The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-14
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
A so-called divine healer has reached
Lithia Springs and stories Of miraculous
cures are believed by the credulous.
The case of Mrs. MCGOWAN against the
Louisville and Nashville railroad for 81,
200 damages for loss of some trunks and
Valuabes is on trial in the first division
of the city court at Atlanta.
Robert Bean. who is associated with the
]. F. Lester Printing Company, attempt
ed suicide at Atlanta Thursday night by
drinking a large amount to laudanum. No
cause is assigned for the deed. He will
recover.
DR.. Delaterrigre has bought the Sykes
lot on Broad street at Winder and will
proceed to erect handsome brick store.
c. S. Jackson will erect a large brick
store on the adjoining lot, both together
costing 5000.
John Brown. a 5-year-old, boy. whose
parents live on DR.. j. H. McAlls planta-
tion. eight miles south of Quitman, shot
and instantly killed his little 3-year-old
sister Thursday with pistol They were
playing with a pistol when it accidentally
fired. the ball striking the little girl in
the head.
Terrell Hudson, the negro sentenced to
be hanged at Decatur next Friday. will
not die on that day Judge Gambler on
Friday signed a bill of exceptions pre- e
scented by the negros attorneys. Ripley
g. Moore, and the case will go to the u
preme court. Hudson was tried and con-
victed of the murder of Seaborne Nal
colmn at the last term of DeKalb supe-
rior court.
The surviving partner of w. C. &
Thomas Atherton, Thomas Atherton, has
asked for receiver to close up the bust
ness of the firm at Alice near Jasper
They were manufacturing thread, and
since the death OF W. c. Anterior,
Thomas Atherton has been in Sbarge of
affairs. They own good deal of prop
erty three miles southwest of Jasper and
in addition to cotton factory run a store
and wool carder.
During the month of May Gov. Atkin-
son will make a personal tour of the
country, and the trip will be devoted en-
tirely to examining the convict system in
the states in which he travels. The gov
ernor will pay particular attention to the
system in the southern states, because all
of them have to deal with about the same
class of convicts. The present lease eX-
pires in April, 1899, and it is necessary
that something definite be done in order
that the convicts may be disposed of
when the lease does expire
The sensational rumors concerning the
jail delivery at Douglasville on Wednes-
day last have simmered down to fact. Har-
vey Baker, the only prisoner who has
been recaptured, has made a statement
10 Sheriff Ward and given up a file, with
which. he said. the keys by which the
prisoners all escaped, were made by Jess
Humphrey in the Jail 1t requires two
keys to, unlock the corridor door, and they
were both made out of a piece of iron that
IS used in the jail for a poker. a ley
being made on each end A piece of broom
stick was used for a handle on the file,
and in this manner the escape was eff
fected-
j. II. Vreeland of Rockmart. formerly
of Paterson, N. j., will be an applicant
under President Mckinley for the position
four assistant postmaster general. Mr..
Vreeland was a next door neighbor of
Vice President Hobart in Paterson, N. j.,
for years and was an intimate friend of
the family. Mr. Vreeland is well ac-
Quainted with President Mckinley and
Mr.. Vreeland is one of the most promi-
nent republicans In the Seventh congress
slonal district; is wealthy and is largely
interested IN Georgia gold mine schemes.
At his home in Paterson. N. j., he was
prominent in politics and a rock-ribbed
republican. He will have the support of
all the republicans. in North Georgia and
is said to have the support OF the Vice
President and other republicans promi-
nent In national affairs.
In his confession of the killing of NJ. c.
Hunt, a merchant of Bolton. Grady Rey-
nolds said TO reporter Of the Atlanta
journal Friday: 1--WE took up the stock Of
goods al Bolton, and saw what was there.
Then got Hunt 10 sign the bill of sale
and we went together towards Harmony
Grove In a buggy to get the money. We
stopped at Mrs. Buffers on the way and
me and Hunt decided TO go over the fields
looking for birds. He was a little ahead
of me. / didn't have any weapon, but
Hunt had a gun in his hand and a pistol
in his overcoat pocket. He was carrying
the gun In his left hand and had his right
hand on the pistol in his pocket. / picked
up a little flint rock about the size Of
goose egg and let him have II In the back
Of the head AS he fell / ran up to him,
grabbed his gun and struck him few
times with that till he was dead. After
Hunt was still I went into the woods
piece, to where knew Bud Brooks was
chopping crossties. / got him to 20 back
with me. ] took his ak and cut upon the
body, and put some rocks in It. / amt
saying whether Brooks helped me carry
the body 20 the river or not. That's his
story Anyway, the body was sunk in the
Oconee. Hunt had $3.50 in gold and $50
in ereenbacks kept all the gold and gave
Brooks about nalf the paper. Then we
separated, Brooks going to his old home
IN South Carolina and me back TO Belton."
Brooks says he did not know Hunt was
going to be killed, and that he had no hand
IN the murderous work. After the killing
he took the money Reynolds gave him and
left.
FLORIDA.
The East Coast Chautauqua will open
its first season at Melbourne on Satur-