The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-18
incendiary. Fortunately for Mr.. Hartman
his live stock was saved.

incendiary Fortunately for Mr.. Hartman
his live stock was saved.
| A prominent gentleman from Lexington
informs the ElbertOn Star that Judge Sam
uel Lumpkin, Tor his friends. have received
a letter from the Wilkes county vigilance
committee, in which 1t is stated that lntor-
nation has reached their ears that the judge
has given expression to some very harsh
language in regard TO the late punishment
of the negro inslrrectionists in the lower
part of Wilkes county, and threatening
that gentleman with dire vengeance if he
dared to take the part of rebelllous and in
solent negroes against the whites.
Friday, John W. Walker, who lives out
in the country two or three miles from
Stone Mountain, went into town with a one
OK load of baled shucks for sale. He soon
disposed of his shucks and was delivering
them, when his OK took fright at something
and began to run away. In attempting to
stop the OK, Mr.. Walker fell under the
heavy loaded wagon and was terribly
crushed. He fingered in great agony until
2 O'Clock Saturday morning, when be died
from his injuries. Mr.. Walker was about
60 years of age, and leaves large family
who were dependent upon him for support,
Edward Ridgeway was arrested in Ma
rietta last Sunday morning on warrant
| charging him with bisNgnv. The warrant
was sworn out by /. w. Wood OF Canton.
| Sheriff Kitchen went down after his pris-
oner and brought him up Monday evening.
! Ridgeway went to Cherokee county some
thing over year ago and was married to
the Widow Hastey's daughter. claiming at
| the time that he was widower and that
| his first wife had been dead three years. 1t
| has since been learned that he had at the
time of his marriage in Cherokee county,
and has yet, living wife in Alabama, from
| whom he is not divorced.
Through his attorney, Col Bray, A. r.
| Churchill has brought suit at Atlanta
| against the Ric 3mond and Danvile for
! punitive damages. The declaration sets
| forth that on Dec. 8 last, the complainant
| purchased first-class ticket at Roosevelt
| Junction, or Chamtlee, as it is otherwise
| called, from that point to Atlanta. He had
| important business engagements in Atlanta
| on the next morning, aud was particular TO
| ask the agent if he could get on the next
| train. He was .sured bv the latter that
he could, the agent saying that he had dis
patched for the train to stop at Abbeyille.
Complainant waited for it, but the train
passed without stopping, aud to meet his
engagements he had to walk thirteen miles,
arriving in the city at 3 O'Clock in the
morning. He thought this sufficient ground
for iEstitutiug suit for damages, which ave
fixed at 1000 in the declaration.
Claude Lorraine Swigart is on deck at
Atlanta once more Swigart is the man
- no induced a young girl, named Adeli
Sharpe, TO leave her fathers home in
Marietta few weeks ago. After he was
arrested III Atlanta the girl was found in
t Q country, seven or eight miles from the
city, and finally consented to go back to
her fathers A warrant was sworn out
against Swigart, and from that time until
Thursday last Swlgart was in the Marietta
Jail. The girls family moved to Atlanta
in the meantime. On Thursday the girls
father, T. P. Sharpe, withdrew the warrant
against Swigart or Claude Lorraine as
he calls himself, upon the condition that
Swlgart would leave Atlanta and never
trorble his family again. Thursday night
Swigart arrived at Atlanta. Saturday
morning the Sharpe girl disappeared from
home, aud has not been SEED since.
A lady well known in Atlanta was dressed
to attend a grand wedding which occurred
at one of the prominent churches, when, to
her dismay, she saw one of her front teeth
| break off close to the root. 1t was too late
to seek dentist, aud then there was no
time to have it fixed anyway; but she de-
! termlned not to be kept ct home from the
reception and ceremony. Putting her
woman's wits together, which never fail in
| time of need, she concluded TO stick the
tooth on until the morrow with beeswax,
| and then seek the dentist. The id plea ed
| her. 1t was happy thought. So fasten-
| ing it ON securely she proceeded to the
| church, and from the church to the recep-
| ton, which was being held at the house.
| When she entered the dining room all
! thoughts of the accident and the remedy
vanished, and it was not until she had
| drunk cup of hot coffee and swallowed
the tooth, that she realized her sad plight.
Warrenton Clipper: RumorS have bee
| flying over the county this week of a big
sensation which has been agitating the little
| town of Mesena on the question of alliance
vs. anti alliance. Report says that B. F.
! Thompson, a prosperous merchant of
| Mesena finding himself unable to secure
| the alliance trade. became so opposed to
the alliance that he organized a negro trade
club of about thirty members, the members
| of the club agreeing that they would not
do any work for any alliance man or wife
| of an alliance man, except for spot cash,
nor hire out to an alliance man, nor farm
on shares with them. They we're only to
| rent land from the alliance men and he was
| to supply them. When these rumorS came
to the ears of the alliance farmers they
were hig hly indignant and the more they
| thought over the matter the more indignant
they grew. On last Friday night a num-
Der of men, estimated to have
been all the way from 200
down, very quietly appeared in Mesena,
| from nobody knows where So quietly did
they work that few of the people of Mesena
knew of their work till next morning.
Morning showed an open grave in front of
Mr.. Thompsons store, with the door deco
rated in Grape and a notice pinned to it
| waraing him to disband his negro club,
conduct himself better in the future and
cease fighting the alliance, or he would hear
from them again. They also dug grave
before the door of Dave Burnley, the pres-
dent of the club, warning him TO look to
his conduct. Mr.. Thompson positively de
mes having formed negro club for the
purpose mentioned, and says he only
| founded legitimate trade club. He feels
very sore over such manifestation from
his neighbors.
| FLORIDA.
| Col. Wicker is mentioned as the next col
|