The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

SllLaI hable slghl OF military precision
tndracterizing even the manner Of mems
satlns. All arrangements for this have
Deeu made and permission secured from
ne ne CITY authorities. The contract Mr..
tucker made with the Lawson Catering
company provides that total OF zoos
meals must be furnished or three 4 dav 10
each Of the 500 men.
f- Sord Sl Sentinel: Joe Parker. a negro
rom Onadhla, was caught Wednesday
afternoon In the act of burglarizing Mrs
SHeHlelds house near WenOna Messrs
s5nelleid and Walter Spicer We're bring
-. tHe prisoner to COrdele Wednesday
night in a wagon. The negro's hands
We're tied behind him. but he managed
20 20 unite the rope. and grabbed a gun
Mhlch was in the hands Of Mr. Sheffield
me negro was very large and strong,
Mnile both the men with him were small
" ME the desperate negro was trying 10
- cllch the gun away from his captOrs
II was discharged and caused the mule
they were driving TO run away. All
three men We're thrown frOm~ the wagon
in a heap and a fierce hand to hand
night was fought between the negro ana
me men with him. The result was all
gro was brought here, and safely landed
IN the guard house. He was tried Thurs
day and committed to Jail
Columbus Enquirere-Sun: On Nov .
IN chamors in this city Judge Butt Will
hear a petition for injunction from the
city OF Columbus against the Columbus
railroad Company. The bill was filed by
1lty Attorney WOrrill and Messrs. Reese
Crawford and Little & Little and was
read by Judge Butt in chambers Monday
al Hamilton, when he set the above date
Tor the hearing. The paper is quite
lengthy, in which the city's grievances
are plainly set forth. together with The
privileges which have been granted the
railroad company. The petitioners pray
that the Columbus Railroad Company De
SlJOlned and restrained from collecting
fares on their cars until said company
has submitted a schedule of rates to coun-
ell, and they have been approved by that
bo1y, as their charter requires. They fur
ther pray that the railroad company be
restrained from running cars over their
tracks until said tracks be leveled with
tne ground, as the ordinances of the
points in the document, which is accom-
panied by an affidavit from Alderman
John +. turner, the city's representative
70 me erect that the allegations in the
petltlon are true. The outcome of the
hearing Will be looked forward to with
interest by the people of Columbus. as
the litigation was brought about entirely
by the abolition of the transfers by the
railroad company.
Statesboro Times: In the last term of
ordinary's court a petition was presented
by Mrs. Mozelle Miller, through her at
torneys, co.'s. SeabroOk & Morgan of Sa-
vannah, and Strange of this place. pray
ing for an amendment in the homestead
OF A. 3. Miller, recorded in March, 1873
The said homestead was deficient in that
ii failed to show thaa A. B. Miller wa
at that time the head of a family and a
resident of Bulloch county. The petition
Nditeu the records SO amended as TO
show these facts, but in view of the fact
that the property homesteaded had long
since passed into other hands, the ordi-
nary refused the order. 1t will be re-
called that the property in question: is that
on the east side of South Main street in
Statesboro, from the higgins property
doWn TO Hayes Including some very val
uaDle property, over which lawsuit has
been pending for several months. The
particulars, as have already been stated
IN these columns, are about as follows:
Several FRS =
rather made her present Of large body
or land Just east of the town. In 1879 this
was homesteaded in favor of herself and
several minor heirs. Later on an order
was obtained from the superior court for
the sale OF that property, the proceeds of
which were invested in the town prop
erty. This was afterward sold, and it is
said that some technicality gives the
Miller heirs a claim to it, which they pro-
pose to press. Some of the property has
passed through several hands since ii
left the Millers, consequently there are
good many parties opposing their claim,
and they are going to have a hard fight
before they get it.
At Augusta Friday Win Birmingham
shot Jesse Hill twice. The first bullet
went through the right thigh, and the
second penetrated the right hip. After
an examination by the doctors 1t was
round that neither of the wounds were
dangerous Birmingham is a weaver in
the Sibley MILL and Hill is a section hand
whenever loom is out of repair the
hand Is expected to go and repair il.
Thursday Birmingham reported to the
weave room boss that his flag had been
nylng Tor an hour and Hill had not come
to make the repairs. Hill was reprimand-
ed. Later he went into Birmingham's al
ley and struck him on the head with a
wrench, birmingham went before Magis-
trate Conner and swore out a warrant for
Hill for assault and battery. The trial
was to occur Friday, so Constable Lum
Dunn went for Hill and arrested him.
They met Birmingham and walked to
Dunn'S house, at the corner of Crawford
avenue and Ellis street. Hill and Biz
mlngham were talking over their trouble
in calm manner. Hill had previously
asked the constable 10 settle the affair
for him. and Birmingham said it would
be satisfactory if Hill paid all the costs.
With the purpose of trying to clnch the
settlement, Dunn told Birmingham that
he wished TO speak with him a moment
and stepped around the corner, expect
ing him to follow. The moment however
that the constable got out of sight a. few
feet away Birmingham drew his pistol
and fired twice at Hill. Hill screa med for
help and Dunn rushed back to the scene.
Birmingham escaped. 1t is a clear case
of premeditated attempt at murder.
Atlanta Journal A little scene that
was of a sensational nature occurred in
tho city court before Judge Westmoreland
Friday while the case of Palmer d Read
against Il. F. Gould was on tria. Mr.
Gould some time ago caused a Mrs. Hall
10 be put out of his building, and when
he did she sued him for damages. His
attorneys at that time were Glenn q Sia-
ton and Palmer & Read A card, scoring
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, was published, on
which Mrs. Hall sued Tor damages wen
the trial came up it was shown in court
that MIR. Read wrote the card as it APP
peared in the paper. on the strength of
this card a verdict for $500 was return
ed against Mr. Gould. When a settlement
was to be made, the firm of Palmer &
Read sent in a bill for 81 .26S for legal
services rendered. Mr.. Gould paid $500 on
the bill. but refused to pay the balance
claiming that the card written by Mr.
Read had damaged him far more tnan
the services he had rendered had bene-
flied him. Among the witnesses Friday
was Charles Hopkins, of the firm of Hop
kins & Sons. He testified that from the
facts in the case, it looked to him as
one of opposing lawyers in the trial of
the Hall case that Mr.. Read had been an
injury and not benefit to the case. He
thought that fee of $500 was ample for
the services rendered. Mr. Hopkins start
ed down from the stand, but stopped to
make a voluntary statement He said ne
wished to state to the court that it was
very distasteful for him to come into court
in this sort of a case and he did not
come voluntarily. He would not have
come had he not been forced to do so by
the presses of the court. He wished to
state, however, that he had considerable
feeling against Mr. Read bl1t ha al no