stuckys mills,
near Stephensville, March 20, while fishing
with his nets few nights ago was alarmed
! Oy some unknown person from the bank
/ pitching rocks at him. as he thought. He
left the pond as quickly as he could row his
boat to shore, and was afraid to go 10 his
nets alone at night. The next night he
called on his old chum, Mr.. Dixon, who is
an expert fisherman at night, and the same
mystery was repeated. On investigation it
was found that it was beavers slapping the
water with their tails around the nets
A bolt oflightnng toreup one Of the frame
cabins on j. NJ. lifts plantation. in Dough-
city county, Tuesday night. The cabin is
surrounded by tall pines, which have been
| considered a sufficient protection from light
ming, but, during the fiercest part of the
thunder storm, its six negro occupants were
awakened by a fearful peal of thunder as
the 'lightniug's red glare painted hell on
! the sky Nearly the entire chimney end
of the cabin was torn OFF, the chimney torn
down and the head board of a bed in which
two negroes were sleeping was split There
were six negroes in the cabin and all escaped
unhurt.
AT Dawson few days ago young tramp
met with Withdrawals porter, on the way
to deliver a piece OF meat to a customer,
and promptly took possession of it, Mar
shall Hatcher was notified, and found his
| trampship at the depot when the east-bOund
passenger train arrived. He had crawleI
up on one of The car trucks and was fixed
| for ride to Smithville when pulled from
his perch He was young Eng ishman,
and plead 50 pteOusly that he was allowed
| To 10
| paying his fare to Smithville. He prom
ised that he would not stop until he mad
| reached his home in the old country.
At Atlanta the Superior Court had up
| for trial Wednesday the case of Mrs Fouche
| VS. Samuel NJ. lnman ct al, suit on eject
| ment In 1861 man Ey the name Of Black
| burn gave fourteen acres of land, the pres
| emit value of which is about $4,000 to his
| Son-in-law, a man by the name Of Cook
making Cook deed to the same. Twenty
years after in 1881 Blackburn decided the
same property to his son. Mrs. Touches
| title comes to Ter from the first deed, and
| lnman's from the second, made twenty
/ years after the first was signed The ques-
ton of forgery was what the court took up
| Thursday and after argument, Mrs. Pouches
title was found to be genuine.
Mrs. Ann Matthias, wife of William
Matthias, living near the residence Of Hon
| II. M. Burch, about six miles from Dublin
| has been adJudged insane and taken to the
| asylum at Mllledgeville Mrs. Matthias is
| about IS years old, and her mind first be-
! came affected over the loss of her son, who
| was three years ago killed on the South
| western railroad. OF late she has been
quite violent, and at times would get hold
of a gun and make her husband and other
| Inmates of his home seek place of safety.
! In her arrangement she would frequently
! stand in the middle of the room with a
| lighted candle upon her head, saying that
she was endeavoring to drive away the ku-
klux or the tories.
At Atlanta an effort will be inaugurated at
an early day by some of the leading prohibi-
tiOniSts to break up all of the saloons loca-
ted on Decatur street. The ground upon
which their establishment will be fought is
that they are nusanceS and would so be re-
garded by the courts. 1t is stated that a
proposition has been made to some of the
residents and business men on Decatur
street, that if they will bring suit to wipe
out the saloons on that thoroughfare, a GER
tain prominent prohibitionist of the city
viii furnish all the lawyers necessary to
conduct the suit and pay them for their SER
| vices. Ii the citizens fail to open war upou
their neighbors, the fight will be brought by
nonresidents of that street
Macon Ieiegrdph' Capt John L. Harde-
lnau has some specimens of crystal found
lo5es of the prettiest ears or TO do any other
ornamental service. They lack the bril-
liancy OF the diamond, but they are as
clear and beautiful as a drop of water
Capt Hardeman has a collection of miner
| ais, arrow heads, bits of pottery and some
of his specimens of quartz are exceedingly
handsome; He picks them up wherever he
goes. While on a visit to North
Carolina he procured some speci-
mems, among them one containing
corundum. l. G. Plant has proba-
bly, the finest collection of geological and
meteorological specimens in this section.
At Atlanta a few days ago a number of
| young people were gathered at a home on
Peters street in pleasant soclable. In the
latter part of the evening two of the young
! gentlemen selected a young lady each to 90
through a mock marriage ceremout. The
young people selected late groom to per
form the ceremony With the conventional
solemnity the late groom repeated the cere-
mony almost perfectly. After the cere-
mony was concluded congratulations were
extended by those who had witnessed the
mock marriage. Thursday morning one of
the young ladies, who had been informed
that the wedding was legal, sought law
yer TO find out if it was true. On being in
formed that it was not she returned home
and informed her comuanion, and they are
once again happy. 1t is safe to say that
this Is the last mock ceremony they Will
participate in.
John Mcclure, an old and respected citi-
zen of Campbell county, while cutting a
tree up that he had felled in his field
Wednesday, fell from the log after he had
cut it in two, and in falling he stuck the
point of a cotton plant into his right eve.
the plant or stalk going in just above his
eyebal and penetrating several inches un-
der his skull He got up aud started to his
house, and when be arrived he told his SONS
what had happened TO him and said it was
hurting badiS He then began TO talk at
such rate that his sons NV his mind was
wrong Before the doctor arrived Mr.. Nc
Clure was delirious and could not speak an
Ineligible word. He has not uttered a
word since. The doctor thinks he may re-
cover, but the chances are against him
Mr.. Mcclure has eight or ten living chill
dren, and has several brothers and sisters
living He is 70 years old.
FLORIDA.
Oranges are getting scarce and prices are