The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-17

catching, ard she parades with her captures
with Just as much pride. She has ever
devoted herself to collecting lost clothes
pins, and not few pins that were not lost
! Strange 70 say, she never touches the pins
| belonging To her owner, but Is death on
| clothes pins which belong 10 tue neighbors.
| In tue past three months she has brought
homo over twenty-eight dozen clothes pins,
and inquiry shows that the cat keeps her
eye on the place where the pins are Kept.
One neighbor kept basketful OF pins on
tin roof, and the cat had 10 pass over two
or three roofs 70 get them, but she sue
! ceeded In taking three dozen from the
/ basket before she was discovered.
D. B. Bachelor in Blakely Neios: A sad
case IL rep rted from Mayhaw. A widow
lady named Mrs. Bush. whom / suspect is
going crazy, has two big knives, one in
each ha7d, swearing she is going to kill or
be killed She is going from house TO house.
| She went - A. |. Bush's the other night
AID went in, said nothing, bolted out of the
| door with her weapons aud on her way she
met a man and told him, with terrible
| oath, "she was going through -
and swinge her eye brows or kill or be
killed She went to d. B. Bachelors and
he was not at home, but she ran his family
from the house. She ran colored man,
who was working for him, over stump,
and he broke his leg ard sprained an arm.
| think the woman will have to be carried
TO the asylum, and think love is the cause
Of all this.
Emily Macarthur, an elderly colored
woman, and Sam Morris, young buck Of
l6 years of age, had their commitment trial
at Mount Vernon on Tuesday, before
Justices Spooner and Sharpe, at this place,
charged with the murder of Jim Macarthur,
EmilY's husband, one day last week The
evidence developed one Of the most
deliberate and fiendish murders on record.
1t seems that Emily had tired of
her husband after living with
him ever since slavery time., and
piued for q younger spouse. SO she fixed
her affections upon Sam. Sam bought
| some trough on rats" and Emily favored
Jim's Pic with il. Jim ate the pie and
died Coroner Morrison held an inquest on
| the body and the jury pronounced the par
ties guilty Of murder, aud a warrant was
| issued by the coroner They we're commit
ted to Jail to await their trial in the superior
court. Tney will probably both be hanged.
Two negro employees of Richard Howard
Of Columbus were sent Thursday to the
Georgia Midland depot with a dray and
pair OF mules, for the purpose Of removing
a tank of sulphuric acid from the freight
department 20 the down town drug store Of
Evans & Howard. The tank weighed .625
pound . 1t was loaded at the depot and
carried safely to the store. When
| there the two men commenced unloading.
Thinking that the tank would bear the
pressure they worked it to the side Of the
dray and dumped it into the streets. They
| were completely mistaken, however, as
the shock caused one end Of the tank to
burst loose and the whole contents
flowed into the street. The men sue
| ceeled in escaping and rescuing the mules
without getting burned. The liquid spat-
tered all over the sidewalk, but fortunately
there were no persons passing at the time.
When Mr.. Howard was informed OF the
mishap, he at once rode al ound to the scene
Forgetful of his danger in his hurry, he
drove his horse right through the fire and
birthstone. The horse smarted considerably
from his burns, but By the prompt applica-
| ton OF sofa and castor oil TO ths burned
parts all danger from the deadly poison was
| removed. The acid flowed Toto sewer
| that was near by and the dregs were washed
away by the application of hose stream.
| The poisoned area was then co rered with u
thick coating of sand.
| Emerson Graphic: On Friday Of last
week a very serious accident happened to
| little Celia Parks, daughter of Idr. G. S.
| Park, who lives near the railroad, mile
| north of Emerson. A rapid stream of water
| RUS down the hollow in front Of Mr.
| Parks residence, aud the power 1t furnishes
has been UTILIZED by the construction of a
water wheel, which runs a variety of ma
chinery placed in small buiaing on the
bank. One belt turns a grindstone. Celia
her sister Mamie, VINO is o, were
| the only persons about the
premises. The machinery was runng audn
| Celia was sharpening knife on the grind
| stone, when her clothing was suddenly
caught by the bolt and she was drawn rap
| idly toward the pulley wheel on the m an
shaft, Her sister, with wonderful presence
Of mind, ran as quickly as possible to the
| gate and shut off the water. Returning
hastily to her sister, she found her wedged
in between the belt and the pulley and suf-
ferlng great agony. Here again she
| showed wonderful GOODNESS and quick
ness of thought, for without an in
stant's hesitation she grasped the
knife her sister had been sharpening, and
instead of slashiag across the belt hap
hazard, dextrously cut oub the corner
hooks which held the belt together, and re-
leased her sister without injuring the belt
Having released her sister, Mamls carried
her into the house, and finding that one Of
her thigh bones was broken, DIRE it back
as nearly into place as she could and pro-
ceeded TO bathe the limb in cold water. All
this was done before assistance reached her
As soon as possible surgeon was called
Fort Gaines special to Macon Telegraph:
News has reached here of brutal outrage
committed on little 7-year -old girl few
miles from here, Just across the river In
Henry county, Ala. The facts as gathered
10y your correspondent are as follows: Mrs.
Sanders, formerly a Mrs Catchens lives
across the river in Helry county, Ala. By
her first marriage she has two bright little
children, one n lad Of II, the other lovely
little girl of Z, The family are thrifty farm
ers, and up to last Saturday afternoon had in
their employ white man about 81 years
old named Marshall Melvin. On last Satur-
day afternoon Melvin and littls Joe Catch
ems went to work in tine field as usual and
little Mary, ia her childish rambles, &C
companied them. As the hours wore on
Joe and Melvin became separated In their
work and the little girl chancsd to be left
alone with her destroyer. Melvin, watch
ing like hawk for his opportunity, saw
that the fatal moment had arrived, and,
Selling the little 7-year-old baby in his
cruel arms, brutally accomplished his hellish
purpose. The child. being released, stag
gered home crying and half dead,
and told the revolving story to her
mother. DIR. Fowler was Immediately
and pronounces the condition of
the poor child as very critical
found there and arrested by the officers late
IN the day. He denies his guilt, but, Of
course, that is mere folly, as the child GER
taInly knew her assailant, and she says
positively il was Melvin. Melvin has been
lodged in Jail at Abbeville, the county seat
of Henry county. The citizens are much