The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-24

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this district, composed of the counties OF
Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox md Dodge, the
committee is without an organization. As
senior member of the committee from Pu
laslIi. / have therefore, after consultation
with such friends as have been able 10 see
in the limited time allowed, decided to re-
quest the delegates from the several couu
ties in the district to meet IL convention at
Hawkinsvile on the first Tuesday in SIP
tember at noon, for the purpose of nonIi-
mating a candidate for senator for The dis
trict.
ROhor: Stokes of Americas wore out his
umbrella on the head OF a colored woman
| Monday. 1t seems th riany OF the coored
people o. the town have hecn perSis;ing in
| koe ping tho middle of the side walk regard
less OF wno they were meeting, TO the an
royaice ct many ladies aud gentlemen.
! This tirDo Il was Greek meeting Greek, a
o,lision, aud then came the tug OF war, by
! Che " o nan gIvlng Stokes a whack over the
! head with her parasol. Stokes returned
the blow with his umbrella, knocking her
| down where he held her with one foot until
he wore out the umbrella on her head. She
had Stokes arrested and bound over to the
| supSriu" court.
! Macon EUening NeIcs: Hon. Fleming G.
duRgnon Of Savannah, and Hon. Robert
| Whitfield OF Aiillrdgeville are two talented
known in Macon. Mr. Whitfield is a SON
in Law If judge Charles j. Ha ris, of the
city court Of Macon Mr. duBlgnon passed
through Macon DAY or two since en- route
! TO Milledgoyil!e, On II short visit to his old
home. There is an interesting coincidence
connected 9TH these two gentlemen, who
were formerly law partners. Both will be
members Of the next Georgia senate, aud at
the time of their nominal on they were
bplHintr tha nnZitipp nf cpipifDI ua11ara1 Of
their respective circuits, which Office they
will resign.
A young white man named i. S. Black
has escaped from the Baker county Jail in
very novel way. On last Saturday after
noon his mother asked permission of Sheriff
Galloway to visit her son, which was readily
granted. In about half an hour after her
admittance a person the sheriff supposed to
be the old lady came out and went on her
way. One can imagine Mr.. Galloway's as
tonishmelt when be visited the Jail later in
the day and discovered Mrs Black in there
in place of her son. She had worn two
suits Of clothes to the Jail, and gave one of
them to her boy, and in this disguise he
made his escape The sheriff followed him
with a pack of hounds, but did not succeed
in recapturing him.
Last Friday afternoon Hector, son of John
Edmundson, who resides in Murray county,
received a fatal wound by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun, which resulted in
his death. Young Edmundson, with his
father, had gone out to aH old mill i'll the
neghborhood. They went'in buggy. On
reaching their destination they both got
out. Young Edmundson attempted to get
a shot gun out of the buggy, and in doing
so, the muzzle being pointed toward him.
the hammer hitched against something, and
i'll moment there was n flash and a eport
and the fatal charge had entered tue right
shoulder. Amputation was thought neces-
sary, and the arm was taken off at the
shoulder. He never rallied, and on Satur-
day morning breathed his last.
Rev. A C. Ward and G. j. Hall and son,
Griffith, reached Brunswick Tuesday, on
their return from two months visit to old
England. When two days off the bar of
New York, they were boarded by a pilot
who gave them the first intelligence of
fever in Jacksonville. Mr.. Ward SAYS his
first thoughts were of Brunswick, and he
stated to the captain of the steamship that
he hoped Brunswick would put on a strict
quarantine against the whole state Said
he: II would advise that, even if my mother,
yea, even my wife, was one TO suffer
thereby To his utter astonishment when
he reached Brunswick, and asked for his
mother, be was told that she lad been to
Quincy, Fla, and on her return had been
quarantined by the city authorities, and
could not see him.
J. z. Foster, attorney for Ed Fry. the
Marietta wife murderer, who was sentenced
to hang on Wednesday, Aug. 20, went to
Canton last Friday, and presented to Judge
Brown the necessary papers for appealing
his case to the supreme court MIR. Foster
obtained supersedeas. staying the death
sentence. This gives Fry several more
months to live. 1t is probable that his case,
even If affirmed i'll the supreme court, will
not b. reached until after the adjournment
of Cobb countys next superior court, in
which case he would not be resentence.d
until the next March term, but some think
that his case will be heard by the supreme
court in October. and if no new trial is
granted, he will be resentenced at the No
vember term of Coob superior court and
will hang in December.
At jackson Tuesday night fire broke out
in the store of Elem II Weaver, wno had
800 or $500 stock of fancy and family
groceries. The uilding was frame and
adjoining it was the livery ssable of Boon
& Spencer, also frame Rdilding. These
buildings were both ownedfby r. t. Wat
kins. They were total loss, as was the
stock of Mr.. Weaver Both, however,
were insured, Mr. Weaver carrying about
$500. Boon 81 Spencef's loss was small.
To the west Of tho burning building
and across little aVcy was the two-story
brick and rock building of R. T. Watkins,
which it took ALMOST superhuman efforts
to save, The upper story of the building
was Used by the Good Templars and other
societies, The lower story was occupied
by Capt. A. e. Hitchins as carriage and
buggy repository. He moved his entire
Stoc> into TIE street on the court house
square, injyring much of it pretty badly in
the removal The fire is supposed to have
been Of iucendiary origin.
On Saturday, night last, as the 0 40 passen-
ger tra{n on the Western and Atlantic rail
road vas passing u crossing near the mar
BILE works at Marietta. a mauiwas Knocked
FROM the track Upon investigation it
proved to be Mr.. Turnbell, one of the con-
tIf.ctors on the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad. Mr.. Turnbell and friend saw the
Headlight of the engine, but Mr.. Turnhell
said that it looked as if the train was 100
yards away, and he thought he had ample
time to cross the track before the train
reached him. His friend warned him not
to attempt it, but he stepped on the track
just ahead of the swiftly flying engine. In
stlntly he was hurled from the track and
his friend thought he had been killed. He
ran to him and found he was alive. He
WAS carried to his boarding house, Mrs.
Hsnnet's, in this place. DIR. Gober was sent
for and found that his left arm was badly
broken about six inches from the shoulder,
al nd his side bruisaI black Ha will