The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-12

I Wei patronlzed as DIT. Panknin s has, bu
| have nevertheless turned in a neat sun
Of money to the postofIice authorities eact
month.
Thomasvlle Tines Enterprise: A youne
| woman in Georgia, who has a turn fol
| mechanics, has invented a wonderful
| trunk At first glance it appears very
| much like any other travelling trunk built
| on the American plan, and almost porter
proof. On investigation, by pulling a
| strap here and swapping a spring there,
/ the trunk doubles into itself and is no
| larger than a hat box. BY further ma
! nipulation IL will telescope itself into a
bulk no larger than a large valise, to be
strapped and carried about most handily.
| We noticed the other day an allusion in
a northern paper TO this Georgia inven-
ton. It is not generally known perhaps
that Miss Florence Leonard, a most
charming young lady, now a resident Of
Leary, Ga, is the inventor of this highly
useful travelling appendage.
Atlanta Journal a damage suit in
which some sensational allegations are
made, is on trial in the city court before
Judge Van Epps Wednesday, 1t is that
Of G.. w. Dickerson against Silas H. Don
aldson, George W. Donaldson and +. F.
Sentell for $1,000 damages. The trouble
1t is alleged, all grew out Of a debt
amounting to SL50 Here is the story
Dickerson tells: He owed Silas Donald
son S.5O. which he was unable to pay. On
the 10th of September, 1893, he was passing
along the public highway attending to
his own business, when Mr.. Donaldson
drove up, seated in a two-wheeled cart.
He made Dickerson face about and walk
in front of his horses contrary to his
wishes and in an opposite direction to
that in which he desired to go. Mr.. Dick
erson knew that Mr.. Donaldson was a
convict guard, and that he always carried
a DfGto1 . nd ba n frai fo 90
where he ordered him to go. After 60
ing some distance, Donaldson turned him
over TO +. +. Sentell, another guard, who
also kept him in trent of him, as SenteH
always carried pistol. He was marched
down the road to a culvert where Mr..
George Donaldson was in charge of a
gang of conVicts. He was armed with
double-barreled shot gun and pistols, and
like the others, he talked very roughly to
him and kept him prisoner against his
will and without due process of law
among the conVicts for more than an
hour and he was not released until his
father-in-law came up and paid the debt
OF N5O when he was permitted 10 leave.
Donaldson denies this and says it is a
fabrication from beginning to end.
Marietta Journal: Our community was
profoundly shocked on last Friday morn
ing when the news was circu-
lated that Captain James G. Hughes
was dead. About half past
O'Clock Friday morning his wife
and daughter, Miss Dora, heard from
their bedroom two pistol shots, and then
came groans. They went down stairs to
the room Of Capt. Hughes, ana he was
not there. They saw the back door open,
and going out at it, on the back veranda,
they discovered the PROSTATE form of
Capt. Hughes in his night clothing. At
his feet lay his pistol, while an escaping
groan indicated that he was dying. His
daughter grasped his hand. and twice he
opened his eyes, and then closed them in
death forever. Doctors had been sent for.
but when they came they could not give
back the vital spark. Neighbors who had
heard the shots came rushing to the house
only 10 view the heart-rending scene with
grief. On examination it was found that
a bullet had entered his right breast and
penetrated his heart The pistol picked IN
at his feet was his own, and had two
empty chambers, apparently recently
hred. Capt Hughes had been suffering in
tensely from rhuematism and an old gum
shot wound received in the late war as A
federal soldier, and he failed to get allie
Walton by the use of any remedies for the
time being. His family believe that he
heard burglar and went out to see about
II, and shots We're exchanged and that he
received the fatal bullet from the pistol OF
an unknown night prowler. The coroner.s
jury did not sustain in their verdict this
theory. Capt. Hughes has been residing in
Marietta nearly ever since the war. and
was highly respected by our people. He
was born in Ireland nearly 81 years
ago He came to America when young
man. He enlisted in the federal army dur
ing the late war from New York. He was
severely wounded during a battle and was
ever afterwards a sufferer from the
wound, causing him to limp when he
walked. For sixteen years he was SUPER
intendent of the National cemetery at
this place, and for four years or more he
was postmaster at Marietta under the an
polntment OF President Harrison. Since
giving up the postoffice here he has been
engaged in representing the New Yori,
Life Insurance company.