The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Ada was sunk one night last spring at her
wharf in cambridge. 1t was announced
t1at she sprung a leak as the result of run
ming on ock The sheriff of Decatur IN
a ,etrer written this week TO an Albany geu-
tlemen who was one of the owners of che
steamer, saws: Humphry, tie man who
bought the steamer Ada, raised her high
enough and found six q inch auger holes In
her bottom She had been scuttled-by
whom you can best Judge.
The secretary Of the Northeast Georgia
fair association received a communication
asking about the sheep culture in Clarke
county. The secretary replied that he did
not know Of but two sheep in the county,
and they were a great source of revenue 10
their owner, having captured the priz for
The aSt five years at the Northeast Georgia
fair association The secretary sad in a
post script that since he had written he
had learned that there were fifteen other
sheep in the county that had lately been
taken off by a very malignant disease called
| barbecue.
Baker Haines, a farmer who resides near
| Madison, was severely gored by a Jersey
| bull Tuesday Mr. Haines went out to give
! the animal some food, when he charged
upon him Mr.. Haines being without any
| thing to defend him self, tie bull forced
him into corner and gored him severely
/ III JUe breast Del DTe MS IdnllN came 10 MS
/ rescue. His wounds are painful, but not
dangerous. Mr. Haines had rope tied
around the animals horns and was having
him taken to the city Wednesday to be SOLD
| On the route tine bull broke loose from the
negro and gored him also
The crime published as occurring near
! Lula is doubtless somewhat magnihed
! However, there is some foundation for it,
aud the matter will be fully Investigated
on Monday next at 10 o'clock. George
Roberts and Win Cites are confined in Hall
county jail, awaiting the preliminary trial
The crime was alleged to have taken place
on Wednesday last, but the warrant was
not sworn out until Saturday last The
woman is Mary Martin. She is about q
years of age. and IN a frail condition. She
had "A brother committed TO the lunatic asv-
lum several years ago. There is diversity
OF opinion as to the guilt of the accused.
William Grimes, an old citizen of the
county, died near Elberton on July %. He
had difficulty with Charles Blackwell and
wife, negroes living on his place some time
ago. in which he got fall and broke his
arm. He exOnerated tho negroes from all
blame in the matter, but being very old
his sons suspected foul play, and sGel out a
warrant for the negroes, charging them
with assault with intent TO murder, and
they were placed under bond Coroner
Beck summoned jury and held an inquest
over his body. The jury, after hearing the
evidence of the attending Physician, re
turned a verdict of death from natural
causes, without a post mortens examina-
ton.
The digests Of six counties were filed in
the office of the comptroller general
Wednesday; Houston returns 81, 40, 2G4, an
increase of S2J2S4l; Warren returns
Sl,42l, l46, a decrease Of $2G,2l6; Gwinnett
returns 81, IA, $751; a decrease Of $94 ,9O7;
Charlton returns 1888, IT'S, an increase of
$3.50; Brooks returns g. 40G. l26, an in
crease Of 1891, and Hart returns
81, l4O, 339, an increase of s27,413. Twenty
nine counties have sent in their digests up
to date, and the aggregate net increase foots
up $l,922, 5l2. The growth of the wiregrass
counties in the past four years has been
conSiderable-much more marked, as a
rule, than the growth of tho counties in the
northern part of the state.