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

ated by the State, to complete the South
Georgia College. 1t is not known whether
the work will be proceeded with at once, or
whether the board will wait for vacation to
! do the work.
AT ConyeFS Thursday the stone-cutters
/ struck for higher wages. 1t is SAID that
! the strike is general throughout the United
| States. The men demand 50 day or $50 a
/ thousand blocks They were getting SIS a
thousand before Col. S. A. Pearce ac-
! coded to their request and they have gone
/ back TO work
Gainesville EogIe: Mr. Gus Daniels, at
| one time manager of the Marshall House,
savannah, but more recently of Winston,
n. c., has been spending some time in our
city. We have heard it intimated that he
will probably take charge Of New Holland
! Springs the coming summer.
George w Caradine, who lived two and
one-haf miles from Gainesville, died
Wednesday by his own hand. He took
strychuine. Being involved in debt is the
only cause that can be surmised. He has
| had case or two continually in court for
the past forty years, and now at the age Of
20, lays all his litigation over.
few days ago a son OF s. A. Sheffield,
tenant on ID. Augustus BuIchs farm, in the
northern part Of Dodge county, eight or
nine miles from Eastman, ploughed up a
Spanish coin stamp 1862 years old. Ii is be
loved TO have been buried by counterfeit
ers in the days when Spanish money was in
circulation in this part of the country.
Notwithstanding the fact that the friends
of Col W. X Moore are ANXIOUS that he
should make the race for State Senator
from the Forty-third District, the Colonel
is averse to entering the contest. He says
that it would be a sacrifice for him to make
the race just now, his legal duties being
such as to require his undivided time and
attention.
At Milledgeville Thursday, while DR..
Galloway was visiting his patients his horse
ran away. throwing the doctor from his
buggy. His injuries are slight. Just in
front of the team were Mr. Samuel Evans
and lis son i'll buggy; not knowing Of the
runaway i'll time to escape, Mr.. Evans was
hurt by the team dashing INTO his buggy
The little boy received internal injuries.
A gentleman in Washington had an iron
safe, and the man from whom he got it,
through a legal process, refused to give him
the combination. The man in possession of
the safe wrote to the makers Of it for III
structions about getting into it, when they
wrote him TO break off the handle, take a
steel punch and knock in the revolving rod.
he was not mere than five minutes in get
ting into it.
At Waycross last Saturday morning j.
T. Hale was called upon to go down on the
okefenokee swamp to hold an inquest on
the body of negro, found dead near George
Rowell's place. The jury returned yer
diet that deceased came to his death by a
shotgun wound which may or may not have
been inflicted by his own hand A pistol
and hat were found near by, and negro,
who was working near by, says he heard
nd lIatUr h., .gk,
fall.
Rohoboth Missionary Baptist Church.
located in the western part of Pierce
county, was burned Sunday night. Henry
Williams (colored) was supposed to be the
incendiary, and an Investigation twas had
before Justice Joseph Dickson Monday No
testimony being presented to convict him,
and being negro of little sense, it was
thought proper to take him to Blackshear
and have him adjudged insane. There
being no proof that ne was of unsound
mind, he was released
An old miner named Gabe Polk. of Bark
Camp district, Hall county, was killed on
Feb. 81 while undermining a bank in a gold
mine belonging to John Whechel, near
Leathers Ford. A vast amount of dirt and
rock caved on him, crushing him i'll a fear
full manner. j. M. Whelchel and other
gentlemen were several hours exhuming his
remains They found on reaching him that
his neck, back and one or two of his limbs
were broken. He must have been killed in
stantly. The old man said that he intended
to quit mining that day.
Near Athens Thursday the afternoon train
was shot into by jeff McClesky, condu tor
on the Northeastern road. McCleslky with
friend was Nhunting. The train passed,
with the brakeman on the rear platform
Both aimed and McCleslly fired. The load
of bird shot entered the rear door of the
coach, and was imbedded in the partition
which separated the compartments. No
passenger was injured. One shot struck
the cOlored brakeman in the forehead. Nc
Clesky is well known and quite popular.
His friends assert positively that his action
was purely accidental.
Commissions were issued to the following
officers Thursday: f. II. Wright, County
Treasurer of Crawford county, vice w. H..
Dend, resigned; K. &. Obery, Notary Public
and ex oficiO Justice of the Peace of the
590th District of Pierce county; Lawson
Thompson, Notary Public and ex ofiicio
Justice of the Peace of the 1l6S District of
Glascock county, vice c. G. Thompson, re-
moved from the district; w. w. Swami, S.
w Weaver and j. j. Long, members of the
Board of Education of Rockdale county
the former to fill the unexpired term of j.
W. Hollingsworth; d. F. Clatfelter, Notary
Public and ex oflicio Justice of the Peace for
56lst District of Rockdale.