The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-30
EOR YOU.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Conviction for ManslauRhter-A
Brunswick Family Among the Heirs
to a Large Estate in Texas-Romes
Butter Maker in Clover-A Man Falls
Under the Wheels Of His Wagon and
is Killed.
Fx-Secretary Whitney left Brunswick by rail
for New York Tuesday night.
The state bar association will meet in Rome
on the first Wednesday in June.
The Popultst, the third party organ OF Taylor
county has suspended publication.
A deposit of phosphate has been found on
Mrs Redden Smiths place in the Duncan7ille
district adjoining the lands of Jonas Courtney
in Thomas county,
Butler circuit consists of six churches with
seven appointments and the pastor, rev. j. l.
Minis in order to meet his appointments, Visit
the different families, etc, has TO travel dis
tance every month Of So miles.
Newton Watts, who killed Dave Garner in
Harrisburg few days ago, was bound over to
the superior court by Judge vaughan, at
Augusta, Tuesday, under the charge Of inyol-
untary manslaughter in the commission OF an
unlawful act
Mrs. Calvin Brice, her daughter, Miss Helen,
and her son, Stewart Brice of Harvard Univer-
sity. left Brunswick in their private car over
the East Tennessee road at $50 o'clock for their
home in Washington, after stay or month at
the Jekyl Island Club.
The body of Josiah Williams, farm hand
on the Y Dung place, near Columbus, was found
near the gravel beds on the Mobile and Girard
railroad Sunday morning. He evidently had
been killed by the freight train that came in
during the night He was drinking heavily
when last seen alive.
Albert Drake tcolored) of Macon is the young
est bridge jumper ia the world. The boy is but
5 years old, took a header off the Macon and
Northern bridge Monday and fell 40 feet before
be touched the water. Half an'hour afterward
he said that he was feeling quite we'll and would
mn ra ha mn
Oscar Engledow, the erstwhile bookkeeper
of W. j. & G. J. Julian of Macon, was released
Monday afternoon from Bibb county jail after
a confinement there of three months. He was
taken before Sheriff Westcott where he sue
ceeded in giving the bond, which hs has been
making al effort to secure since his iucarcera-
tion on a charge of larceny after trust.
At Fayetteville Monday the jury in the Dan
Hood murder case returned a verdict of vOlun-
tary manslaughter. The jury was out six
hours in making up its verdict. Dan was SEN
fenced by Judge Harris to twenty years in the
penitenUiary at hard labor. The sheriff. learn
ing ofnumerous threats against Hood by the
Coweta people, left for Atlanta with his pris-
Oner for safeke9plng,
At Americas Tuesday Judge W. H Fish
granted an order Gismissing the temporary re-
ceiver appointed two weeks ago to take charge
of the stock of goods of the late d. b. Hill
Judge Fish further ordered that the business be
given in charge of Mrs, Pauline Hill, temporary
Administrative, whose application permR
nent Administrative of her husbands estate
will be passed upon at the May term Of the
court of ordinary,
Animportant case came up before Mayor J.
w. McCrary of Butler on Monday, March %,
which was the subject of much comment, P.
Williamson, who is acting under license from
the federal government was arrested by the
marshal OF Butler for refusing to pay tax of
$50 required Of him by the town council for
shilling whisky in the town of Butler. DIR. Wal
hanson, contending that the town had no right
TO require this tax, went before Judge Speer at
Macon to investigate the matter.
AT Americas Tuesday afternoon, while clear
ing away pile OF rubbish in the rear of his
hardware store, j. W. Harris was not a little
SURPRISED upon finding large bundle OF fine
PAINT brushes carefully hidden away in an old
cook stove. There were several dollars worth
of the paint daubers which Mr.. Harris is conf
dent were concealed there more than year
ago by negro who was working about the
store, and who, Mr., Harris thinks. stole many
other articles besides, including a fine watch
which was lying on the Office desk.
Abe Crawford, who lived in upper Morgan,
near the Walton line, was killed last Saturday
while returning from Madison with load of
guauo. de was driving TWO mules, one a very
wild one. As he passed a farm house dog ran
at his team, and Crawford began striking at
the dog with his whip. The team took fright
and Crawford was jerked from the wagon.
Both wheels on one side passed over his head,
killing the man instantly and mutilating his
features almost beyond recognition. Crawford
is said to have been considerably under the in
huence of liquor at the time.
Jesse Walker was arrested on suspicion at
Columbus Monday. He had a plumber OF
knives selling them very cheap and it aroused
the suspicious of Officers REYNOLDS and Mar.
crum, who nabDed him. He was taken to head.
quarters and there confessed to be one Of tie
parties who burglarized Bullock, Bussey & Co. s
store at Warm Springs about Feb /. lie i'm
plicated others, and Monday Grant Marshall
was arrested by the same officers out at the
depot and carried to the station house, charged
with the same crime. Other parties are in
UOl uad aDn will ha 1urhf 900 avNns
sible
Two negro women near Concord had diff
Guilty Thursday afternoon, and as a result one
of tuem was mOrtally wounded and the other is
in jail here TO be tried for her life. Babe
McLendOn and Aunt Jane Newton the latter
a very old woman, were living together, so the
story goes and when the dispute arose Babe
threw Aunt James furniture pei nell ont
into the yard. Hereupon the latter made few
CALCULATIONS and started to gather up the furni-
ture. While STOPPING to PICK up a piece OF
furniture the negro woman Babe fired on heI
with breech-loadlng shotgun, the !, ad taking
effect in the top Of the right shoulder and
infiicting what the doctors say is a fatal in
jury.
Rome Tribune: The butter market is nov
serene. A calm has followed the storm Mr.
Barrett met Mr.. Eastman yesterday morning
aud they came to terms. Mr.. Eastman got bach
his notes and MIR. Barrett got back his contract
for the sale of the county right TO make butter
according to his formula. Sheriff Moore 70.
c5ived from MIR. Barrett sample of butter
cAurned in the usual way and two samples o.
Mr.. BGrretts product one made on Thursday
and one made by the same formula on Saturday
night. The sheriff submitted the samples to
lady, asking her which was the genuine butter
She pronounced that made by Mr. Barrett OF
Thursday TO be the genuine article. Unde
these circumstances the prosecution was with
drawn. Mr.. Barrett has again sold the COUNT
right for the use OF his formula in Floyd AM
says he got larger price than Mr.. Eastman
paid him.
Augusta Chronicle: About a week az
Bianna Miller 15-year-old girl, who lives on
in the country about ten miles from Aiken witt
her parents, two respectable colored persons
went out Tor walk and for several days NOBODY
knew where she had gone. Monday her peopi
became alarmed at her prolonged absence am
collecting a few friends together they com
menced to scour the woods as foul play wa
suspected. After searching for quite a Will
several Of the party came across a bundl
of clothes on the bank of a creek, which
upon tnvesttz alton, proved to be thos
of the missing woman. The clothes looked Al
II they had been torn from the body Of the per
son who wore them, as they were almost tori
into shreds, and were scattered all around thi
spot. The ground was also torn up as if Their
had been a violent struggle. and there wert
several rags, part Of the dress, hanging from
some bushes near by. II was learned that Tn
body Of the dead girl was found yesterday sew
eral hundred yards down the creek from tn
spot where the struggle supposed to hav
taken place. and was taken TO the house Of he
parents and will be buried TO-DAY
Upon discovering that foul play Ia
been committed, JEFF Craig and Lon Boyc
two negro men, were SUSPECTED of having out