The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-29

Mrs Jonn O. Lilly, the estimable wifi,
Of one of iHouston's most promineu
farmers and fruit growers, died Saturday
night
Mrs A. Mclean, of Pelham, has maj
OF Ireland made Of hair taken from the
heads of the different members of the
Mclean family.
The state military encampment viii
open up Thursday of next week at Camp
Northen, Griffin. Ga. The Augusta com
panies go in camp the first week.
Over half million dollars will be put
in active circulation in Augusta within
the next fifteen days by the paymetn OF
dividends, and this will contribute To
leasing up the financial situation great
deal
Solid trains of watermelons from points
belOY pass through Americas every day
now, and the season is but fairly opened.
Most of these shipments are sold on
track at the starting point, netting the
owners from Sl10 to SIPS per carload.
Section Foreman Floyd. at Wildwood,
about thirteen miles from WaycrOss, Ca,
on the B. & w. IL. r.. was found dead in
his bed Tuesday morning. He went TO
bed well Monday night after eating sup
per. Heart disease is supposed to be the
cause.
A mass meeting will be held this week
or next at Atlanta to put the ball In mo-
ton for the reception of over 1000 dele
gates to the International Convention Of
Christian Workers at Atlanta early in
November. A local organization of Chris
tian workers will be formed Visitors
are coming from all over the world. It
will be the biggest convention Atlanta
ever had The sessions will be held in
DeGive's opera house-the ordinary full
seating capacity of 2,240 being increased
by the addition Of 600 seats on the stage.
c. H. Godfrey, who holds a clerkship at
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way office at Albany. came very near being
the victim of a lrightful accident Monday.
MIR Godfrey had occasion to go to Crugar
q PAGES brick yard, riding a horse. In
crossing the Central railroad track one of
the horses hOOfs got caught in the track.
Almost before Mr.. Godfrey realized the
situation he was in he saw that a train
was coming. After several attempts to
extricate the horse he jumped from the
animal, ran up the railroad track and
succeeded in signalling the train to stop
just as it was about to hit the horse.
A few days ago the little l4-year-old
son of J, NJ. Whitaker, while blowing in
the cemetery at Harlem found tin box
which bears all indications of having
contained a snug little fortune. Evil
IDENTIFY the first finder was a plowmAn as
signs on the box showed that for
number of years it had been buried be-
meath the ground. 1t is the opinion of
some that the box was plOwed up by
tenant on some of the lands surrounding
the cemetery and that the lucky man
sacked its contents and threw the box
into the Harlem burying grounds. Prints
of the the money can be seen in the box,
which is in the possession of j. M. Whit
aker
On Monday ]. T. Edwards, an employee
at BullOck's stables, at Columbus, cut
Charlie stephens, a negro, in the neck
and abdomen. The difficulty originated as
follows: There is rule at the stable that
prohibits any negro woman loating around
there. Stephens mother went to the
stable to see him, and Stephens, who is
employed there, was away His mother
waited for some time, and Mr.. Edwards,
not knowing who she was, or what she
wanted finally ordered her to leave.
Stephens heard about it and became in
dignant, and called MIR. Edwards aside to
ask him about it, Mr. Edwards told him
the circumstances, but when he had fin
ished the negro called him a liar and
reached into his pocket as If to draw a
knife or pistol. Mr. Edwards OWNED
his motive and pulled his own knife from
his pocket and went to work on Stephens
He cut large cash in Stephens neck
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gro finally got away and his friends took
him home.
A negro by the name of George Shiy-
ers, claiming to be a railroad hand
was shot and seriously wounded by Tray
Tor Johnson at his home a few miles from
LaGrange on Monday of last week Mr.
johnson had had the negro EMPLOYED for
a week or two, but the Saturday night
before had settled with him, as he had
no fHnTaH t. =
MIR. johnson and his wife went over to
Mountyile, when the negro went to the
mouse IN their absence ana demanded
that meal be prepared for him. This
was refused, when the negro cursed out
everybody about the place. Monday he
came back, but was Immediately ordered
away by Mr.. johnson. He refused to 90
and began cursing Mr.. Johnson, who sent
Tor his gun. The negro then left, but re-
turned in about an hour still cursing and
declaring that he was ready for a diff
Guilty. Mr.. johnson fired the gun over
the head of the negro, thinking to
brighten him away, but instead the ne
gro advanced on him, when he used his
revolver with such effect that the negro
had hole through his entire body, the
ball going through the right lung.
Griffin News: Last Saturday about 6
O'Clock, party of town and country ne
EAOOo uSoClllbACQ On bu6 railroad platform
near the residence of Sam Ellis, three
miles west of Griffin, for the purpose Of
holding picnic. Shortly after dark a
disturbance arose, in which Tom Gray,
of Sunny Side; George McCrary, who
lives on the Grantland place, and Wash
Polk, a general loafer, We're involved
Several shots were fired, and on Sunday
morning Mr.. Ellis went down to look
around about the battlefield He discov-
cred traces of blood, and finally struck a
trail which he easily followed by
drops of blood which lay very near
each other. He was rewarded, when
about four hundred yards from the scene
OF the frolic, by finding an alpaca coat,
which was saturated with blood, and
about six feet from the coat lay a pistol
on which were clOts of blood. The pistol
was cheap five shooter of 3S-calibre with
all the chambers empty. Eye witnesses
say that Gray was wounded in the hand.
knee and shoulder by shots fired at him
by McCrary and Polk. Grayis reported
as being at his home severely wounded,
while McCrary and Polk are still in the
neighborhOOd of the shooting Mr. Ellis
turned the coat and pistol over to Sheriff
Patrick, who will give the affair q
thorough investigation.
Americas s-Recorder: From a
gentleman from Webster, who was in the
city yesterday, the particulars of des
perate fight, which took place Il day or
two since, between two negroes, a man