The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-26


and with human intelligence she seems to
be able TO tell the difference in the papers
or the carriers.
Leonard Phinney, notorious negro.
who escaped from the Athens jail in the
latter part of January in collision with
six other prisoners. was captured Tues
day night about L. o'clock by A. T. Drake
In the lower portion Of Putnam county,
and sent TO Atlanta. on Nov. 10 Leonard
and his brother, Taylor Phinney, went
to the store of j. G. Hardy at Philomat h
postoffiCe, in Oglethorpe county, and under
the pretense of buying some goods, called
the proprietor out and shot his head al
most off his shoulders.
]. r. Crawford of Henry county, recent
~ came to his death from very peculiar
accident. About three weeks ago Mr.. Craw-
ford arose one morning to kindle a fire
as usual, and in kneeling at the fireplace,
OK some means pin penetrated his knee,
and was pulled out with only momentary
pain. No further thought was given II
until he came home at night, when he
discovered the place had begun to swell.
From this it gradually grew worse until
the case developed into fever and death
relieved his sufferngs.
Judge Newman has signed an order at
Atlanta granting the attorneys of Charles
f. Garner and others the right to appeal
their case against the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan Association to the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeals in New
Orleans. Garner and the others who filed
the petition are residents of Florida and
are members of the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan Association. Living
out of Georgia they desired that a United
States court receiver be appointed to take
charge of the associations business in all
the states where it had stockholders.
The dispute between Venezuela and
Great Britain over the boundary line will
soon be considered by the Venezuelan
congress. Col. William l.. Scruggs of At
lanta, soon after the report of the COM
mission, was announced, was chosen as
agent for Venezuela to manage its case
at the conference to be held in Paris. Col.
Scruggs left Atlanta on Feb. 16 for Cara
cas- where he went to confer with the
government in regard to the matter. II
the government agrees to arbitrate, as il
no doubt will, Col. Scruggs will go to
Paris to represent the South American
republic.
George Turner of Douglasville, says that
back in 1853 that whole section was in
tested with wild pigeons and that on sew
efdi OtCdSlOnS ne mas seen them passing
in such droves that 1t was impossible to
see the sun for hours at a time. Over
on Burnt Hickory ridge beyond Dallas,
was pigeon roost, and large timbers
were broken down by so many of the birds
lighting on limbs. He says they were Sc
thick that when going to roost they would
pile upon one another and many of the
under ones would be mashed TO death. Doc
Harding, an old man living on the ridge
shot and killed eighty-one at one shot.
Washington, Ga, correspondence Morn
ing News, March A.-Galena or lead ore
is being shipped in large quantities from
the Magruder mines, on the line of Wilkes
and McDufIie. 1t Is thought that an in
exhaustible quantity of the ore has been
discovered there. Mrs. N. G. Barksdale
has received a silver medal from the Ma
tional Recorder of Washington city as the
reward of merit for her late invention, an
improved lady's corset. All the ladies
who have seen II are delighted with it
The Edmundson house. one of the princI-
pal hotels, will be closed and the building
occupied by it VIII be occupied by a new
firm, NJ. & N. Sims & Co. Mr.. Sims is a
veteran merchant.