The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25

Joel NJ. Holmes, a clever gentleman re-
| siding five miles above Fort Gaines, was
| murdered Tuesday about shutdown by four
men from Alabama named Whidden,
Napier, Norris aud Osborne. They went TO
his quarters aud drew pistols on his freed
men, and when he went Ou5 and protested
they shot him down, killing him instantly
and also shot his friend. VIII Alexander,
who attempted to save him, hitting him
I five times but not fatally wOundlng him.
/ The jury OF inquest found all guilty Of con-
/ spiracy 10 mob Holmes, and Napier OF muir
/ der. The other two accessories, Whidden
and Norris, have been arrested. The other
\ escaped.
/ Marietta Journal: Cook c. Grist, we re-
/ greet to learn, on last Tuesday evening re
ceived an accidental pistol shot in the left
! thigh, fracturing the bone and making Il
serious wound. He is the head clerk for
| T. w. Glover & Co, merchants OF this
| place, and accompanied the pay train Of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad 10
| Knoxville. to collect, at different points, the
amounts due the store for provisions sold
employees of the road. 1t seems when in
| about six miles of Knoxville that Mr..
| Poole. on the pay train, hung up sachel In
/ the car rack. In this sschel was pistol.
By some means the sachel fell from the
rack 20 the floor. This caused the pistol to
be discharged, the ball striking Mr.. Grist in
the thigh, as above stated.
Perry Home Journal: The railroad depot
at Perry was consumed by fire Tuesday
night The loss aggregates about $500,
including the building. There was only
about $500 worth of freight in the house,
the loss Of which will not fall upon the rail-
road company, as it was there by permits
sion. A box car loaded with mercantile
goods was on the track near the house,
and was burned. On the platform were
about fifteen tons Of guano belonging to
Rodgers, Worsham 81 Co. of Macon,
and O carload that had been shipped to NJ.
L. Cooper by the Peoples Guano Company
of Fort Valley. There is lawsuit pending
over this last. The largest items Of freight
in the house were: About 100 bales of hay
belonging to futile q Boynton, a cultivatcr
belonging to c. H. NJ ore, a mower and hay
rake belonging TO G. F. Cooper & Co. 1t is
believed the fire was the work Of an in
cendiary.
Reidsville Journal: On Saturday last
while Mr.. Josiah Kennedy, county surveyor
of Tattnall county, was returning homo
from Reidsville in his buggy, about one
mile from the Ohoopee river, large cata-
mount sprang from dense swamp at him.
His first attention was attracted by
screaming noise as it made It's leap. II was
fought back with the buggy whip, and its
feet got entangled in the bind wheel,
the second attempt it was met by the sur
veyor's staff, which he broke over it. A.
this juncture his animal became frightened,
threw Kennedy out behind the buggy, and
then a general engagement took place; the
broken staff was shifted, and the ball and
socket was used to perfection until its brains
were Knocked out. The cat measures
feet in length, has very large nails, with
teeth over two inches long.
A special election in .Twiggs county for
the legislature, TO I'll vacancy caused by
the recent death of E. s. Griffin, the candi-
dates were w. j. Harrison and J. N. Max
well. A telegram received in Macon says
that Harrison was elected. News was also
received Of an unfortunate shooting ARRAY
that occurred at one Of the precincts
Shady Grove. Rube Lowe and one of the
Faulke brothers, either Charles or Henry,
became involved in a dispute about the
voting of negro. Lowe was shot in the
forehead but the ball glanced, Infiicting
only a flesh wound. Lowe then fired. and
Mark Faulke, who was standing near and
not engaged in the fight at oil, was shot
through the hip, and it is thought that he
will die Another report is that Lowe and
Mark Faulke had the dispute; that Lowe
was not shot but Faulke was, aud that Lowe
claims that the shooting was done in self
defense. Faulke's condition is considered
so precarious that his relatives have been
summoned to his bedside.