The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-11

/ swamp. Mckae was 50 close % tne Drule
that be might have struck him with his
buggy whip; but, as be was unarmed, be
prudentlY permitted him to take his own
| time in rea ching the jungle,
Andrew ), Cobb has presented the uni
versity Of Georgia with a very interesting
( and valuable gift. Il Is a handsome leather
/ box containing the component parts of the
| Atlantic cable which are extremely inter
| estiug 10 study, as they give every detail in
manufacture Of the wire that connects the
new and the old world. The parts of the
wire were taken from the cable many years
ago. and were q ven to Hon. Howell Cobb,
! VINO was at that time Secretary of State,
| by the Atlantic Cable Company. Prof.
! Andrew J. Cobb gave the valuable box to
the university, ana IL is now Ia the physical
| laboratory.
Center had a tragedy Wednesday night
which may result seriously. l.. A. Bates
had given a dance at mis- house. Among
the guests was young man named John
ston, who, when he came, brought too
much of the ardent along. He became dis
orderly and began to throw matches on the
floor where the young folks were dancing.
Mr.. Bates requested him b stop. he
refused to do it, and Mr.. Bates
ordered him to get out. Both men
stepped out of the house, when clear report
Of pistol rang out, stopping the festivities
and dancing The guests rushed out and
found Mr.. Bates lying on the ground with
a bullet hole just behind his right ear. He
was carried into the house and medical aid
summoned. His wound was found TO be
quite serious. The brain had not been
punctured, but a very severe conclusion
had taken place. The skull was somewhat
injured, and he will die Johnston escaped
and has not been captured.
One dav last week J. A. Hillmau of
Quitman county bought plantation ad-
Joining that of his own, for which he
agreed 10 pay $500. The next day he
went to his banking town, Eufaula, Ala {,
and, drawing the money needed to pay fol
the place returned home That night, while
he and his wife were at supper, trunk was
taken by unknown parties from the house.
The trunk was supposed TO contain the
81 500, and usually he did keep his
money in it, but upon this occasion
he kept il upon his person. The thieves
were soon spotted as two negro men living
about mile away The trunk was found
in an old well out in a field, and a member
OF one of the negro families was caught
with portion Of the contents OF the trunk
Mr.. Hillman secured the help of his brother
in-law, w. A. Cumbe, to assist him in
making the arrest. When they approached
one Of the negroes, John Davis, he rushed
upon Mr.. Hillmau with a knife drawn.
Hillman struck him over the head with his
pistol, and in doing so the pistol flew out of
his hand. The negro picked it up, and was
in the act of shooting Hillman when Cum
bic rushed up He thea turned upon Cum
bic and attempted to fire, when Cumbe
shot him twice, one ball striking just below
the heart, killing him almost instantly.
A well-known preacher of Atlanta tells
this story on himself: "About twelve years
ago / preached one night at protracted
meeting in a small country town. [ noticed
a stranger on front seat. Presently the
congregation was called upon to rise, and
the stranger, seeing those about him get up,
stood up. Then all that were at peace with
God, and were members of the church,
were requested to come forward and knsel
at the platform. About half the con-
gregation came forward including
everybody on the front bench
except the stranger. Then all that
wanted to find peace with God were asked
TO kneel at their seats Everybody but the
stranger knelt down. He never once
looked around him, but stared straight at
! me- or course everybody was staring at
the stranger, but he seemed perfectly I'M
| concerned. His self-possession was re-
markable. All those that have a christian
relative on earth, said |, will please kneel.
| looked him straight in the eyes, and he
stared back at me unmoved. A hum of dis
approval went up from all over the church,
but there he stood like post. Things were
getting to a desperate pass. Gan those,
said /, who wish to escape eternal dam
nation will please kneel There was pain
full silence for two or three seconds, and the
confusion was more audible and visible than
ever. The stranger stood there unmoved
and immovable. l walked up to him and
began. My friend - He smiled and
bowed slightly took a pencil and small
writing pad from his pocket, and wrote
John K. Brewer, secretary Young Mems
Christian Association, New Orleans He
must have noticed the quick change on my
face, for he glanced around quickly, aud l
shall never forget the dismayed expression
that swept over his face He wrote quickly
shall kneelF and | nodded assent. lex
plain for me- he stopped to write, and theI
dropped upon mis- knees. l did explain for
him, and to save my life | couldn't keep
from smiling as did So"