The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-17
GEORGIA.

There is movement on foot to have
walking match IN Albany.
George r. Turpin has bought the Cole
$500.
Plans for the new Episcopal church at
East Point are being prepared and work
viii commence soon
The Marsh Mining Company has let the
contract for building ten new residences al
Priors in Floyd county.
j.. II. Hun has sold out his interest in the
book and music house of Deane * Hun at
Griffin 10 HeRry u. Amos.
Search for the body of Aston Hazlehurst
Of Brunswick who was drowned a Few
days ago has been abandoned, all hope OF
ever recovering it having been given up.
At Jackson Saturday Lawrence Crawford
son of Deputy Sheriff J. N. CRAWFORD, ac-
cidentally shot himself in the foot TINS
morning while handling a pistol which ne
thought was not loaded.
The protracted meeting which has been
going on at the Methodist church for the
past five weeks closed last sunday II is
said the meeting was the best that has
been held in CarrOlltOn in years. Ihere
were one hundred and five accesslons 10
the church
Bob Lee. the negro train wrecker who
escaped from Butts county jail Thursday,
was caught at East Point FRIDAY ana
taken back to Jackson by Sherih Beau,,
champ. Palmer. the trusty, who worked
80 hard in assisting the sherin 10 pre-
vent the escape of the prisoners, VIII
doubtless be released soon
Attorney Julius L. Brown, who as
counsel for the receivers Of the western
and Atlantic Railroad corporation, made
claim for fees 70 the amount OF $4,000.
and was awarded $4,000 by Judge John i.
Pendleton, the special master In the case,
is not satisfied with his slice, and has
entered a plea before Judge william Il;
Newman excepting from the report OF
Judge Pendleton, and asking Tor larger
fee than he was awarded
H. H. Dobbs, prominent planter living
near villa Rica has been deaf
in one car for about thirty
years. He was soldier in the last
war and was severely wounded several
times and supposed that to be the cause.
Lately It troubled him moro than usual
and he got a rubber syringe and begun
trying to relieve It. In few days he took
from his ear a slate pencil about half an
inch long. He says he feels much relieved
and hears as well with that ear now as
with the other.
For several weeks the editors of the two
weekly papers at Forsyth, the Advertiser
and the Hustler, have been cutting at an
editorial in the Monroe Monthly or May
Is Being weelIlies, they had it all their
own way until the June Issue OF the
Monthly came out Saturday with a two
page reply. This incensed the editor OF
the Hustler so that he came out Satur-
day morning in column of abuse OF
the Monthly's young editor. Tho editor
Of the Monthly, Mr.. Riley, had Mr..
Brantley, the editor Of the Hustler ar
rested for Islander. He gave bond.
George Morris a young white man en-
ployed in the Baker iron mine
was engaged in digging ore in the mine
Friday when, without any warning. there
was a break in the wall and a landslide
followed. Several tons of earth and iron
ore fell upon him. crushing him to the
ground and holding him there. After much
effort he was rescued and an examination
of his wounds developed the fact that both
legs were broken and ne was otherwise in
jured internally. 1t is not thought that he
will recover. although his fine physique
may pull him through
Saturday afternoon a young white man
residing a few miles from Rome. named
Joe Hooper, shot a negro named Dan jack
son, in the shoulder inflicting very Sc
rious and painful wound. Hooper went over
90 the Todd farm to gather cherries from
tree on the line between the two farms.
The negro Jackson who is a hand on the
place refused to let Hooper have the fruit
and an alteration ensued in which both
parties used vile epithets. Hooper went
away but returned in few minutes with
jackson off of the place The latter refused
TO go and Hooper fired with the results
above stated.
Mr. Tamlin, representing a very wealthy
English mining and manufacturing COM
direct from London. Mr.. Tam
lin has his family with him.
He is practical and experienced miner,
and will begin at once work near Villa Rica
in the gold mines. Another company from
Boston is now erecting a magnificent ore
crushing mill and will be running in about
six weeks A Louisville company have had
a small mill running for the past two years
and are doing we'll Villa Rica gold is said
to be the purest ever found, 1T assays about
is per cent. better than Dahlonega. The
mine region is about five miles long and
half a mile wide.
A committee of the board of trustees of
Mercer university engaged an attorney
TO look into the bequest of the late Aquilla
J. Cheny of Fulton county, to Mercer uni
Versity. The attorneys reports that the
estate is probably worth as per appraise-
ment. about Sl40 292. SO. The special be-
quests, executors fees, debts, etc, he re-
ports as $1Ol, $50. If the various items of
property can be made to bring as much as
they have been assessed, Mercer may get
about $39, .43. President Gambrell Will
take the field actively as the financial
agent of the institution and canvass for
new students and for the further in
dorsement of the university to the
amount of $4,000.
The trial of Town Marshal TidwelI. of
Seney in Floyd county, which was begun
Thursday, eliminated in his acquittal Sat
nrday after the jury had been out all night.
The case grew out of riot IN which a
crowd Of negro women resisted arrest and
the marshal was compelled to resort TO vto-
lent measures and knock two or three of
them down. He was charged with assault
and battery. During the trial some impor-
tant questions were sprung involving the
validity of the charter of Seney, which,
prior to its becoming a dry town, enjoy
one of the toughest towns in North Geor-
gia. Marshal Tidwell was declared not gull
ty and the case of J. 3. Hunt, councilman
growing out of the same difficulty, went by
the board likewise
At Macon Saturday, Judge Speer of the
United States court, granted an order or
writ of habeas corpus directing Chief
of Police Butner to produce in court in
stanter ]. NJ. Dalton. The particulars OF
the case are as follows, as alleged in Tho
petition of Dalton, which was presented
TO Judge Speer by his lawyers, Chamber
& Polhill: Dalton is a canvassing agen
for the Central Supply Company of Gin
einnati, o. manufacturers of asbestul
clay cooking ware. He went from hous'
TO house selling by sample and would
send his orders to Cincinnati. He was ar
raigned before the recorders court OF
June 18th for doing business without
license and was fined $780, to include tn
price of the license. and in default of pay
ment to be imprisoned in the city bar
racks for twenty days. Dalton did no
pay the fine and has been in Jail unit
to-day, when he commenced writ Of ha
beas corpus proceedings on the eroun,
that his Imprisonment is Illegal and il
violation of the interstate commerce law
Owing to the absence of city Attornel
Wrmberfy, fhe hearing was postbOned I'm
til to-day and Dalton was released on hi
own recogniZance.
Great excitement was created at Bucb
anan Tuesday by the arrest of Iandol
Gray. Robert Wilson ana W. e. PULLEY
charged with black rnaflfOcr A,,sfy,, 49,