Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-01

Macon Teleoraph: "Mr. J. s. Kinney, who
has been in the employment of the Schoheld
Iron Works as draughtsman Ior year past
and who is the inventor OF "a e new w. n4e.ve pow
10 return 10 Philadelphia, his old home, and
press his invention upon the public attention,
confident Of ultimate success
Atlanta Constitution "Alf Starr Is wanted
in Hampton for larceny. Early Thursday
morning he stole a black cloth coat, $500 in
money and one note for $3.50 from 8 gentle
man in that place. Starr Is about IS years Of
age. feet 10 inches high, weighs 165 pounds
is a square-built yellow fellow He CANDLES a
great deal, and has been shot in the mouth -
Atlanta POst-Appeal: "Rapacious landlords
who have been going about raising rents are
be- inning to discover that the boom has not
struck just where they thought it had. Some
tenants have been notified to pay higher rents
or quit, and in some cases they have done the
latter. In other cases they remain, protesting
against the raise and being determined to seek
other quarters. The landlord craze will drive
many 70 the occupancy or less pretentlous
quarters, or to obtaining property or their
own, in which they will be advance-proof
There Is a prospect that there viii be places to
rent at very reasonable prices Just as soon as
the Exposition is fairy over"
Atlanta Constitution: Senator Halves per-
fected and passed bill on the usury question
which makes some important changes The
maximum charged is still fixed by law at eight
per cent, but under the new bill the lender
has the right to charge whatever rate the bor-
row agrees upon. and can collect the same il
the borrower does not appeal to the law against
paying. If this is done, the lender is mulct on
ly for the surplus Of the interest above
eight per cent. and not for the entire interest
as under the present law. 1t also becomes in
cumbent upon the borrower to show that the
lender has violated the law, and it does not de-
volve upon the lender 70 shoulder the burden
OF proof as under the present law
Hawkinsville Dispatch: "Mr John P Lee
and his wife, May Lee, Of Twiggs county,
are aged respectively seventy six and
seventy-two years. They have reared
eleven chilsren, ten of whom are now
living, and all married except the youngest
son. who Is twenty-seven years old, and still
lives with his parents. The oldest is Mrs
Eliza Brown, aged hfty-one years. This aged
couple have, in all their family. one hundred
and thirteen children, fourteen of whom are
great grandchildren Mr.. Lee has lived on his
years, and has nnver purchased but sixteen
bushels Of corn in his life. Up to the 1st of
August OF this year he had three hundred
bushels Of old corn in the crib"
special to the Macon Telegraph and Mes.
sen0er dated Blakely, Ga September 2gth
l O'Clock, a party consisting Of about dozen
masked men went 70 the residence of the
jailer and demanded the Jail key, which he re-
fused to deliver, but was compelled under the
muZzles of pistols to surrender to them. A
guard remained with the jailer, when the
balance proceeded to the jail, opened it and
shot to death candy Wright, a negro, who was
serving a sentence of Imprisonment for hog
stealing. His time would have expired in about
ten days. He had a bad reputation, and on
several occasions during his Imprisonment he
threatened. when released. to kill several per-
sons, including the jailer. The affair is greatly
regretted by the quiet and peaceable citizens
Of Blakely.n
McDu1te Journal: ION Friday morning last
Mr.. HiIlman Reeves, who lives in the vicinity
of Dearing, in this county, committed suicide
hu iru int a raIl IN fhsz ia hafo he
attempted to cut his throat, but was prevented.
and a watch kept on his movements. He was
sitting at the breakfast table on Friday morn
ing when he suddenly arose aud rushed out of
the heuse AID jumped into the well in the
yard. His brother and a young man named
Luckey, who were seated at the table with
him, endeavOred to catch him before he reached
the well, but tailed 1he water IN the well was
twenty feet deep, and the unfortunate man
did not come to the surface after he went un-
der Help was summoned, and with pair of
pot hooks attached to rope they commenced
30 fish for the body. They succeeded in bring
ing the body to the top of the water, when a
rOpe was tied to it and it WIS drawn out. Mr..
Reeves was subject to spells Of alteration OF
the mind, and iJ Is supposed that the act was
committed while under the influence of one OF
these spells"
Marietta Journal sheriff Coryell arrested
| last Wednesday week Mr.. Thomas Roddy, al
this place, on the authority Of telegram from
| the Sheriff of Polk county Mr. RoddYs attor
| neys the Messrs. Winn. sued out writ Of hd
| beds corpus, and ROddy went to trial before
| Judge Hammett Ordinary of Cobb county. A
| S. Clay, Esq. represented Sheriff Coryen, and
| TIE case was hotly contested. After a patient
| hearing Roddy was discharged on the ground
/ that a telegram not sufficient to hold 6
| prisoner. Sheriff Coryell rearrested Roddy anC
sail he was ready for another hGbeGs corpus
/ that he would continue to arrest him as he wat
| discharged. AS no further writ was sued out
/ Roddy was kept in custody until the arriva
/ Of the Sheriff of Polk county, who carried
/ him back with him. Roddy is charged with
carrying a concealed pistol and engaging in a
/ riot. The Sheriff Of Polk had previously ar
/ rested Roddy on q train, but Roddy proved by
| two persons on board that he was not the mar
wanted, and he was turned Loose. He learned
/ subsequently that Rodoy had deceived him a.
/ to his identity and he telegraphed his arrest al
! this place, as Roddy's father resides in Mari
/ eta