The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-09

NQo caves were AL Wei AOE4GAs b4L AOn1 VI
them lived.
The residence of Mrs. s. A. Palmer seven
miles south Of Hepzibah was destroyed By fire
Thursday. 1t is supposed to be the work OF an
incendiary. Loss ABOUT $500. No insurance.
At o meeting ST the beard OF trustees Of the
South Georgia College at ThomasvIle Thursday
Dr. J. T. Culpepper was elected president OF
the South Georgia College, in place Of Col.
Wright.
Thsre is a shin plaster owned by a gentleman
In Athens that was Issued by the city council
OF Macon in 1910. The shiR plaster calls for
l2ls cents and is nicely printed and signed by
William Green, treasurer.
Since the hanging of Lewis Lewis last Friday
there has been little sleep az nlEat among the
negro inmates OF the Bbb county jail, and
many stories do they tell OF strange noises and
spectral visions they have heard or seen each
night.
Uly Williams has sold his cigar interests at
Bainbridge and will locate at WaycrosS. The
cigar business will also be moved away from
b nbridge. The harness department. Of Mr..
Williams establishment will remain at Balm
bridge.
H. NJ. Payne. president; W. J. Hayes. vics
president; @. H. Dance, secretary, and W. r.
Bruce, treasurer, are the officers Of the Ioccoa
Canning Company, aud The board or directors
IS as follows: IA N Payne, j. l.. Martin, b. P,
Brown, Jr.. JEFF DAVIS aud c. H. Dance.
There are 80 white females and SO white male
children between the ages OF and Is years
within tie town OF McRae, and so co!ored chill
dren between the ages named, making in all I6l
school children between and IS years of age
living inside the corporate limits of McRae.
George Bell, G negro employed on J. W. Har-
rell plantation, in she northern part Of Lown-
des county, was thrown by young mule and
killed on Wednesday afternoon last. The animal
threw Is victim and then paved him, in1ic5ing
injuries from which Bell died in q few hours.
Last Saturday the homo of W. Z, Brown, who
lives near SummertOwn. in Emanuel county,
was consumed by fire. The origin is unknown.
Mr. Brown succeeded in saving an organ and
two beds, the balance OF his effec,s being
lost, lie had no insurance. He reCKons MS
loss at $4,000
At Atlanta Friday afternoon the residence of
Mrs. n. J. BALDWIN, $50 Capitol avenue, Just
beyond Ormond street, was totally destroyed
by nre. Inc dwelling was & room cottage
and cost SI,sO0. It was insured for $500 in the
United Underwriters Company The fire was
caused by defective tlue
Ella Andrews. a negro woman, living at Ha-
Zlehurst, was carried to Brunswick jail last sat
UrdRy by Sheriff Ellis she was arrested Thurs
day nj. ht before, the charge being stealing
money IRON j c. Johnson at O'Brien. The
amount sto.en was $500 and only S14J was re-
covered when the arrest was mRde.
1t is now said that there is upward OF G0C0.-
0C0 feet of tlmuer IN the port OF Darieu await
ing manufacture aud shipment This Is nearly
S500O00 worth Last month there was measured
at the public boom 100000 feet of timber in
stead OF 100000 as published on Saturday. 1t
viii take nearly 100 vessels to carry OF the tim
Der and lumber.
trOller generals office at Atlanta. Friday
about sac 900 came in. a part OF it being the
whisky tax from Chatham and Richmond
counties ChathRms tax whisky this year
was 81, 500 bigger than 1t hes ever been before,
and RicnmOnd's was $4,000, not much differ
ence from Blob &.
" T. ingram. the depot agent at Anderson,
on the Southwestern railroad, was ubbed and
brutally beaten while on duty at his Office late
on Wednesday night. Anderson is the depot Of
Andersonvile on the Southwestern, and Dir.
Ingram has had some trouble on previous &C
cAslOnS- ingram charges a man named VIII
Wsterbrook with the assault and says that ].
G. Freeman and two men named Harrison we're
the lnstigators of the attack.
The second annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Bank of Stewart County was held a.
Lumpkin Thursday, and the following direct
ors were elected for twelve months: +. s
Singer, A. H. simpson, J. B. Richardson, r. F.
Watts, r. I, Humber, W. l. Mardre, W. >.
ellis, Dr.. Neil ellis, Swift Crumoley, E. p.
Pearson. O. s. Morton, +. 3. Gregory and j. W.
May Immediately after the meeting Of stock
holders adjourned the directors met and elected
the same officers. They are: ". S. ellis. pres
ident A, H. simpson, vios president, aud W. L.
Mardre, cashier.
Mark Sperry Of Marshal!ville shot himself
through the body with q Wi chester rifle last
Saturday and died from the effects Of the
wounds after much suffering last Tuesday morn
ing Blr. Sperry 8 mind was unbalanced and
this the cause OF his ending hls life He
YVES adiudged insane several years ago and was
sent TO the state asylum, but after being there
for a short while be apparently recovered his
faculties and was discharged. He returned
home and resumed business and was getting
along very well until lately when mis- mental de-
ransemenJ returned and VITA the result as
above stated.
While workmen. were engaged in repairing
electric light wires on Mulberry street at Macon
Thursday afternoon one OF the wires fell and
LOGGED on the trolley wire Of the Consolidated
railroad, and in second streak o. blue fire
along the wire from Sol Hoge's corner to
rurNh il i
their danger and get out of the way of the wire
that was dancing and whirliDg about the street
The superintendent, realizing That 1t would not
do to let the wire remain over the trolley wire
directed TWO of the negroes to place q rope
around it and raise il off, but when this was
tried it was found that it would not work Then
one of the negroes, more veDturesome than
the rest, decided that ne would lift the wire
from the trolley wire by means of a pair of
tweezers. Taking the tweezers in his hand he
boldly walked up to the wire and clamped ie
In less than second he fell backward as il
shot, the tweezers flying in one direction and
his hat in another. 1t was fully five minutes
before the negro recovered consciousness and
when he did he looked at Supt. Morgan in a
dszed way and said: Boss, did you see dat?"
The rope was then tied again and tho wire
finally placed In position, but not before oon-
siderable damage had been done several tele-
phones on the circuit on which the wire was
located.
Lafayette Messenger: Between 10 and II
o'clock Saturday night the citizens near the
point from which the firing came was west of
the G. S. railroad 400 or 300 yards below
the Rogers switch. AT the time nothing was
thought of the matter. From what wns
learned afterward tho shooting was part OF
q bloody fight that may bring death 10 more
than one. Those engaged were some Of the
miners on one side and on the other four younz
men who had gone into the nelghbOrhOo to sell
wild cat whisky They were Henry Arnold
Henry Partn and John and James Lynch. The
9wo last believe are minors. The report Is
that what brought on the trouble was an attack
made on one of the LyLchs. Henry Parton
either pushed or knocked down his assailant
Then the fight became general. The miners had
knives. The other side a couple of pistols
The knives carried the day and the
moonshiuers were scattered, some of them
badly wounded. The mule and buggy. the key
and jug of whisky we're left to their fate.
Henry Partln reached town about daybreak
bleeding and badly wounded On bis back near
the spine were two stabs from dirk. There
also q cut on the side of his face. The
hand which had waTded OF thai blow suffered
from the knife. During the night Henry Ar
mold and James Lynch the latter carried by his
brother, reached !. w. kenney's on the Ward
law place. In Arnold's right breast there was
gaping wound penetrating the lungs and made
by dirk. Jim Lynch had been stabbed from
behind the shoulder. OF the miners it is said
that one was shot three times, one twice and
one once. Who thsy areor where they are is kept
DARK. Henry Partin was taken to John Coul-