The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27


Emory Saline in Dawson county last sun
day night He is beng pursued by a
posse of white men. and if captured will
no doubt be lynched
Judge w. y. Spence. judge Of the supe-
rior Court of Dougherty county. has APP
pointed Mr. J. r. Whitehead to fill the
place on the board of county commission
ers of Dougherty made vacant by the
death OF the late q. c. Cox.
Alpharetta Free Press: The stnI beer
near Stone was not destroyed. the revenue
officer designing thereby to capture the
stiler, but he went in Saturday night,
week ago and before daylight the follow
ing morning had suiled it and got off with
the whisky.
Baker County News: Mr.. J. T. Norris
has the champion hog of Baker county.
Experts in swnoolosy claim that this
porkeT viii net 425 pounds. What noun
tain of back-boues. what a continent Of
sausage meat and what seas of gravy viii
soon belong to Mr.. Norris.
The city of Atlanta Will not have to pur-
chase a site for the new federal prison to
be located there. The city viii donate
site to the government. but the site viii
he donated to the C ty by the several rail-
roads entering there which are taking ac-
tive interest in the erection Of this prison.
United States Deputy Revenue Collector
Davis and United States Marshal Howell
have returned 10 Augusta with three
moonshiners that they bagged down in
Emanuel county The Illicit distillers
were, contrary to the general run of
moonshine makers, colored and their
names are John Palmer, Isaac Mincey and
Tom Foskey.
Following the genrous gift of 5000 to
the Georgia School of Technology Mr..
Aaron French of Pittsburg has again ia
vored the school with am additional present
of 5000 for the purpose of making much
needed additions to the school building.
This gift was made by Mr.. French on
Friday, and a check for the amount is eX-
pected this week.
Darien Gazette: Judging from the quail
ity of some of the syrup now being sold in
this market, we deem it high time our
people were encouraging the establishment
OF a syrup making and sugar refining plant
on a large scale, that would buy up cane
or the expressed juice by the barrel and
turn out a product worthy place be-
tween hot batter cakes.
Mr. John J. Hickey of Columbus and
Cusseta, a well known sawmil and lum-
her man, was cut TO death Friday night
on the road between Columbus and Gus
seta at the bridge that spans Upatole
creek. The cutting was done by A D.
Applewhite. farmer of Chattahoochee
county, with whose son Hickey was en-
gagged in a controversy az the time.
Douglas Leader: Coffee county has a
great curiosity in the shape of man. His
name is James Hightower He was
caught by an alligator. eaten by q tiger,
shocked by lightning, had his hand ground
off in a sugar mill. killed a man. served a
term IN the penltentiary and had a stroke
Of paralysis and is now living, his home
being between Douglas and Pearson.
Levi Patterson, the night Waterman at
the Exposition cotton mills, in Atlanta,
shot T. H. Foster with a Winchester at
midnight Saturday night, killing him al
most instantly. From what could be
learned by the police. the shooting was the
result Of a drunken revel in the western
portion of the city, in which Foster is
said to have taken more than he could
stand, and the man, it is reported, sought
a quarrel with a number Of persons in the
neighborhood.
Monday night two boys, Lee Hampton,
white. and Henry Tyns. colored, had been
y
and on returning concluded to shoot the
dog. Tom milford, who happened to be
going along the road, received the load
in the back, one shot striking him in the
head. The gun was loaded with small
shot and no serious damage was done
The boys ran, and Lee Hampton has left
the county He and Milford had had a
difficulty the day before.
Hale's Banner-Weekly; The departure
of Mr.. "Fayette" Armand for parts un-
known has been the sensation in Conyers
for the last six days and the air is fairly
laden with rumors of every kind, SORT
and fashion. Some say he is short many
thousands of dollars with the Gate City
Oil Mill Co, for which he was a highly
trusted agent; some say that he goes
away owing thousands of dollars to pri-
waite firms and individuals in Conyers, Cow
ingtou and all The surrounding country.
Amounts run from 16 cents TO $4,000, ac-
cording to "they say" 1t is hard 10 find
n man who Is not sufferer from our good
friend NAL Richardson to Baron Roths-
chids. His total Indebtedness, according
10 rumor, runs something over 100000.
There is no telling what the truth is; no
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