The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-01

Rice Stealers IN the M9sheS OF tn
at Brunswick-An Augusta Man
so Full of Electricity That He Effects
wonderful Cures by the Mere Lay
ing on Of Hands.
GEORGIA.
The sale by the administrators of the Nell
Aon lift estate to-day will be one 4 the
largest real estate sales ever h Id in Albany
for some time, If not the largest in the his
tory OF the city.
The new steamer being built By the White
Star Line Company OF Rome Will be reaty
20 make its first trip within the next 30 days.
The new boat IS being built principally %
ply the Oostanaula and Coosawattee rivers.
1t will 90 up 70 the hsad waters Of the
OostanaulA river for & distance Of slxty-ige
miles and run up the COOsawattes for forty
miles. During the business season this boat
will be used on these rivers and during the
dull, summer season It will be used on the
Cooss river between Rome and Gadsiea.
Brunswick Times: Sheriff Barrie and
Deputy Sheriff LsvisoD arrived IL the city
late Friday night with f9Nr prisoners
charged with rice stealing. TIE officers left
the city Friday afternoon for j. I. DENTS
rice plantation, better Known as Bread
field, near Evelyn post0Hce, twelve miles
from this city, for the purpose OF searching
for large quantity OF rice SAID to have
Rerrie aud Mr.. Levison ranSAcked Peters
vile and one or two other tile negro villages
and found about thirty bushels Of the stolen
Rrain-some in sack; and barrels, but the
greater portion buried about in yards,
while two sacks were discovered in the forks
OF 80 OAK tree about forty feet above the
ground. Andrew Gadson, William y Mon,
Clsrissa Williams and Sarah Hayward
were the birds bAgged aud they we're brought
70 the city and giveH bOudOlrs at the Hotel
de Berrie, where they remained until Sat-
urday morning, when tueir preliminary
trial was held before Justic5 w. b. G. Coker.
They each demanded al indictment before
500 bonds after which they
returned to the plantations where
they are employed. Mr.. Dent says be has
lost over 800 sacks containing about 800
bushels of the choicest rice in this way and
was always sure as to who the guilty parties
were. Two Of the negroes have made ac-
acknowledgement to their guilt and have
"blo we'd" on several other negroes as being
implicated in the thsfts, and wac have not
yes been arrested. 1t is said, however that
Mr.. Dent will have sons difficulty In prov
ing 1t to be his rice despite the fact that the
grain found in the possession of she darkies
unquestionably belongs to him.
Augusta Chronicle: The most sought after
man in Augusta to-day, perhaps, is j. j.
Nichols, who, by rubbing his hands over
the bodies Of the afflicted causes them to
get well and regsin their former vigor aud
activity. Mr. Nichols with ms WIte cons
ducts q small grocery sSors 10 Rolersville.
BE is the same man who some time ago
mention was made of the wonderful gift
and curative powers he possessed. By
simply applying his hands rapidly TO the
portion Of the body afflicted within the last
two months he has effected some wonder
ful cures. About four months ago Mr.
Nichsls discovered that he possessel some
unknown quality by which he could ease
the pain of those afflicted. He went to
work on his wife's aunt, who had
rheumatism and had not been able
20 work in several years. In a short
time she was able to put on her
shoes and walk. It was not long after this
before he was besieged by people asking him
TO cure them, and to-day he has his hands
ful. Among those who have been cured by
Mr.. Nichols is Mrs Woodal, on Marbury
street, who was confined t. her bed for
three weeks, and who got UP aud walked in
ten minutes after Mr.. Nichols saw her. Mrs
Allen, who lives also on Marbury street, and
who has been suffering from rheumatism In
her arms for twelve years was relieved in q
short time after Mr Nichols visited her.
The wife Of Martin New was another that
he curei, and also Mrs. Rice. The list of
those whom he has beneate is 4 long one,
and so well known has Mr.. Nichols become
that ne Is now treating people from other
cities, who have come here to see what he
can do for them. As yet Mr. Nichols
knows nothing authoritative of the
powers he posse sss. What he
is able.to cure he does not fully know, on
side OF the cases that he has already prov d
successful In. Rheumatism, stiffness OF the
limbs, headache, etc, he knows what he
can do a. he has relieved every one he has so
far seen. Sometime it is only necessary
for him to give the patient one hard rub
bling with his naked hands, while in other
cases he has found 1t necessary TO treat the
patient the same way for several times. A
Chronicle reporter asked a prominent citi-
zen who is being treated by Nichols, what
was the feeling he experienced while rubbed
by Mr.. Nichols. The gentleman stated
that as soon as the rubbing commenced he
felt shock like an electric battery had
been applied to him and his pain would
cease. Nichols was just charged full Of
electricity and as soon as he began rubbing
the sensation was identical with that OF an
electric current, Mr.. Nichols is now treat
ing some very prominent people in the city.