The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
NOT ALL SWAMP LANDS.
a NEW FEAIURs IN THE CKEFI
MCKEE SWAMP SALE.

4 Big Slice OF Dry Land May bs In
Guided in the Proposed sale - A
grisly Couple Arrested-Preferred
the Coal Mines-InvitatiOn to Editor
Graves.
atlanta. Jan. 1.-THE governor has
received letter ON Suaa lnea, Ga calling
attention to the fact tnst the lands in he VI
cinity f tie OsefuoEee swamp which, with
the swamp proper, under an act Of the legis-
lature, are to be sold for 1255 cents in default
of higher blds, amount t. $4,000 acres.
Suwa nee itse f contains CSC, COO THE pur-
chasers, SAYS tie writer, under the act,
can claim al the land belonging to tie state
from the Ocmuigee to the Florida
line and lies between the original
Clarlt that Appling counties,
ana also that strip extending from tie
swamp west Of the Alapaha river twenty
seven miles. Much Of the land Is held and
cultivated BY farmers der quit claims
from the original squatters.n Continuing, ne
protests az INST sale Of the valuable
tract GU Size IT the swamp, at swamp IA d
Prices, aud insists that Ok. tHOEee te.ougs,
not TO the sta,e, but TO Georgia orphans, .
whom il wa given IN 1860 by act OF tGe
legislature.
a FRIsEE COUPLE ARRESTED.
Charlie s. Abuer and Mrs Emily Cope
land we're arrested here to-day on the
demand OF Fernandez Copeland, the
oma S husband. All the parties are
from Augusta, where they are said to have
borne respectable reputation heretofore.
Tn tie evening OF Dec u Copeland re-
lrued home from work and found his wife
gone. Ab.sr, ho is a married man, had
been a constant visitor at the house, aud
' as slsp If carrying away the lady.
AFTER Inc time tn deserted husba d
located the couple in Atlanta. AMI arriving
here to-day had them appreh5nded Cope
land ami his wife have been married seven
years, aud have a child aged 8 Abler left
his wife md child Augusta,
Cope.aR after falil z il his efforts to in
dGce his wife t. re urn nome, abandoned
the fight and refused to swear out ARIA It
either against his wife or her betrayer,
Abner and Mrs Copeland, who were thea
discharged for want of prosecution. They
have been wording in toe Atlanta cotton
factory since their arrival Lere.
Preferred THE COAL MINES.
News has been received at the peniten-
tiary office that night early this week
man named Pyburn, co victed of murder
broke jail N D de ulty. a wa ked to
the convict camp situated at the cal mines.
aud gave himSef up. Pyburn said he was
tired If jail, and preferred the pc iItentiary.
The day after he made hi, escape the SUI
prene court rendered a dec sion z anti q
him a new trial. There being no authority
for holding hln at The convict camp, he
was, agai st his will, de led the privilege
of staying there, and returned TO the
county jail
CITY HOSPITAL
Forty-nine IN usaud dol ars was raised
here this after oJn toward the establish
ment Of a city hospital
GIVEN COMMISSIONS.
The adjutant general has commissioned
W. W. Gordon colonel Of the First Regi-
ment of Georgia cavalry; B. M. Thoma,.
captain Of the Dalton Guards, I. c. Thomas
first, c. l. Dejarnette second, and T.. R.
Jones junior second lieutenauts, and Turner
G. Vason, second Lieutenant Ogiethorpe
Light Infantry.
BOND RECEIVED.
The controller las received the bond of
Charles S. dalard, appointed / 4 pacso of J.
NJ Donnslly, deceased, tax collector Of Nc
Intosh county.
INVITATION TO EDITOR GRAVES.
1t is rumored tina. John Temple Graves
has cen vited liver an address be-
fore the Southern Society at the next an
null meeu e in New York city.