The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-06

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! Sam Smelling, the notorious negro muir
| derer, Is at last 10 be put to death.
Sentence Of death was passed upon him at
Cuthbert last Monday. The crime Of which
he IS guilty is the murder of two people IN
Randolph county. His first victim was
another negro, whom he killed more than
year ago over trivial quarrel. he escaped,
and for several months evaded and detied
the Officers During the whole time he was
living in or near Randolph county, but he
always went armed, and vowed he would
kill any one who attempted his arrest.
After a time the sheriff of Randolph county
and bailiff apprshended Smelling and at
tempted his arrest. Smelling disco ered
them in time to secure his gun, and a. they
came uDon him he opened fire. His first
shot killed the bailiff. vino was in few
feet of him ard who fell into the Negroes
arms. Smelling grabbed the bailiff, and.
holding the dead man in front OF hl n, be-
gan shooting at the sheriff. In the en-
counter he managed to severely wound the
sheriff, but the officer stood his ground, and
finally succeeded ia arre5tilg his man.
Judge Emory Speer. Marshal Corbett and
others returned to Macon from Savannah
at O'clock Sunday morling, where they
have besn attending court. While Judge
SpesT, Marshal Corbett and John Diet2
we're sitting talking in the sleeper Satur~
from Savannah, they we're suddenly
startled by crash of broken glass, and in
another moment they were spriukled with
the shattered PARTICLES, and a heavy dark
looking substance came whining through
the window from the opposite side OF
the car where the gentlemen were
sitting, aud struck with great force against
that member for awhile. The dark looking
object with which Mr.. Dietz was struck was
picked up and was found to be lump Of
tobacco, about four pounds in weight, that
had been eighty compressed, and hurlec
through tho glass window of the sleeper.
The gentleman, on looking out of the win
dow, saw the form of man on the en-
bankment, but 10 the darkness his features
could not be distinguished On tue tobacco
the name of -. G. Stewart was samped,
and this may furnish a clew to lead To the
detection of the person who threw the
tobacco.
Albany NetCs and Advertiser: Israel
Mitchell (colored) was shot by an unknown
person last Saturday night. The shooting
took place at the old fair park about 10
O'Clock. Israel went out in that direction
Of the city about that hour in search of an
other negro, who ed him a small amount
Of money. In this walk he was attracted
by bright fire, which was blazing on the
park. Several negro men were around the
fire laughing and talking, and as Mitchell
walked up to where they were pistol shot
rang out and he fell. The bali struck him
in the right Of the neck, on line with the
shoulder, and, striking the spinal process or
the neck bone, ranged around and came out
at q point exactly opposite to where it
had entered, maEing a most unusual
wound. After being shot Mitchell manned
in a half paralyZed condition for soma time,
when he was taken to DR.. Hi.ismans office,
where his wound received attention. In
talking TO reporter Monday Mitchell said
he believed he was shot by negro named
Oscar Dostor, with whom he had diff
Guilty some time previous He found the
man he was hunting at the place where he
was shot, but did not think he did the
shooting. There is nothing serious about
the wound, though it came very near being
a fatal one.
In William Campbells LeConte pear or
chard at Townsville there is one row Of
trees loaded down with young pears Never
was there on like number of trees such a
harvest of fruit before, but by strange con-
trast to this row all the other trees are bar
rem Of fruit. Mr.. Campbell and other
persons who have witnessed the sight at
tribute il TO the fact that something like
year ago COWS broke into his orchard, and
attracted by the tempting appearance of
the trees, ate the bark OF one entire row
before being driven OFT The bark was
completely stripped all the way around off
the entire trunk Of each tree Mr.. Camp
bell thought his tree were ruinec,
and came near having them cut down,
but decided to let them stand and see the
result, which has since proved to have been
a most wise decision, as the very fine crop
proves. They are loaded with pears, aud
1t is thought that destroying the bark
caused the sap and strength Of the tree to
go into the fruit, giving it more to with
stand the attacks of cold. To further this
theory, there is another tree in different
part of the orchard on which the cows ate
Off all the bark all the way round on one of
the limbs. and this branch is also covered
with pears, while the other limbs on the
same tree are perfectly barren. The entire
orchard is subject to the same conditions Of
heat and exposure. The general pear crop
is failure, and in numbers of orchards the
amount Of fruit will not justify the gather
ing.