The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

GEORGIA.
The Georgia Bankers Association will
meet in Augusta on May 20 and 81
Buchanan is to have a new $3.50 school
house. The contract for its construction
has been let.
Mrs. George S. Murphey died at Au-
Eusta Thursday, at her home on lower
Green street, after an extremely short ill
ness.
The prohibitionists Of Sumter county
have perfected an organization, but claim
that they will fight within the -anks of
the democratic party and support It's
nominees.
H. K. Drigers of Hagan has a wagon
that was built by L. Z. Seckinger during
the war. 1t is still strong and durable, in
active use, and IS apparently good Tor
twenty years more.
Mrs. T. b. Pitcher OF warrenton was Sc
verely burned last week. Mrs. Pitcher was
seated in front Of the fire in her sitting
room, when IL is supposed that coal was
thrown out on her dress, and before she
was aware of it, the flames were envel-
oping her body. She succeeded in smOth-
ering the flames with rugs and blankets,
but not in time to escape many very pain
full burns.
superintendent F. w. Scoheld OF the
Augusta Southern railway. is laid up at
severe fall. He was in his office talking
TO one of his clerks when the accident hap
pened Mr.. Scofield was leaning on the
back Of a chair, and fitting 1t over, the
legs of the chair Slipped and he was
thrown violently to the floor. He was so
badly hurt by the fall that he had to be
picked up and sent to his home in a con-
veyance.
At Covington Friday the jury in the Nc
Daniel murder trial returned a verdict of
Daniel was charged with the murder of
Riley Stewart. Sanders Mcdaniel and his
father, Henry, had fight with Stewart
over the placing of a line fence between
their respective farms and in the course
of the fight Stewart received a cut in the
right side which severed two ribs, and
entering his heart, produced almost in
Simultaneous death.
Bolton NJ. Revill, who was charged
with the murder of Henry E. William
son near Harlem, was acquitted at Ap-
pling court house Thursday. The the
DRY of the defense and the one probably
accepted by the jury was that while
hunting Revill accidentally killed Will
hanson, and because Of weak mind was
afraid to come in and tell of the fatal
affair. Williamsons body was found in
the woods several days after the kill
ing, and Revin never did acknowledge
that he had killed him until confronted
with unanswerable proofs.
United States District Attorney Joe
James has petitioned President Cleveland
in behalf of Sam Peoples. John Carnes
and Anderson black, three white men,
now serving a term in the United States
prison al Columbus, O., for whitecap-
ping. Peoples, Carnes and Black were
among the men convicted of conspiracy
in the famous Henry Worley case in Muir
ray county last year. They were tried in
February. 1895, before Judge Newman,
and sentenced to two years in the Ohio
penitentiary. Mr.. James has just sent a
petition to the President, asking that the
sentence of these three men be committed
based on the ground that the men were
very humble citizens, and being very sus-
ceptible TO influence, were led into the
gang.
At Griffin. Friday night about e:15
O'Clock, an alarm of fire was given near
the Olympic theater building. Frank
Jones was playing the Country Cousin"
TO a full house. Some one in the gallery,
thinking the fire to be in the building,
gave the alarm and in a second the en-
tire house was in an uproar. Men, wo-
men and children started in wild dash
for the doors. By this time some one
had discovered that the fire was not in
the building and succeeded in getting the
audience Quieted, narrowly preventing
a serious, and in all probability, fatal
stampede. The fire was in the Thrash
house, one of the largest boarding houses
in the city, and was caused by the eX-
plosion of a lamp in one of the upper
rooms. The flames were eXttnguished be-
fore any serious damage was done.
There is great activity in mining enter
prises in the neighborhood of Cave
Springs, Oredel and Tecumseh The
Marsh Mining Company has just begun
operations at Oredell. This company has
gone to an expense of some $4,000 in
equipping one of the finest mining plants
in the state. A pipe line several miles
long furnishes an ample supply of water
10 the washers and the plant has been
supplied with a locomotive, jiggers, steam
shoVels and all other accessions for a
complete outfit for taking out iron ore
The company employs about 800 men. The
Tecumseh furnace will be put in opera.
ton this week, employing 200 men, and
the bauXite mines, recently opened by
Mr.. Perry and Mr.. Harvey, are in full
blast. employing about 100 men. Other
are pleased with the prospect of an ac-
tive business season.