The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-15

OLD Aunt Winnie Farm, an old colored
woman of Boston, about l06 years old,
died Tuesday of old age. Up to a few
weeks ago she was about and retained her
faculties 10 the last.
The case Of J. w. Harris VS.. the South
ern Agricultural Works was on trial Mon
dav at Atlanta before Judge Berry Of the
Civ Court. The plaintiff alleges that dur
ing APRIL 1896 while he was employed
in the Southern Agricultural Works. an
emery wheel burst, fracturing his arm
He entered suit through his attorneys
Arnold & Arnold, and r. B. Blackburn.
The d. IT. Browder Company. brokers'
of East Alabama street, was placed in the
hands of receiver Monday morning. The
petition to the court, which was flied an
behalf of a mum Der of creditors, repre-
sents that The firm has become insolvent
and is unable TO meet its obligations. The
petition AYERS that it is necessary for the
preservation of the property TO have
receiver appointed for the business.
Baxley Correspondence Morning News:
Tuesday there was a large sale of town
lots in "Fcndig's addition to Bailey" a
suburb of that city. The lois were sold
at auction and brought good prices. The
greater part was bought by citizens.-J.
w Tippjns has just completed his large
brick warehouse and furniture store on
Railroad street The contractors for the
building of the new Jail for this county
and pushing the work and the jail viii
soon be completed at a cost Of $500
The case of Mrs. Christian Ivy VS.. the
Georgia Railroad occupied the attention
of the Fulton Superior Court at Atlanta
Monday. Mrs. Ivy is represented by c.
T. Ladson and Judge j. T. PendIeton She
sl~e bat ra h I'D
for the killing of her son while he was
employed as fireman on the Georgia Rail-
road. The railroad company is represent
cd by its attorneys, Messrs. Bryan Cum
ming and Sanders Mcdaniel The coun-
sci for defendant Monday afternoon en-.
tered a plea of non-suit.
The family and friends of W. II. Bag
ley, the ex-nominee Of the Populist party
in Chattahoochee county for the legisla-
ture, and who is to be tried for murder,
are making an effort to induce Hon.
Thomas L. Watson TO enter the case. They
have communicated with him, but as yet
no arrangements have been made If
they fail, it win be because they will not
make financial arrangements that VIII be
satisfactory to the Thomson man. He
wants $500 down before entering the case.
it is understood the Populists of Charta-
hoochee may raise purse to defend Mr..
ployed already for the defense.
Last Saturday about Il o'clock little
son of J. NJ Wilder of Hogansville was
seized with violent commissions, which
lasted, with very little cessation, until Sun
day morning at o'clock, when he died.
A port norton examination Monday re-
Vealed intersusception of the small ntes-
tine, about five inches having been forced
into the intestine. A very strange thing
revealed by the post norton was a lacera-
ton of the heart. There was a small
rupture, over which nature had placed a
thick white coating of some kind, as If
attempting TO repair the break, and then
there was a longer rupture, or a prolonga-
ton of the first one that must have been
made during the spasmodic contractions
of the muscles.
Members of the Macon Volunteers say
that in their opinion A. w Sullivan. who
killed his terminate, Private Burns, at
Camp Poland, is not OF good mind, and
that he should not have been retained in
the army. They declare that he il a NOR
phine eater, and to that extent is not re-
sponsible for his acts. Sullivan Is a ma
tive of Bibb county, son of a weil-known
farmer and aged resident Of the Rutland
district. Bibb county. Burns enlisted with
tic Macon Volunteers, but he did not re
side in Bib county. He lived near East
man. Three Sullivan brothers, al of Bibb
county, enlisted IN the Macon Volunteers,
One was discharged on a writ of habeas
corpus sworn out by his mother, who al
legged that he was under the army age.
A second brother deserted, and the third
brother, A. w. Sullivan, remained in The
army and killed his terminate.