The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-30

western Circuit-A Boy Breaks a Leg
While Playing Ball-A University
Gradute Sent TO the Insane Asylum
A Horse Thief Gives Four officers
the Slip.
GEORGIA.
Three hundred and sixty tons of iron for
The street railway has been received at
Dublin.
It is said that Col. w. F. Kelsey of
Hawkinsville will be the editor OF news
I paper to be published IN Cochran soon.
The new bridge across the Alapaha
river near Irwinville is over seven hundred
yards long and is strongly built
AT Brunswick Wednesday J. c. Young,
a SAWYER at Cooks lumber mills, had the
back OF one of his hands cut off by saw.
The Macon Gas Works are to be sold to an
English syndicate for 100000. The works
are now owned by Van Sgeeaburg & Work
of Philadelphia.
At negro froIic three miles from Daw-
son Saturday night Henry Mitchell shot
and mortaliy wounded John Gaines Mitch
aell is under arrest.
The bill transferring Dooly county to
the Southwestern circuit from the Oconee
circuit has been approved by the governor
and is now a law IN full force and effect.
At Dawson, Sunday. Mayor Laing VIC
lated the city ordinance by hitching his
horse to the court house fence. In few
moments Officer Roberts had the team III
charge and levied the usual dollar
At Lawrenceville Tuesday night Young
Arnold, an Old and inotfenslve negro, while
returning home with his wife from serv-
ices at the colored church, was thrown from
his wagon and killed, his neck being broken
The county commissioners Of DeKalb
pa fttge
Fpenses of the present court, and had TO
borrow e., 900 last court, making total Of
"a 800 the county has had to borrow
within year.
There have been no new developments IN
1.-THE printers strike at the Columbus Ledger
office during the past few days. A force of
non-union printers have been employed and
no difficulty whatever has been expert
enced.
Capt. Couch, an Atlanta police officer,
ghas drawn up bill to be submitted to the
Legislature making it a miSdemeanor for
kany person to tramp about the state, beat
ling hotels and railroads, and living without
any visible means Of support.
The trial of J. W. Rowan, the young
merchant of Sparks, charged with obtain
dng goods under false pretenses from Glblan
g. Co, and S. Waxelbaum q Son, is in
progress at Macon The claim Of Gibian
Il Co is over $780, and that of WaxelDaum
q Son about $500
T. C. Dempsey of Macon is a millionaire
who believes in real estate investments in
cities that have future He is now a large
property holder in Savannah, Macon, Rome
Augusta, Charleston and New York. The
judgment of a man able e. make s 900, 900
Is worth banking on usually, and his invest
ments speak significantly for the future Of
the cities named.
The residence of George c. Price, on
Forsyth street at Macon had narrow es-
cape from destruction by fire Wednesday
night. There are two young ladies' visiting
at Mr.. Prices. They went 10 tueir room
to make their toilet for an evening call
After dressing they left the room without
turning cut the gas. Tue wind blew a lace
curtain against the gas, aud the fact was
discovered just il the nick of time by two
negroes on the street.
Saturday, while Tom Mills, son Of Sheriff
r. I. Mills, of Scriyen county, was plavin :
base bali in the match game between the
Sylvania and Mcbride clubs, he was run
ming from first u second base when a foul
was called by the umpire Stopping short
he gave q sudden turn 10 20 back when the
weight of his body, together with the sud
den wrench. broke his left leg about half
way above the knee. He has been suffering
for several years with rheumatism IN his
probably not have broken so easily.
Louis D. Richards, marshal Of Talbotton,
died suddenly at the residence Of ms brother
in-law, I. Il. Murphy, ut Ialbotton, Tues
day night. Dir. Richards had Bright's dis
ease and had been in feeble health for some
time past For the past few weeks he had
been up and discharging the duties of his
office. When Mrs. Richards arose Wednes-
day morning she was careful not to disturb
1or htna hix,tyi 81
breakfast was ready she went to the room
to awake him, and was shocked to find him
indeed "asleep III the arms Of DEATH He
had died some time during the night.
One of the brightest and most devoted
literary students that has graduated from
the state university at Athens in many
years, has just become an inmate of luna
ties cell in the Georgia asylum at Milledge.
vile. Arthur Payne is the unfortunate
young man referred to. His home is in
Catoosa county, near Ringgold. On re-
turning home from college Mr. Payne To-
Gated on the old plantation, where he en-
gagged in farming for several months. Com
ing home after days exposure in the sun,
he used to sit down at night and read as
zealously and as studiously as when
in college. He was also devotedly at.
tached to a Catoosa county belle. The sup
position is that there has been some trouble
over his love affair, and as q result he lost
his mind.
Feister Arp, wanted in Texas on a scharge
of demonstrating, is staying with an uncle
in Floyd county. Monday night a posse Of
five law officers attempted to arrest him
but he escaped under fire in his night cloth
ing Feister Arp is a son of the origina
"Bill Arp" noted Floyd county character
of ante-bellum times. Bill Arp was G
great wit and fighter but an ilIiterate man
He was farmer in the same tChalio) dis
trict in which his brother, Ruffin Arp, now
lives. He died several years ago. Mai
Charles H Smith Of Cartersville, the Norti
Georgia humorist, whose NON de plume i
'sBill Arp" was then a resident Of Rome
He began writing communications ovel
"Bill APPS" signature, and wrote up mann
of his sayings. A book Of these sketche
was also published.
A Columbus special says: ''D. Stalev. o
Savannah, and Mrs. A. j. Anderson of thi
city, were married at the residence of Mr.
kerbo, in Stewart county, Il few days age
The ceremony was strictly private, as tn
relatives and friends of the groom were en-
tirely opposed to the union. Mrs. Amersol
is about 80 years OF age, aud she obtained ,
divorce from her first husband at the las
term of Muscogee superior court
Mr.. Anderson met her for TIN
first time at Hot Springs som
years ago and, after short courtship, the,
were married. AT that time be was run