The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-16

/ that yearn for each other throughout this
great ana growing country Of ours. The
gentleman who arrived is, we understand,
a wealthy stock broker, and the lady
popular favorite in the sphere in which
she moves. The correspondence started
about year ago, the couple exchanged
photographs told each other of their good
and bad qualities; Of the weld in each of
their lives. and after maturer delibera-
tions decided that they were formed for
each others happiness The gentleman
we learn, was met at the train by the
lady s relatives, escorted to her home
where he was formally introduced to the
lady with whom he was already engaged
TO be married. Il Is said that the marriage
viii take place in day or two.
Albany Herald: About / o'clock Satur-
day afternoon the fire bell sounded an
alarm from the Second ward and crowd
was soon moving toward the northeastern
/ portion of the city TO learn where the
trouble lay. The department responded to
I the call m their usual prompt manner.
The alarm had been sent in from the A.,
T.. and n. depot, and a run of nearly
three-fourths Of a mile was necessary to
( reach that place, where freight car load
ed with cotton was discovered TO be on fire.
/ The department was on the scene in an
/ incredibly short time, and before parties
/ in buggies could reach the place from the
/ business portion of the city. a hose had
l been laid and stream Of water turned
\ into the car. The blaze was soon eXtin-
I guished. The bales of cotton, about TWEEN
I " IN number were thrown to the ground
and every spark was soon smOthered. The
I cotton was consigned to an Albany ware
house, and came in yesterday morning on
! the A., h. and n. train. Persons who saw
I the work Of the fire department say II was
excellent as indeed one would judge af-
] ter visiting the scene of what came near
being more serious fire
The Greensboro Herald-Journal pub
fishes the following account of the Moore
and Winslett difficulty: The difficulty
as ferryman. Moore and Winslett both
put IN bids for the ferry, the former bid
/ ding $40 and the latter $12O The contract
was awarded to Moore, who hired Wins
! lett FOR $40 a month, to do the work
Moore gave Winslett orders for goods on
a Greensboro store, and the latter had to
pay time prices, which was above cash
\ prices considerably. Wnslett protested,
and the two men had a quarrel, which was
settled for the time being. The day Of the
/ dlfhculty Moore called Winslett into an
other room of the store, and IL is charged
I by Wmslett renewed the difficulty strik-
/ ing him with brass knucks and afterwara
/ cutting him, Ninslctt having thrown ar
ticies OF glass ware at Moore after the
latter had struck him and cursing after
! Moore cut him. Winslett is crippled in
\ one arm and his friends say he does not
/ drink often. and not excessively and that
| ne Is not quarrelsome. They say Mr.
! hculty, bringing loaded gun.
Tweed, Ga, Correspondence of the
/ Morning News, Sept. ia war relic in
1 the shape of a silver badge is in the pos
/ session OF =. j. Adams. a farmer, who re-
sides in this vicinity. Mr. Adams is an
/ old confederate soldier, and fought
/ through the late'war In the Twentieth
! Georgia, Longstreets corps, and won dis
/ JUNCTION as courageous soldier. Mr.
| ADAMS found the badge after the battle
OF the Wilderness. He was walking along
| looking at the dead bodies when he OBJ
/ served something shining and glittering
/ IN the sunlight. Il dreaded TO disturb the
/ dead body said he "but as the object
/ might be of some benefit hereafter. / an
/ preached the soldier and took the badge
| OF the lapel of his coat. The yankee was
| a boy about 10 or II years old and was at
taehed, l think, to Hookers division. The
| other day in looking in an old trunk |
came across the memento, and decided
i the dead boy had any friends or rela-
( tives living, 1 might hear of them through
publishing the facts in the newspapers.
want his folks or some connection of
MS TO get possession of the badge" The
padge IS composed of pure silver and looks
as bright and new as the morning Mr.
Adams found it. In the center are the
letters co. K, the X being placed inside
the letter G, and meaning Company X.
ana above the monogram in script is
Lieut.. j. w. Conklin," and below also
IN script reads "l52d n. Y. "" The badge
Is in the shape of a heart. Mr. Adams win
De pleased to learn of any informatio
friends.
Constitution. Tom Perry is a negro
burglar at Atlanta. who thinks he knows
now 70 90 ms work in very smooth man
Ilei. Ills little game would be a great
success did he not give himself away by
chdeaYorlng 10 dispose of his plumber i'm
hiSaidtely aLter securing II. Thursday
night before the store of Frank +. Bloril
on Alabama street was closed the negro
concealed himself somewhere inside the
4 building. During the night he sacked a
large quantity of candy, cigars stan1ns
and other valuables. When his coffers
had been filled with a choice selection of
dehcacies, he began to figure on some
plan by which he could emerge from the
building unseen and escape with his Mum
der. Perry found window on the Ala
bama street front of the building ana ne
/ craWled through, taking with him his
plunder. He covered up his tracks as hest
| ne could ana left the store without exeif-
ing The. suspicion Of any one. Some time
I after his departure the officer on dlltI- an
Alabama street discovered the omen win
dow and reported the matter without sfs-
pecung that the store had been burgIa
iIIeQ. an Ofncer was sent to the residence
OF MT. D. ID Wing of the Block Command,
VINO Went 10 the store about ! o'clock yes
teIuty morning to close the window,
ueh we MADE an examination of the
store he found that il had been bursia rizeJ
and yesterday morning reported the n1at-
ter TO. the police. During the morniDtS :
negro VINO proved to be Perry went to 3bs
store of I, NJ. Armistead on Decat,,S
street and offered to sell that gentlenoep
Y q big lot of cigars at price far belo,,-
their value The suspicion of the syroce
was aroused and instead Of nurc6 - 49,
the cigars he telephoned to police beo5
quarters Tor an officer. Officer Holm A.
Dott responded and arrested the na.,ro
The oihcers are positive that he is ~
burglar who rifed the Block store.
FLORIDA.