The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15

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his wife the last farewell kiss and told her
in words soft and low, BE a good wife till
! get back aud started of to earn living
/ for his little household. Late in the after
I noon he returned home and found that his
| wife had left in company with Braswell,
/ going in the direction OF Augusta,
I whence, il Is believed, they VIII go vest
20 live She left two little girls and boy
! TO their fathers care and carried with her
/ the baby girl not yet J. months old
! 1t is probable that charges will be pre-
| ferred against Supt. Harmon, OF the Rolf
/ Home. near Macon. at the meeting Of the
| county commissioners tomorrow. The in
mates, when questioned. claimed that they
| were served with insufficient food, and
! when they had milk it was not properly
distributed. tut was given o certain
! favored ones, no matter how much IL was
needed by the weakest. In the sleeping
rooms the commissioners found that the
| bedding was hardly as clean as could be
| wished for, and when they found "a pillow
IN the yard lying IA the grass, where 1t had
apparently been thrown several days ago,
they We're somewhat surprised. The
supply of veg Cabses will end soon, and 10 Is
claimed that this is caused by the neglect II
the garden. The county will soon be forced
to purchase vegetables for the inmates. In
the yards weeds have been allowed 10 grow
up and an air Of neglect IS seen on all sides.
no superintendent is allowed three or four
hands and mule for the place, aud the
commissioners thought That with such
force he-Ought to have made a better show
ing 10 his visitors. The salary OF tine super
Intendent IS $50 per month. lie is furnished
q nice residence for home free Of charge.
All Of uhe EXPENSES Of tie hospital are paid
by tire county. These, on an average,
amount 70 $40 par month. For a score Of
years Dir. Harmon has been superintendent
Of the hospital He has always been con
sdered q humane and efficient official, and
the charges are Something akin TO a Sc lsa-
ton for bis frends.
SullEans and lKilran could not have
fought 4 Georgia without becoming amen
able 10 the law. Section 45l5 of the Code
Of Georgia makes il misdemeanor for two
men to engage in a fight in any public place
Or in any way 90 disturb quiet citizens. OF
course their plea would have been that the
place where the fight occurred was not pub
lie, but such an argument could not stand.
For mlsdemeauOr q man may be sentenced
to the chain gang for period not exceeding
twelve months, on TO imprisonment for SIX
months, or TO pay Fl o Of $1,000, or TO all
three, The ordinary Of Haborsham COUNTY
was sentenced 10 all three penalties tor de-
stroylng county records. The governor,
however, RENTED part of tho imprison
ment If Sullivan had been arrested
in Georgia as he was in Ten
nessee, he could have been held,
aud he would have been, too. The law Of
tennessee did not authorize his being turned
loose, as misdemeanOr IS al extradltable
offense. Gov. Taylor has refused to grant
extradtion of fugitives accused Of INSIDE
meanors, 50 he could not consistently hold
Sullivan, but the supreme court of the
United States has decided III two important
instances that people accused OF such
Otfenses should be extradited Gov Gordon
would have held him and returned him to
Mississippi. Tennessee has IL statute cover
ing the case exactly, but they chose TO
ignore 1t. Chief IF Police Connally Of At
lanta says that if he had taken Sullivan On
telegram from the sheriff Of the county
where the light took place he could have
sworn warrant against him on the dis
patch, which would have been an official
document, and could have held him for
twenty days.
Brunswick Times: Many are the thrilling
incidents and hairbreadth escapes related
by ID. ID. Davis as occurring during his sea
faring life. Especially interesting is the
account of his last trip from New York to
Charleston, aud thence TO Bruins wick. Mr.
DAVIS was at that time engaged by the
schooner Raleigh which was being loaded
with stone for the Charleston ietties. While
assisting i'll the loading of the schooner he
became engaged in quarrel with fellow
seaman, which came near causing his death
and forever putting an end to his
perilous trials upon the waves. 1t
was the night before leaving. The
tug boat had been ordered fat a. M,
and Nj Davis was keeping his nightly vigil
on deck. No light was there save the flick
ering of dimly burning lantern All on
board were wrapt in sleep, at least they
seemed to be-. Such was not the case, how
ever. Mr.. Davis antagonist was too full
Of hatred and reven ge to la, this opportune
time pass by. Noiselessly arising from his
sleepless couch, he stealthily approached the
door of the cabin that he might obtain
good view of ms victim. Mr.. Davis was On
the alert, however, and, placing himself be-
side the door, made ready, as best he could.
for the attack. But a few minutes
elapsed, when the figure Of the would-be
assassin emerged from the cabin, holding
in his grasp Il cleaning revolver. Mr.. Da-
Wis thought his time had come, as he had
nothing but a small iron rod with which to
defend himself. Delay was death, and
realizing this fact he hurled the rod at his
adversary. The aim was true, the rod
striking the enemy across the left tomple
and INJECTING n fearful wound The nolso
on deck aroused the crew, who, af or in
curing into the disturbance carried the
wounded man ashore and summoned Il ply
siciaD The vessel set sail next morning,
arriving at its destination within one week
From Charleston she came to Brunswick
and thus ended the career of d. d. Davis as
"a sailor