The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13


rested for the Murder Of lax Collects
Copes Of South Carolina to Prove al
AIibi-Talk Of a Sanitarium on thu
Hill at Augusta-A Condemned Muir
derer Captured After Being at Large
Nearly a Year.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. NJ N. Reynolds mother of DR.. J
=. Reynolds OF Lumber City, died Mon
day.
Hon. Harvey Johnson Of Atlanta, min.
lister Of the United states 20 the king
dom Of Belgium is visiting his home.
About Dec. 20 the first number Of the
Masonic Herald will be published in
Rome, and will be edited by Max Meyer
hardt
Dr. H. T. Gaines has purchased the
drug store formerly owned by W. O. Russ
q Co, at Butler, and viii continue the
business as heretofore.
+. A. Hill Of Americas is still in pre-
carious condition from injuries sustained
in a fall from his verandah several weeks
ago. He has been confined to his bed ever
since, ana his recovery is still matter of
grave doubt.
-Four mortgages against c. W. Helms,
who runs grocery store near the corner
Of Whitehall and HUMPHREYS streets, at
AtldhtSa We're Ioreclosed MONDAY after
noon. Inc aggregate amount was less
than $500 and the mortgages We're held by
the following named parties: Mrs NJ l..
Helms. julia +. Wright Mrs. y. c.
Swinney and James L. Key.
Frank Leverett the ex-United States
marshal at Macon, has received a tele-
gram from Attorney General Olney, Civ
ing him power to pay. out, the T7S0.2S
sent him while he was United States mar
shall He says he is doing this as fast
as possible TO jurors and witnesses who
have served the court. Mr.. Leverett is
bitter IN his remuneration Of Mr.. Olney.
and says he can prove him all kinds Of
things that are not good.
The loss caused by the burning of the
warehouses of A. Q. Murphy & Hunt at
GAINESVILLE Sunday night amounts TO S15.-
000 about two-thirds of which Is covered
by insurance. There were about 600 bales
Of cotton in the warehouse, all of which
is more or less damaged by fire ard water.
The heaviest losers are a few farmers
living near the city; the buyers having
nearly all their cotton insured How the
fire originated Is unknown. The fire was
the largest in GAINESVILLE since 1854
Mrs. L. b. Pettyjohn is thinking Of
erecting a handsome and cOmmOdious SAN
ftarium on the hill near Augusta. 1t is to
be called the Sunnyside Sanitarium and
will be operated winter and summer. The
plans have already been drawn. The san
atarum, which is to cost $4,000 or more
will be located on the south side of the
hill, on property granted by Col Dyer,
and from which magnificent view of the
city and Monte Santo valley may be
had.
Edward Murphy is in custody in Car
DINA for the killing of Tax Collector
Copes, of Orangeburg county, South Car
olina. Tuesday morning Detective Hol-
land of South Carolina left Augusta for
that point with affidavits which prove
that Edward Murphy was in Augusta at
the exact time the Copes murder was COM
mitted. Detective Holland will give the
matter the proper course and Murphy will
be released. Murphy has relatives In Au-
gusta, who interested themselves in Sc
curing the proof Of an alibi.
At a conference of the membership of
the Baptist church at Americas on Sun
day morning Rev. j. l.. Gross was chosen
pastor to succeed Rev. A. b. Campbell.
who resigned some months since to accept
the pastorate of Tattnal Square Baptist
church, Macon. The election of Mr. Gross
was unanimous upon the part of the
church members, and he will be urged to
accept the call just made. Mr.. Gross Is
one of the most eloquent and beloved
divines in the state, and at present has
charge of the church at Washington.
Safe blowers tried their hands on c.
NJ. Cheneys safe at Shellman, presum-
ably last Saturday night. although the
fact was not discovered till Monday MORN
for they made bungling job of it, Not
quite enough powder was used, and the
door was not blown from its hinges but
completely wrecked. The burglars, af-
ter failing to get money, which they were
after, left without taking any goods, so
far as can be discovered. Mr.. Cheney
tempt to locate the burglars.
Harrison Stevens, a negro under SEN
tenee of death for the murder of j. G.
Wells at Dawson last year, and who
broke jail last Christmas, was captured
Monday night in Henry county, Alabama
by James A. Horsley of Dawson. Stevens
was taken to Dawson Tuesday, and is now
safely locked in Terrell countys Jail Mr.
Horsley will secure a large reward for
Stevens capture. Judge Griggs will re-
sentence the prisoner at an early day
and the execution will certainly result
this time.
One of the barns of L. f. Gay, six miles
from Cuthbert containing 600 bushels Of
corn, was burned Saturday night. MIR
Gay is one of Randolph county's largest
planters. The fire is supposed to have
originated from tenants going about with
fire when feeding stock Several head of
stock were under the barn at the time
but they were got out. Two more barns
near by were saved A wind mill near nv
was burned, but it helped to save the other
property. The insurance on the barn and
corn was only $780,
Tuesday a small negro boy named Nose
Thornton, s years old, was run over ard
billed by local freight train at Waynes-
boro; II seems that the boy had been in
the habit of jumping on cars and steal
ing a ride, and as usual boarded the
freight as it pulled out from the sta
ton. When the train was going at a good
rate of speed the boy, who was hanging
on to one of the ladders on the side Of
d DOA car attempted TO jump. In some
way his foot caught and he was thrown
headlong under the wheels of the rapidly
moving train. The entire train passed
over him, and his head was completely
severed from his body.
Mrs. Ada ]. Rawson of Atlanta has been
appointed by Judge Lumpkin trustee Of
her child, Mitchell RawSon. When the will
of the late E. r. Rawson was opened there
was in 1t bequest of 81, 100 to the first
child of his son, Sidney Rawson if il
were born in the year 1893 This amount
was TO be turned over to T. p. Westmore-
land as trustee, and he was to hold il in
trust until the child should become of
age or give it to it when he should see
Mt. The child was born in 1898 but Mr.
Westmoreland refused to accept the trust
OF trustee for reasons not set forth in his
remuneration of the trust. In her petition
for the appointment as trustee Mrs. Raw
son states that the marriage between
herself and Sidney Rawson has been dis
solved and that she is now unmarried
The petition was signed by her on Nov
30 and she was appointed trustee on Dec.
6. The paper, however, was not filed for
record until Tuesday.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: One of the
most important cases on the recorders
docket Monday was that against ]. L.
Jones for assault with intent to murder,
The particulars of the affair and the in
cidents connected with it are at present OF
a decidedly hazy nature, and it is impos-