The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

by Negro Who showed Him on
the Walk.
GEORGIA.
The free mail delivery service at Ameri-
Gus went into effect Wednesday.
VIII Bell, the negro boy murderer OF
Bailiff Wilder was captured at Juliet Tues
day and taken to Macon.
A cotton stalk in q Worth county yard
now measures over IL feet In hight having
green leaves and open bolls on It.
The Jury in the case of Charles Chapman
vs. the mayor and city OF Americas brought
In verdict of $500 for the plaintiff. He
sued for $4,000.
Col J. w. Anderson of the Covington
Star is assisting In perfecting two weeks'
trip TO Colorado or California for the
Weekly Press Association.
The Talbot steam gin ginned three bales
Of cotton last week. winding up the season
of '91-'92 with 800 bales of cotton. Mr..
Alexander, the foreman. will now turn his
attention to his race for county treasurer
Receiver J. B. Glover offers $50 reward
for the arrest and conviction OF the party
or parties who, on the morning Of May 81,
placed distractions on the track of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad about
one mile south of Blackwells, in Cobb
county, for the purpose Of wrecking the
noIth-bound freight train.
DR.. N. N. Gober of Marietta was stabbed
in three places by negro named Lovick
Drummond Monday. Drummond pushed
DR.. Gober off the sidewalk and when re-
monstrated with attacked him. A big crowd
OF negroes was in town attending the
Memorial day exercises. The negro was
arrested after a long chase. Threats OF
lynching we're heard but better counsel pre-
vailed. The other negroes In town became
greatly excited over the affair and of course
were against the whites.
General Manager JEFF Lane of the Geor-
Ria Southern and Florida railroad will
probably attend the Nicaragua canal con-
vention at st. Louis on June 6, to which he
has been appointed a delegate by Gov.
Northern. The object Of the convention is
to arouse public interest in the great canal
scheme and petition congress to make an
appropriation for the work. Col. 8. II.
Hawkins of Americus left for the north
Monday, and will visit st. Louis. He is
also delegate TO the convention.
Two men named Stephens and ano ther man
named Oliver went TO a house at Friou
Wednesday and being under the influence
of liquor they soon raised a disturbance.
They cursed and raved like madmen and
when the town marshal went to the house
20 restore order firearms were at once
brought into use. The drunken men were
upstairs and opened fire on the marshal who
was downstairs. The officer returned the
fire and one Of the Stephens hoys started
down the stairway to get better saot at
the officer and was struck by shot from
his friends upstairs and killed.
A sensation was produced in Brentwood a
few days ago by the finding of dead baby
In an oat patch. 1t was negro baby and
bore evidence OF premature BIRTH Coroner
Daniel was notified and he went at once to
Bronwood, summoned a jury and held an
inquest. Every effort was made to unravel
the mystery and fix the parentaze Of the
the child, but beyond the fact that the
baby bad been found in an oat patch no one
knew anything about it, No marks of
violence could be detected on the infant
and the jury returned a verdict to the
effect that it came TO its death from natural
causes.
Athens Banner: Three days more is the
the time allotted TO William johnson, the
condemned murderer, now imprisoned in the
county Jail. Provided, OF course, the
governor doesn't reprieve him or commute
his sentence to life imprisonment. Col. A.
q. McCurry is now In Atlanta in the in
terest of securing a reprieye or commuta-
ton OF sentence, and is in consultation with
Gov. Northen on that subject. A very
strong petition has been presented for a
Communication of sentence, backed even by
Judge N. L. Hutchins, but in the event this
Tails johnson will have to hang. Sheriff
Wier has the gallows all prepared and
ready to be put together johnson does
not seem alarmed at the near approach OF
the day on which he is to hang, hut firmly
believes that he will be allowed to serve for
life III the penitentiary.
Wednesday evening at Mcintosh the
Remington Musical Club held its regular
meeting at the residence Of H. C. Reppard.
The programme was varied The trio
PLAYED by Misses Jaudon, Fraser and Cas-
sells was especially fine. The special attrac-
ton was the individuality of the little trick
called Scrap which was introduced in
the society several times before This So
clety was organized five years ago, and is
the means Of developing and displaying
the fine talent of the young people of the
town as we'll as a social organization. The
Following officers were elected for abe next
three months: President, Mirs Sallie Lou
Way secretary, II. B. Ryon. In honor to
MISS Emmie Jaudon, who is visiting in the
town, she was m Ade vice president The
next meeting will be held at Capt. James
b. Fraser's on June l5
Dick Saulter, who runs bar out on the
line OF Clarke and Madison counties has
been suffering for some time from the work
OF an ingenious thief or band of thieves.
Mr.. Saulter had eight or tea
barrels of whisky in his bar.
and he discovered Wednesday morning
that all the barrels were empty. Knowing
that his sales could not reach near that
amount, he could not account
for the loss of the whisky.
1t was explained, however, when he dis
covered holes bored through the walls of
the bar next TO the barrels. After finding
these he continued investigation, and found
each OF the barrels had holes bored In them
directly opposite those in the wall The
thief had inserted a syphon into these bar
ssls from the outside and obtained immense
quantities Of liquor. Mr.. Saulter has no
clew as to who the guilty party or partle 5
are.
For long time the freight cars on the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad, at
Elizabeth, near Marietta, have been broken
open at night and goods stolen. Every eff
Tort to catch the thieves have been batfied.
John Bradley, conductor, had his optics
wide open and he came to the conclusion
that Dennis HoWard's boys, John and Dun
can, all colored, had something to do with
1t, and he had Marshals Parks and Moon to
arrest them. They searched Howard's
house and obtained two pair of shoes, which
were identified as goods taken from car.
When confronted with the evidence the
two Howard boys confessed guilt and i'm.
plicated Grant Harris (colored) as a party
to the car breaking and stealing. The same
officers arrested Harris They had their
trial before Justice c. G. Winn on Satur.
day morning, and the two Towards were
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