The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18

! Thursday was a gala day for High
s II. StrOm Of quincy brought the New
Era corn stalk Tuesday that was some
thing Of a curiosity. About foot from the
| ground twin shoots sprung up from the
mother stalk and each sucker produced a
wen developed ear Of corn. It has been
| suggested that this UNUSUAL growth was
the result of being trampled upon while
the corn was young.
Sheriff Higginbotham OF Nassau county
| arrived In Jacksonville from Townsend,
| Ca. where he went TO assist Sheriff Mad
| doN OF Charleston county, Georgia, in the
| capture OF a murderer who was reported
| to be at Townsend. When the two sherihs
! arrived there. the murderer had skipped.
Sheriff Maddox accompanied Sneriu Hig-
/ Einbotham 10 Jacksonville, and both left
FRIDAY night Tor Fcrnandina- Inc man
| who is wanted is THE partner OF the man
| who killed Sheriff Higginbotham's cousin
| at Callahan several weeks ago.
George n. Adams Of Jacksonville is re-
ported to have broken the southern mile
| track record at NcWberry, 5. c., recently.
| He made a mile on a cement track in
| 2:lil2, the best former record being that
| Of John 5. Johnson, who made a mile in
| 2l3 50 at Charleston, 5. c, IN May, lS94
| 3. Il. Sheftal of Jacksonville gave an ex-
| hibltiOn Friday afternoon OF the method
| Of shoeing hores with his recently in
! vented nailless shoe. A large number Of
| interested hOrseuen witnessed the eXhi-
| bitlon, and seemed much interested In the
| new method.
a legal fight is brewing at St. Angus
/
/ court and Judge Corbett of the municipal
| court over the fact that Judge Cooper
/ discharged two soldiers yesterday upon
/ writ Of habeas corpus. after Judge Cor
| bett had found them guilty. Judge Cor
/ bett has returned from Jacksonville. where
| he went yesterday in connection with
/ this case. The result of the vilit is
| that the city has employed Lawyer NJ.
/ c. Jordan for counsel, and will review
and vacate Judge Cooper's finding on the
| ground that he exceeded his authority
| in issuing the writ of habeas corpus, and
| also on the ground that Judge Cooper
/ is not a commissioner of the Circuit court
| with authority to issue writs OF habeas
| corpus.
Quincy New Era G. w. Fletcher re-
| ports the killing last Monday near Alamo
/ OF large catamount The cat had been
| Stokes for the past two months, and as
a result that gentleman's poultry yard
| was rapidly nearing the stage Of utter
| depletion. So a hunt was arranged last
| with Berry Smith and Evans McKeOwn,
| succeeded in jumping the feline intruder
| after a trail of an hour. Singular to relate,
! the cat on being bounced made straight
| for the house OF Mr.. Stokes, with the
| dogs in hot pursuit, but his reception
| was not of the chicken-pie order. on the
| contrary, he was welcomed with buck
! shot and was cruelty assassinated.
5. d. Tillman and w. N Tillman of Camp
vile were at Gainesville Thursday and
| Friday, and were engaged IN securing sig
/ NATURES 70 "a DtILiOn IN the nature OF
| a protest against the pardon of Matt
| Everett, who was one Of the slayers Of
tth3S Their P 3 t5s,, w; L TilIman, who was
| for the Everetts, instituted proceedings
| for obtaining a pardon some weeks since.
| The advertisements in the case consisting
| OF a notice of intention to apply for
pardon, was published in a newspaper
| with limited circulation, and the broth
ers of the deceased were only aware that
such proceedings had been instituted when
! they read a mention of it in the Weekly
Sun a week since. This gave them but
a short time in which TO prepare their
| side OF the case, but Notwithstanding this
/ they have secured the signatures of all
| Of the most prominent men of the county
| TO their petition. w. l.. Tillman was killed
4 at CampVille at church festival.
Springs The big celebration passed off
| IN great glee. Excursion trains brought
! In good crowds, Notwithstanding the in
| element weather. The speeches we're good
| and extremely entertaining The dinner
| was simply grand and the long tables
| fairly groaned under their immense load
| of good things. The barbecue was old
| fashioned and elected universal praise
An interesting and scientific game of
base ball was played at the High Springs
! base bali park in the afternoon by the
| High Springs nine and a selected nine
! 6 to in favor of High Springs. The boys
did beautiful playing, but Live Oak
| couldn't get there. at this writing a big
| Col. S. 3. Stephens, which will close the
| 1oVial festivities OF the day.
New Era: Messrs. Wilson & BraoEin of
| Quincy while in the livery business to-
| gether in December of 1891, purchased of
| Lewis d Thompson, livery men of Lump
| kin, Ga. a dozen head of horses The
| horses afterwards turned out to be dis
| eaSed, 1t is thought with CHAMBERS and
nearly all of them died. Besides, the dis
! ease spread to certain localities of the
| county, and number of horses contracted
| IL and died. In the spring of 1893, after con-
| Vincing themselves that the Lumpkin par
| ties had purposely sold diseased stock to
! them. Messrs. Wilson a. Brackin instituted
/ suit against them for damages through
their attorneys. w. H. Ellis. Esq. of this
/ place and Judge Harrison of Lumpkin. The
! case was fought to a successful termina-
| ton through the circuit court and yester-
| day the Information was received that the
| supreme court of Georgia had reaifirmed
the decision of the lower court.
Jacksonville Citizen: Caesar Augustus.
| a young negro whose home is at Black
Point, had a very narrow escape from be-
| ing killed yesterday. Caesar came TO the
| city from Black Point in the morning on
| IA hghter-load of wood for the city water
works, and he came very near making the
| can of powder were the means that came
very near depriving Caesar of his young
| and useful life. While going up Hogan's
| Greek yesterday morning tin can was
| fished from the bottom of the stream 1t
/ was thrown into the bottom of the lighter,
| and was forgotten until the time came
! for unloading the wood. After considerahie
i
wood had been thrown ashore, Caesar saw
| the can lying at the bottom of the lighter,
| and his curiosity was at once excited. He
| secured the can and opened it. In ii was
| a damp substance, which ne took to be
! powder. Caesar thought that damp pow
| der would not burn. so ne built small
! fire on some tin at one end of the lighter,
| and put the powder on the fire TO dry. 1t
had not been on the fire very long before
| Caesar was seen to throw up his hands
| and fall overheard. and at the same time
| the can of powder went up in smoke Some
| men, who had come down on the lighter
| with Caesar, went to his assistance, and he
was fished out of the creek. He presented
a terrible sight. His face and arms were
burned with the powder, and his sleeves
| were also gone from his shirt. He was
| carried into the engine room of the water
| works. and laid on the floor. Sweet oil and
| other remedies for burns were then applied
| to his wounds. Investigation revealed the
| fact that he was not burned as severely as
was at first thought, as the powder had
! blackened his face and made it look very
/ badly. He was soon able to be taken back
/ TO the lighter. and he remained there all
/ day. He was partially recovered yesterday
| afternoon, and was able 10 walk about
| The can has not been seen since the explo-
/ sion.
Cork Trees Growing in Georgia.