The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-24


work shovellng clay, and they began an
argument in which young negro named re!i
Ben Renfroe could not carry MS poiul. Eli
Renfroe (colored) 80 years OF age put no.
:, related to Ben, put in a WORD, anu as ne gu
, SO Ben wheeled around and, with an oatn,
. ho1sn strILlno the ola man with the sharp
= edge of bis shovel az fast as ne could raise
Il that tool Ellis left arm was broken IN sew
u ersI nIscas aud his shoulder was bleeding in
Z streams Reafroe escaped.
On Sunday evening, in the upper part OF
Hart county, a son of S. h. Sanders was
g. playing in an clubhouse WIN several chil,
dren of his own age, among them son OF
, Thomas Bailey. A loaded gun had been
careessly left in their reach aud in their
g., play they began to point the gun at each
l other. Young Bailey got h I'D or 1t aud
leveling it at the head Of the Sanders boy,
discharged the entire load iuto his head,
killing him instantly. The face was terri
! bly, mutilate6. The parents are heart
broken over his terrible death.
A regular band of p!ckpockets has come
} to Atlanta from New York. The informa~
tion further shows that they came with the
Hill party from New York. Chief Connolly
| has received a communication from the
chief Of police at Richmond, at which place
Gov. Hill stopped. He states that an or
ganized band is following in the track Of
the party, and made many hauis there. One
man lost SO, 90; another 81 900; many lost
less sums. and innumsrable losses of jewelry
and pocketbooks are reported. Senator
voorhees, had his pocket picked, losing 500
and fine gold watch.
Sherman Arp, the negro who is charged
with the murder Of old man Pogue in Ala
bama, aud who was arrested at Rome
day or two ago, protests his innocence. lie
had made a statement to Policeman PRICK
ets, aud he charged two other negroes with
the crime. They are ALI Green and Alb
Dixon, and both OF them have been arrested
at Cedar Bluff, Ala. When Arp was ar
rested he talked to Jim Wilder, and laid the
crime at the door Of these two negroes.
This was enough for Mr.. Wilder, who has
been doing everything In his power to bring
the murderers Of Pogue TO justice,
and Tuesday morning early be started out
, for Cedar Bluff, where Green and Dixon
were and arrested them. When question ed
concerning the murder they protested that
they were innocent and knew nothing Of it
whatever.
Columbus Enqtirer.Sun: A negro as
| saultsd a white girl in the Paragon mills
Wednesday afternoon, and he will suffer
i, for 1t yet IL he can be caught. The negro is
a carpenter aud was employed to make
? some repairs near where girl of II years
was at work looking after some # tho ma
: chinery. The employees say he first sent her
a note asking IL she did not pass a certain
road in going home. This frightened the
girl, but she very soon received another
: note from the negro, and while she was
! | reading il the negro rushed up and pulled
! the paper from her hands, but enough of
the noe was secured to tell the nature OF
it. The girl was scared badly and reported
the case at once to the management The
negro was promptly discharged. He fed
from the mill, and friends and relatives of
the young woman were looking for him
last night, and they threatened to give him
what he deserved should he be found. At
last accounts nothing could be learned OF
the villains whereabouts.
The following companies are expected to
enter the prize drill at the state fair at
Macon next week: Bald win Blues, Can't
Sanford Of Miledgevile Perry Rifles,
Capt. Davis; Floyd Rifles, Capt. Harde-
man; Macon Light Infantry, Capt. Mallory.
To the above Col. Wiley thinks be will be
able to add the following: Putnam Rifles,
Capt. Adams Of Eetonton Quitman
Guards, Capt. Cabaniss of Forsyth; Daw-
son Guards, Capt. Query; Americas
Light p Infantry, Capt IBaglsy South
ton. The grand dress parade and awarding
of prizes Will take place on Wednesday. The
parade will tie reviewed by Gov. Northen
and Ge1s. Gordon, Longstrset, McLaws,
Sorrel, Lawton and Hampton. Besides the
above companies who will take part in the
dress parade there will be the Macon Vol
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Eastman Guards with probably the Colum-
bus Guards and other companies of the
Second Georgia regiment. Col. Wiley is
now sending out invitations to these com-
panies TO attend.
Lawrenceville Herald: Last Wednesday
a well-known young man of this county,
son Of f. NJ. Wages, was the victim of a
terrible accident. On that day he, with
several of his nsighbors, carried cotton to
jug Tavern-or Brandon as it Is now called
for sale. In the evening they we're re-
turning home, and Wages was standing up
In his wagon driving the team. A sudden
lurch OF the wagon threw him out and he
fell head foremost to the ground, landing on
his head and shoulders As he
weighed about 200 pounds, and the fall
was sudden and unbroken, his friends hur-
ried TO him fearing that his neck was
broken, but they found him still alive but
badly stunned. BE was carried to a neigh
boris house and such attention as they could
furnish given him. In about half an hour
he seemed much better, and they proposed
! to carry him home. but he insisted that he
was able to drive his own team, and got in
the wagon and appeared to be getting along
: very we'll About half q mile from his
home his neighborS left him aud he drove
on. This lie the last that is positively
known, but it is supposed q at
he afterword fell forward out Of the wagon
and lodged on the tongue and trace chains;
that this frightened the team and they ran
away. In a short Distance one of the mules
broke looss his traces and ran around the
head of the other mule turning them into
the corner Of the feacs. Here they were
found next morning, while there were signs
of Wages having been dragged some dis
lance. Early next morning q negro woman
pas ed and found the team still standing
there, and Wages lying insensible, still
partially across the traces. She supposed
, that he WAS dead, and gave the
alarm. His friends found as above stated,
where he mad remained the entire night,
aud carried him home. DR.. Mitchell was
, sent for and found him suffering from con-
cussion OF the brain, with one side Of his
. face and head badly bruised, and his body
bruised as though he had been dragged on
; the ground. He was still insensible, and
! had not spoken since the accident. In his
condition but little could be done for him
except TO wait for nature to do her part.
he fingered on until Saturday night and
died. His remains were buried at old Ebe.
nezer church Oh Sunday.
, FLORIDA.
! Mrs. Judge Friedman Of Bronson has in
her yard Mexican rose tree that bears q
large and Lovely bloom. When it first opeus
it is pure white. slowly turning to deep
red as it becomes old.
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