The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09

Officers Raid an Illicit DistiIIery
said 40 BE Owned by IA WOman-A
Foul Murder at Norwood.
GEORGIA.
Preparations are being made 70 put in
thirty new looms and other additional
machinery at the Hartwen cotton mills.
J. ". Paulk, tax collector of Irwin
county. was kicked in the face by a mule
Thursday and was badly disfigured.
Arrangements have been perfected by
President Collier for the location of two
companies of infantry at the exposition
grounds at Atlanta during the exposition.
Col. r. Z. Park. president Of the board
Of directors OF the new city hospital al
Macon, has resigned that Office. and the
directors viii meet in a day or two 10
elect his successor.
The clerk Of the superior court has or
dered an election for ordinary Of Hart
county on Tuesday, June .. 10 hll the va
cancy Occastoned by the death OF Judge
f. c. Stephenson.
Hon. Thomas b. Young while superin-
tending some machinery at his sawmill,
ten miles from Triton. Thursday, got his
hand caught IN a stave machine and his
fingers were badly lacerated.
Col c. ". Seidell Of Atlanta. was IN
Hartwell Tuesday and bought the Brown
gold mine tract, consisting of over 500
acres. for which he paid 1890 II is a
valuable tract of land. and has a gold mine
on IL that is said to be rlch in ore.
United States officers McClain, Crow and
Cope OF Jasper, made a raid Thursday
night and captured a still near town, said
10 De owned by a woman. She was having
IL operated near her house. in which was
found quantity of whisky. Only one ar
rest was made. that of one HARRISON, who
was operating the still.
There is an oak tree in +. a. Jobson's
yard in Perry that has remarkably extern
sive branches. the foliage covering a di-
ameter of seventy-One feet and five inches
There are three or four other trees IN
Perry comparable to this I'm the spread
Of their limbs and fully a dozen that have
trunks equally as large or larger
Friday morning at an early hour Capt
]. /. MathieSOn, an old and highly re-
spected citizen Of Fulton county, died at
his country home on Atlanta Nights, in the
western portion of Fulton county. Capt
Mathieson was 60 years Of age and was
member of the order of Masons in the
ranks Of which he stood high. He leaves
a wife and six children.
The Georgia Bond and Investment Com
pany was organized at Atlanta Thursday
The directors are w. L. Peel c. a. Collier,
i. ROmare, II. II. Cabaniss, George LOwn-
des, c. +. Currier, l.. j. BloodwOrth,
Philip HARRISON, j. l.. Tanner and II. l..
Harrison. w. l.. Peel was elected president,
c. A. Collier, vice president; C. e. Currier,
treasurer and L. j. BloOdworth, secretary.
The prohibitionists filed a petition with
the ordinary at Griffin, Friday praying
that he designate a day, in accordance
with law for the holding of an election
in Spalding county to determine whether
il is the desire of a majority of the reg
istered voters that liquor should be sold
ed by ga names, 329 Of which are regis
tered and qualified to vote
The Ensign Lumber Company is the
name Of a new firm who are now oper-
ating the sawmill plant al Cordele re-
Gently owned by the Hart Lumber Com
pany The new concern owns the plant
and are prepared TO do large business
Lee Ensign is president, c. NJ. Killian, sec
rotary and treasurer, and w. c. Simmons,
general manager.
A man supposed to be a cOuntryman
went into Mrs. Wiley BarOns boarding
house at Augusta Friday and ordered dim
ner. Mrs. Baron had on her table and
in the dining room quite an amount of
very fine and valuable silver. The stranger
filed his pockets with all the silverware
that he could. He was detected and called
70. Leaving his hat. he sprang TO the
street and escaped. Up to a late hour he
had not been captured.
a prominent and enterprising citizen of
Powersville found partridge nest some
time ago and concluded at once TO go into
the partridge business. Knowing this bust
ness was not crowded, he was elated at
the prospect. Quail on toast rose before
his mental vision. He set the eggs under
motherly hen, and in due time she came
off with her brood. An old Shanghai
rooster, being near gobbled up the last
one Of them, thinking they were bugs.
At o'clock Friday morning B. L. Jor-
dan, superintendent of the compress at
HawknsVille, committed suicide at his
home while the servant was gone for
his breakfast. A plain and old-fashiOned
Colts revolver put at his right temple
did the work, the ball passing through his
head and lodging in the wall Several
months ago he was stricken with paraly-
sis below the waist, and had partially
recovered, but suffered excruciating pain
constantly. He leaves wife, two daugh
tiers and a son.
Augusta Herald: A passenger on the P.
r. and w. c. train which came in this
morning. tells of a tragic suicide which
occurred at Mccormick Thursday evening.
The report of this gentleman is as follows:
y. ID. Crayton, young merchant of Me-
CoTmick, and his wife quarreled after din
ner Thursday over some trivial matter and
Mr. Crayton left home to go TO his place
of business, leaving his wife in a bad hui
NOR and deSpondent. About shutdown the
neighbOrs heard loud report in the house
OF Mrs. Crayton and some of them ran in
and found her lying on the floor. her head
horribly mutilated by the gun shot and the
smoking weapon still I'm her hand She had
little town Is very much stirred up over
the sad accident and the young husband is
almost wild with grief. Both husband and
wife we're young people and had been mar
ried about three years.
About 10 O'Clock Friday, Mrs. Eddleman.
a dress maker of Atlanta, was walking on
North Avenue searching for a house to
rent. She passed two young negroes play
them, as there was nothing unusual in
their appearance Soon after passing the
negroes Mrs. Eddleman was startled by
being grabbed from behind on the left arm.
In her left hand she carried purse and
small bundle. She was so startled that she
dropped both the purse and the bundle.
She turned and saw the two boys behind.
STOPPING quickly she picked up her purse.
Then one of the negroes drew a pistol and
told her to give up the pocketbOok and not
to scream Mrs. Eddleman complied at
once. Now march up the street" said the
ruffian, and If you make any noise or look
back Will shoot you sure. Now go" Mrs
Eddleman walked up the street and did not
look back. until she had reached the top of
the hill. The boys had then disappeared.
Atlanta Journal: C. w Kitchens, %
years old, the son of prominent merchant
of Fayetteville, Ga, is a prisoner at police
station, charged with appropriating a BIZ
cycle from w. ID. Alexander, a local deal
er. Kitchens was brought to Atlanta from
his home In Fayetteville Friday morning
by the marshal of that town, e. H. Bog
gus. About noon on Monday last a young
man called at AleXander's establishment
and rented bicycle for two hours giving
his name as G. W. Johnson and his resi-
dence as l04 Walker street. He paid forty
cents. for the rent of the wheel for two
hours but failed to return. Alexander Of
fered $25 for the arrest of the thief and the
recovery of the bicycle. He had cards with
this announcement printed and sent TO
TOWN 81 a % net ferIt b.,