The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-26

A Sensational Scene on tns cAPO-
s,,,on Grounds at Atlanta-Hon.
~, remple Graves Of to Take
PIT in the Campaign in New York.
Principal Keeper jonas Forgets All
About His Vile.
GEORGIA
At Lovett day or two ago hos vas
KILLED BIZ eating rat which had bsen
poisoned.
G H. HYDE, formerly a contractor, has
basn ordained as a minister by the Macon
presbytery.
Tbieves have stolen twenty-five head of
cattle from W. c. Morrow OF Brooks county
within the past few weeks.
Heard county has eight benefciAries on
her pauper list, which were maintained the
past six months at cost OF s6@Z
Hon. Thomas E. Watson will address The
citizens Of Greene county 10 GREENSBORO on
the first Wednesday in November.
With telephone line. an electric light
plant. two new hotels aud several dwellings,
now being erected Madison IS certainly
growing
]. J, Watkins Clubhouse, three miles west
of Hawkinsvi,le. burned at - o'clock Friday
night. The loss is 1000. The fire was In
cendiary.
Capt W. C. Matthews, who has just re-
signed his position Of Central railroad
agent at Tennils. had held his position for
nineteen years, during twelve OK which he
served without bond.
Last Sunday q large crowd of colored
people assembled at q church in Washing
ton county for the purpose of having q
cam mesting. but they fell out and q gen.
eral fight ensued with pocket knives as
weapons. No one was killed.
Luther A. Hall, the convicted lawyer Of
Dodge county, is no longer librarian at the
Ohio penitentiary. but has been placed III
one of the work rooms 1t seems doubtful
about his case being appealed to the United
States supreme court. One Of Halls
daughters has died since his incarceration IN
prison.
A gin house niue miles from Dublin,
owned by Mrs E. E. Hogan, was burned a
day or two ago. The loss will amount to
about 81 800 with no insurance. Mrs.
Hogan, since the death OF her husband, has
conducted her large farm herself and 50
successfully that she has made money
every year.
Old Aunt Harriet Parker (colored) aged
103 years, died at LAGRANGE Friday. She
was one Of the first negroes old Grandpa
Jeptha Harrington ever bought, and was in
the Harrington family 100 years. She was
q member of the Baptist church over sixty
years; had never lost tooth out of her
head, and could read her Bible up to the day
OF her death.
Rev. George W. Kildow, the young min
lister who suddenly became insane in At
lanta some time ago, has been heard from.
He was lrst taken to Columbia, but as he
grew no better he was carried to his home
IN Piedmont, W. Va. He is still insane and
seems TO grow no better, and all the time is
talking about his suing Atlanta. the Kim
ball house and the telegraph company for
the way they treated him.
Mr. and Mrs d. K. Luther were oompli-
mented in Atlanta Thursday evening by a
visit from their friends Of the Young Mems
Christian Association and presented with q
case of silver spoons. The occasion was the
18th anniversary OF the marriage of the
popular couple. They came from the north
to make their home in the south. Mr..
Luther is general southern agent of the Cas-
sell Publishing Company, New York.
Hon. John Temple Graves left Atlantis
yesterday for New York, where he goes a
the invitation OF Gov. Hill TO speak OF
democracy. Mr.. Graves was one of the
speakers at the democratic banquet given il
honor of Mr.. Hill. and the governor was sc
much pleased with his speech that he invited
him to go TO New York. Mr.. Graves has
accepted and will make his first spsech in
Brooklyn tomorrow night He will after
ward speak il Albany, Saratoga and New
York city
Two days were consumed in trying Sher-
man Arp, ALT Glenn, Alb Dixon. negroes
and two white men, charged with the MUIR
der of George Pogue. The trial was held
before 'Sqnire j. Gardner Stone of Cedar
Bluff, Ala. Arp was arrested at Rome, in
this state Friday Stone rendered a decis-
ion, committing Arp TO jail and releasing
the other persons After the trial Arp con
fessed that be did the killing, i'm plicatinl
others. The confession was made TO tn,
court privately and the names OF his accom-
plices were not made public.
Quitman Sun: The Sherman fly is q new
kind of fly that has made It's appearance il
this section the present fall IL resemble
the househy only it is smaller and its wing
are slightly different Thir fly seems to de
vote its whole time and attention to cows
1t feeds upon their backs and works day ant
night, SO we are informed. In some por
tions Of the county the flies assemble il
Bwarms upon the backs of cattle and caus
the hair to fall Off and in some cases Great
sores. Various expedients have been resorte
to TO drive them away, but without sue
cess
The G !Fndn. Ns''' of ni sstqrds,
turned last night from Forsyt
where he is engaged as one of the attorney,
for the state in the prosecution of TIA
Thomas boys for the killing of Miss Oil
Gossett few weeks ago. Up to last mig
only two witnesses had been examined, bu
on their testimony the prosecution believ
they have strong case. The defense i,
that in the struggle. as given in the flu
particulars at the time, no one could te
who pulled the trigger of the gun that kille
Miss Gossett. The case will be resume
to-day"
Atlanta Journal: The burning of Ii
roof of q stone tenement house at the col
ner of Whitehall and Brotherton street
about o'clock Saturday morning, is a
tended by quite an interesting story an
strange coincidence. Twenty-eight yeal
ago, when Gen. Sherman captured Atlant,
ordered the town evacuated and burneC
Gen. Slocum was a member of his staff an
had direct charge of the destruction
houses in the city. One day al aged Germa
lady came to him and with tears in ht
eyes besought him to spare her home frol
the ravages OF the flames. That home We
this same stone tenement building at th
corner of Whitehall and Brotherton streets
Gen. Slocum was touched by the praye
and ordered that the building be left stant
ing. 1t has stood through the wind an
weather Of all these years. A da
OF so ago Gen. Slocum, in company wit
Gov. Hill and party OF New Yorker
came to Atlanta. He left, and with his de
parture occurs the burning of the old stor
house that he saved from destruction nearl
thirty years ago.