The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04


In the superior court at Macon, Tuesday,
the case Of the state against VIII Sanders,
charged with murder, was called. This is
the Warrior district case, where number
of boys we're playing base ball on Sunday
and Sanders and Byrd got into dispute
about the game and Sanders drew his little
pistol-He shot Byrd, who, after lingering
several weeks, died at the Rolf home. 1t
was claimed by Sanders that the shooting
was accidental, but the jury, after the evil
dence was all in and argument of counsel
was heard, returned a verdict of voluntary
manslaughter. Sanders is about IA years
old.
At Warrenton Tuesday night an aged
and infirm old negro man by the name of
Hector Bosstick, was brutally assaulted in
the Methodist church yard by Joe Rhodes,
burly negro boy, IN an attempt to rob him
Of 81. The old negro had been in town to
draw his pauper money from the county
treasury, and this negro boy had seen him
when he drew il and determined to dis
possess the old pauper of his paltry allow
ance. On hearing approaching rapid foot
steps, the negro fled without securing the
money and leaving his victim lying on the
ground almost helpless.
At Waycross Tuesday three negroes at
tempted to make their escape from the
county Jail by overpoworing Sheriff Hen
derson. They seized the sheriff by the right
arm and made desperate effort to get him
inside the Jail, but he fought like a wild
tiger for a few minutes until assistance
arrived, when two of the negroes made a
break for liberty, and succeeded in getting
off some distance. They were subsequently
captured III a branch near town and re-
manded to Jail. Sheriff Henderson had his
coat torn almost off in the scuffis.
In Atlanta, a few mornings since, Secre-
tary of State N. G. Barnett, while riding on
a Capitol avenue street car, gave Prof
Vaustavoren 10 cents change. The driver
returned two tickets. The secretary OBJ
jected, and the professor opened the front
door Of the car and yelled at the driver:
Say, thereW The professors voice had
peculiar and unnatural sound to it. The
driver put on brakes quickly and the car
came to a stop ''It's me asking you for
! change" yelled the professor in tho same
queer voice. The driver jumped Off his car
and looked down the street. Passengers
caught on and there was a general laugh.
The professor ran out at the driver and told
him what was wanted. As the car started
off the professor said to his fellow passen-
gers: In my younger days 1 was a ven
triloquist, and | have a cold this morning,
and when / talk loud lose control of my
Voice" The secretary of state got his
nickel
Brunswick ADVERTISER: Two negroes,
named Gabe and Frank, were draining a
barrel that hal contained spirituOus liquor.
As the last drop came out Gabe's curiosity
got the better Of him. and he concluded to
see if dregs had not formed in the bung
mole and stopped the whisky from flowing
The barrel was sitting on cop Of another,
and while Gabe lit match Frank
held the cup containing about half
pint of the fluid. As Gabe
stuck the match 20 the bung hole terrific
| explosion occurred, which blew the head
! out of the barrel, and sent all tumbling
down upon Frank, Frustrating him to the
| floor. AS he fell he gave one whoop that
startled the neighborhood, but strange to
| say when the crowd gathered it was no.
tlced that he still held on to the whisky
with an air of grim determination. Gabe,
in the meantime managed to hide himself
behind pile OF boxes, and emerged later,
| more scared than hurt. IL is needless to
say that he will not attempt to examine an
empty whisky barrel with lighted match
again.
Capt. John Milledge will now devote his
whole time to the state library, and he pro-
poses to make it great institution. The
state has about $4,000 volumes of law and
miscellaneous books, but small number of
which have been accessible heretofore
When the seat Of government was moved
from Milledgeville to Atlanta, about twenty
years ago, a large mass of books was
brought there and stored in tho fifth story
Of the building which for twenty years has
answered TO the name of capitol But a
small proportion of them could be gotten into
the shelves OF the library, aud about 40, 900
volumes were packed away, and the rest.
10000 or 1900, were put into the shelves
down stairs. The books accumulated year
INV 90 81 -. 1.
$4,000. In the new capitol shelf room will
he found for all of them, and 40 900 or
$4,000 volumes, the character Of which was
unknown, will be systematically classified
and c0talogued. The library, which many
consider the handsomest room in the new
capitol, extends through two stories clear
across the north end of the building and has
shelf room for 10000 volumes. The rest
and by far the largest part of the books
will be kept on shelving in rooms on the
basement floor.
Hartwell Sun: In conversation the other
day an old residenter related this anecdote,
which occurred some forty years ago. On
Shoal creek there lived number of old-time
gentlemen with their antique notions of
life, with the dscanter of old liquors on the
sldehoard as the cornerstone of their far
famed hospitality aud the mainstay of the
domestic economy. Notwithstanding the
universality of whisky drinking the
churches as a rule were more rigid in dis
ciplining their members for drunkenness
than they are now. Among those whose
membership was at Shoal creek WINS Judge
L., and in an unguarded moment he
took "too much" and was seen drunk
The next conference promptly ap-
pointed a committee to visit the brother,
which committee consisted of Judge
P and Judge W. At the appointed
day the committee went over to visit thu
offender, who gave them a hearty welcome,
and all took good, old social drink, which
was oft repeated during their lengthy stay
They all got on regular "razzee,n and the
committee forgot the object of their visit.
The next conference called for a report on
the case, when one of the gentlemen arose
and said that they had labored with the
brother and were satisfied Judge l..
who was present this time. made his state
ment, and finished with the remark that if
| he ever got drunk again the church would
do well TO send to him men who were not
as fond of liquor as he was himself.
Athens Banner: For some time since j.
b. Toomer, an enterprising sewing machine
dealer, has had two of his representatives
in Greene county, and as TONER'S machines
are appreciated all over this country, his
men sold stacks of tuem to the farmers
wives. 1t seems that their large business
raised the ire of some rival dealers, and last
week, at White Plains, Messrs. borough
and Morrison were arrested by Justice
of the peace for pedding sewing machines
| without paVihp n county GcanSa