The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-19

lawyers and loungers eSpeclallS ST. cHat
true bill has been returned against Mckee.
Iast Sunday night Mr. Mckee and negro
woman named Fanny Eubanks were ar
rested and fined in police court Monday
morning After the fines were paiu the
: woman skipped out and has not oeen heard
, from since Mr. Mckee, however, renamed
in the city few days, but !ett i9r Atlanta
now with J. J. S J. Z. Maddox. The first
day in Atlanta he had his watch stolen by
b.. T. Boozer. Since Mckee left, the
grand jury has returned true bills
against him and the woman. In converse
| ton with Tribune reporter a few days
ago. Mr.. Mckee declared that he was in
nocent and could prove himself so II brought
I'D for trisl and he says that he will be here
when it is brought up.
There is in Atlanta child 5 years old that
| tips the beam at 100 pounds. She is from
! Birmingham, Ala. AT the age Of year
she weighed only six pounds, and at 3 years
weighed but sixteen pounds. After this age
she began to grow and now measures in
| height 43 inches; breast measurement, SO
inches; waist measurement, 43 inches; calf
| measurement, 10 inches; at the biceps, l6
| inches, instep 1014 inches; size of shoe,
child's number. Z. Her appetite is worth
mentioning. This, as might be supposed, is
quite strong. The child on an average eats
a. out the same quantity as hearty labor
1t Is much larger, and between meals
Amber, like most children, eats all the
candies and cookies she can ges her hands
on. She will eat for supper two pounds Of
beefsteek, six fried eggs with bread, cakes
and drlnkables to matc1. Her father states
that she drinks three or four gallons Of
water every day.
Atlanta Journal: Mrs. Charles Beddell,
the sister of Rev. Benjamin Handy, the
writer of that beautiful old ballad that has
tuned the hearts of a world Of singers from
ocean to ocean, Nellie Gray is living in
| Atlanta. Nellie Grayn was written in
1855, and was the maiden effort of Benja-
min Handy. while student at the United
Brethren University at Westerville, o.
| The song was an inspiration of Mrs. Har-
ret Beecher Stoves "Uncle Toms CABIN"
| 1t was written and forwarded TO Oliver
| Ditson, music publisher at Philadelphia,
| Pa. Mr.. Handy did OF hear from his COM
| position, and had given 1t no especial otten-
ton for some mon tbs, but imagine his sur
prise, as he was passing along the streets OF
Columbus, o., TO see 10 glariug headlines on
q bulletin board. "Nellie Gray: BY Benia-
min Handy, The latest and most popular
ballad of the day. Published by Oliver
Ditson, Philadelphia Then as he pro-
ceeded down the street there was borne to
his ear the familiar strains ard words:
They have taken her to Georgia, etc.
Washington Gdzstte: Washington has
three trees, each connected with some i'm
| porbant event in the laying out OF the town
| Of W ashington in 1888. The commissioners
who made the survey began their work
| under the great white oak III the front yard
| of Judge Andrews old home at Hay wood.
| Through the folio wing century this was one
| of the fine0t trees in Wilkes county. An
other historical tree is thu great poplar on
| the Alexander homestead. In 1870 the first
1 e D.
| OF the Savannah river took place under
that tree. This was Rev. John Springer, a
man of noted character ard talents, and
who would have been president Of Franklin
College had he lived. Finally, coming down
later In time, we reach the memorable de-
bate between Robert Toombs and Benja-
min Hill in 1856 This was one OF the great
est intellectual contests in the history of
Georgia. and will never be forgotten by
those who heard it. 1t took place under an
oak in the grove of Haywood. 1t was fol- |
lowed by a typical barbecue of the old |
south.
Atlanta Herald Sam jackson, a negro is |
now locked up in the station house az At |
| lanta and from what he says of himself he |
may end his career on the gallows Some |
time back Johnnie Zuber, little boy living |
| at Udsn, was assaulted by negro. A do |
| scription of the man was sent to Atlanta, |
| aud Patrolman Mebaffey, who is always on |
the lockout for criminals, arrested jackson. |
At first he denied knowing anything of the |
charge, but after a time Patroman Me- |
hatfey received a story from jackson, OF |
which the facts are about as follows: He |
acknowledged that he was the negro who |
was wanted for assaulting the little Zuber
boy, and he also told OF another crime |
which he had committed. One night he, |
Willis Clayton and four other negroes were |
playing pool in the grog-shop of JUICE
H.. t. 80
in riot, in which three men were killed, |
jackson killing one Of them. Ali the men |
made their escape except Clayton, who was |
given twenty years. sentence. but he |
afterward made his escape. and is now at |
liberty.