The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-28

black, brown. half black and white, spotted,
and, in fact, any kind of rat you may
| want to see can be seen at this pla e. PeO-
pie who live near there say that the rats do
not enter their house, but feed around IN
the yards aud gardens, and are perfectly
harmless.
Ira Heard, rugged, barefooted and pen
niless boy, was ar ested as vagrant by the
Macon police a month ago. The lad had
escaped from the reformatory at Rochester,
n. Y. Macon's mayor turned him over to
Mr.. Knoblock, baker. Now the reform
atory has sent a man for the boy. Mr..
KnoDlock has taken great fancy TO him
At the meeting of the city council last
Monday night a petition for pardon, setting
forth all the facts. was circulated among
| the aldermen, and each member of the
council signed it, headed by the mayor 1t
was also signed by Chief Kenan and other
city officials. Mr.. Knoblock has forwarded
the petition to Rochester, and others in the
city have written 10 influential persons at
that place.
Americas Recorder: For several months
the report has been circulated around town
that Q colored people of this city had or
gained a military company, and were
being drilled by white man. No atten-
ton was paid to the report until the nightly
drills had become annoying. A policeman,
to satisfy himself, and also to put stop to
the noise, went upstairs one night this week
to the drill-room. The drilling was imme-
diatelv stopped when the policeman knocked
at the door The door was soon opened,
and revealed a white man known as Owen,
standing in the middle of the room with a
sword and belt buckled around his waist.
He was not seen actually drilling the ne
groes, but one would naturally believe he
was doing so.
William Simpson, who killed Isham
Kelly in January, 1886, and was convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to to years
in the peuitentiary last month, escaped from
jail at Covington, Thursday night. He
sawed through four bars of an upper WIN
dow of the Jail 1t is supposed that the saw
was conveyed to him by some one through
one of the lower windows. After his con-
viction his counsel made motion for a new
trial. The motion was argued last Monday
in McDonough, and Judge Boynton refused
new trial, being satisfied with the verdict
of the jury. Simpson learned this on Tues
day, and lost no time in making his escape.
One other prisoner, Andrew Bradley (col-
ored), was confined in Jail, and he joined
Simpson in his flight.
Some of the members Of the Methodist
church at Alpharetta having Endorsed tire
doctrines preached by the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, a committee was appointed to wait
on them and investigate the matter. When
by the committee five of them
withdrew from the church and four de-
manded a church trial. The five who
withdrew are DR.. j. M. Howell, j. M.
Dodds, Mrs. Maud Brooke, Miss Lula Rain
water, and Mrs II. l. Scale. Those who
demanded trial are Mrs. j. M Howell,
Mrs. j. M. Dodds, Miss Minnie Dodds, and
Mrs Rinnie Letson. The committee pre-
ferred charges against those demanding a
trial. The trial was set for Monday, Oct.
81, and was before a committee of ten,
none of whom were members of the church
at Alpharetta INT all the other churches in
the circuit were represented on the COM
mittee. The trial resulted in expulsion
from the church.
Henry Hines is a negro VINO lived six
miles below Newman. He was captured
stealing cotton on October 8, and he agreed
to take a whipping rather than stand a
A party Of citizens took him
out and gave him sound tn ASKING. On
the night of the 9th, j. w. Todd and Henry
Vollen weider, with three others, we're trav-
cling toward Newman. As they passed
Illness house a number of shots rang out
from an clubhouse in the rear of his cabin.
and Todd and Vollenweider fell to the
ground. Todd was struck with seventy
five shot and Vollenweider with seventeen.
The entire party made a rush on the house.
and caught one OF Illness boys, who said
that his father and two white men did the
There were two double-barrelled
shotguns fired, but only two of the gun
shots took effect. Hines was absent from
the community after the shooting, and the
parties most interested set out to find his
He was located in Atlanta.
and arrested Friday.