The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-25

On Saturday morning last a negro woman,
living at j. E. Womack's, on the Stamper
place, near Fort Gaines was burned to
death. The woman was left alone in her
house, early in the morning, when her hus-
band went TO work, and when he returned
at noon he found her lying with her face IN
the smouldering fire, her clothing burned off
and quite dead. The woman was young, IN
good health, and the only explanation Of
her death is that she must have had a hit
and fallen into the fire.
The storm Tuesday night did no serious
damage in jefferson, but it frightened a
number Of citizens, who arose to consult as
to where they might find places OF sntety,
or how they should deport themselves il
called to make a voyage through the air.
One gentleman, living near here, put his
money and valuable papers in his pocket
and sat down to await suits The wind was
stronger at Harmony Grove, where ware
house was damaged and two cabins, occu-
pied by colored people, were blown away.
No one suffered bodily injury.
At Covington Friday was set for the
trial of Noah Parker, charged with the
murder Of William Duke, Dec. "a, 1887.
The defendant was formally arraigned and
plead not guilty, There was some difficulty
in obtaining jury in the case, and eighty
five jurors were put on their voire dire be-
:
Wright's testimony showed that Duke was
killed by a load of buckshot from a shotgun
and that there were two wounds in his
head, apparently made by some blunt in
strument after he had fallen TO the ground
The News mentioned recently that bale
of cotton had been shipped to Bremen, in
Germany, from Athens, and that it had
been pronounced false packed and 146
pounds Of seed cotton was found in the bale.
The cotton was traced back to the cotton
buyer in Athens, and from him to the ware
house, and from the warehouse to ). w.
Hood & Son, in Harmony Grove. and from
them TO farmer in Banks county named
Snipes, Hood &, Son made demand on
Snlpes for the amount of the loss in the false
packing, and SnipeS refused TO pay il. jeff
Hood came to Homer Thursday TO com
mence criminal prosecution against Snipes,
but found that he would have to bring the
witnesses from Bremen, Germany, before
he could convict Snipes and the only re-
course he had was to commence civil suit
for the loss, and take the interrogatories Of
the Gotten men in Germany. This would
cost more than the cotton is worth.
At Hartwell a jury has acquitted Messrs.
Mctfili, Afford and Thornton, ed-
tors of the sun, who were called upon by
Steve and Ed Campbell for damages. The
case grew out of the publication i'll the .SitR
in April last of the following article, fur
nished by correspondent from West Bow
ersvilie: Two weeks ago cititizen of this
place was walking through the woods,
three mi es below here. near Campbell's
saw mill, and found bloody shirt sleeve
The following night the Phillips Academy
was burned. Since that time negro boy,
about IS years old, who was bound to the
Campbells until he was of age. has been
missing. The fact is, the negro boy refused
to serve them any longer They told him:
You will work for US or nobody The
supposition is that Steve and Ed Campbell
slew-the negro and burned him in the
schOolhouse. They are now under arrest"
The fact was the negro had not been killed
at all, and the Campbells were not under
arrest They brought suit against the Sun,
s., 900 damages each, but the jury
found for the defendants