The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
GEORGIA

Hon. Porter Ingram. Of Columbus, died
Monday. u e was 81 years Of age.
II. W. Rucker. Of Athens, has sold his resi-
dence on hin street to d. y. Carithers
Fred Cunningham died at Atlanta Tuesday.
For a Ions time he was a member OF the firm
OF j. %. Hgdsius Co. prominent Macon
business house.
Aretus Turner. who lives in Taylor county.
lost his gin house by ire last Friday together
with an SO saw gin. four bales Of cotton and
200 bushels of cotton seed. The fire was
caused by a match in the cotton while the gin
was in motion. there was 10 insurance
Col. J. $. Gambler, of the Fifth regiment,
has ordered an ee-tiCn OF oMcers for the
Bibernidn Rifles Of Atlanta, The election is
TO occur tomorrow night The following
officers will be elected. Captain, W. d. Ellis.
Jr.; first Lieutenant Il. +. Hastings second
lieutenant, T. T. Ryan.
The Atlanta Telephone Exchange has filed
suit against the Atlanta Consolidated street
Railway Company for damages for IS OuO. The
suit grows out Of the recent fire at the tele-
phone exchange. The telephone exchange
managers allege that the fire was caused 10y
defective trolley wires on the Consolidated
line on Pryor street, between Hunter and
Alabama streets.
W. A Maxwell. while on his way home at
VILLA Rica Monday night al $50 O clock, was
held up by two negroes and ROBBED Of his
pocketnOok containing $500 in money and 500
in checks The negroes are lclleved to reside
in villa Rica as they were very ianiuar with
Mr.. Maxwell and called him ly name while
robbng him. Harry Washington. q negro
was arrested late last night and the on. ers
are now on the track Of another negro, who is
believed to be his accomphce.
William Davis, a tenant on W. A. Clark S
farm In Burke county, about eight miles
south OF Hephzbah, was lady cut in the
left side Saturday night at a negro dance
given on the farm. re was attempting TO
prevent disturbance among the negroes,
when one cut him with razor. One gasn
extends from near the backbone to the mid
ole stomach the other f-a.h is
the left arm, and is about six inches long
The wounds are considered dangerous. The
negro is under arrest.
Toccoa News. @. A. Cooper. of Jour
town, is one OF the few veterans of the Mex
Jean war. For his aid in suoduing the
greasers the government shows its apppeoia-
tion by granting him pension OF S95 per
year Mr.. Cooper talks iuterCstn gly of his
experience on Mexican soil. where he re
manned several months He says some of the
residences IN Mexico are the most beautiful
ones he ever saw, but that out OF the towns
the people generally live IN small. ugly
houses. While there he saw no frost. On
Christmas day he gathered green beans from
the vines and cooked them. The MeEicans
he says, were brave people, but they didn't
seem to understand The methods Of warfare.
In every battle in which he took part the
United states troops were victorious, though
the MeXicans sometimes had three or four
times as many men. The survivors OF the
war are becoming few in number. and 10 is in.
terestinR to hear one talk Of the battles
fought forty-hv years ago
At Rome Sunday Cliff Wright ColOred 81 red
a gun at Henry Daniels Colored. and the load
took effect in his brother, Josh Wright, in
tiicting wound which resulted in death on
Tuesday. Josh Wright, who was killed, was
u years old. and Cliff is l6 They have been
living with their mother on Second avenue
near the river The father. Caleb Wright a
preacher, was sent to the chain-gang for wife
beating, and while a member Of the gang
jumped from the Fifth avenue bridge over
the OostanGula and committed suicide. Be
fore this he had declared Henry Daniels, d
negro about Town, to he the cause OF his trou
BILE and said mis- wife and Daniels had swoCI
him INTO the chain gang to get him out Of The
way. He told his eldest boy Of this and hi,
boy warned Daniels to stay away from tbs
house. Sunday morning, about o'clock h,
heard some one in the next room with hi,
mother, and opening the door found Daniels
who the Wright woman said, had come L
get some blankets he left there. This did no
satisfy the boy, who tired at Daniels Tn,
bullet struck young Josh Wright, who was il
bed He continued trying TO lire, but the pis
tOl SNAP ped, while Daniels escaped. Drs. Coz
and Hamilton were summoned to attend tht
wounded boy, but could do nothing to saw,
him, the bullet having pierced the abdomen
The coroners jury held Cliff Wright guilty o
involuntary mauslaughter, and had him sen
10 jail