The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS Of TIE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


week before last are still at large. Burnett,
the counterfeiter, was the only one the
officers managed to recapture.
1t is stated that S, 900 have so far been
subscribed toward the erection OF a new
cotton mill at Dalton. IL now looks as il
the enterprise would Dec me a certainty.
Dennis Taylor, the slayer Of Senator Sam
Field of Whitfield county has been trans
ferred from the asylum to the penitentiarv,
the doctors pronounciug him cured of in
sanity.
There have been no developments Of I'M
portance in the Arkie Hawkes. murder case
In Americas, and the public mind is still at
sea as to the person who is responsible for
his death.
The name of Col R. W. Jemison is being
prominently talked Of in connection with
the secretarysnip Of tho lumbermen's ex-
change, which will shortly establish its
headquarters in Macon.
The new road law recently adopted by
the Pulaski county commissioners is not
meeting with the favor it was thought Ii
would receive. Meetings have been held IN
some of the districts for the purpose of pro-
testing against the action OF the commits
sione-s.
A new loan and abstract company was
organized in Athens Wednesday. The COM
pany consist Of c. B. Chandler, president;
J. F. McGowen, secretary and treasurer; g.
e. Chandler, inspector, with Z. b. Chandler
and J +. McGoweu as directors They will
be chartered to lend money on farm lands
In Clarke and surrounding counties.
The county Jail at Forsyth was burned
Wednesday morning at o'clock There
were three prisoners-Harby Wood
{colored) Green Armstead Ccolored), aud
John Hall white They we're rescued
through smoke and fire by the sheriff. The
oil cat Era ba OH Nv %
the prisoners. Tho negroes accuse Hall.
Hall says that the negroes, aided by some
outsider, tried to break out, and falling,
set fire TO the jail.
One Of the most daring burglaries com
mitted in Brunswick in many DAYS oc-
CURED at the residence of Capt Swift, the
well known steamboat man, Tuesday night.
Capt. Swift was downstairs closing the
windows while Mrs. Swift was upstairs pre-
pairing to retire. The light in Mrs. Swift's
room was turned low, and as Mrs. Swift
moved toward her dressing case she STUN
bled across what she thought was an old
shoe, but the supposed shoe proved to be a
negro man, who sprang up and ran toward
the window, leaping out to the ground be-
low. Mrs. Swift reached for her pistol.
but discovered that the burglar had secured
that and all the money and jewelry availA-
bic before making his escape. No cleW was
obtained By which the party could be
identified.
White Caps got in some successful work
las5 Saturday night near Lothian. 1t is
thought that Illicit distilllng is being carried
on to q great extent. An old negro named
Sam Mercer was suspected OF reporting
operations TO the revenue officers, for the
section was fairly overrun not long ego. A
woman outwitted them and they left Just
before midnight o loud rap at the door
brought Mercer from his warm couch only
to fall in the arms Of several masked men,
who carried him off some distance from the
house, where they bound him securely, and
administered a severe whipping on his bare
back. His agonizing shouts for help only
made them apply the whip with more vigor
Before leaving the White Caps ordered him
TO leave at once. II is reported that he has
gone TO Savannah to lay the matter before
the United States authorities.
News hes reached Lothian that certain
youthful marauders have besn raising a
furore near Blackville. Two lightning rod
agents named Moody and Godfrey came in
there to dispose Of rods. While in the
community frolic was on hand TO which
they were invited. During the heat Of the
festivities sensation was sprung by the
discovery that their horses had been sheared
as clean as a whistle" The names and
tails were minus, aud, indeed, they pre-
sented comical spectacle. The crime was
laid to the young night hawks, for they
wished revenge. because the country lassies
bestowed too much affection on the rod
men. Several neighbors aud Rev. Rich
ard Whom, q Baptist preacher, who
CHANGED TO be in the community, talked
disparaRiugly Of the outrage. III ir horses
received the same treatment. ne grand
jury will investigate the matter.
AT Talbotton Wednesday morning at
o'clock the night watchman discovered the
beautiful residence Of Mrs. S. A. Carter on
fire. An alarm was given, and the family
barely escaped with their lives. Only the
furniture in two rooms downstairs was
saved. All of the clothing of Mrs. Carter
aud her daughters was burned, the ladies
fleeing from the flames in their night
dresses. No one knows how the fire origi-
mated. When discovered it was in the top
of the house. This residence was q beauti-
full one 1t was situated on College street.
The loss is 5000. The insurance on the
building was 81 500, on the furniture 81, 500.
Both policies were in the Atlanta Home and
Commercial Union. Ii seems that fate Is
against Mrs. Carter. This is the third ele-
CANT dwelling she has lost by fire, and be-
sides her two Oldest daughters while at
Mary Sharp's College lost all their clothing
by fire about year ago.
+. DePas is q conductor of the Mcpherson
barracks line at Atlanta, and until Wedues-
day night had been steady hard working
man that made friends fast and was consid-
cred general good fellow by oil who knew
him. wednesday night DePss ran his car
into the power house and started for his
home. He wanted just one drink, and
meeting a friend he was accommodated
DePas reached Windsor street, and deciding
1t was too warm TO wear any clothing pro.
ceeded to disrobe. He left his new spring
suit and Undertaking on the sidewalk and
then started down Windsor street. He fell
into the hands Of two patrolmen, who tooB
him to the station. The young man knew
nothing Of his midnight escapade Thursday
morning when he was released from the
station. His clothing was found Just where
he had left it, and was returned to him com
pletely covered with mud. When arrested
DePas vas as naked as a newborn babe.
There was a bloody fight in the yards Of
&he Georgia Pacific railroad at Atlanta
W sdnesdAy night between John NJ Dorsey
tbe night foreman, and Charles Har buck
enc Of the hostlers. Harbuck was mounting
40 engine to run it into the shed when Dor
key noticed that he was drinking heavily
ond ordered him not 70 attempt to handle
tho locomotive. Dorsey then took charge
- she engine and ran it into the shed Har,
bpck became greatly euraged with Dorsey
and expressed his opinion In a free and no
complimentary manner. Dorsey tried x
avoid trouble and took very little notice o
Harouok's mutterings, and when he re
turned in a few moments add began hi
abuse again, Dorsey prepared 10 defenC