The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20

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a mule and buggy, saying be wanted it to
carry him to Oconee county, where he in-
tended 10 steal the object OF his alteration
and be married 70 her, promising 20 return
by Saturday night. Failing to return at
the promised time, Mr.. Holmes became
uneasy and VIC in search Of his property.
and was tod in Oconee that the thief bad
lied to him. ami that be had been trying 10
sell the mule aad buggy over there as his
own.
Taibottou, bv almost a miracle, escaped
9 serious confagration FRIDAY. About
o'clock the night Waterman discovered a
fire In the grocery store OF f. II. Spivey,
situated in the Masonic Hall block. on the
east side Of town The fire was making
good head way when discovered. and had
burned through the ceiling overhead and
through the floor Of the opera hall, which
IS over the store. The supposed cause OF
the fir was rats md matches The loss on
the stock Is obout Slj0. The stock ia in
sured in the Home OF New York, aud 10 the
Continental.
At Macon ab7u, 1870 o clock Yesterday
morning Joe Reddick, negro living Ia
Harris alley, discovered two negro msn
breaking into the rear OF his house Slip
piag around the house. he came upon them
sudd My, when one Of the men turned aud
fired az him three times with a selfactlng
revolver, the balls taking effect in the left
breast, arm and leg, causing considerable
pain and wounding the man seriously
Officer Jones hearing the shooting. repaired
70 the place in short order, only b ind the
men gone and Rsddick on the ground
grooming for help. The wounds are serious
Allen Roberts a notorious aegro gambler,
was SHOT al Ty Ty. Thursday night After
examining the deceased and hearing all the
evidence, the corouers jury rendered their
verdict that the deceased came 10 his death
from the effect Of a pistol-shot wound 10 the
hands OF some party 70 them unknown.
| The deceased was known ell along the line
| Of the Brunswick and Western railroad as
| the most notorious gambler that Travelled
| the line. and was the leader OF the gang
| that ". B. Blanch shot into last spring on
| Ty Ty Geek, and the negro made very
| narrow csc pc at that time, as one rife ball
| plowed its way around his head, cutting off
| all the WOOL as it went
r. Brauss, who was knocked down and
| robbed at Griffin on Monday evening is on
| the improve, and his chances Of recovery
| from his niuries are very promising. The
amount in bills was $500 and 81 in small
| change. together with his bunch Of KEYS
and valuable gold watch and chain. The
watch was an old German make and was
| valued yerv highly by him, not for its in
| trinsic value a one, but from the fact Of It's
being a present from his father. Very
strong suspicion rests against a party wAo
| was well acquainted with the movements Of
! the Saylaid &c tleman, AMI who mad been
in the saloon ouly few moments before be
left for home. The suspect has left town.
The Atlanta Mutual Fire Insurance Com
| pany was organized at Atlanta THURSDAY.
| The cOmuaay then procee ed TO elect officers
| and directors, and the following well known
and substantial business men were selected:
| A. D. Adair, president; W. A. Hemphill
vice president; j, l.. Logan, Jr.. secretary /;
Porter King, attorney. Directors-A. D.
Adair, J. Z. Wylie, W A. Hemphill, T. J.
James, G. T. Do1d, r. Il. Wilson, Porter
King. j. L. Logan, Jr. W. W. Boyd, G. W
Parrott A committee was appointed TO
draft a constitution AMI bylaws. consisting
OF Potter King, J. L. Logan, Jr.. and W.
a. Hemphill, this committee to report at a
subsequent meeting. the capital stock is
S250,O)0, divided into shares of 500 each.
At Clayton on Friday Thomas Mcconnell,
a young man, undertook to run things 70
suit himself He went % the house of Pink
| Nnsely and turned himself loose Pink was
not at home, but his wife and children were
and Tom opened the fun by breaking a
churning OF milk placed on the hearth H
then broke three chairs, and finally at
tempted to thrash ore Of the girls. Pink
reached the house at this crisis and Tom
took to his heels aud has been on the dodge
ever since. He is the same man that be-
|
and nearly killed him Smith some time
since. The grand jury found true bill
| against him for assault with intent TO muir
der at the last term OF Rabun superior
court, but by some means he has escaped
arrest
Not a thousand miles from Albany lives
| a gentleman who had not received his paper
regularly. This gentleman wrote TO the
editor of the paper com claiming, and re-
| ceived n reply a letter saying that Uncle
| San had been enjoying Christmas and
| p obahly that accounted for the irregu-
| lsrity Of the mail. This letter was read to
the postmaster at the place where the com
plaiaant lived, who, as it happened, was
| named sam, and as he was quite old was
sometimes called Uacle Sam. Whom the
| letter had been flushed the postmaster,
| with tears spring 70 his eyes, said: Yes,
had been drinking the day that man was
here, and he smelled It on me; / know he
| did, aud he's preacher, too. l wouldn't
have that happen for anything" This was
clear case Of mistaken identity.
During the recent yellow fever spideni-
in Florida the board Of health Of Bruins
wick passei a resolution requiring the
transportation companies 10 disinfect all
baggage coming from that place. The
transportation companies SEEN TO have
misunderstood this resolution, as they dis
infect every piece Of baggage coming from
Florida, whether the owner IS a resident OF
that state or some other state. For instance
a gentleman VINO resides in Brunswick has
just returned from a short trip through
Florida, but the companies think il neces-
sary that his baggage be fumigated Def IRE
it will be allowed 70 enter the city. This
impression has caused the party concerned
grea. deal Of trouble, he having made
two unsuccessful trips to Jesup in the hope
Of having his baggage brought down to its
death alton.
The people Of Buena Vista have split over
thu town charter, one faction denying the
constitutionality Of the new one recently
obtained II the legislature. The faction
which opposed the new charter and advo-
Gated the old, held an election last Saturday
and Mes,rS r. T.. Clements, z. NJ. ThArpe,
J. W. Roberts, J. A. Sheppard and w. NJ.
Williams, were elected without opposition
TO manage the affairs OF the town for the
present year, thus supporting the new char
ter or the act Of the Legislature granting it, IN
pursuance 10 the time specially mentioned
the charter for holding the 6rsr election,
will have an election on the FIRST Tuesday in
February and elect mayor and board Of
councilnen % govern the town under the
provisions Of that act. Both sides seem TO
be determined Ia this matter and no doubt
some very interesting legal proceedings will
result
c c. LayAeld. who lives on the Lumpkin
road about nine miles from Columbus,
when be made the rounds Of his premises