The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-30

section have been receiving circulars, the
nature of which Is calculated to breed
mischief. In the circulars ths negroes are
adXlsed TO form companies and with guui
to drill according to the tactics in use by
| the United States army. The circulars
even go so far as to advise the negres Sc
to form themselves into companies, and
where guns are not access bic to use broom
Sticks. etc., for the purpose of learning the
use Of arms. The obvious meaning Of all
this is trouble.
DIR. G. 7. Brockett arrived in Atlanta
Saturday from Allegheny Springs, Va.
The doctor did not, however, come in the
usual way. He refused TO use the railroads
to transport his family and hi usslf from the
Virginia resort, preferri < to go back a
half century or more to the only means Of
| travel known to our foPefathers, and move
slowly through the country il a covered
spring wagon, drawn by a pair of horses.
We left the springs" he CONT ued, Sept.
:, about midday, aud the entire drive of
600 miles was made without one serious
accident, and in a little more than three
| weeksn
There is good deal of excitement in Lex
| ington over a difficulty that occurred be-
tween Judge Samuel Lumpkin and Ira C..
| VanDuzer, prominent young lawyer OF
1 bNtll, al bu6 ldSb Term OF DdTb
| Judge Lumpliin made a ruling against Mr..
VanDuzsr that he considered unfair and
| done in an offensive manner, and was quite
indignant, b I said nothing while the judge
was on the bench. After court had ad-
| Journed Judge Lumpkin went out to drive,
aud on his return to the hotel was approach
| ed by Mr.. VanDuzsr, who asked him if he
| had dismissed court. On u reply in the
| affirmative, he gave Judge Lumpkin his
4 I'M Of nd ,Dfff,
| followed up his remarks by delivering sew
| eral severe blows in the face of that officer
| Bystanders interfered and the parties were
separated.
| A lively sensation occurred at the Savan-
nah, Americas and Montgomery depot mt
! Americas Friday. 1t was a personal diff
| Guilty between S. c. Cooper, treasurer of
the road, and j. N. Finney, who has but
| recently accepted position as bookkeeper
in some department of the road The facts
in the case, as reliably reported, are that
Mr.. Cooper wrote soms letters to the for
mer home Of Finney in Florida, asking
about his autecedents. Some of the COM
ments in the letters were not very cOmpli-
mentary to Mr.. Finney. By some means
these facts became known to Mr. Finney,
VINO this morning proceeded to hold Mr..
Cooper to personal account. In the row
water buckets, walking sticks, etc, held
prominent positions Neither was seriously
hurt, but Mr.. Cooper is reported to be some
what the more bruised.
A libel in psrsonam in admiralty was
field IN the United States district court at
Macon, on Sept 26, by Marion Erwin as at
torney for the Hawkinsville Boat Company,
against the Savannah, Americas aud
Montgomery railway. The libel alleges
that the libsllants have been for several
years pat operating steamboat line be-
tween Hawkinsville and Evans Bluff, on
the Ocmulgee river, navigable stream of
the United States, and tnat the libel
lants' boats were duly licensed I'M
That on July s, last, the defend
ants obstructed the said river by erecting
bridge across it at Abbeyllle, Ga, which
has been maintained there ever since, aud
that said bridge was constructed not as a
draw-bridge, as required by the act of con-
gress allowing the railway to bridge the
river; that as consequences libelants'
boats have been bottled up in that portion
of the river between Hawkinsville and the
bridge, and unable to perform their usual
trips. Libelants claim damages in the
sum of $4,000. This is the first suit in ad-
mlralty that has been brought in the United
States courts at Macon since their establish
ment in $780,
Steve Brown, the guard of the Pulaski
county chain-gang, came near being muir
dered Friday. The gang is employed as
farm laborers on the farm of Col G, w.
Jordan, six miles above Hawkinsvlle. They
are eight in number and all negroes While
Mr.. Brown was weighing the cotton they
had picked In a remote hummock field near
the swamp one of the gang approached him
from the rear and caught him around
the body. simultaneously another one
caught the scale beams and dealt him a / low
over the head, knocking him sanseless.
At this stage Of the proceedings,
and while earnestly endeavoring to make
murder certain, Carey Walker, another
convict, much to the astonishment of his
murderous brothers in stripes, secured Mr..
Browns pistol and threatened to kill them
If they did not abandon their bloody work.
Carey succeeded in dispensing them, and
they Attempted to flee to the cover of the
woods. Before they had gone far, no Hever,
Mr.. Brown came to his senses, and taking in
the situation, ordered them To halt. They
disregarded his command, aud he fired upon
them, with fatal effect to one of them The
ball passed through his back in the region
of the kidneys, and he died as he fell. Four
or five of them escaped to the swamp, but
1t is thought they will be easily found. Mr..
Browns injuries are not considered to be of
serious nature
The contract for erecting buildings on the
experimental farm at Griffin was let Fri
day. w. I. Arnold of tllnta was the
successful bidder, his contract being sc, 900
The contract calls for the erection of two
eight-room residences, with all the modern
conveniences. One is for the agricuiturist,
Mr.. Kimbrough of Harris county, and the
other is for the horticulturist, Charles Spetn
of Augusta. Work will be begun at once,
and by Dec. the buildings will be read y
for occupancy, if the agreement is
fulfilled. w. II. Parkins is the architect
and superintendent of the work His
plans are very convenient, aud the site
for the buildings has been so
selected that when the park is laid off and
finished they will be on either side of the
main entrance. Director Readings resi-
dence is just between the two, and when
everything is put in shape the effect will be
decidedly artistic. The two new buildings
will be of wood. with an interior finish OF
Georgia pine. The work of putting in a
large new hydraulic ram is already under
way. This will supply the buildings aud
the whole place with water. The agri-
culturist aud hortculturist, with their
families, are temporarily quartered on the
farm. These two buildings are all that will
be erected this year, but it is proposed to
erect another building for the director and
the offices OF the station.
FLORIDA.