The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

that the people of this city, who know a
gentleman when they see one, would treat
him with hospitality and consideration,
as they do in deed, every one who be-
| HAYES himself in anything but Gold Hills
popular hoodlum style
THE distinguished visitor is at present
the guest Of Judge Williams and his
charming spouse at their palatial home
on Citrus avenue, and has spent the past
two or three days looking at some of the
judges partially developed bonanzas in
this vicinity"
The next issue Of the Miner and Ranch
man presented the following:
Last week the Miner and Ranchman
published Exclusively the account of the
brutal treatment at Gold Hill of Col Ten
nison, the distinguished eastern gentleman
who is sojourning in our midst, and who
by the way, has made some heavy in
vestments in New Kimberly mining prom
erty for the syndicate he represents.
incidentally, the colonel states, without
| reservation, we may interpolate that the
Miner and Ranchman is the best newspa-
per west of st. Louis and south of Den
ver)
There is another chapter to the story.
and an interesting one. At the last hour
before going to press, we received by Spec
ial courier a message from Deputy Reve-
nue. Collector BOgg and Deputy United
| States Marshals Newton and Dwyer, stat
| ing that they have arrested the parties
who for two years past, have operated
| the Illicit whicky still that has so long
been battling the vigilance of the govern
ment officials, and will arrive here with
their prisoners before the issue of the
Miner and Ranchman (Which has the news
| exclusively, as usual, the old, worm-eat-
en-, musty Prospector being, as it ever
was, too stupid to know an item of inter-
est when 1t sees one) is cold from the
press.
And will the venerable moss-groUn
prospector believe it? 1t affords us nm
mingled satisfaction to record for the
hlde-bound editor Of that spawned sheet
that first and foremost among those
captured, and more certain Of convic-
ton than he ever was Of an honset
living, is that Fidus Achates of his
that sweet thing known as Hi Hendrix,
heretofore editor Of that disgraceful rag
the Gold Hill ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. the
base, low-born creature whom we have
exposed time and again in the past four
years, and for whom the poor old Pros
'pectors editor, on the other hand, has
lis it because birds of feather. etc p
ever carried an inky cudgel viii the
latter shut up-now?
In addition to Hendrix, there are old
Dan Hanks, proprietor of the Merchants
hotel; Jim Fulton and Ike Bullet, of the
Gold Hin Exchange; Mart Wolf of the
White Wings Saloon; Joe Godfrey and
Pat O'Hearn, the latter two being caught
at work in the still.
1T appears that the night before Col.
Tennison was assaulted ne accidentally
overheard a conversation between two
loungers on the hotel porch, in which
one Of them said something about rev.
enue officer On reflection, the colonel
decided that he was the person referred
to, inasmuch as several parties had tried
unsuccessfuly to learn his business; and
the result was that he put two and two
together, and on meeting Col Boggs in
our office, told him or mis- theory as to
what was back of the assault upon him.
Thereupon the officers went to Gold Hill.
with the gratifying result above record
ed.
IF as is believed, the arrested men
can be convicted of the supposed muir
der of Deputy Marshal White. some
thing over year ago, it will go hard
with them. At any rate. the people Of
this county win be pleased to know that
they are safe for good. long terms in the
pen"