The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-23

Condemned Murderer to Glory.
GEORGIA
This season has shown the necessity for a
canning and evaporating establishment in
Townsville
Beverly C. Mitchell of Americas died
SATURDAY, after painful illness Of typhoid
fever Mr.. Mitchell was prominent re-
publican.
John B., better known as Jack" Arm
strong, of the old Armstrong mlnstrels,
died Friday evening at the residence Of A
T. Mobley at Summerville, near Augusta,
of consumption.
It is reported that Liberty county's false
Christ was in Camden county about eight
months ago, conducting campaign SINH
lar to the one which has just been brought
TO close in Liberty county.
The Glynn Shingle company Of Bruins
wick was Incorporated Saturday. inns
company is composed of F. A. and j. A.
BOYLE add A. L. Everett. 1t starts with
capital Of 900. The purpose IS TO manu-
facture shingles of all grades.
II is now claimed by the Brunswick
Times that q detective is in that city try
ing to learn the identity Of the man who
claims that there Is in existence well
organized band sworn 10 kill voolfolk II
he is not hanged The detective claims that
there is no doubt Of the existence OF the
alleged band.
The people of Towns county are aroused
aver the probability Of railroad through
the county from Murphy, n C., to Clarks-
vile or Tallulah Falls. A railroad meeting
will be held soon, aud a great many OF the
citizens will take stock. There will be sew
'eral railroad speeches made by parties who
propose to engage in the enterprise.
At Cartersville, Friday, the trial of
james Puckett. charged as one of the prin-
cipals in the killing Of Bryant Strickland
In that place in July, 1856, was concluded,
resulting in a verdict Of not guilty. Will
lam Z. Pickett, & brother of James, who
fired the fatal shot, was tried In January,
1887. and acquitted on the ground OF self
defense.
Quite a romantic marriage occurred on
the Cartecay road, five miles from Ellilay,
last Thursday morning John Bailey OF
Fannin county, and Miss Mira Soseby Of
Gilmer county, agreed to travel the turn
pike of life together, and by appointment
met Rev. T. q. Chase in the blg road, at
the time and place above stated, and he
tied the nupial knot hard and fast.
The following card, which was witnessed
by party of determined men, is published
in the Chattooga NeiUs by William II. Pad
gett: 81, William Padgett, do hereby
acknowledge aud confess that the SANDER
Gus report that | have circulated about
Miss Mary Cobb is false and untrue, and
further acknowledge that | never saw or
knew of any act of hers that was unbecom-
ing lady,
Notice has already been made of the sin
gular fact that four policemen were more
or less mixed up in the tragedy of last Tues
day night at Atlanta, in which ex-Police-
man Pelot was killed by A. j. Wiley. The
police board has instructed Chief Connolly
to prefer charges against all four for acting
in manner unbecOming an officer, and
they will be tried at the next meeting of
the board The policemen are Z. b. Pelot,
Henry L. Abbott, j. NJ. Reeves and d. 8.
Looney.
Two million two hundred and sixteen
thousand dollars is the amount of Atlanta's
bonded debt. And the limit allowed by the
charter is not reached by about $500 900.
Another issue of 1925, 600 will be made next
January. This is to redeem bonds falling
due at that time This issue of 1925, 900
has already been placed at per cent. The
bonds found a ready market. and the city g
credit is considered so good that no trouble
at all was had in placing them at a lower
rate than any previous issue. The last
issue was floated at 4 \ per cent, which was
considered very good at the time
Gainesville Courdnt: These Carriers
vile boys set the pace for the fashionable
world. They say that one of them went to
a swell tailor in Atlanta last week to have
pair of trousers cut, ana upon being asked
what sized legs he desired, he wanted to
know what was the largest ne had ever
made. The reply was from thirty to
thirtv-two inches make mine thirty
four he said, "for / intend to break the
record or BUST So if you see a man ON the
streets whose pants-trousers, | should have
said-hap like the sails on a double-masted
schooner, you NAV know him to be the
record breaker Of whom write.
A 40-horse power boiler exploded at J. G.
Wisenbaker's mill, about one mile from
Valdosta, Saturday. The shock was plainly
felt in town, and many thought it was an
earthquake. The wreck was terrible and
complete. The night Waterman, an old ne
gro named Cason, was instantly killed. He
was thrown about thirty feet by the ex
plosion. and nearly every bone in his body
was broken. Tue engine house was tota
wreck, and the mill carriage badly dam
aged. The debris is scattered Ill all direc
tions as only boiler or dynamite car
scatter it, The damage, beyond the life Of
the faithful old Waterman, was about
$1,000. The mill will be rebuilt.
New York World: For two days people
in Orange have been jogging their mem
ories and trying to remember something o.
Mrs. Lizzie Hansen, of Orange, N j. ,
who, according TO a special dispatch in The
World, cowhided a rejected sutton in Au
gusta, Ga, for circulating defamatory re
ports about her. No one in Orange knows
any one of that name. 1t is thought, how
ever, that the cowhider may be Mrs. Hamp
son, nee Annie Convey, whom JOSEPH
Hampson was compelled to marry abou
ten years ago. He subsequently left her anC
she had him arrested for non-support. Afte
that she lived with her brother until las
April, when she left Orange to visit al
uncle in Augusta, Ga. Hampson is still
alive, and she has not been divorced from
him, so far as her Orange acquaintance
know.
Athens Banner Wdtchman: The sal
yesterday of the Conner property, locatet
near the extreme western city limits, a
$1,000 per acre, shows that there is no ficti
tious boom about Athens property. a few
years ago MIR. Comer only paid 81 900 70
the entire lot. After selling off S., so
worth he has still the best portion left
Capt. J. w. Brumby, a little over tw
years ago, bought small tract of land OF
Milledge avenue. The captain tells us tina
he has sold off enough lots to get all of hi
money back and $1,000 clear profit beside
having seven acres yet. Prof. Barrow yes
terday made a survey and plat of the Lill
land. There are ll2 acres, about one-hal
lying in the city limits, and with no in
provements worth counting. An offer O.
$S7 so an acre has been made and refused
1t will be cut up into lots and sold at publ
cutlery early next fall.
At the last meeting Atlanta's board o
ec1A ha Foil