The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-22


When lhn Knight If Macon woke W
Sunday morning he four d himself minus
about $3.50 Mr. knight resides IN the cot
tagc house on tie south side OF Plum street
etween Third aud Fourth, next door to
Cases marble yard. Mr.. Knight retired
about 1 / O'Clock, and it must have been
/ some time after midnight when the daring
| burglary was committed, 1t is quite prob
! able that chlor0fOrm was used as Mr..
/ KNIGHT. when he awoke Sunday morsiag,
was suffering with violent headache.
! At Newman Mcbride & Co. proprietors
| Of the cotton seed oil mills have discarded
their coal oil lamps and lit up their works
with electricity. They run both day and
night and regard the electricity cheaper
than OIL Mr. Berry, president Of the First
National bank, is goi1Z 10 have wire run
from the mills % his bank, and Will put six
electric burners in his Office and counting
room. When the Newman cotton mills are
completed in May it is thought large ma
supply the churches, opera house and stores
with electric lights.
Dr. Garland Of Jasper county had an IN
comfortable experience in the creek near
Johnnie Gools5y's place a few days ago.
The stream was swollen and when he came
10 The place where the bridge was locate /,
1t being covered with water he concluded 1t
would e the wisest plan 70 SEQ If any Of it
he'd foatsd away. 50 dsmounting. be ae-
gan 10 investigate tho matter, when his
horse walked of and left bin T. wade out
in water ten feet deep on one side. and four
feet on the other. He soon alarmed the
neighborhOJd with his distressing screams,
and obtained relief in the person Of a near
ueighbor lie los. bis saddlebegs in the ad-
venture, but came out a wiser man.
A good joke is told on young man who
lives about eight miles from Athens in the
country. The young man wished note car
rlei 70 a young lady friend who lived not
far from his home. So he started negro
on the errand with the note, after giving
explicit directions rs to where he wished it
carried. The negro got on a horse and came
all the way TO Athens, and riding up 10 a
house in the city about 2 O'Clock in the
morning, asked tho way 10 Mir. IS, tell
ing the person who came to the door that
this house looked like the one described t.
him by the young man, Suffice 1t to saY
that he didn't find the young lady, and the
young man waited for an answer in vain.
DR.. FELTON, is now one Of the strongest or
gained democrats in the State, ard says
be will act in all matters with the orga-
nized party He doubtless viii be in the
race for Congress again, or, if not, a candi-
date for governor two years hence. Speak
ihR "a VI EhulAeu utAllDCI dGf "A lew Ohfs ago
he said: lam more and more Convinced.
as time demonstrates the true situation,
that ttOr ugh party organization is essen
tlal TO the preservation OF our true inter
ests. And with the advent of another re-
publican administration IL is more imuOr-
tant than ever, for tie reason that the r c.
question will loom up more prominently
tnau ever We should have nominations
for every Office from governor down to
bailiR."
A short while since the NEWS contained
a special concerning the attempted murder
OF old man Atkinson near Carnei lille, by
crowd Of negroes, and the cause then as
sig ed was that they wished to get posses
sion Of his money. A prominent CT izsn Of
GAINESVILLE, IN talking over, the matter.
made some startling revelations concerning
It, 1t seems that two Of the negroes were
caugdt Immediately and three have since
been lodged in jail. These negroes are said
TO have admitted the attempt to murder the
old man, and revealed the fact that there
were tea negroes IN the gang; that their
object was to Kill nine Of the leading ciu-
ms Of the county. Such ews created
great Indignation, and il is feared that
~ 7ch law viii be called il to get rid Of the
negroes.
A conductor OF a freight train has struck
on novel idea Of stopping rows between
his train bands. When their disputes re-
qulre satisfaction he las TIE train hands
dlsarm both parties, and lie then puts tneih
Off IN the woods several miles from any
station. He finds it a splendid plan. No
man Is sangulnary with the prospect Of
spending the night hungry ia the woods
alone, unless he can call his enemy com
pany. With such a prospect staring them
IN the face, they generally forget their
pTlaVancas cgnapfaIlV VhnD fba Tt bay- a..
Keys call to them to stop dat foolin', you
nlggers, an git on dis train, or do captain
gwlne ter leave yer Ia de woods The cap
tain says those who can should practice his
plan with turbulent crews. IL Will cool
their tempers.
For several days past it has been rumored
In Augusta that a large sh rtage existed
IL the accounts Of all oiliC al connected
with moneyed institution of that place.
Concerning these rumors the Augusta
EueHlHg Netrs says: The report Of
serious nature which have been in circula-
ton OF late amount to nothing, we learn by
authority, a. far as the public is concerned.
The discrepancy has been adjusted by in
vestigation, and the whole matter is known
only TO three or four parties The reputa-
ton Of the tdan and his family have thus
been preserved even from the publicity
which rumor inflicts whether it De true
or false. Ia tbs case not even the amount
Of loss is known, and the name is, Of course,
not given. There has been deal of specu-
lation over the matter, and the publication
IS made because there is So much talk on
the streets.
Judge Howard Van Epps OF Atlanta will
soon have completed digest OF the last
twenty volumes OF Georgia Reports. fun,
and exhaustive. in which not only
the points decided, but the principles recog-
nizcd by the judges are set forth II Is
accurately indexed, is a volume Of 800
pages, and has been neces, ity clamored
for by the Judiciary and bar of the state
for some time, as much of tho law has been
changed in that time, aud much Of the law
IN force now has been All judicated in the q
last twenty reports. Judge Van Epps fol-
lows Capt. Harry Jackson, who compiled
The digest from / to 40, and Hon. y. T..
Harris Of Macon, who compiled the digest
from 4 10 o. His work extends from 81
10 81, and the index of the 18th is COM
pleted. and the T9,h win soon be ready.
The sOth will be really III ninety days, IN
ample time 10 be submitted to the next SEES
sion Of the legislature
The uuyelliug of the Hughes monument
took place at jones' creek l. borty county,
Friday. The veteran whose noblo deeds
Is monument is o commemorate was for
many years tho captain OF the Liberty
Guards, having taken that company
through the late war, and ina ~ were the
acts Of chivalry recorded Of him by the
surviving members. During his whole life
he was much Interested IN the welfare #
bis country and took lively interest In ull
calculated To advance her interests. The