The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-03


n Lion Mistaken for Wild Beast
by a Terrified negro and shot.
GEORGIA
At Dawson Friday the trial Of Charles
Allen for the killing Of Paul Hul Sladt
imprisonment.
T. G. Crawford let out the contract last
week for new residence on his lot on Pat
terson street at NaldOsta. The residence
when complete, viii cost about $500.
Mai J. L. Hardeman OF Macon has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an adj
dress at large reunion of confederate
veterans 10 be held on July 4. at Vienna.
G. r. Slappy of MarshallviHe shipped
Inursuay Two cases OF peaches 20 >. II
kilOush & Co. New York In a few DAYS
Marshallville will be shipping peaches by
the carload.
Mrs. Frank Moore. living in the upper
part OF l1oWndes county, was recently adj
judged insane and Will be- sent to the asy-
lum at MlllcdgeVille, as soon as room can
be provided FOR her there.
Stewart county votes on court house
bonds on June 70. The county commits
sioners have already selected plans etc.
Tor the new brick building and IL viii be
built bonds or no bonds.
At Macon Saturday a jury brought in
a verdict finding Jim Curtis (coloreD
guilty OF voluntary manslaughtcr in kill
ing John Hunt (cOlored) He was SEN
fenced TO ten years Imprisonment They
quarrened about a woman.
Lswrencevine Herald. Lilburn town
snip and Rockbridge district report storms
sunday. Near Lilburn il is said the roads
were blOckaded with fallen trees but no
loss of life occurred. and no houses were
blown down. Some land was cleared up
by the storm near Lilburn. and cOnsidera-
BILE damage done TO fruit trees in Rock
bridge.
The Richmond Hussars Of Augusta are
making preparations 70 celebrate their CEN
tennial N July Three other troops have
aH.eH IA.
IN their encampment They are the Horse
Guards OF Atlanta. the Hamilton Guards
of Hamilton and the TroUpc Guards from
Lagrange There will be in camp at least
l60 mounted men.
The Oconee and Western train going to
Hawkinsville was nearly wrecked at DeX-
ter at 10 O'Clock Friday morning by the
breaking of a defective axle of the front
driver. The accident occurred as the train
was nearing the depot and was nearly
ready to stop. The fireman was the only
person hurt and his injuries were caused
by jumping from the engine.
d. c. Wylie. Sr the venerable father Of
Capt David 6. Wylie, commissioner of
public works of Atlanta. and of the Mer-
home Of Capt. David G. Wylie at Atlanta
Mr.. Wylie had passed his ninety-first
birthday and until month ago was quite
hale and hearty, his mind being as clear
and quick and grasping as II was in his
young days, A month ago a walk of sew
erai blocks was an everyday exercise with
latest events with those who gathered
about him every morning.
Augusta Herald: J. B. White. on his place
near the city, had up to few days ago,
one of the finest specimens of the st. Ber-
nard 10 be seen anywhere. The dog was
very highly valued and every attachee of
the place priced him. As the warm season
came on Mr.. White caused the dog TO be
clipped closely around the body but not on
the neck. The result was that the St. Ber-
nard was given the appearance of a lion
Ia araa an Hfsafw
pie Of days ago. Suddenly enough, the St
Bernard rushed through some under
growth and peered at the huntsman. The
latter was a lmost paralyzed with fear for
he mistook the dog for some ferocious wild
animal and with unerring aim, killing him
instantly.
City Clerk Barnet C. Bivings has com
pleted taking the returns of the personal
property In Dalton for taxation. His books
show an increase of S1ll 500 over returns
Tor 1894. OF this $4,000 is the cotton factory
mot building nor grounds and the rest
kS6, 800 is a general prosperous increase all
over the city. When Clerk Bivings went
into office a few years ago the personal
returns were only 800 600; by a careful
and Jealous performance Of duty, he has
run the returns up to $3.50, 900. The real es-
tate returns show an increase of over 1885,
100, $4,000 OF It being the cotton factory
building and grounds These two increases
will bring the city taxes down this year,
from 70 cents on the 800 to about 60 cents
on the 800.
gia regiment viii take place at Marietta
on June y, and will be a notable event. The
regiment numbers nearly 600 men, and is
composed of five companies from Atlanta
and one each from Griffin, Lagrange, Con
yers, GAINESVILLE, Newman. and Marietta.
Active preparations are being made for
properly entertaining the regiment, and
committees have been appointed and as
signed to their various duties, All prepara-
uons are being made through the home
company, the Marietta rifles. The drilling
and contests for prizes will be at the old
air ground. about one mile south of the
'ublic square Dress parade will be on the
iquare upon the return of the companies
rom the fair grounds. Excursion rates
will be given on the railroads, and from
present indications immense crowds will
come from railroad points and the country
surrounding. Among the priz.s offered will
be one by Col. Gambler, of forty oVercoats
equivalent to $500, TO the best drilled com
pany in the regiment.
Rev W b. Witcher has been adiudged
a lynatic after a trial befre the court of
Ordinary at Rome. His case is a sad and pc
culiar one. He is thirty-one years of age
and comes of a fine family. Some time
ago his wife, with whom he had lived for
several years. eloped with another man.
with whom she is still living as his wife
This misfortune preYed on the mind of
Witcher and he became very Respondent
lost all ambition and finally became semi
inmate OF the pauper farm. He began
preaching before he reached that stage and
was regular fire-eating reformer and
evangelist. Recently he became smitten
with the charms of a Mrs. Mary White, an
inmate of the pauper farm. who has hus-
band living. Witcher wanted to marry the
woman. but the ordinary would not grant
him license. Then he became more de-
termined than ever. He vowed that he
would wed his inamorata or die, and be-
came so violent that 1t was decided to ap-
prehend him. He assaulted an old negress
with a rock and came near Draining her.
He was arrested, tried for lunacy, found
TO be insane and remanded to safe keeping
until he could be sent to the asylum.
The duplex crank and fly wheel hydraulic
pumping engine is at last in operation at
the Finley mine at Dahlonega. It is the
only pump of the kind in the world and
perhaps the largest in the world, being
larger than a mOgul freight engine. This
famous pump has cylinders and piston rods
precisely like steam engine but run al
together by water pressure. The fly wheel
which is eight feet in diameter, weighing
seven thousand pounds. makes one hun
dred revolutions a minute Water in a res
ervoir two hundred and eiglNy feet above
the pump is conveyed in pipes to the pump,
the pressure of the immense height of the
water being the motor power. one half of
the water coming into the engine is forced
through another set of pipes up a noun
tain which = four hundred and fifty feet
above the pump and above the stamp mill,
the latter being near the pump. The press
ure of water two hundred and eighty feet
high coming into the pumps forces the
same water four hundred and fifty feet
high into the reservoir on top Of the Finley