The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-06

came very melancholy a ID took 70 his bed,
where, at last accounts, he was stu resting.
Some weeks in the upper portion OF
! Morgan county, 5. K. Horton was blowing
10 his field and some would be assassin snot
him from ambush. Though severely
| wounded, Horton did not die, and Saturday
he swore in court that he knew the man
VINO wanted 10 take mis- life. Since the occur
| renee Sheriff Hllsma1 assisted by the good
! people Of the county mas been endeayoring
! to capture the would-be murderer. cleT
was obtained, and on last Tuesday night
| Sheriff HilSmau and posse arrested
/ William A. Elliott and John A.
| Cooper, who have been held TO
await commitment trial, which oc-
Cured IN the court house Saturday
I before Judge W 7. jenkins. ). X.
Horton, though feeble, was able b
take the stand and testified that he saw
John A Cooper run after he had fired the
shot and that be had held his tongue ever
| since as he was ia hell less condition AID
| afraid Cooper might take his life. The
/ witness also testified that John i, Cooper
and himself had not been on speaking terms
| for u number Of years, and Cooper has
| made severe speeches III regard to him on
| several occasions. Cooper also posted
| notice on a road leading through his
| (COopersl land warning Horton to never
| set foot on il. About thirtY-five witnesses
were present and the trial occupied some
! time. William A. Elliott was released,
/ but Cooper was held to await trial
N the September court. HIS bond Is
fixed at $1,000.
Augusta Chronicle: In the beautiful
| cemetery at Athens stands an old tomb Of
a family once prominent, not only in the
| Classic City, but in other cities and through
| out the state Ia il are laid at rest the
| D.. I e. O. .t.r~
! prominent parts in the his DRY of Athens
I and the state Death Sights no family,
! though for a tine he may pass IL by.
| few years after the war the door Of the last
| cold resting place of the family yawned for
awhile and closed again on the increased
| dead who slept within its dark cold recesses.
! For some years there were no deaths and
! the silence Of tho tomb was uu-
/ broken, save for the visits of loved
ones who knelt without and offered a
prayer for the dead or paid loving
/ tribute 10 their virtues At last death came
! once more. The good old grandmother
| bowed to the will OF time, aud dear ones
| gathered to pay their last respects. The
| solemn procession wound its slow way to
| tho cemetery. The door Of the vault moved
| heavily on It's hinges a it swung back to re-
| csive It's dead A Hood of GOLDEN sunlight
| filed the tomb, dispelltng the glO IN aud re
|
along tho walls and over the collins was a
| white vine. Pure and peary it stood III
| bold relief against the dark back
| ground and glisteued in the sunlight.
| But what mosJ astonished those who
| saw 1t was its urn-shaped windings. There
was no mstakipg the resemblance. 1t was
almost a perfect urn. But the wonder did
not stop here. Curling farther on II
formed d. the family initial Astonish-
! ment ceased not here. 1t was triple mys-
| terry, and the climax was yet to be reached.
Inc minister offered up the prayer, "Asnes
| TO ashes, dust to dust Those who were
| looking at the white vine saw it tremble,
then ii shook and fell in fragments, scatter
ing over the collins of the dead.
Sergt NJ. j. Gallivan of Company L,
| United States army, was terribly hurt by "A
gang of rOughs at Atlanta Saturday night
| About II O'clock he and companion named
| Fitzpatrick, from Battery /, were going out
| West Peters street, and whom near the cor
ner of Chapel they became involved in a
| row with several rough characters The
| rOughS insisted on having the soldiers eat
and drink with them, and when the soldiers
| declined a row ensuod. Fitzpatrick left
| his companion and ran away Sergt Gal
| lvan tried to get away from his compau-
IONS, but the latter kept close to him, and
| when ne made break to run away they
| sol uuon him. Oue of them tripped
him up and another knocked him
down as he attempted to rise The
| soldier yelled for help, police and everything
else ne could think of. and scrambling to nj,
feet, lie dashed down Culver street, on the
| farther side Of the old barracks They
| overlook him and knocked hun down again
| and one of them gave hun a severe kick on
| the spine that raised a large lump About
the same time one of the crowd made a
slash at his head with kuife, cutting the
| scalp distance Of several inches and sever
! ing an artery that bed profusey. The
wounded man begged them not to scalp him.
| ana scrambled down into the tall grass
| around the fourth house occupied by the
| Southern Bed Spring Company and hid
| himself Tho rutfians searched for him until
tired aud left. He then crawled to the
window Of the house which IS occupied by
the watohmen, Mr.. Keeney, aud
| This attracted the watchman's atteu-
ton, and he came to the assistance OF
the injured man, who tainted from loss of
blood as soon "a he entered the room DR.
! Hood was summonded and dressed the
! wounds, stopping the flow of blood and
leaving the man resting quietly. Patrol
men Sherman and Beavers responded to
the alarm, and arrested Joe Riley, Robert
Jackson, Charlie Jones and Perry Holmes.
were sitting down talking over the affair
when arrested. Riley, VINO is supposed To
be the ringleader, had blood on his hands :;
and Jackson, another one of the principal
assailants was identified as having done
the kicking. All Of them were recognized
as soon as they were brought before the
soldier, and they were locked up aud state
cases made against them.
The next race FOR congress in the ten CON
gressional districts in Georgia, from the
present outlook, is going to be an interest.
ing one. In the FIRST district Col. Rufus
+. Lester will, of course, be returned, as il
is customary always to allow member two
terms. In the Second Hon. H. q. Turner
viii probably he opposed by Judge James
II. Query. His recent election to the
judgeship of the Pataula circuit puts him
in the line of promotion, and should he
enter the race it would perhaps be a close
conte-t. In the Third there Will be no op-
position to Judge Crisp. That is, the head
of no candidate has yet popped above tho
su face. In the Fourth there is going to be 3
mighty scramble Hon. Thomas W. Grimes.
who has made good member, willnaturaliy
want TO return, and his friends say he will.
| Hon. Henry X. Harris of Meriwether, it i,
said, wants Mr.. Grimes seat, it being the
one he formerly occupied, aad it is further
said that one of Georgia's senators is max
ing strenuous efforts to have him secure it,
j. II. Taylor of Troup, and j. Y. Car
michael Of Coweta are also put down a,
| candidates In the Fifth it seems that