The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-28

AAeGnAefou> NoAfEe SAAuehth ~
Athens Hide Their COmmandant's
UnifOrm-The Murder Trial at Alley
Ends in Conviction and "a Sentence
of Life Imprisonment-A WOman'~
Eyesight Destroyed By Twig.
OrIandO's Sunday-SchoOI Excursion
10 Port Tampa Big success.
GEORGIA.
Brunswick now has a female barber.
The entire Indebtedness OF Glynn coun-
~, bonded and current, is about S5so0.
J. II. Reaves, the money order clerk al
the Athens postofiice, died Thursday
morning.
James Darraugh. one Of the Oldest citl-
zens of Oglethorpe county, died at his
home near Crawford Tuesday
A goat farm with three thousand goats
thereon is what OglethOrpe county will
have 10 brag on by next year.
Unless there is great Improvement the
wheat crop will be almost a failure IN
the section around Lexington
An effort is being made to hold a mass
meeting IN DOoly county for q discussion
and consideration of the silver question.
An intercollegiate debate between Mer-
Ger, Emory and the State University win
be one of the entertainment features Of
the Atlanta exposition.
An offer OF $3.50 guaranteed has been sub
mitted by citizens of Brunswick to the
train 10 Triton. If secured, the rate will
be made 81 for the round trip.
Charles Wessolowsky of Albany has
been elected grand high priest al the
meeting OF the grand chapter of Georgia
Royal Arch Masons held in Macon last
week
At a meeting of the grounds and build
ings committee of the Atlanta exposition
Friday u was decided TO permit the cree
fion of the womans building on the site
where the foundations have been put IN.
II. J. Morgan has a curious well on
his place at Drayton. The water is con-
stantly in commOtion, and to one who
looks on from the top 1t seems to be boil
ing. The water is as cool as If it came
from a spring.
a few weeks ago while walking in her
garden Mrs. 5. c. Willingham of licking
ton ran twig in one of her eyes. Though
at nrst the injury was thought to be in
sigiticant, the eye became greatly in
fiamed and the sight is now entirely de-
stroyed. Owing to, her age the sight of
the other eye is greatly impaired.
ThH following ppstmasters were ap-
pointed Friday: Denton, Coffee county,
W. w. .Southerland, vice J. NJ Denton,
resigned; Greenback, Walker county W
A. Jackson, vice A. II. Neal. resigne !,
Jirmans,, Clnch county, b. 5. Grooms,
vice r. 5. ReaVes, resigned; Stogner Car
roll county, J. A. Warren, vice j. J. Stog-
ner, resigned.
E. N. Rumph of lIarshallvnle. who has
recently made an extensive trip north,
land Delaware and New Jersey and thar
there VIII be good poach crops in each of
those states, but they Will not come on the
market until three weeks after Georgia's
shipping season Is over. hence the outlook
for fair prices for Georgia peaches is
good.
Miss Moore, a vivacious young lady of
Alley was being examined Thursday i'm
breach of promise suit which she had in
stituted against a prominent young man
when a question was asked her by an at
fOrnHN n tbs.
ond time and the Judge ordered the sher-
if TO place her In jail When the sheriff
advanced step, the Judge asked her to
answer the question, which she very re-
luctantly did.
At Athens on last last Thurs
day, night unknown persons, SAID
to be some Of the fun-loving students
forced an. entrance into the college ana
carried off the fine new uniform Of Col
Snellings, the commander of the college
boys did not wish the colonel to turn out
IN the Memorial day parade and so spir-
tied away his soldier clothes. The col
onel, however had another uniform which
he could wear
Lexington Echo: We are told that MANY
hogs are dying in the southern and east
ern portions of Oglethorpe county with
an affection different from anything ever
before seen among them there. They are
taken like person with a cold and grow
worse until they have symptoms very
much the same as those of pneumonia ia
a human being, and die in a few days So
far nothing has been discovered to STAY
the ravages of the disease and fears are
entertained that almost the entire hog
supply VIII be destroyed. 1t seems to be
contagion.
The Mosely murder trial at Alley came
10 conclusion Thursday, the Jury bring
ing IN verdict of murder and making
a strong recommendation for mercy, Inn
mediately after the rendering of the yer
dict,Judge Smith sentenced the prisoner to
IMPRISONMENT for life. AS Col. Loud of
counsel for the defendant was speakine
he said that the murdered man had left
his mother with a lie on his lips. when
Mr. Campbell, the aged father of the dead
man. arose in the courtroom with flash
ing eye and seizing a heavy chair would
have done violence had not Judge Smith
stopped him.