The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-19

Several Serious ARRAYS Near Danle-s-
vile in Which Lives Were leopard
ized-Escape Of Couple Of Convicts
at High Shoals-A Rap!s, Sentenced
at Americust 10 Twenty Years lmpris-
onmert.
GEORGIA.
N.G. Swansea, an old citizenof Lagrange,
died Monday.
At LAGRANGE S. ?. Smith has sold bis TO
nous plow mandatory 10 W. > Cox.
AT Tbomesvile few roses are in bloom,
and violets are peep.ng shyly from their
green surroundings.
]. D. Russ was without opposition, elected
Mayor of Butler at the municipal cleo
ton a few days ago Judge Russ was for
many years Ordinary.
Charles Mapp had his little finger cut off
and his hand split open last Saturday even
ing at the EtJwah Manufacturing Com
panys works at Rome.
At LAGRANGE the firm of J. T. Harris &
Sons. hardware dealers, has been dissolved,
J. b Harris Withdrawing. The business
will be conducted under the name Of J. +.
Harris & Son.
The directors Of the King mill at Augusta
have declared a semi-annual dividend Of 4
per cent. The annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held at the Office Wednesday,
Jan. %, at ii O'Clock.
At Cochran George F. Hendricks, mem
Der of the old Board of Aldermen, was de-
feated for Mayor, and is contestng the cleo
ton, but nobody in the new government
seems TO take any notice of it.
At LaGrange Saturday a colored lad
named Sherman Stokes, was killed by the
accidental discharge of an old musket
which be and another boy named Charlie
Scott had been fooling with.
DR. II. H. Cary, the Georgia Fish Com
missioner, will leave in a few days for Flor
ida, where he goes TO study the habits of the
St Johns river shad, and to look after some
valuable property he owns in that State
Hands were busy Tuesday putting up the
poles in Americas for the telegraph line
from Americas TO Buena Vista, via Ella
Vile The poles have been placed along
the railroad and only few remain to be
put in.
Henrietta Ross, mother of Carrie Ross, a
negro girl well-known in police circles, died
in the hallway in front of the cells in the
city prison at Atlanta Tuesday morning
The woman's death was due to whisky and
exposure.
James j. Wilson, who has heen con iuCt-
ing a retail shoe business at No. III Broad
street. Augusta, sold out Tuesday to j. b.
White & Co. Mr.. Wilson carried about
$4,000 in stock and the cause of the sale is
dine to poor collections.
At Butler, a few nights ago, while the
family OF J. II. Neisler was at supper, a ne
gro, Peter Brooks, Jr., who had been work
ing for Mr.. Nesier, entered the house and
stole some money, amounting TO SO 90.
The money was afterwards secured, but the
thief escaped.
The steamer City of Brunswick went
aground on the shoals of Satilla river Mon
day while bringing the Travelling Passen-
ger Agents Association from Fernandina to
Brunswick The vessel was floated on the
next tide, however. The visitors had an en-
joyable time at Brunswick as guests of the
city.
On some of the fences Of Albany has been
discovered the most shocking obscenty
written in bold hand. The City Council
will take steps to ferret out the miscreant
who thus wrongs every man, woman and
child of the city. and if he be discovered a
punishment commensurate with the enor-
nifty of his crime and public indecency viii
he meted out to him.
McDonough Weekly: Bobbie Sloan, a 70
year-old sou OF our fellow townslnan,
W. {. Sloan, happened to a very serious ac-
cident while walking picket fence few
days since. He made misstep, fell astride
one Of the plckets and impaed himself
When taken from the fence he tainted His
physicians pronounce him quite badly hurt
Out nothing or serious nature.
The case Of William Thomas, charged
with rape on the person Of his own daughter.
was tried before the Superior Court at
Americas Tuesday The jury returned a
verde Of guilty, with a recommendation to
mercy. and the Judge sentenced him to
twenty years in the penitentiary. Had it
mot been for the recommendation to mercy.
he would undoubtedly have been sentenced
to be hung.
A curious business affair between couple
of merchants of Americas is worthy of
mention. Some weeks ago one member Of
a certain firm concluded he would like to
dissolve partnership, and offered to sell or
buy at such price. The other member of
the firm said he was satisfied, and would not
buy or sell. In consequence the business
was closed up, and rent and taxes are slow
y eating up the goods.
As a colored man named Griffin Selfridge
was going to his home in FOrestville. q sui
urb of Rome. Saturday night he was
knocked down by a stick in the hands of
some person bent upon robbery The rascals
Of whom Selfridge says there were two, evil
IDENTIFY must have expected to get some
money, or intended to kill their victim
Selfridge suspects certain parties, one of
whom has been arres ed.
Cochran's fire company held their annual
election last night, and elected the following
officers: j. c. Durham, President; A. p
Urquhart, Vice President; I, d. LOYAL,
Foreman; Dr. c.. Z. Taylor. First Assistant
Foreman; j. II. Orboy, Second Assistant
Foreman; j. Mackoff, Secretary; j. NJ.
Wynne, Treasurer: DIR. F. F. Walker, Sur
geon; w. f. McVav, Engineer; Morgan
Thompson, Captain of Hose.
Monday night four convicts two white
and two black, escaped from the convict
camp Of 7. w. Powell at High Shoals
They were hotly pursued for twelve or four
teen miles by bloodhounds. The pursuers
were delayed trying to cross Jacks creek,
when the hounds caught up with the con
victs, who played the lobe Jackson trick
by tying the dogs and carrying them on
with them. When last heard from they
were in Alcova river swamp. The chase
has been given up.
Before Taylor was prohibition county.
an old man was found dead one bitter cold
morning. The Coroner summoned a Jury
and repaired TO the scene A huge pine
knot fire was built and finally the fire fail
ing 10 warm the crowd up properly, it was
decided TO take little" In due season
most of he jurors were ready and after
weighing the evidence, having made a legal
scion Foreman, the following verdict was
rendered; Owe, the jury, find the prisoner
guilty"
". b. Lowe, of the convict camp on the
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