The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-16

burned. Mr. Brady, superintendent OF the
American Marble Company, resided in the
dwelling with his family. Most OF the fur
uiture was saved. The building was worth
about 5000 and was insured. 1t was the
property OF Mr.. Eager. The insurance was
with II. G. Coryell's agency, and was placed
as follows; On building, Phoenix Of Brook
Ign, s., coo; aud l.. 81 l.. & g., s., 900; fur
niture, 81 800 in Phoenix. The fro is sup
pos d to have caught from a spark from a
passing locomotive
Twelve years ago Gilmer county was
$4,000 in debt The outgoing official, Mr..
Allen, declares Gimer county out Of debt,
and relates some figures that are remarka-
bic The state levy for tax for 1888 was
thirty-fve and six-tenths on the 800, the
county levy was fifty-four and four tenths
cents on the 800, making in all 80 cents on
the hundred. The county fund amounts to
S3,5l6 81, and deducting $2l6 30 for tax col
lee or and receivers commissions, leaves
balance Of $500 81 belonging to Gilmer.
Tax Collector Kincaid has collected on
county orders, jury summons, court orders,
etc, $500 OS, leaving $500 l6 still to COL
lect.
During the heavy rain that prevailed at
Brunswick through the first part Of Sun
day night, Jack Sheppard and Jim Gala.
CHER stepped into a vacant shanty owned
| by V. r. Mitchell. and located on Bay
street While in there one Of the parties
dropped silver dollar through the crack
in tho floor. Not wishing to lose the
! money they proceeded to prize one of the
planks up from the floor, and upon doing SO
were considerably astonished to discover a
| large number of Shoes hats and various
| other articles Of dry goods secreted there
They reported the matter at police head
quarters and upon investigation the goods
were identified as being part of those re-
Gently stolen from the store of Messrs. H ar
rison Bros
A Murray county man recently left home
to make visit to the lower part of the
| county with the intention of purchasing a
| farm that was offered for sale. He very
foolishly left 81 900 slowed away in the
bottom Of an old-fashoned trunk at home,
the accumulation of several years If honest
| toll, and the sum he proposed expanding on
the farm he had gone to inspect. During
his absence his wife locked up the house
and went over to spend the night with
neighbor, distant about a mile. Neither
thought Of the possibility Of fire or burg
| lars. When they returned the following
day they found their bone smoldering
| heap Of ashes and all that was left of the
| 81 900 was few shapeless pieces of molten
silver and the iron handles of the trunk
that had been treasure trove.
On Sunday night last A. p VIM of
Marietta was dressing a blister on his wife's
| neck, and his daughter Lena, ~ years old,
was holding lamp for him to see by. The
! sight Of the inflamed blister sickoned the
girl and she tainted, dropping the lamp to
| the floor, breaking the shade and globe As
| she swooned she fell on piece of the broken
| glass, which gashed her cheek. The oil was
running out of the lamp and blazing. The
| girls clothing was in immediate dagger of
catching on fire as we'll as The house Mr.
! Winn grabbed the burning lamp on the
floor and succeeded in extinguishing the
l.lr.ry- = l. 49,
| unconscious girl. He carried her to a bed
| aud bathed her face In water, and in five
minutes she revived. Her eyebrows were
burned off and an ugly cash is on her cheek,
as the result of the accident
James NJ. Wiley of Gwinnett county,
who applied to the governor for his allow
ance under the manned soldier act Wed
nesday, has peculiar wound, from which
he still suffers acute pain at times He was
a member OF Company II, Eleventh Georgia
regiment, and at the battle of the Wilder
ness, May 6, 1854, a minnie ball pierced the
muscle OF the back of his neck, plowed
under the skin and imbedded itself in the
angle of his right jawbone, directly under
his ear. The bulk Of the ball became en-
cysted, and for twenty-five years he has
carried it in the point of his jawb me. Tee
butt of the ball slightly protrudes, and may
be plainly seen. The wound still suppurates
at times The ball is firmly encase1 in the
clinging cartilage, and the doctors say that
to extract it would lead to decay of the law
bone and probably result in death. Mr.
| Wiley enjoys fair health, and will probably
go to his grave with the bullet in his bone
Last Saturday morning, at the residence
| of w. A. Hill, about three miles from
| Georgetown, a coat lying on board pile in
| front Of the house attracted the attention
of some of Mr.. Hills family, and he at
| once proceeded to investigate Removing
| ba t,iC hrv,e !. ,clr.
which had I'D. He raised the lid and discov-
cred some shawls inside. Nothing daunted
| by this he resumed his exploration Care
fully removing the shawls he was astonished
at finding a tiny baby. 1t was only
a few days old, and was placed there
Friday night. 1t had been givea
paregoric and slept soundly. A bottle was
found in the basket containing small
quantity of the drug. The basket was
| store bought one, had q merchants price
mark on 1t, and also on the side was en-
grayed: -. T., Lumpkin, Ga There was
a note inside the basket, which read: Take
good care of the little wait You will be
well paid some day. The note was written
| by, apparently, a well educated person.
Mr. Hill, having as many babies as he
could manage" placed it in charge Of Mr..
| MaShburn for the present.
AT Marietta. after Ed Frey was hung and
buried, some responsible colored men
| secured the services OF ID. Is. Parks, ST., to
watch the grave of Frey to keep body
snatchers from robbing the grave The
first night Mr.. Parks built huge fire near
the grave and stood picket duty. The nignt
train stopped just opposite the cemetery
and it was believed by some it was to let OFF
or take on parties whose mission was to Sc
cure FreY's body. Mr.. Parks watched 1--WE
successive nights for S.. and then demanded
his pay. The coIored folks, naturally sus.
picious aud superstitious, had learned Of
the train stopping at the cemetery that
night and they thought Mr.. Parks was in
collision with the bodysnatchers and
deferred paying him, saying that they
| believed the grave had been robbed. They
| wished to settle the matter and wanted the
grave opened. This Mr. Parks readily con-
sented to, and on last Friday Henry Small
wood and other colored men repaired to the
cemetery with picks and shovels and began
to throw out the dirt from Frey's newly
made grave. Smallwood worked away
until he nearly reached the coffin. when he
exclaimed Hes dsrl | smell him.
| Work proceeded and the coffin was opened
and Freys remains were there undisturbed
| looking as natural as on the day he was
| buried. This satisfied the colored men, and
there will be no further postponement of
paying Mr.. Parks for his lonely vigil.
| About two weeks ago rumors we're al at
| in Irion that there had been an Legitimate