The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-19

! setting up as Tar az the prlsohers money
would reach, and the offer was accepted
The labnrers got all that was due them
and the lawyers and court officials got theil
ices, but the lumber, brick and other build
/ ing material dealers did not get the full
amounts due them. Voerge was then re
leased.
/ Rev. DR.. G. B. Stricken Of the FRS
| Presbyterian church, has been unanimously
elected chaplain Of the Atlanta Zouaves.
At Atlanta, Monday, Arthur Hayne was
being tried for the killing of AMBROSE
Haynes mother was then lying at thu
point Of death.
The board Of school commissioners Of
| Montgomery, Ala, has recommended Prof.
Charles L. Floyd of Atlanta to be superin
tendent Of the public schools of Mont
gomery.
Col. Bob .Hardeman is now the "Lone
Fisherman at the old capitol. All of the
other state officials have moved their
fixtures over TO the new capitol, and yester.
day they moved themselves over and are
rapidly getting ready for business at the
new stand.
A movement IL on foot by the East
Atlanta Land Company to build magnif-
cent hotel at Inrnan park. The site has
been selected, and the plan Of the building
will be something like that Of Sweetwater
Park hotel, and will cost $4,000. 1t is
proposed to build the hotel by popular sub
scription. The idea is to entertain northern
visitors in winter and home people during
the summer.
News reached Augusta Sunday of fatal
ARRAY in Graniteville Saturday night, in
which Willis Curry was killed by Robert
Hobbs. At a ball game in Granitevile Sat
urday afternoon between the Aiken and
Graniteville clubs Curry accused Hobbs Of
siding with the AIKEN club and words en-
sued. That night Curry went to the store
of MIR. Gunter where Hobbs was employed,
and renewed the difficulty. Hobbs claims
that Curry was advancing on him with a
drawn knife when be shot him In self-de-
Tense. He fired twice, but only one ball
took effect, entering Curry's breast and
killing him instantly. Curry had an open
knife in his hand when found. Hobbs sur
rendered himself to the sheriff at Aiken
Sunday and is now confined in Aiken jail
Tom Lawson, a uegro, attempted to play
a sharp trick on John Calvin at the union
depot baggage room at Atlanta, Monday
morning, by which he hoped to realize
$500. On June 6 he presented check at
the baggage room for a trunk which he
alleged had been sent from Madison to
Atlanta and then back to Charleston. but
had never been received. There was some
irreguiarity about the appearance of the
check, and Mr.. Calvin told the negro TO
call again and present a bill for the trunk.
Monday morning Lawson called with bill
for 5000 and he was arrested. When
searched the duplicate check was found in
his pockets, and also a pistol. The checks
were stolen at Madison.
Col. George w. Adair has the costliest
hat in Atlanta, aud it is adorned with
neither ostrich plumes, flowers nor lace. 1t
is large white sombrero, with timber,
tapping brim. The only ornamentation
about it is a cord of gold braid wrapped
around the crown, and yet the hat cost Col.
Adair $4,000. Years ago the colonel bought
a copper mine in Mexico, for which
he paid $1,000 ia cash. He left
Atlanta and the real estate business
and went into the land of the greasers to
show them how to make money out of a
copper mine. He bought the sombrero and
a big pair of boots to wear while bossing
the workmen digging out the ore. The
mime had been pretty we'll sailed, or some
thing else was the matter with it, for it
yielded no money, and Col. Adair, after
some time spent in losing money on it, was
glad enough to leave it and return to At
lanta. The boots have long since worn out,
and all the colonel has to show for his SC, 00(
is the old Mexican sombrero.
Atlanta correspondent Augusta Chronicle
A special from Tennille to the Journal tells
how the people of that village were scooped
by beautiful little brunette representing
herself as an agent of the Southern Star
of Atlanta. This reminds your correspond.
emit that a large number of confidine
people in the neighborhood of Augusta
would like also to hear from the sparkling
little baunette. She secured large mum.
Der of cash subscribers to the Star all along
the Georgia railroad, but never Star has
twinkled in the homes of the subscribers,
The correspondent has Investigated the mat.
ter here and found that the young lady was
an authorized agent of the Star
Publishing Company. The editor of that
paper claimed that she has made no returns
of money collected, but said he would fill
the contracts made by her. This, however,
he has not done, and persistently continues
not to do. Subscribers were induced by
the young lady agent to subscribe for the
Star by the promise that they would re-
ceive from thirty to fifty books as premi
ums. The Office of the Southern Star i.
| about 14xl5, and located in the third story
of Broad street building. The editor
who by the way, seems to be a pleasant
man, discharges the arduous duties of pro
prietor, editor devil and mailing clerk
| The mission of the Star in this wicked
world is to promote temperance and the in
| terests of its publisher.
Leary Courier: Nothing can be learned
of the fate of the negro, Polk Newton, who
shot another negro at Williamsburg one
| day last week. Newton at the time of hi.
escape was being carried to Morgan by 9
| posse of citizens of Williamsburg to bt
| jailed But when crossing Pachitla creel
| bridge he gave his custodians the slip by
springing OF the bridge into the water be
| low. We learn his hands were tied at the
| time, and several shots were fired at him
1t is possible that he escaped death, and VIC
| believe he did, after having talked with bis
father, who lives near here, and whose ap
parent complete indifference to hi:
sons fate leads one to the conclu
sion that Polk escaped, and that
Bob Newton, his father, knows that he did
The negro that Polk shot died last Monday,
The shooting is said to have been done
entirely without provocation, and its afro
cleusness was added to by the murderer
striking his Yyicrisn With the butt of hi,
gun after he had been shot down. Al
| undue intimacy between Newton and hi:
victims wife, which the murdered man wa,
trying to break up in a peaceable manner
was the cause of the shooting. The grand
jury has indicted Newton for murder, and
his capture, from all accounts, will mean 8
hanging IN our county.
FLORIDA.
Counterfeit 50-cent pieces Of the issue o
1861 are in circulation at Fernandina.
Howard g. Kennedy will build 20x3t
| warehouse on their wharf at Terra Celia.
Tiohtninep struck the Mathodist chure, a.