The morning news., 1888-12-25

The many farmers of Brooks county are
seriously embarrassed by the secret and sue
cessful efforts of an immigration agent to
entice negro farm laborers and their fami-
lies from their present homes to promised
ones in Arkansas This agent does his
work at night and without license. The
sufferers have marked him for their own,
and on his next trip hey will endesvor to
arrest him for his violation Of state law.
The deluded creatures have been promised
that on their arrival tn Arka nsas each one
shall have 100 acres Of land, a horse, buggy
and harness, five cows and SO forth. On
the plantations of several prominent and
extensive farmers work has been neces-
sarily suspended. It is said that party OF
about 100 will leave Quitman on the 10Th,
and they are now selling az extremely low
prices all of their possessions, consisting of
corn, fodder, potatoes, cows, hogs, etc.
At Fort Gaines Saturday, large crowd
of negroes had assembled to witness the
marriage OF Asbury Speight (coloredl, and
the ceremony was actually bsing performed
| when the proceedings were rudely inter
rupted by the advent of Augusta Foster, a
| ienlon-hued damsel, who stoutly protested
against Asbury'S marriage, on the plea that
he had been engaged TO her for three wears.
She threatened TO sue him for damages if he
did not keep his promise. The negro
preacher refused to continue the ceremony
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secured Judge Blocker's services, however,
and the marriage was consummated in spite
| OF Augustus threats.
At the meeting of the hoard of health
| Wednesday evening, Aug. 80, member
| of the committee from the Macon Medical
society stated that the condition of the
| swamp below the city was in very much the
| same dondition as the swamps near Savan-
/ nah in 1876. Mayor Price IN his reply de-
MED that the swamp was in bad condition.
stating that two prominent physicians of
| Macon had said that the swamp was in
| better condition than it had been in forty
| years. Since that meeting a committee,
| appointed by the Macon Medical society,
has visitedthe swamp, ascertained its con-
| dition and submitted a report and recon-
| mendations for overcoming the sanitary OBJ
jections to which it is open.
What appears to be a practical scheme
| for running street cars, elevators and min
| ing trains has qeen invented and patented
| by two Georgians, the motive power being
| compressed air. The details cannot now be
given, but in all probability the citizens of
Atlanta will have an opportunity to see
| the workings OF it in the very near future.
The patent has only been granted within
the last few weeks, and already one syndi-
cate in New York city has offered hand
some price for it. AS the owners are not
| forced to sell, and as they are very conf
| dent they have the best, cheapest, safest and
most reliable invention which has ever been
brought forward, they are at present dis
posed to keep the control in their own hands
and sell the rights to different street rail
| road companies.
j. A Richter was arrested near Harris
fields mill in Colquitt county last Friday
| upon charge Of attempt to rape the person
of Mrs. Missouri Sloan, young widow Nv
ing upon her farm with her four children
| in that county. Mrs. Sloan gives the fol-
| lowing version OF the affair to her father,
Abe Hutchinson: She was alone in the
| house lying down with headache when
| young Richter entered. caught her by her
| two wrists and told her his purpose, and
| that il she hollered he would kill her. The
timely arrival of one of her brothers fright
ened him away. Richter and his father ap-
| peared before Judge Hansell of Thomas
| vile, who granted him a preliminary trial
before Ordinary Henry Gay of Colquitt
county. The trial was held on Saturday
| last, but the result has not been learned to
date no advices having been received from
Moultrie, where the trial took place.
At Brunswick recently it was found that
the main channel over the outer bar was
changing its course and cutting new chan
mel across the little ridge of the outer bar
| while the old channel is filing up. The
matter was investigated, and on taking the
| soundings it was discovered that it will take
more than twelve months to give sufficient
depth for the heaviest draught vessels.
| Tho general disposition has been to let
| the matter alone and allow nature to work
| her course. A few days ago the Brunswick
| Morning Net0s printed an interview in
which it was shown that this Is a matter
| which if left for twelve months would in
| lure the cotton trade. The council was
prompt to take action in the matter, and
have appropriated 5000 to be used in
Il l. l.
| tie trouble, may be removed and secure all
the depth needed for the greatest ships.
| Prominent among those who are seeking
| information as to Macon's advantages is
| J. d. Alexander, general superintendent of
| the Palmer Manufacturing Company of
| Charleston, probably the largest cooperage
| in the country. The company at present is
| operating eignt barrel factories in different
| sections. Mr.. Alexander was in Macon last
week, and while there took in the excursion
on the Georgia Southern and Florida road
/ He was well pleased with the road, the
country, and especially with Macon, and
on his return home he informed several of
his friends that he intended to locate a
cooperage plant at Macon, if possible. To
| this end, a letter was received yesterday by
| w. w. Collins from Mr.. Alexander, in
which the latter proposes to locate plant
| in Macon should the council donate the
company five acres of land near old Camp
| 0glethorpe, In the vicinity OF the East Ten
| nessee cotton yards and the city magazine
The cooperage will employ from 125 to 200
hands. and will turn out about $4,000 bar
rels every year.
An outrageous affair occurred miles
west of Lawrenceville in Gwinnett county
a few nights since, the details Of which are
Just coming to light. IL was the brutal
whipping Of Mrs. Couch, respectable
| widow lady. by some unknown person.
| Mrs. Couch has three children living with
her, but on the night the whipping oc
Cured they were absent. leaving her en-
tirely alone. She retired at the usual hour
| and fell asleep. She was aroused by noise
in the room and before she could cry out
she was seized by the throat and cruelty
kicked and beaten with heavy stick until
she was senseless. 1t was impossible to
recognize her assailant In the dark. The
assault is very mysterious affair,
and no reasonable explanation of it has
been offered. Mrs. Couch is a lady of good
standing and we'll connected, and 1t was
not thought she had any enemies. What
made the assault more outrageous was the
fact that on the next day she was to nave
been married to a prominent citizen Of
Gwinnett county. Arrangements for the
wedding had been completed, but Mrs.
Couch was so Frustrated by her terrible ex-
perience that the marriage had to be post