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

| OF heWn and saWn timber and lumber.
Waynesboro True Citizen: The dwelling
| and household effects provisions and corn,
on place near the Savannah river, fin
the Sixty-sixth district. recently rented
| by Messrs. T. J. Cosnahahn and w A.
| Pickering, known as the old Taut place,
and TO which they were moVa1g to farm
| another year, was burned some time
| Monday night. They were away from
| home at the time, and returned 10 find
| everything in ashes. 1t was undoubtedly
of incendiary origin.
Last Sunday an old German whose
name was Jacob Sokool, was taken
| to the hospital at Augusta in an IN
| conscious condition. For years the old
| man had been employed about the Scheut-
template in the capacity Of waiter and
l general servant. 1t was given out that
/ he had fallen down stairs and been badly
1 hurt. There was a vicious looking bruise
4 over the left eye After his reception at
\ the hospital he remained unconscious and
| Saturday morning he died without ever
/ having spoken a word or given a look of
| recognition.
Hartwell Sun: A shooting match oc-
! CURED early Saturday morning between
\ d. E. Owens. baiiff, and Henry Sims,
/ negro, near Bowersville. owens tried TO
| arrest Sims. who resisted and drew his
| pistol. Owens shot at the negro four
I times, hitting him three times. The
wounds were severe. but not fatal. The
I negro fired at Owens five times but did
not hit him. The negro began loading
up again, and Owens, having fired all of
his cartridges, retired without making the
arrest The negro went to Bowersvine
| during the day, and had his wounds
dressed. He was struck in the arm and
leg.
Rome Tribune: Friday afternoon about
4 O'Clock another robbery was
added to the unusually large list
| of the past three weeks e C.
Clements and W. w. Oliver are two
hard-worlSlng farmers who live near Bry-
ants mill, on the Euharlee road Mr.
| oliver is about 50 years of age, while Mr.
Clements is somewhat younger. They had
come TO Rome and sold their cotton and
had started home. They made several pun
| chases here and had about $50 in their
| pockets when they left Rome. About four
miles from Rome, they were stopped by
/ two negroes and compelled at the point
Of pistol to give up their money. The ne
1 groes, pocketed the money. fired their pis-
tolls several times and disappeared through
| the woods.
Quitman Free Press: A negro, who is
! variously known as VIII King, wild Bill.
| the Georgia Snake etc, etc, stole a horse
and road cart from a negro woman whom
he had hired to bring him from Lowndes
! county to Quitman Thursday afternoon.
and left for parts unknown This negro
was wanted at Dasher, on the Georgia
Southern and Florida road for irving
! to hold up Section Master Williamson
| Of the Georgia Southern and Florida and
some of hands and rob them one of
the three negroes in the gang was shot
| by railroad hand, and will probably
| die. Another was caught, and is In the
Valdosta Jail The other one. Wild Bul
| hired the negro woman to bring him TO
! Quitman, and when they stopped across
| the railroad to feed the horse, the negro
stole the horse and cart, while the woman
had stepped off, and made off with it.
Americas Times-Recorder: A well-known
city official, in speaking of the business
outlook for Americus yesterday, declared
| that there was less cause for complaint
right now, despite the low price of cotton.
| than at any time within the past two or
three years. We would not know hard
times he said, If the people would only
stop talking it. AS proof of his statement
| he said that he was in one of the banks
here the day before, and within a short
interval three men came in to make loans
TO the bank, one of whom desired to place
$1,000 for twelve months at per cent. The
others likewise had considerable sums TO
deposit at the same rate, but the bank de-
clined to receive either loan, the cashier
| declaring that his bank had more money
AllHA COulQ De uStu- Al anOtnGr bank the
same day Sumter county farmer de-
posted $1,000 to his credit, without inter
est, while another carried home 500 be-
cause he could not lend 1t. Here now are
five men, three of them farmers, with
nearly $4,000 surplus money to invest.
Does that look like hard times?
Mrs. John Jones is now under ar
rest at Atlanta, charged with a violation
of the postal laws of the United States.
g aTra
end in the disruption of hitherto happy
family, and which may end in a term in
prison for the lady, all arose from the
fact that her name is the same as that
of another lady living in this city. Mrs
John Jones of No. Z Linden street ownes
large parcel of land in Wayne county.
! This land is valuable OF itself but the
heavy growth of cypress timber on it adds
greatly to its value. Mrs. John Jones of
A Smith street owns no land in WAYNE
| county, but she has been receiving a
comfortable sum of money in payment for
the cypress timber on the land of the other
Mrs. Jones. The other Mrs. Jones, hav-
ing become aware of the fact, and object
| ing to the other lady receiving the money
/ for the timber on her land, applied to the
/ postofice department, which looked into
/ the case, and the arrest of Mrs. Jones of
Smith street has been the result.
| Two popular young people Of Athens
| nave raised question on the subject of
! marriage. 1t is not stated whether or not
| they were in love, but that they were at
a gathering of friends Friday evening is
fact. While there the subject Of mar
riage was being discussed, and this Young
gentleman and young lady remarked that
they would get married If any one among
the number present would perform the
ceremony. young preacher who was
present remarked that he would perform
the ceremony, and the young couple stood
up and went through the marriage rites
They were declared to be man and wife
while those present laughed about the
mock ceremony being performed When
they came to think of the fact that thew
had been married by preacher in regu-
lar form change came over the spirit
OF their dream, and the discussion at
once began to assume a serious turn.
All present held to the opinion that II
was a valid marriage, the preacher having
! nothlng to say, but letting the conversa-
tlon run its length. The young couple.
While possibly not averse to marriage.