The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-25

Miss Mollie Adams died in Columbus
Thursday night of broken heart On Mon
dsv a little 4-year-old cousin of Miss
Adams died. She was devo,edly attached
10 The child, having nursed il from in
fancy Miss Adams grief was so great
that she became very i'll Tuesday ana
continued to grow worse until she dled'
il was plainly a case OF broken hearI'
Miss Adams was 43 years of age and
deyout member of the Methodist Church.
Judge L. r. Morton one of the oldest
and highly esteemed citizens Of Stewart
county. died at Lumpkin on the 2lst inst,
in his 90th year. He was the father OF
tUcnty-three children. He had been mar
red three times, lived with his first Wlie
twenty-five years, about the same num-
Der Of years with his second wife, and
twenty years with his third wife, who
survives him. Miss Kate Morton his
daughter. died on the 2)th inst. Both
were buried at Pleasant Valley, in Stew
art county.
John jacobson and Lewis Olsen were in
Atlanta Thursday to see the soldiers. They
were found Friday morning at O'Clock
asleep on Marietta street by officers w hit
ley and Morrison and given ride to the
station. They explained to the Recorder
that they were not ordinary tramps, but
had walked to Atlanta from Marietta
especially to see the Second Georgia Regi-
ment and were about starting home when
they fell asleep. The Recorder released
them and they went out saying they
would be in Marietta by Saturday morn
ing.
Augusta Herald: Among the names Of
the heroes of the Lost Cause that are en-
graved on the stone on the ST. James
Cenotaph as those who died on the battle
field is that of Mr.. John VI. Weigle. If
Mr. Weigle is dead he is one OF the
liveliest corpses that has been viewed for
a long time and any one Of his many
friends will tell you that nicer or cley-
erer spirit could not be found. No doubt
Mr.. Welgle feels quite queer as he goes
home every evening and takes a look a t
the monument that was erected to the
dead 1t is suggested that Mr.. Weigle had
q cousin who died during the war and
this might be meant for him. Be that as
1t may, If in the far future any of his
descendants are tracing the family tree to
see what titles they have as Daughters
Of the Confederacy or some other organi-
cation they will be somewhat puzzled 10
find out that many years after monu-
ment bearing the date OF the death of
Mr.. John VI. Weigle was erected there was
q person of the same name and blood fill
ing the position as able sheriff of the city
OF Augusta.
Atlanta Journal: George Lotion. a pris-
oner at the Chattahoochee brick yards,
was killed Wednesday afternoon by Wade
Hampton, a fellow convict. Both men
are negroes and had but one leg each.
Lotion and Hampton have not been on
good terms and the fight which culminat-
ed In the murder was the result of "A
long-standing controversy. The two men
had finished their work at the brick yard
Wednesday afternoon and met on their
way TO quarters. Just what passed be-
tween them is not known, but the men
almost Immediately commenced striking at
one another with their crutches. Before
any one could reach the fighters Lotion
had been knocked down and Hampton
was on top of him stabbing him with a
knife. The negro on top succeeded in
stabbing his victim nine times before he
was pulled off, and any one of the cuts
inflicted would have caused death. Hamp-
ton went at Lotion like a fiend, and would
have cut his body in pieces if let alone
AS soon as Hampton could be gotten away
he was locked up by the guard and med
ical attention was secured for Lotion. It
was impossible, however. to do anything
for the wounded negro, and he died al
most Immediately Coroner Stamps went
10 the yards yesterday and held an in
quest. The jury brought in a verdict of
murder against Hampton, and the negro
was placed in the Fulton county jail Loft
ton was only 16 years of age, and Hamp-
ton is q. Both We're strong men, and
considered dangerous characters. Lotion
was sent to the camp from this city. He
broke into a house on Ivy street, and
was sentenced to five years. Hampton
broke into a dye house on Whitehall
street and stole four suits of clothes. His
sentence would have soon expired.