The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-25

W aCerm 5lOn EOu1O on NnS vine IN
the Woods Near Am eric Is-Revenue
Officers Accused Of Drunkenness.
GEORGIA.
Rev and Mrs sam p. Jones celebrated
their silver welding ~ Carriers, lie last nisht.
An al .odraed term OF TelfaIr superior court
will 1e held on the first Monday IN next
month.
The wintor session Of the south Georgia
Medical Association win re held at Helena,
at the Hotel -an, beginning at 10 0 cioek a.
m, Dec >.
It is very likely that in a short time
Swans orc viii have a shoe factory his
movement is backed boy judge . =. Rountree,
Dr. CT en- Bell and b. r Coleman,
Mrs 4 Il. Rodgers. mother Of Julien s
RODGERS, died ST.. denly OF heart failure
We 1neaday afternoon at the residence Of the
lat er on hugu,n q HeiEh 8, Macon.
Judge c. c.. Smith has ordered the rules for
setting ana assigning cases in PULASKI aup9-
rtor court abolished. The rules have b en-
found to lmpraoticaOle under the existing
conditions.
While hunting in the woods near Americas
Wednesday, Charley Btze came uyoa a lus-
ciOus, ripe waite melon. which tipped the
scales at forty seven poln4s. lhe NEON
grew near large stone, which, with the trees
around. prO-e ted II from frost
Several large ueavres have been caught on
the LtoWah river this fail j r. Faulkner
brought two TO Canton few days ago tnat
weighed ABOUT Gu pounds each, anu week or
so ago one was trapped on Lu-dh BROOKS
pa Z that weighed 10 pounds or more.
Ex-senator j. L. Rusk died at his home
near Arnold. in Cherokee county. on Satur-
dav morning last after a brief illness with
pneumonia. He had been In declining health
for several months past, but was only confined
to his bed about one week. he was II years
old.
Ed Coleman. the negro meat cook Of the
Hotol Dalton at Dalton was held up Tues
GqV NIGHT three Glrn1 a n no
heart OF the city and robbed OF 6. Two OF
the men drew guns on him. While the third
went through his pocket after which they
asked Coleman If he knew them. He replied
that he did not. They then made him has
lily take his departure, one of them follow
ing at some distance.
bold theft was committed by gang of
tramDs in the Central railroad Yards at Amer
ieIs efOre daylight Wednesday morning. At
that line the yard engine was standing upon
q siding near the depot, when 1t was boarded
by gang Of tramps who broke open and
raided the boxes belonging TO the engineer
and fireman. several articles of clothing
ana other valuables were stolen, the thieves
making good their es ape.
No. 50. the Gainesville express train, was
wrecked Tuesday, 3.l5 p. m. at the ll2 mile
post on the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad. The switch at Mr.. MrConnelI's tur-
pentlne still was left open by the section
foreman, who was repairing the road at the
Junction There were three cars stand ng on
the siding. They were shattered into s.lv-
ers and the engine dIsa bled II gave the pas
sengers terrible shock, but none were seri-
ously hurt except the conductor, and IL is
hoped that his injuries will not prove fatal
The damages are not yet estimated,
Acworth Post: On Thursday evening there
came into Aoworth from Cherokee county a
squad OF revenue Officers with one prisoDer
They were all under the influence OF LIQUOR,
more or less, and two Of the squad were re-
70 have been ported drunk.
make for the T-iOlafora n 20 Ia Int A.
think that the Unite States should EN- 8loy
sober men TO execute the laws. This thin, Of
having bodies of men armed to the teeth and
drunk riding over the public highways is an
outrage and should be stopped at once If
the government cannot get sober men to exc
cute the laws ii would be better to have no
laws. we nave been told for years that
when the Democratic party got into power it
would put stop TO such things, and If they
don't the people viii hold them responsible.
Athens Banner: The dreadful murder OF NJ
j. Thurmond, on Monday night. brings TO re
membrance another sad tras edv in the his
tory OF Athens. 1t was the sad d cath of Mrs.
lhurmond, which occurred in 1876 or 1857. 1t
seems that Mrs. Thurmond, the mother Of he
murdered man. did not 1.-Two happily with her
husband, and there was a separation She
came to Athens TO live with her mother u
well known widow, named Mrs. WEIGH. Many
OF our readers will remember the family,
consisting OF Mrs. Welch and Miss Narcissa
her daughter. and Mrs. Thurmond and the
little boy Matt. Mrs. Thurmond's mind, it
was SAID, was somewhat shattered by her
troubles and the unhappy life which she was
compelled to lead. for il was said that she
lived in continual fear Of her husband The
family then lived in house lust
above where Oconee Street church now
stands. One night Mrs. Thurmond left the
home at the solemn midnight hour when all
the rest Of the family were asleep Scantily
dressed and in her stocking feet she was
tracked to the waters side. where she made
the fatal plunge which was to end her sor-
rows, 1t was the desperation Of despair that
had crushed the poor woman heart and she
sought rest in the peaceful tomb. And now
the son has gone down to the grave in more
violent way. Is but just to say that the family
were strict members Of one OF our churches
and we're highly esteemed by all the people OF
Athens. Mr.. lhurmond left Athens and went
TO jackson county in his boyhood, and has
heen al work on farm ever since. He was
married several years ago, ana leaves wife
and five children, the youngest being about
weeks old.