The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22

DahIoneEa-Jasper Gilbert Killed
by His Brother-in-Law.
GEORGIA
Signal: Some one threw two rocks al
Miss Emma MCGEE. who resides with hei
father some two miles from Dalionega
one night last week, while the lady was
out on the porch, but fortunately neither
one struck her
An aged negro man Of Augusta fell on
q trolley car on the exposition Zine FIJI
day afternoon and bruised himself ur
pretty badly. He attempted 10 step on be-
lost his footing The accident occurred IN
front OF the Standard oil C0mpanys Of
fee on Gwinnett street
Signal: One day last week, while
Sheriff Prutr ana Constable Whelchel
were up in the mountains not FAR from
Dahlorega, IN search OF defendant they
walked up on a distiilery which they sup
posed TO bc a blockade dlstillerE, as there
was no sign up over the door. In fact.
there was no door 10 10.
Herald: A man came running up Tel
fair street last Friday afternoon like mad
and turned out towards Greene at Mcin-
T0Sh. His hair was Qisheveled and he was
tearing his clothes. Thorough inquiry
failed 10 disclose where he came from or
where he went A negro man In the vic
Unity said that he was a crazy man who
had escaped from the hospital.
Wednesday night burglars entered the
residence OF Mrs. f. II. Smith, on Jack
son street. Thomasville. They went
through the bath room window and from
there TO the kitchen, where they supplied
themselves with provisions and eatables.
The people in the house knew nothing OF
the visit paid them until yesterday morn
ing, and the visitors left nothing behind
10 Indicate who they We're.
Valdosta Times: There was a fight at
Mineola this week which lasted several
days. Big Mig and Little Mig got into
q rough and tumble play on Saturday,
IN which Little Mig got the best OF IT,
Big Mig got mad. He got Little Mig
in a room later, locked the door, and set
IN 10 whip him, but Big Mig had to cry
out for outsiders 10 burst open the door
TO pull Little Mig of. Big Mig then got
hold Of Little Nig's rations and some
OF his clothes and burned them. Little
Mig got a pole and went at Big Mig like
killing snakes, and split his head open
TO the skull Then Big Mig gave up the
fight and came near giving up the ghost
Herald: Some weeks ago Mrs. Charles
Petty OF Augusta hired negro girl TO do
housework at her home down town. The
girl was Frances Tut, one of the most
notorious sneaks in the city. At the very
first opportunity Frances took a purse
containing $3.50 and several valuable rings
and skipped to ner usual launts near
Hamburg. Detectives Howard and Kelly
yesterday recovered one OF the rings on
Schultz's Hill, where Frances had eN-
changed IL for another ring. This morn
Ing Chief Hood received a telegram from
one Of his agents in Aiken, saying that
Frances had just been arrested there and
most OF the articles recovered. She win
De brought Ddck al once.
A few days ago Chinaman started to
move his grocery stock from a store on
Broad street to the old Blount front stand
on ON center; at 5 augusta, That nat
nsa p GSTgaT Gnd e or9Ee d INTO the
everything Of value. Among other things
they took an s6-pound can OF lard, three
boxes Of tobacco, case Of soap and cases
of canned tomatoes In short order the
detectives had unearthed a clue and
placed the criminals. This morning
Lieut.. CARTRIDGE had occasion to hurry to
the city bridge to intercept another gang,
and while waiting saw Ed Lee, a mulatto,
who Is one of the gang. Lee was arrested
and handcuffed. The others Will be Sc
cured later.
Times: on last Tuesday at Valdosta.
while w. II. Cooper was at work shuck-
ing some corn at Casey's livery stable
he was bitten by a spider on the hip.
and for awhile IL was thought that he
would die from the effects. The spider
got in his clothing but the sting was
not noticed much until an hour or so after
IL happened Both OF his lower limbs
and feet were very much swollen by the
poison, while the effect upon his body
was something like paralysis. He had
TO be carried home in a phaeton. Medi-
cal attention was given him and he was
able to be up the next day. Mr.. Cooper
says that he suffered pains unheard OF
Tor several hours after the poison began
70 permeate his system.
Uncle" Tom Edwards, who came to
Lumpkin county in 1885, was in Dahlon-
ega last week, says the Signal and re-
lated many interesting occurrences which
took place many years ago. He hauled
lumber for the building of the court
house, being the only one living who
worked on II, that he can now remem-
Der. Most every man and boy wore cop
peras pants. The ladies spun and wOVe
nearly all their dresses, taking only
about eight or nine yeards 10 make a
grown lady one, while calico sold at Is
and % cents per yard. Notwithstanding
Mr.. Edwards ripe old age, he never
subscribed for paper in his life until
this week, and that was the Signal
Dahlonega Signal: ]. K. Nincy and Jim
chester Of Lumpkin county were bound
over by Commissioner Baker last week,
charged with violating the revenue law.
Collector McElmury and Marshal Harbi-
son found an Illicit distillery and a keg
of brandy near the residence of these
Two men and a bottle of singlings was
discovered on the mantle at Mincy S
house. Both made bond for their APP
pearance at the United States, court in
week deputy collector and Marshal
HARRISON visited the corn distillery In
Lumpkin county and found its progress
very slow according to the report-thirty
claimed that the government was being
defrauded, and talked OF making hash"
of the whole concern.
Washington correspondent Morning
News, Sept. p: The city council has
raised the retail whisky license from $50,
TO $500 per annum. Rev. J. NJ. r. Sale. q
at his home near Tigwall this county
last Wednesday. Mr.. Sale had not com
pleted his course at Mercer University
but he was already a useful and eloquent
young man. Consumption was the cause
of his demise ]. S. Smith, who caused
such a sensation a few months ago by
marrying a Wilkes county young lazy
whom he knew by the aid of a matri
monial journal, and who, a few day.
after his marriage attempted TO suicid,
in an Augusta hotel He was then arrest
ed on a warrant from Texas, charging
him with arson, turned up here yesterday
searching for his wife, who had gone I,
her parents. His wife was a Miss Armon
She belongs to good family in THU
county.
Eastman Times-Journal: Last Monda,
Marshal Taylor received a telegram from
the authorities at McRae, telling him t,
arrest two young negro men who Wer
wanted for burglary in that place. I
seems that the two miscreants had beel
in hiding here nearly week, and Mon
day afternoon they were apprehended b,
the marshal at the depot, just about tn
time the afternoon trains were coming in
The marshal proceeded to make the ar
rests, but the darkeys got onto the racke
and fed. They made a circuit of tn
depot, round by the bank and down b,
this office, with the officer in hot pur
suit. He succeeded in arresting one o
them, but the other gave him the slip an,
proceeded to "hoof it, out of town. Wi
Wynne saw the negro disappearing am