The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-29

tune of the Late Seymour Rogers o.
Macon.
GEORGIA.
John K Holcombe is a candidate for
sheriff OF HARRISON county.
The survivors Of the Twenty-third Geor.
gia regiment will hold their annual reunion
at Calhoun next Friday.
There is a rumor to the effect that IL i:
possible tnat the working men of Macon
may run an independent candidate for tbs
legislature.
Athens owns a valuable rock quarry at
Lithonia. Monday Mayor Hodgson received
notice that some one had squatted on the
same and claimed the prope ty.
Mrs. CiarisSa Evans, mother of Mrs.
Henry Benss, died in Athens Monday, aged
81 years. She was drawing pension for
services of her husband in the Indian and
Mexican wars.
The convention of the Twenty-eighth
senatorial district composed Of NJ Ryan,
Jasper and Putnam counties, met at Shady
Dale, Jasper county, last Saturday, and
unanimously nominated DR.. T. Preston
Gibbs Of Madison.
At Rome fifty-six colored Baptists were
baptized in the Et)wah river Sunday after
noon. 7 ey were OF all ages aud both
sexes. HUI idreds of people, including a
number of whites, assembled on both banks
OF the river to witness the see re.
The town council of Blakely has closed a
trade with the Central railroad to have an
artesan well bored near the depot. Blakely
is 10 pay $3.50 when they get good flow
OF water and allow the town to connect a
main to carry water to the public square.
At Cumming, Saturday, Frank Ginter
Henry Martin and Jasper Nichols (colored)
escaped from the county jail by overpower-
ing the Jailor and tying his arms. They
were at once pursued and the negro captured
four miles from town. The white men are
still at large.
Master Alex. Skipper, the 11-year-old
son of Rev, Fl, V. Skipper Of Brunswick, is
developing an early fondness for church
matters. He saves up every cent of the
money that he earus in the cooper shop
and invests it in the new pars Jnage. He
has just purchased an IS front door as
contribution.
There is some funigated baggage at tho
union depot at Macon which came from
,Jtsaksonviae, but no owners have appeared
to claitf1 il. 1t is possible that the owners
had it checked to Macon and they went Oh
through Macon, intending to return ana
get the baggage and make visit. The
baggage smells very strongly Of the fumi-
CATION.
There will be reunion OF the following
regiments of confederate veteran, viz. :
Fourth, Thirteenth, Twenty -frst, Thirty
fifth, Forty-first and Sixtieth Georgia, at
LaGrapge, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, to which
all confederate soldiers are invited. Gems.
Gordon, Cook, Early and others will be on
hand. Reduced rates on all railroads will
be given.
T. p r. Richards of the ship-owning
firm of I. P. Richards & Co., of Swansea,
Wales, who have feet Of thirty three YES
sells afioat, some Of which frequently load
in Brunswick for Europe, and two-the
Violet and Mabel-are now in Savannah,
arrived at Brunswick Sunday for the pur-
pose Of looking over that harbor in the in
terests of his firm.
Alexander Wilkinson was crushed to
death about two and q half miles from
Rockmart Monday. Mr.. Wilkinson was a
stone mason, and was employed by Mr..
Maher In erecting an arch over a culvert
when the work gave way with the above
result. The unfortunate man was wild
over with three small children, who are
living at Ellenwood, on the East Tennessee
road.
The blind Eorse Of Mcfarland g. Bowl of
Griffin was standing in front of their store
on Saturday, with his head turned away
from home. tie turned around and went
past Joe Aims, turning the corner, and
thence by Maj. Hes corner, then went down
TO Mr.. Boyls house, crossed a little bridge
at the street and then went up the alley TO
the lot He did not touch thing on the
route, and was safe when the driver found
him Mt home
The Carrolltou extension COMPANY has
purchased the land belong ng to the Mer-
rill estate, and will at once open it uD and
put it on the market. That company hav-
ing succeeded in securing a boiy of 500
acres in the southeast corner of the town,
which has never been improved, by laying
it out and offering it at reasonable prices
expect to establish the symmetry of the
city by building up the lovelieSS part of its
natural territory.
Sunday to attend to soine legal business i'll
connection with an estate. This was the
first ride Mr. Jennings has taken on q rail-
road in thirty years. Long before Macon
had railr ad he drove stage beLweea
New York ana Macon and then has boon
carrying the mail between Macon and
Knoxville over since. There has been a
world of improveme ITS in railroading since
MIR. Jennings was on car, and yet he sees
a train nearly every day.
The result of Saturdays democratic pri-
mary In Monroe county, for the selection
of candidates for tho legislature, is as fol-
lows: r. L. Berner, 694; J. T. Crowder,
444; g. G. Flynt, SAG; William Walker, 1893:
K. b. Taylor, Sl3; c. +. Turner, log. For
All; against repeal, 5S4. The majority in
favor of against repeal" is generally con
ceded to mean an amendment which will
place the prohibition question virtually
under the general local option law.
Robert King, aged IS years, who lived on
farm, eight miles southwest of Blakely.
with his brother, committed suicide, Satur-
day, by shooting himself with a gun. No
one was at the house at the time Two
children were near by and heard the gun
fire, and went TO the house and found Elm
dead at the back steps, He had pulled his
shoe from his right foot, and from his posi-
tion and the manner in which the gun Law
it is supposed be pulled the trigger it'll bis
toe. The load entered under the chin q d
produced instant death. The boy had
shown evidences Of mental derange ment
for two weeks.
A general melee among the turpentine
colored people of Scotland. Saturday night,
was sufficient 10 keep the people from their
slumbers, as pistols and guns wore fired,
and it seemed that murder was rife in tho
land Only two of the negroes were used
up badly, one being stabbed severely under
the shoulder blade, and the others Uranium
being denuded of coed deal of cuticle. as
the balls failed to penetrate it, d. A,
Everett was fired upon by one of the com
batants with a double-barrelled gun, but
the balls missed their mark and went above
his head. The two leaders were arrested