The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-22

died from paralysis. having previously
shown symptoms # that disease. He was
81 years old and leaves a wife and six grown
children.
McRae Enterprise: We have Just learned
of the death of Mrs. Bryan Wells, OF Hor-
| ton. The circumstances surrounding her
death are particularly sad and distressing.
On Tuesday morning she arose from her
husbands side and made a fire and re-
turned. She was last noticed by her hus-
band plavirg with her little babe. Mr..
| Wells fell asleep, and when he awoke he
found his wife lying at the foot Of the bed,
still 10 death, with the little child EMBODIED
| in her arms.
Rochelle Register: On Wednesday night
Of last week, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ball, of
near here were aroused about 70 O'clock by
sonnet ling scratching at the door. On ind
ing the door would not yield readily, it
left, went to the other one, and began
scratching as hsfore. Mr.. Ball got up and
opened the door, and to his great surprise
there stood an old hen that had a nest in
the house, and deliberately walked in and
perched herself on the nest, where she re-
manned till o'clock nexusnorning.
At the Chattooga ore mines, about seven
miles from Lafayette, Tuesday, James
Jones, a miner, was thawing some dyna-
mite cartridges before the fire in his house,
when his wife observed that they were
scorching, and went to move them. Just as
she moved them away from the fire two of
them exploded, blowing the back out of the
chimney, and part of the wall of the house.
The woman's dress was torn into strings,
aud child that was sitting on box ear
by had the box blown to pieces under it.
Wednesday night Jamaica was the scene
Of a bloody fight, in which Dan Mitchell
(colored) was killed by the ball from pis-
tol fired by his wife. The couple had not
lived together for several months. Wednes-
nay night Mitchell went to the house whers
his wife was living and began t. curse and
abuse her, at the same time rushing toward
the woman with an open knife. attempting
to cut her. He made strike at the object
of his anger and ripped her dress waist down
the front. As the man cut at her the
woman drew pistol from her pocket and
fired. The ball struck Mitchell In the heart,
and killed him instantly.
A story is told of young man of Mil
letgeville who has good appetite. At the
military bazaar there few nights since the
amount he put away made his friends I'M
easy. Finally he retired from the table,
and 1t was not long before he was quietly
sleeping in corner. He was soon, how
ever seen to move slightly, in a mechanical
sort OF way, back to where the perfume of
the barbecue settled in the atmosphere,
again began to warn him, but unheedi1g
their call he continued to stow away the
good things. Ths watchers then went to
him, shook him by the shoulder and found
him sound asleep.
The Liberty county Messiah, who has
been confined in the asylum at Milledgeville
since his famous leadership among the
negroes Of Liberty, created a small pa 1ic in
the dining-room Of the convalescent build
ing day or so ago. TIE other day he
arose from the dinner table with a hideous
expression on his face aud began tossing
plates, etc., toward the ceiling. gasping in
slow, gu tural voice: death! D-e-a-t-hl
D-e-a-t-hW The other patients left the
table hurriedly, and it was some time be-
fore the christ could be subdued. His long
locks, wherein his divinity probably lies,
were then clipped, and he was sent to the
main building, where he will be closely
watched. This is about the first trouble he
has given the authorities since he has been
at the asylum.
Buena Vista Patriot: A man named
Jake HighsmiJh was shot at house of
questionable character in the upper part Of
the county last Saturday night High
smith was lying on a bed in one of the
rooms when he was shot, and the party
who did the shooting inserted the muzzle OF
the gun through crack in the wall of the
house, which is built of logs, and emptied
the entire load of birdshot into Highs nith's
left side. He lay there from Saturday night
until Monday afternoon without medical
attention, when two gentlemen from town
went out and sent for DIR. Edwards, who
picked out number of shot and dressed
the fellows wounds. Highsmith seems to
have an idea who shot him, and said to the
gentlemen if they would take him home he
would tell. as he was afraid if he told and
remained there the party would come back
and kill him. Some of the gun wadding
was found, which was made Of bill Of
goods bought of Nelson & Peacock, and
putting the pieces together they found the
name to whom the goods were sold, but the
gentlemen would not say whose name was
on the bill.