The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-06
GEORGIA.

of the City Election at ApaIachi-
cola.
GEORGIA.
Cuitman's first bale Of cotton came in
W Wednesday 1t was sold TO w. T. rhomp-
son & Co for ga ccAts The bale weighed
5O pounds and ciassed lully middlnS.
A special term of Bib5 Superior Court
viii be held on The fourth Monday in Au-
gust for the purpose Of trying Abner Tag
Tor, who recently stabbed his vile 70 death.
Labor Day will he generally Observed
with fitting exercises in Columbus Tins
yer. The mills aud foundries have an
sgIeed 10 give holidav on that occasion
and there will he a general celebration by
labor people.
Mrs. J. NJ. Waddail, the mother Of w.
N Waddail. who was killed in the yards
OF The Atlanta and West Point Railroa !
Company at Griffin last fan, has filed suit
against the company for $4,000 damages,
III Troup Superior Court.
Findlay Howard, a notorious robber who
was captured at Macon several days ago
by the police. has been bound over to the
City Court. Howard has been robbing pas
scngors in the sleeping cars for some time
ana ne has secured many articles of val
ue.
The Democracy Of Franklin county held
a primary Monday ana al a consolidation
Of the vote, r. H. Buxton was nominl'el
for representative; +. s. Clodfeter sheriff;
w. G. Han, clerk Superior Court, Clay
ton Carson. tax receiver Charley tii2h-
smith, tax collector; :. j. Ledbetter, treas
uler; J. S. Starrett coroner
ovid I. Culberson, a grocery merchant
who keeps a store at 25 West Mitchell
street, at Atlanta has filed a petition in
the United States court, asking to be adj
judged a bankrupt This is the second pc
ution that has been fled in Atlanta since
the new law went into effect on Monday
last.
At Covington thursday morning ct
ABOUT o'clock Anderson Worthy a des-
perate negro confined in Newton county
Jail awaiting trial on the charge Of burg
larry, assaulted Deputy Sheriff Maddox,
knocking him down with a heavy piece of
wood. He then ran out and over the fence
before Mr.. Maddox could regain his feet
Sheriff Wright and several others saw
him as he 1eft the jail yard and pursued
him. After an exciting chase the negro
was captured Mr.. Maddox Is painfully
hurt, but his wounds are not serious.
Lieut. Austin r. Davis, who was in the
hottest of the big naval fight off Santiago,
on board the battleship Oregon, has sent
his mother, Mrs. LIB. Davis, whose home
is at Atlanta. three highly priced trophies
of war taken by him from off the proud
cruiser Crstobal Colon. The trophies Sc
cured by Lieut. Davis consist Of a hand
some solid silver egg BOWL beautifully
wrought with the initials of the Cristobnl
Colon engraved on The SIDE, and above the
letters the crown Of Spain carved in silver
a salmon-colored curtain made of satin
and lined Oh one sillc with material new
er seen before in Atlanta, but judged to
be very handsome fiom the texture of the
cloth. was also in the package that came
by express from Guantanamo, Cuba. With
the curtain came a cord wrought of the
same material with long tasseis attached
to the ends.
There was u skirmish at Bremen
just south of the rife range,
Wednesday night atoTt O'Clock, on the
farm of Mr.. Eutrekin, in which six sol
diers belonging to the Twelfth Regiment,
came out considerably worsted, being load
ed down with squirrel shOt-from fifteen
TO thirty shot in each soldier. 1t seems
that the farmers have tired of the soldiers
raiding their orchards. vineyards and wa
termelon patches, so last night they We're
on the watch for the soldiers and about 9
O'clock seven soldiers put In their appear
ance in a watermelon patch and the far
mers opened fire on them with shotguns
and shot six of them The seventh escaped
by lying down until the farmers guns
were empty and made a dash and succeed
ed IN getting away without a load of
shot. The six wounded soldiers retreated
in disorder and made their way back to
camp, considerably worsted for their wa
tcrmelon raid The doctor at the camp had
an all-night job picking out the shot None
are very sore. The soldiers are mad and
threatening the tanners and trouble Is ex-
pected unless the depredations are stopped
al once.