The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-01

manager Of the Star, honorary members
Of the organization.
As j. W Calhoun was walking over his
| field. about a half mile from Arlington, he
smelled something offensive. He proceeded
t. investigate, and discovered what was the
remains Of a negro. the corpse had been
riddled by buzzards and rendered unrecog-
nizable. There was also some negro hair
near the remains which indicated that
the deceased was woman. II IS thought
thai she was "A woman who came from Nor
gan, and who was subject u fits, and that
Whlie wandering around was attacked with
fit and died. The cOroner's jury returned
a verdict that deceased came 70 her death
from unknown causes"
Near Waynesville Saturday night while
bands of negroes was searching for Day 5
body "A most unea tally hallOo was heard.
Attne sound each band turned and pro
ceeded Ia that direction. On arriving at
the spot they found some of the party
standing around an old well and paering
into lis depths. There were signs around
the well which led them to believe that lt
had been partially filed with he outlying
| soil. Marks OF hoes and shOvels were
plainly seer, aud this fact, tog sther with
| the sight IF numerous tracks, led them to
believe that Day had found u resting place
deep down in mother earth. The band
madeno attempt to get at the body, but
returned 70 their homes and reported the
fact 10 the other negroes.
At Atlanta Saturday afternoon, while
out driving in her dog cart, Miss Carrie
! Crane. who was accompanied by Mrs.
! Robert Riley met with an exciting expe-
| rience, wi lch might have boon something
! very serious had not timely assistance been
| given. After riding through the city, Miss
| Crane drove out TO Piedmont park. In the
| confines of the park there Is a branch about
! twenty ieet wide, whic is shOal water, and
over this Miss Crane attempted to drive.
But by some mischancs the horse diverged
from the beaten path and attempted to cross
| a few feet TO the left, where the
water was deeper. There proved to be a
bed Of quicksand under the current Of wa
| ter and the horse began to sink with the
| cart. The ladies jumped out aud called for
| help. The park policeman and prominent
| Atlanta lawyer made their appearance upon
| the scene and rendered assistance to the
faSt-sinking horse. THIS was done by cut
| ting the harness and drawing the horse TO
one bank, while the cart was drawn TO the
! opposite bank.
AS the result of an existing disagreement
between Mr.. and Mrs. WIN Quinn of Amer
icus, final separation was agreed upon.
Mr.. Quinn took possession of their IA
| months-old child without Mrs. Quinn's
knowledge, aud concealed it, preparatory
to his departure with il from the city.
| When she discovered that her child was
gone, she had a writ Of habeas corpus is
! sued, which was served upon Mr.. Quinn, by
Sheriff Bassion Saturday. The sheriff took
possession of the child and carried 1t to the
jail, where it would be in care of his wife,
pending adjudication Of the matter by tho
| courts on Monday. Mrs. Quinn spent Sat
| urdey night in the Jail, in order 30 be with
her child. On Monday, before the matter
came before Judge Hilsbury, through the
| efforts OF counsel an agreement was
| reached, by which Mrs. Quinn is to retain
possession of the child until 1t is , years
old, after which the child will be given in
| custody of its father. Mrs. Quinn nee Miss
Kate Burke, was the second daughter
of the late Col. f. f. Burke
| When Mr.. Jester, of Athens, was a young
man, in the community in which he lived
| was woman who drank very freely, and
| when filled up with liquor she always went
TO the graveyard, and getting inside of one
4 OF the little pallng Enclosures made her bed
| for the night. The young men of the com
| munlty had planned for fox hunt. And
young man of the party had planned to
give his companions first-class scare. So,
instead OF joining the party as they struck
! out from the gathering place, he
| went ahead, and covering himself
with sheet, mounted the fence
which inclosed the old woman
mentioned in the first part Of the article.
As be sat there in the quiet of the night, he
chuckled to himself and could hardly re-
frain from hearty laugh at the fright he
| would give the fox hunters. Soon the clat-
| ter of the horses was heard ana the sheet
was carefully wound around him. As the
party rode in front Of him he threw out his
long white arms, and in a graveyard voice
said: IL will rise and go to Jesus.n Hardly
had he said the words when a voice from
the grave answered: Yea, Lord, am
comiugp OF course the whole crowd were
badly frightened, but their scare was moth
ing compared to that of the ghost He
never visits graveyard at night, and he
will never play ghost again.
Columbus mqltirer-Sun: Col. w. II. Nc
Crory of Ellavllle, Schley county, arrived
in the city Monday in charge of a girl
about 10 years old. The girl had an infant
in her arms which was not born in we'd
lock. Col McCrory delivered the girl and
child to her father, who lives on Rose Hill.
The story is very sad one The grand
jury of Schley county recently indicted the
girl and the father of her child, a mar
named Jerre Hill, for fornication. The cir
was arrested and gave bond, but Hill sue
ceeded III eluding the officers. A few DAYS
ago the girls bondSmen decided to surren-
der her to the authorities, Mitchell and
Feagan of Amoricus. Officers succeeded
in locating the girl and Hill in tht
} northern portion of Sumter county
Sunday afternoon. The girl wa.
captured, but Hill escaped, although
several shots were fired at him. The girl
was taken to Ellaville about 10 O'Clock
Sunday night She wept bitterly wher
told that she must go to Jail She said that
her child was sick, and that she was anxiou,
to come to her father in Columbus. The
sympathieS of Col. McCrorv and a hail
= dozen or more of the kind hearted people of
Ellaville were aroused, and they decided tc
make the bond ana send the girl to her
father, who is a very respectable citizen OF
| Rose Hill. The father received his errine
daughter with open arms, and will do all il
his power to save her from further shame
: The officers are still on the lookout for Hill
| A telegram received from Sheriff Aller
: ! Of Schiey announces that Hill has beer
captured
l There are quite a number of Atlantis
t negroes who are preparing to leave this
{ mundane sphere on Aug. IL in grand STYLE
3 | Some sharp negro, whose name could not bt
r | learned, has been making money out of these
/ | ignorant, superstltious people. He ha,
| been going around to their houses sellinc
wings, on which he guaranteed the trip t(
; glory could be safely made His scheme I.
d, to show the negroes a picture Of the wings
= | and collect % cents from any one who
: | wished pair. He would measure the An
: | pllcant for celestial bliss, take his name
and agree to deliver the wings a week be-
fore the final day, another quarter
! to be collected then He ev