The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

/ ears ago, the negroes OF Inc heiB AOoi hDo'
say, murder was done under its branches.
Two men had accompanied woman t.
church and after she had entered the ediice
! they quarreled about her. and ore cut the
/ other 10 death. The murderer escaped, and
ever since every limb, small and large, on
/ the tres trembles as if IN fear or as suifer-
ing animal would culver. This occurs
when not a breath Of air is stirring. No
negro in Columbia county can be Induced
TO pass the sO-called haunted spot alone AT
night. Prominent gentlemen say they nave
noticed the phenomenon, but no explana-
ton Of it has ever been volunteered
W. E. 0rubb. telegraph operator at
Davisboro, twelve miles from Louisville,
came into that town Saturday afternoon at
) O'Clock with Fillmore Bell, the negro man
who brutality murdered J. i. Evans at
Matthews station, on the Alabama Great
Southern railroad, last Friday. Mr.. Grubbs
captured him at a negro house about mile
from Davisboro, where he was in hiding.
He broke open the door Of the house. The
negro jumped out OF the back window aud
ran under the house and refused TO come
out, but Mr.. Grubbs, being determined 70
have him, crawIed in underneath, and
after short struggle, brought him out.
He then tied him with a stout rope TO tSe
seat and back Of the buggy and took him
to town, where he is now safe in jail. The
negro does not deny shooting J. L. Evans
but won't answer any questions.
There is an old man working on the farm
of gentleman living in Augusta by the
name OF Stearns, who sees all sorts of
supernatural things. He is a Bostonian,
and has not been successful on southern
farms. BE claims to commune with spirits,
and holds many midnight conferences with
them in the lonely swamps on the farm
which he works. He is dreaded by the
negroes Of the neighborhood. His gesticula-
tiOns and CALCULATIONS at times, when spirits
appear to him, are weird and unearthly,
and fear of their recurrence causes people
to shun him. He addresses his negro farm
hands as Mr.. and Mrs. and miss,
and is thoroughly hated by them. The
farm which he works is about six miles
from Augusta. Mr.. Stearns has written
books on the south and the negro not at all
complimentary to the section which he no
insists on making his home.
At Atlanta, at 1890 o'clock Sunday
morning, Acting Call Officer WILDLY
brought in James Edwards, burly negro,
who is charged with an attempt to commit
rape About midnight he went to the
house OF Miss Annie Sewell No. 20 Henry
street., and tapped on her window. Whom
she demanded his business he asked her to
come to the back door, saying that he
wanted to speak to her. She Indignantly
refused, and told him to come to the front
door and state his business. He made a
reply that frightened Miss Sewell, and Just
at that time she called in w. G. Smith, who
CHANGED to be passing, to protect her. Mr..
Smith came in, and while talking asked for
drink Of water. There being none in the
house, Miss Sewell went to the well. and
withdrawing the water the villain grabbed
her, She screamed and struggled, ard
broke loose from his grip. The matter was
reported, and the call officer caught the
negro just as the latter came out Of his
house, where no had concealed himself
after the occurrence. Le was handcuffed
aud taken to the station house.
On May 81 B. F. Jossey, man of pleas
ing address, gentlemanly manner and a
smooth tongue, arrived in Americas on a
morning train. He claimed to represent
the house of Austin, Nichols & Co., New
York, and having once conducted store at
Americas, and being well-known to nearly
every one in town, had no trouble in carry
ing out the scheme which he had evidently
determined TO work. He drew three draft
on the New York house, one of 500, and
two of $50 each, and presented them
at the Peoples Bank, the Bank OF
| Americas and the Southweste Bank, re
spectively. He was introduced to Mr..
| Murphy, cashier of the Bank Of Americas,
as gentleman who was 'all right by d
known business man of the town, and was
| probably personally known TO the cashiers
of the other institutions. AT all events he
had no trouble whatever in getting the
drafts discounted. He pocketed the wad
took the next train from town, and has not
boon seen nor heard from since The house
of Austin, Nichols & Co., was communi-
Gated with by wire, aud the answer re-
ceIved was curt, significant aud telling; it
was embodied in thu words; "No funds"
Willacoochee NelCS: DR.. Wilcox on Mon
day exhibited in the NelCS Office something
| in the way Of natural history that is new
and interesting to us. Some parties had
been fishing and brought in some very fine
trout, some of which fell into the hands of
! the doctor. Upon cleaning and dissecting
| them he found upoa the inside Inning of
the swimming bladder the perfect picture
of tree displayed in crimson hue, as per.
feet and as distinctly as the most delicate
and skilled hand of the artist painter could
delineate. To fad thus upon the fine
| and delicate body of a fish a beauti-
| full picture of the different trees of the for
est is something new TO US aud an ad.
vapcad' step In natural history. In this
case there was post mortem mai upon
two fish. In one was found the picture of
pine tree, with trunk and branches as
uisoltlcSly as VIZ ever Saw LII the oVner,
maple tree was seen as satisfactorily as
could be desired. Naturalists inform u
that the impress thus appearing is made
from the shade of the tree reflected in the
water in which the fish constantly remain.
II the fish lives in lake over which the
boughs Of the maple extend, then we find
In the fish the picture of the maple, and Sc
OF any other tree and in every other in
stance. This is true We learn, only of the
trout, and found in no other fish.