The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-21

court Of Carroll county; hence the necessity
of a new circuit The grand jury report
the roads of the county IN excellent condI-
ton; also find the jail in good condition,
and the books OF the different officers of the
county well kept. Tney report 81, 39l "a in
the county treasury. They find that Car
roll county had 6, 405 children In school last
year, and that the public money for the
county was $14, 564 81. The jury recon-
mended the reelection of his honor Judge
s. W. Harris and Solicitor Atkinson.
Athens Bonner: The following letter from
Hon. Thomas g. Lawson was received by
an Atheniau. 1t fully explains itself and
ton sought for it will doubtless be appreci-
ated very highly by the young lady in
question. The letter is a souvenir which
would be highly priced by her family should
she not be living: "Cau you give me any
information about a lady who was once Miss
Annie 4. Whitel / have in my possession a
very nice aud sweet letter which she,
as little girl, on June II. 1866, wrote Gen.
r. E. Lee, requesting his autograph. Ii
was placed in my possession by Hon. II. st.
George Tucker OF Virginia, at the request
| OF Gen. FItZhugh Lee, In order that 1t
might be returned to the writer IL she
is not living, perhaps some member OF her
| family is, who would cherish the letter as
| q souvenir. She was the daughter or the
Mr.. White who wrote book on Garden
ing for the South Very truly yours
Thomas G. lawson
Irwinton World: Last Thursday, April
7, a serious difficulty took place near
| Toomsboro between Ben Fossett and me-
gro, who had been employed on Mr.. Eos
sett's place. The particulars, as near as we
| can learn are as follows: The negro bad
been in Mr.. Fossett's employ long enough TO
become Indebted to him, and then violated
his agreement by leaving very unceremo-
niously. Mr.. Fossett, feeling that he had
been treated unjustly by the negro with
| out cause, attempted to lick the darby
at sight with a stick. The Garky being
the better man soon turned the tables
on his antagonist, got HIM down and used
him up pretty badly. Mr.. Fossett begged
for mercy and fiually persuaded the dar-
Ky to let him up. When Mr.. Fossett arose
he drew his pistol and, as the darby
started to run, fired, the ball taking effect
In the back Of his neck. Mr.. Fossett then
made his escape, and his whereabouts are
not known. The ball has not yet been ex-
tracted, and all efforts to find it has proved
truitless. The negroes condition is not
necessarily fatal.
The other day a young man sauntered
| into saloon at Atlanta, and asked for O
glass Of beer. The barkeeper, a German,
recognizing in the stranger fellow coun-
| tryman, set out glass of the required bev-
erage for his rejection. Taxing the glass in
his hand, the stranger walked to the end Of
the bar, opened bis coat and proceeded to
pour the beer into a funnel. "Mein Got in
| himmel.h shouted the astonshed bartender
| ''Phat you do with dot beerp 81 am drink
ing it, replied the stranger, calmly empty
ing the last drop into the funnel and placing
the glass on the counter. The barkeeper
was parayzed, and nothing short Of
a full explanation fully treasured
him. It developed that the stranger
had some time ago swallowed some carbolic
acid by mistake, which had caused structure
OF the throat. He is unable to swallow
even liquids and his only means of taking
food or drink is through tube which runs
into his stomach. Through this he drinks
and eats. first chewing his food and then
passing IL through the tube into his stomach.
his case was such a rare one that the bar
keeper took him to see some of the doctors
of the city. He is in good health, and does
not seem to suffer much from his range
affiiction, converslng readily. though unable
TO swallow anything at all. The tube
through which he takes his food is removed
when not In use, and when he is hungry he
places it In position, and through eats
whatever be wants.
Atlanta Journal: Walter Ponder the white
man charged with assaulting 13-year-old
Zetta Clarke, was released Yesterday after
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to Atlanta about eighteen months ago with
Zetta Clarke. young white girl, who he
said, was his step -daughter He lived for
few weeks on Marietta street. His neigh
bors thought there WAS something wrong
about the couple aud had Ponder arrested
At the station house he told such straight
| story to the officers that they decided there
was nothing wrong and released him. That
night Ponder and the girl moved from
Marietta street TO a house on Peters street,
adjoining No. SIS engine house. They had
been there but a couple Of weeks, when the
city fremen decided that Ponder was
not treating the girl as he should. They
reported the matter at police headquarters,
snd he and the girl were arrested. The
girl was very Ill. and physician was
called to attend her. When he reported
the matter TO the chief of police warrant
was sworn out for Ponder charging him
with rape. Later the grand jury invest-
gated the matter and indicted him. Shortly
after her arrest Zesa Clarke began losing
her mind. She recognized no one. And
one afternoon she escaped from the place
where she had been confined. She was
found shortly afterwards, at night, lying
on sidewalk near Decatur street She
was half starved and frozen and physicians
had to WORK very hard to save her life. She
had wandered through the streets for two
| days and nights without anything to eat.
ried before Ordinary Calhoun on a writ of
lunacy, Her own actions in the court room
were sufficient to convince the ordinary
| that she was insane and she was sent to the
lunatic asylum. 1t was hoped that she
would recover sufficiently to give testimony
against Ponder. Yesterday q letter was
received from the physician in charge Of
the asylum stating that Zetta would proba-
bly, never recover sufficiently to appear as
q witness. There being no other witnesses,
it was considered useless to hold Ponder,
and he was released yesterday on his own
| recognzAnce.
FLORIDA.
The work Of erecting parsonage for the
Catholic church at Orlando will soon COM
menoe.
The Ocala and Silver Springs Company
has decided to keep the Ooala house open
| during the summer months under the pres
ent management. The past season has been
very successful, and it is believed that it
will pay to keep the hotel open during the
| summer