The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-06

to Deaths Door by Paralysis-Mur
cerer Huff Sentenced to Seventeen
Years imprisonment "A Former Res
ident Of Augusta Killed by Hi
Brother in Mississippi.
GEORGIA.
2. c. DOYLE Of Csrbs county accidentally
cut OF toe with an ak day or TWO ago
Athens has enjoyed exemption from any
thing Ike a serious coHh Agra1oa 10
years.
The Macon Light I1fantry will apply 20
a commission as state troops 70 the a1vlsorl
board. which meets on Friday next.
wv. McEachin Of Telfair county fel
and broke G leg dav or two ago. 1t is ths
fourth tins this leg hes been broken.
There were somewhere in the neighbOr
hood of sixt five dogs in the pound a
Athens q day Ct TWO ago, and every ont
except one has escaped.
jim Huff, who killed a Mr.. Waller, G
citizen Of Og!e:horpe county, has Just beer
sentenced by Judge Gober to seventeen
years IN the penite1tlary.
Leonard Arnheim. the 4-year-old son
of the late Hon. Louis Arnheim. died
Wednesday at the house Of 4. Steinheimer
No. 1Gl Whitehall street, Atlanta OF
diptheiia.
ing on the head by James Glass, white
overseer on the G.. c. q n road, IS lying
at his home in North Athens in critical
condition.
W. L. Urquhart. proprietor Of the New
York store at CarrOllton, died cf paralysis
day OF two ago. He was stricken some
days ago Mr. UrQuhart married daugh-
ter of Pat Lynch # Atlanta.
Arthur Reddick, a young negro, was
frightening untTymen prJmiscuOusly on
the streets Of Athens Wednesday with q
rubber snake, when he was arrested by
Policeman Cup and 1t cost him IS 25.
The First Methodist church of Dalton has
paid this year. for all expenses, Sl,703 66.
Sl,OjO Of VIII ch was salaries, d S315 for
general collections. The membership
numbers 1913, with net gain during the
year of rs.
The primary election held in Bib county,
wednesday, resulted in the following nomi-
nations: Clerk Of superior court, K. A
Nesbit; sheriff, G. S. Wescott; tax col
lector, d. D. Craig; tax receiver, p j.
Anderson; county surveyor, J. c. Wheeler /;
coroner, ". II. Hodnett.
At corouer's inquest held at Social
Circle Wednesday over the remains Of Dave
Locklin gcolored), who was shot near that
place on Nov. -, the verdict was that
Adolphus Henson was guilty OF gBTder,
and that James Henson. Chick and Dock
Sturdevant were accessories all white.
A few DAYS ago while II. A. McEaohin of
Teifair county was running timber down
Horse Creek the raft on which be was rid
ing ran against a tree, which caused some
limbs TO fall from the tree. striking him on
the back, since which time be mas been
paralyzsd. He now lies in critical con-
dition.
Jerry Gray, who lives near Ba7bersville,
caught 3 carp last week that weighed 10sz
pounds. The scales on the fish were larger
than twenty-five cent piece. Mr.. Gray
had TO ask in his ueigni ors to help devour
il but it is said they faiiet 70 do SO. The
NIB bones were large enough for tooth picks
and were five inches long.
The artezisn well at the brewery at Me-
con Is over leo feet deep, and still the
drills are in hard rock. They have gone
far below the granite, however, aud are
now IN a tough stratum OF Limestone. The
work goes O. day and night and will be
kept up until a strong flow of water is at
tanned. 1t is thought that the water will
be very pure and free from sulphur when
found.
Two young men of Lawrenceville, Lint
Ewing and Jasper Hagood, hired a team
last Saturday from Cornetts livery stable
to visit Alpbaretta. They left town about
night and drove on to Duluth and there
crossed the Chattahoochee. Before arriving
at their destination the horse was taken
sick and died in short time after they
arrived at Alpharetta. The doctor said the
cause of his death was collie.
DR.. J. A. A. West, formerly resident of
Augusta, Ga, who owned large panta-
ton in the Brownsville neighborhood near
Bolton, Miss. was killed Wednesday by his
brother, Hugh West, who had been manag-
ing the plantation for some wears Mai.
West ssin Bolton for the purpose of set
Element Of his affairs, and Disagreement
led to the killing. The b dy of Mai. West
arrived IN Augusta yesterday afternoon.
A wild animal Of some kind supposed &c
be panther, has terrorized the c.tizeus
near Holbrook's camp grounds, Milton
county, until some are afraid TO leave
home, especially at night. 1t is said it can
be heard screaming at night, and makes q
noise like woman in distress A negro
man who lives not far from the cara1
ground stays at home at night with
closed doors. He ran into a neighbor'
house few days ago with his eyes bulgeC
out, out Of breath, with his clothes torn int
shreds, and was frightened almost out o
his senses. He said some Kind of an amin q
had jumped on him aad torn off his cloth @
with its hind feet.
The votes polled Tuesday in til primer7
nomlnauon Tor county officers were conSoli
dated at Decatur Wednesday. The resul
was as follows For sherih-Henry c. Austin
no; ]. II. Gazaway 406. Tax sceiver--Irwi
f. Teat 200, w. G. Aiken 243, II. B. Morgan
2ls, l.. NJ. Mitchell 2l6, Luke Robinson 2O4
For county treasurer. A Maso AT. \
M. Landlord 3S3, J. @. Brown 2l6, |. n
wilson lOl. No opposition to other offices
to wit: II. b. Burgess, clerk superior court
Isaac n. Nash, tax collector; T. L. Guess
surveyor; r. Z. Jones, coroner. All OF tn
nominees are the present county officers ey
cept !. Il. Teat, tax receiver who defeate
the present incumbent, w. G. Aiken.
On W. D. Jones' Pile tation, five mile
from Culloden, Frank McCown (colored
he'd an alteration with his wife Tuesday
cutting her throat and stabbing her i
twenty-five other places, and left her, thinl
Ing she was dead, leaving only small gil
near the house She gave the alarm an
Dr. j. ID. Maddux was soon on the grounC
sewing up the wounds and ministerinp I
her wants, and she is still alive. AT
O'Clock wednesday morning, few hundre
Vafas from the mouse, o negro boy foun
franks BODY suspended from e small pir
trea, with his neck broken and his tongr
nearly bitten of. Be executed bjmsel
doing the deed WITH a smell plowline ~
plowlloe was very bloody, showing that
must have t,een done shortly after the CT
ting, as it was full of blood where il ",
tied ia the limb q ND l.