The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21


ment Near Boston The stubborn
Juror in the McGresor Case Won
over by a Prayer a Novel Libel
suit on theTapis ct Athens-A Severe
Storm at Lavonia.
GEORGIA
J L. Siblev OF Baldwin county is the
proud father OF a set of triplets, all girls.
CAPT. D. n. Downs Of Fayette county is
a veteran Of the Creek war OF 1887 and Of
the confederate was.
". G. Scruggs died in Warren county a
day or two ago. He was born in ScriYen
county and was highly respected.
The Athens drummers will meet next
Saturday night for the purpose Of organiz-
ing a branch Of the Southern Travellers
Association.
". P. Cochion, postmaster at Fsirburn,
died at 70 O'Clock Thursday night He
leaves wife and many young children, all
boys He was afflicted with dropsy Of the
heart.
trunk, S35 and valuable papers were
stolen from the house of II. J. Parish, near
Oiel, Tuesday, BY a negro working on tue
plantation. The negro was allowed to go
unprecedented upon returning the goods.
David Rowan and a negro man we're bad
ly hurt in Nashville Tuesday by mule
running away and turning over the buggy
" which they were riding. MIR. Rowan
was so badly hurt that he did not speak IN
til several hours afterward
Col J. j. Childs, district deputy grand
chancellor commander, with a cohOrt OF
thirty-five sir knights from Rome and
Dalton, established a lodge OF Knights OF
Pythias in Cartersville last Monday night
with charter membership OF thirty.
Below Boston few miles there lives an
extensive family named Grower. Within
radius of five miles there resides seven
separate families, and each head OF this
family married lady of the same name
and the kiuship of none run lower than the
third cousin.
The residence of Brink Candy, in the
Patten neigkborhood, near Boston. was
consumed by tine fire last Saturday. he
lost almost all of bis kitchen and household
furniture. The loss falls heavily on Mr..
Candy, he being very Old maa, and hay-
ing several afflicted children. However,
the neighbors and the people at large came
to his rescue, and no doubt his loss will be
largely replaced.
A libel suit is to be brought by J. B.
Toomer a furniture dealer OF Athens
against A f. Henley, a lawyer Of the same
place. The lawyer Is accused of slanderiog
the merchants good name and financial
standing to crafty personal spite, the
alleged slander being uttered in a speech in
II Justices court during a suit arising over
a negro woman's refusal to pay her install
ments for furniture.
The Southern Cadets Of Macon will not
enter the prize drill at Kansas City, Capt.
Sims saying that he does not think il right
10 take the members Of the drill squad away
from their business, because they have been
absent so frequently in the past that no
fears employers may feel annoyed, and this
1eeliog might eventually cause prejudice
against employing members OF tIe COM
pany. The citizens Of Macon, it will be re-
numbered had offered to defray the ex-
penses of the trip. The talk of sending the
Atlanta Rifles still continues.
Athens Banner: Five or six wesks ago
negro woman visited the vicinity of the old
burned factory in Oconee county under the
shades of night with three white children,
which she disposed of by giving them to
some woman of her own color. One Of the
children was boy Of about two summers,
the other evidently had not beheld the
light of this world but a few weeks, and
were called sister by the boy. There was
an ample trunk OF costly aud artistically
arranged wearing apparel provided for the
innocents, which betrays the fact
that there is some deep mystery con-
nected with the affair, and that
IL was not through inability To support
them that the unnatural parents sought
20 get rid Of them. The woman was not at
all communicative, and in reply to the
questions propounded to her in regard to
who the children were, and where they
came from, said she was paid to get them
out Of the way, and keep her month shut.
Having accomplished her mission, she de-
parted as mysteriously as she appeared. and
no one knew from whence she came. nor
whittier she went, but all presume that she
was from Athens
The Atlanta Journals correspondent
says that Baker, the McGregor case Juror
who held out against acquittal till the last
moment, was won over by the eleven other
Jurors getting down ON their knees while
the most venerable member of the body
prayed that God would soften the soul of
Baker and make him show pity TO McCfregor
and his family, even as the Lord had shown
pity to him and his family. 1t was fer
vent prayer to God for Bakers benefit. aud
was warmed up by many hearty amens.
When the jurors arose Baker was blubber-
ing like baby, and said he was willing to
le5 McGregor CO. About this time the
sheriff knocked upon the door and heard
the joyful news that verdict was about to be
made. Addressing Judge Lumpkin after the
announcement of the verdict Juror Baker
said: 81 want TO state that | at last signed
that verdict not guilty because the counte-
more power over me than my reason.
MACK, old fellow" so5bed Mr.. Baker.
catching the hands few minutes later of
Maj McGresor, who was himself visiblV
affected, 81 was hard on you, but / couldn't
help 1t. had held out to the last. but 1
had to give in. and ii l have done wrong in
signing that verdict Ihope God will forgive
me. will never sit on another Jury. I
viii tell lie before am sworn rather than
get on another iuryn
A severe storm passed over IIavonia about
O'Clock Tuesday night, doing considerable
damage. The academy was blown off the
pillars and considerably smashed up The
Baptist church was moved about twoiuches
and severely twisted. The Granger hall
was partly unroofed. ]. d. Tabor's kitchen
was blown off the pillars aud his kitchen
furniture severely crushed. Capt. Adding
TONS buggy shelter was blown down. de-
molishing SO buggy. T. W. McAllistar's
barn, half mile above town, which was in
course Of erection, was blown down Z. u.
Thomas, two miles above town, was build
ing new house and had his chimneys built.
and they fell before the wind. l.. Thonp-
son had renovator buggy standing
IN front of the livery stable
which was blown fifty yards and
two wheels utterly destroyed. The Standard
On Company's cotton seed warehouse was
blown several feet. Wilburn Vaughan, one
mile west OF town, had every house on the