The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-12

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jan III default Of $50 bond 10 appear ct
tue superior court. Cameron appropriated
a W aterbury watch belonging to a negro
living near Wigginsville.
A number of bicyclists of Albany and
southwestern Georgia, together with two
young men from Macon, will leave on
june ~ for tour of $50 miles through
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The
boys will i've on their wheels for three
weeks, rest ng only at night and in case OF
rain. A pleasant trip is antici Jated, as the
route over which the club will ride is in
fine condition.
One Of the negro convicts at Buena Vista
came near bel z killed by an accident
Monday afternoon while the gang were at
work near the Hair trestle. Toe negro who
received the injury stopped down In front
of,some OF the hands drivi & the spikes, and
received blow from heavy spike ham
mer on the head just above the right
temple. The blew was a CHANGING ore
winch only spit the skin and stunned the
negro, otherwise it would have killed him
instantly
Nathan Hobbs of Greene county was 90
years OF age on Jan. 8. He has bcsn af-
| hictsd with rheumatism since he attained
| III n4aJorlty, AID has had a cancer for sew.
era years. His evesight is good He reads
Without glasses, and has a good appetite
| anl sound mind and memory. He was the
/ a. . lllSll more IMAM thirty
| yenrs, He has been a member of the Bap-
tist cnurch for more than thirty years, and
| OF en- refers to sermo IS he has heard
! preached by the late jesse Mercer.
| Thomson Journal: A few evenings ago a
| number OF gentlemen in Harrison q Had
| ley'S drug store, we're speaking OF big din
| .eI.S when Councilman Hadey said,
| taat OF one occasion he attended the
closing exercises OF Prof. N. E. Wares high
school at Sharon, and when dinner was an
! nounced, he saw five-bushel cotton baskat
1 nlled with fried chicken. DR.. Reese
promptly made calculation, which shoaed
that It would require 1347 chickens TO fill
that 6aske,, and then all Of the compa y
smiled out loud
| Some time since at the cribs of James
| and Win Patrick, on the Thtas er farm, in
! walton county, there was an immense rat
killing. party Of men and bows with
| Two or three active dogs, on two separate
rainy days, slew, by actual couit, 800
| grown rats TO say Hothing of nice and
| trSing-slze rats Ii WIS found in one crib
| that twelve bushels Of shelled cora had
peen cut of the ears, the rats having had
access TO large pill, Of shucked corn. la
| the other crib IL was III ught even more
J corn than that h0I been cut Off.
Columbus Corsel anil his wife, who live
ID tho western Vart of Picke IS county. were
recently arresu,1 on a charge Of murder,
true Una haVF ig been found against them at
! the recent ter m of court. G rdell was liv-
| ing with his second wife and the testimony
oetore me rand jury showed that he and
ms Pre'enf wife causei the death # t.so Of
| hls cnlldr IN by his first wife by beating and
starVl s them. La week they succeeded
IN masF lg bp1d' the amount Of Cord sll's
| nond y ing 81 ,00J and that of his wife $500
| y rdo claims that the children killed
theio selves eating dirt.
| II "a verde antinua or yraan rnarbla
| qus Try, near Holly SPrings, is to be worked
on much larger plan than heretofore.
| 1'le parties controlling this quarry have
/ lade nipple developments Oh IL to Fl I'd that
1T not only holds out in quantity but In
quality. They have recen ly taken out
some large solid blocks from the lower
course the quarry, and have had soma Of
the marble polished and compared with
European verde antique, and the verdict
or experts was that Cherokee marble took
on finer polish AID was Of superior text
ure and admits of an excellent finish.
Two negro women got into "rucus" in
PeppertJ"n, Butts county. on Wednesday.
| Axes we're brought into play and a regular
pitch battle ensued After careful scrutiny
or each others viSage, it was noticed that
one OF the belgerants was minus the
greater portion Of her upper lip, which had
IN some manner beco ne Q tangled IN her
antagonis.'o teeth, and succumbing to the
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ton with the other part of her face,
slightly dishguring her countenance. Tne
imprint OF an ak cut was also visible on
her left arm. The eombatants were
arrested.
The negroes ut the mines of the Polk Coun.
~ Mining Ccmpa Y have had a protracted
pow-wow since saturday night. a couple
or blind tiger agents gnt among them and
soon hal nest Of hyenas In tle melee
Bob Lewis received pistol shot in the
abdomen for bis portion. On Sunday the
thing was 50 ripe one of tle officers Of the
county had to sue out warrants for the
tiger agents, jeff Abingdon and Lin Irwin,
who were brought in and charged with
| dealing out red-eye. They are now ont on
bond. The fires were not quenchef, for'on
Monday one darby sent pistol shot through
the hand of another.
Anattempt was made Tuesday morning
TO set fire to the residence of j. r. ParnelL
abodt two miles southeait Of Pc nv.
| negro boy, George La1teri, went into the
| bedroom To build fire, bat was told not to
do so, but TO build fire in the stove in
another room. A sh rt while afterward
Mrs, Parnell detected the smell OF burning
| cloth. AID going TO her room discovered the
bed clothing on fire. The fire was put out,
bu. not until several quilts and several
| articles If wearing Apparel were ruined.
| I 9 boy could not DO found, ard the dis
escaped - Big Indian creek swamp.
warrant was issued as sool as Mr.. Parnel
| reac ed Perry
| T"o years ago negro made criminal
assault upon the person OF Mrs. Wilson,
near Grady, in Polk county, while she was
| attending domestic duties in her yard, in
the day time, leaving deep impress of the
| tieads hand upon her throat, causing it 10
swell very muck, an evidence Of severe chok-
ing. The criminal fed, and purs lit was
made to no avail Recently the sheriff was
| notified OF the arrest Of the negro suspected
Richard Lewis, in Taliaferro county,
and Monday brought and inca cerated him
in Jail at Cedartown. Thursday he was
confronted by Mrs. Wilson, who, on first
seeing him, said: "He looks very much
| like him. and when viewing him ia better
| light, and having him open his mouth, said:
| He is the one" The negro protested his
| innocence.
Wilkes superior court, now in session,
has curious embarrass, in regard TO
the grand jury. There are two men in
! Wilkes county called \. c. McMlckin, and
they are distinguished as senior and nior.
A. c. McMickin, Sr., is on ths grand jury
list, which Is there as every here a carefully
revised list. lie was drawn for the grand
jury, but the "Srn was omitted to his
name, and A. G. McMicksn, Jr.. was sum.
moned and served for several DAYS. This
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