The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-22

/ her present Illness can be attributed. A
serious nervous prostration followed. and
/ her life was almost despaired Of Satur-
day.
An attempt was made Friday night by
unknown parties to murder William Rob-
inson. a well known negro farmer living
! near Americus Robinson was in his
/ yard when a negro, armed with shot
! gun came to the fence and without
/ word opened fire upon him. The entire
! charge took effect in Robnson's head and
! shoulder, producing painful but not dan
/ gerous wounds. Officers with dogs went
/ 70 the scene of shooting with the hope of
/ catching the would-be assassin, but he
| made good his escape.
! William kimberley has been missing
! from his home at Augusta since the morn
ing of March 16, and his absence is al
| most killing his old mother She has
not closed her eyes since he left VIM
| berley Is Is years of age and is his moth
! cr's only support. Some time ago he lost
| his situation, and his mother stated that
! he had been unsuccessful in securing an
other. The thought of not having work
worried him great deal and at times he
became respondent. Some seem to think
that while in one of his Respondent moods
he has committed suicide, but this Mrs.
Williams will not believe.
The lumbermen on the lower Chatta-
hoochee are tubiant just now. A rise in
the river like the one Just experienced
| always betters them financially. once,
| at least, and usually several times every
| spring the Chattahoochee gets on a big
| boom, and IL Is then that the loggers are
| happy. During the dry spells countless
| trees are felled in the forests in the val
| leys of the Chattahoochee and it's trfbu-
| taries-cypress and other trees, which are
| quite valuable as lumber. A big boom
| mandates these swamp regions, and the
| logs are hoated off to Apalachicola, where
they find ready market.
The grand jury of Clay county. in their
general presentments just made, have re-
| quested Gov. Atkinson to pardon Perry
| Williams. colored, who was at the March
| term of court in 1880, convicted of the
| murder of Aaron Bee. colored, and SEN
| fenced to the penitentiary for life. At the
| same term Lewis Hazeley pleaded guilty
| to assault and battery on Bee in the same
| fight, and was sentenced to the chain
| gang for eighteen months. Conclusive
/ evidence was presented to the grand jury
| at this term that Hazeley was the muir
| derer of Bee and that Williams was inno-
| cent of the crime for which he was con-
| victed, and hence the recommendation
for his pardon.
There is discord in the ranks of the ply
sicians of Griffin. 1t is said that several
of the physicians, whose names for the
| present have been suppressed, have been
| soliciting practice at the cotton mills
among the employees of the knitting fac
| tories When an employe of the factory
| would become suddenly i'll, a telephone
message would be sent to the city and
there would be a rush among the physi-
| clans. 1t is said some very exciting races
| have occurred recently while a rival ply
| aipfan wa chasing the dnptOF who had
| been called. The County Medical Society
| has thoroughly discussed in session the
| question of physicians making contracts
for families, and has referred the matter
to the state board.
The Episcopal diocese of Georgia is go
ing into the real estate business. Bishop
Nelson has filed petitions in Fulton SUI
| peror court asking for the right to place
| mortgages to the amount of $4,000 upon
the property of the diocese where the
| cathedral is located, on Washington and
Hunter streets. The property, with the
exception of the corner occupied by the
cathedral, is vacant. 1t comprises a whole
block, close to the heart Of the city, and
the idea of the bishop is that 1t can be
made a good paying investment If NUM-
Der of residences can be erected upon 1t,
to be rented out With this end in view
1 he has had plans made Tor two blocks
| of houses, and just as soon as the court
| grants the necessary permission the loans
will be negotiated and the Building COM.
| .meneed. ums.
The suits In which Mrs. Elizabeth Kate
Bigby is the plaintiff have been transferr-
ed at Atlanta from the state to the federal
court. One of the suits is against the
Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Com
pany and John S. Bigby, her husband, for
$4,000. Mrs. Bigby has already obtained
I Mt On that
The mills being in the hands of receivers,
the claim will be submitted to a special
| master. In the other cases Mrs. Bigby
charges that her husband, without due au-
thority disposed of siXty-seven shares of
[ stock in the Newman National Bank, and
1856 shares of stock in the First National
| Bank of Newman. She desires to recover
T. the stock, which has been transferred to
I the National Bank of the Republic of New
York. The value of the stock sued for Is
estimated at $2S900.
Atlanta Journal: One of the most unique
church entertainments ever given in the
city was that of Friday night, at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mr. Il. G.. Willingham on
Highland avenue for the benefit of the
Jackson Hill Baptist church. 1t was a
birthday party where every one who could
brought a lot of coppers, one for every
year of life. Little red and blue bags We're
prepared beforehand and sent out to the
members so that they might not be embar-
raised. Those who did not receive a bag
found one at the door and dropped therein
the requisite number of coppers. Nobody
knew who gave any certain bag IL the giver
did not wish il known. The bags were all
taken 10 one corner of the room and piled
up. When they were taken down and
counted a little over $50 was found in
them as a result of the party. The heav-
lest bag in the pile was placed there by
Uncle Jimmie Dunlap. He is 70 years old.
Albany Herald: When Sam Fleisher
got down town Friday morning he found
his place of business had not been open
ed. He soon found that his bartender was
sick. In few moments came a message
that his chef was sick. A moment later
word came that the second cook was too
III to attend TO duties. The restaurant
waiter was too sick to send word. and lat
er the boy who attends the pool tables
telephoned that he was unwell and
couldn't work. BY this time Sam was
| stood no atr