The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Fugitive From Justice Puts thu
Sheriff and a Constable 10 Flight ii
Cobb County-A Neat Piece of Bur
elary at Msriet:a-A Georgia Muir,
derer Arrested in Alabame-A
Female at Switch.
GEORGIA.
A negro girl in Dawson only 10 years old
weighs 1888 pounds.
The geological garden at Atlanta has just
received a cub bear from Albany.
The police commissioners of Atlanta have
decided to adopt the Gamewell police sigma
system for that city.
Levi Galloway, who lives about three
miles from Washington, on the Skull
shoals road, lost his residence by fire on
Monday night. There was no insurance on
the property.
Officer HOFFMAN of Townsville is not
much of cowboy He started from lover
the river" Mondsy with a bunch Of seven
head of cattle, but lost them all IN the river
swamp, and had to return empty-hauded.
Monroe MetCs: The motion for a nev trial
In the case OF the State VS.. Will Johnson,
who was tried for murder at our late court,
has been Withdrawn. Some startling reve-
lations were thought forthcoming at one
time regarding the killing of henry Hills
man, but it seems no new evidence worthy
of belief has come to light, and johnson
will 90 at once to the peui;entlary and there
serve out his four years sentence.
Mrs. B. F. Wilder of Albany went before
Ordinary Sam w. Smith and qualified for
temporary Enthusiastically on the estate
Of her late husband Thursday. The value
of the estate will probably reach between
fifty and sixty thousand dollars. Perma-
ad ADMINISTRATION Of will IA
vested in the deceased's son-in-law. Mr.
Sullivan, Of Shelby, n. c., who, with his
family, will remove TO Albany at Jan early
date
The new light hook and ladder truck
for the Atlanta fire department has
arrived. The old truck weighs 5000
pounds, and the new one only 5000,
or less than half as muoh The
old truck is about forty-six feet long toe
new one only about Jhirty-two. This
weight and length will enable the men to
turn a corner with much more safety and
higher speed; to get to the fire quicker and
with less work TO the horses.
Win May, alias viii Hopson tnegro), was
arrested at Birmingham, Ala, Wednesday,
for the murder Of E w. Harris, a white
man, of Kingston, Ga, in August, 1889.
May confesses the crime but says that he
found Harris had locked up his house, ard
when called upon TO come out he refused TO
do 80. He then fired at him in the dark,
not knowing who he was, and killed him.
Fearing the consequences when he discov-
cred he had killed Harris, he fled
Washington Chronicle: William Finch,
who has been engaged at work at the livery
stable Just below the Foreman house. was
arrested Sunday by Sheriff Galloway on
warrant sent here from Madison county.
charging him with killing a negro. The
coroner's jury, the commitment trial and
one grand jury have passed upon this case.
and in neither instance did the auth orities
see proper TO even arrest and hold Mr..
Finch 1t is thought the case will not
amount TO much now.
Monroe Net1S: A peculiar cat recently
departed this life here in town that was re-
markable for its cultivated taste for music
we say cultivated because 1t seemed to
prefer other music to that style usually
rendered by the feline choir. Whenever
the piano in the house was used TO accom-
pany some one singing it would come i'm
mediately to the parlor, walk excitedly
around, jump up on the piano, and dispute
possession of the keys with the performer.
finally sitting down into quiet enjoyment
of the music
II. E. jackson, farmer, was driving in
to Athens Saturday. and just as he crossed
the bridge and reached the embankment his
mule became frightened and commenced
backing Nothi could stop him, and be-
fore MIR. jackson could get out of the wagon.
down the embankment it went, falling on
its side, breaking in several places. The
mule was thrown also and was bruised
badly. Mr.. jackson himself came near
having his leg broken, and, as it was,
wrenched it badly. The embankment Is
about twenty feet high.
Marietta Journal. John T. Groves resi-
dence was visited by burglar on last Sat
urday night. The burglar cut the blinds,
raised the window to the parlor, entered
went down to the hall to Dr. Groves bed
room, took his trousers and went back to the
parlor, opened his pocketbook, appropriated
a $40 bill and some change, and then de-
parted as quietly as he entered, leaving the
trousers and pocketbook in the parlor. He
was very deliberate about it, as he took the
time and trouble to put the rubber band
around the pocketbook before leaving. There
is no clew.
For forty years Mrs. Mary Carroll has
been the switchwoman at the Central rail-
road junction at Macon. During this time
she has always been faithful and efficient.
She has never been the cause of an accident.
Her tracks have always been set right. Her
duties have been responsible, but the road
has never incurred dollar Of wreckage. a
moment of delay, or the injury OF person
on her account. After so excellent record
and so many years of service, the Central
road has placed her in less irksome posi-
ton. She has been appointed gatekeeper al
the shops.
Marietta Journal: There Is a state war.
rant against Will Dickerson for cutting
Mr.. Nlckerson over year ago. Dickersor
he'd the county and went to Alabama. He
got into trouble there and returned to his
home near the paper mill in this county.
Several attempts have been made to arrest
D1ckerson. 1t is reported that he goes
around with a shotgun and defies arrest,
Last week Sheriff McLain and Consta ole
Moon went out in the vicinity where Dick
erson was reported to be. They ap-
preached a house. and when they were
about TO enter Dickerson covered them
with double-barrel shotgun, and insisted
that they retreat for their lives. Dicker-
son stood near a bed, where there were
some little children. II Sheriff McLain
and Constable Moon had drawn their pis-
tots and fired they might have missed and
killed innocent children. To have missed
Dlckerson would have drawn his fire. and
he would have killed one or both of the of
hcers, SO they concluded that discretion was
the better part of valor, and they backed
from the door, thinking Dickerson would
come out OF the front door and they would
cover him with their pistols, but Dickerson
went out at the rear door and made for the
woods and escaped.
Athens Banner: The passengers on the
east-bound Georgia train the other dav
We're treated TO as beautiful a race es was
ever seen on the turf of the old country.