The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-23

the slickest that has ever struck the town
was arraigned for doing the grocery Eser-
chants for drinks. His manner Of proceed
ure was as follows: He would go to a store
and pretend o be the purchasing agent Of a
party OF emigrants who we're geing west,
and would contract with them for Sl00
worth of goods He would ihsn beat the
| proprietor out of three or four drinks and
skip out The merchant would then wait
for several days for his emigrant agent "a
tnrn up, but in vain. They dropped on 70
the gentleman yesterday. however, and had
him jagged. He was tried by Judge Pierce
and given thirty days to consider his mis-
doings.
Augusta Herald: News has just reached
the city of the failure Of the two firms that
| dealt extensively with Augusta merchants.
The first IL y. W. Bedingfeld, general store,
Wadley, Ca He sold out 20 his principal
creditors, 2. Daniel & 70. OF this city. Liza
bilities are named at from g., 900 TO $12, 600 ;
nominal assets $4,000, actual assets from
5000 to $4,000. 1t IS said by those who
know that the general creditors of the es-
Establishment will hardly get more than %
per cent on the dollar. Another failure is
that OF Calhoun Bros, grocers, at Green
wood, S. G. They assigned the other day
finding it a matter of impossibility to keep
going any longer. Their liabilities are re-
ported in the neighborhood of IS, COO; assets
small.
Cumming Clarion: Joe Wyatt and Will
Roper escaped from JAN Wednesday after
noon. Sheriff Strickland and Henry Brown
Ccolored) were engaged in repairing cell in
the back part OF the jail, and the sheriff
locked his two prisoners in a cell in front
1t seems that in some way they secured a
key that would unlock the paddock that
secured their door. At any rate they I'M
locked the door, and were just going out at
the hallway door when Mr.. Strickland dis
covered then. He reached the door only In
time to have IL shut in his face and barred
from the outside. By the time the sheriff
and Brown got out. the ex-prisoners were
out OF sight. The former put his dogs on
their track, but they lost it when two miles
south OF town. Wyatt is wanted on more
than one serious charge, and has prot ably
left the state. Roper's offence is minor
one.
The Hibernian Society Of Macon has dis
solved after being in existence for many
years. What money the society had in its
treasury, amounting to nelrly 500, was
given to st. Joseph's Catholic church to be
applied to the building fund of the hand
some new church now being erected on
Poplar street. Some years ago the HIber-
mans dissolved, and at that time there was
about $500 in the treasury, and this amount
was appropriated to the purchase of the
bell now used by ST. Joseph's church. The
names OF the members OF the society are
engraved on the bell. After this dissolu-
ton the society was reorganized with the
late Pat Peyton as president and Louis
Vannucci vice president. When Mr.. Pey-
ton died no one was elected president, but
Vice President Louis Vannucc has been at
the head of the society all these years since
the death Of President Peyton.
Two or three miles west Of Hawasses, on
the mountain dividing Hlawassee and Brass
town, on lot of land No. 81, ia the Seven
teenth district and first section, and on the
west side of the mountain, Mr. Hamilton
OF Athens is mining for corundum. Thurs
day he found that MS supply of water,
with which he used to wash his corundum,
had ceased TO flow. One of his workmen
was dispatched to fad out the cause. He
quickly returned, and said that the noun
tain was sinking. Soon the alarm spread,
and parties started to explore and solve tn e
mystery. They soon found that very
large fissure was opening in the earth in a
shape of semi-circle. and large trees were
falling in every direction. The amount of
land encompassed was about forty acres.
1t looked like it might be slide, but, by exc
aiming closely, they found that other
fissures were opening ON the southwest and
northeast crossing the mountain. The OPEN
ing In some places is as much as six feet
wide. The depth is unknown.
Michael Houseman, little son of the
Widow Houseman, of Morgan county. ran
away from home Oct. z, 1884. On that
day his larger sister was burning Off a new
ground, and it was feared by his mother
shat he had been burnt up in brush heap
Search was made for him but Of no avail.
After the entire community had been
searched and he could not be found. hii
mother lost all hopes of ever seeing him
again. Her trouble seemed to be more than
she Gould bear; itgreatly affected her mind.
For while nothing more was heard of the
boy. But q short time since he took a
notion that he wanted to see his mother,
and, accompanied by a friend. wendell his
way back to his old homestead On reach
ing the old home, they walked in and fond
the good old woman seated by the fire, She
did not recognize her son. 1t being rather
cold, she asked them to have a seat by the
fire. All were seated, when tho friend said:
MRS. Houseman, have brought a friend
of yours to see il you know him" The old
mothers eyes flashed upon her boy, and not
until then did she d cam of it being her lost
child. She embraced him, and y as over
joyed at the return of her prodigal son.