Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-24

arrangements to live with him. and sold his ef-
fects preparatory to this step, when death
broke up the contract. The widow disputes
Vida's claim to heirship as the only heir The
estate is worth about $4,000. so a lively lawsuit
may result, and we shall have in a small way a
TichbOrne claimant. Whether it is the real
Sir Roger or an impostOr, the court will have
to determine "
Griffin Nelrs: 1T may not be widely known,
but the prospects for 6rlfnn'S becoming the
grand fruit centre OF the South were never
more promising than now. Already within
arms reach Of the city there are over 1O0, go
bearing trees. peaches, apples, pears, etc,
while fully lOO, COO more are in prospective Mr.
Cunningham will probably plant out 10000
next season. and Dir. John II. Parnell will
more than likely put out an orchard near
WOodruffs of 5000 peach trees. Mr.. Hey
ward will plant 10.GO0 or 20 COO, while Mr.. Jas.
Beatty is putting out fifty acres in fruit. The
Keller vineyard, with its 36 O00 vines added to
the above, will give nest of fruit growers that
viii bring Griffin prominently before the
world as the great fruit centre of the South
Mr, hewward intends to make his hundred
sCTes grow peaches, apples and strawberries,
making a speciality Of the latter"
Rome Bulletin: I'VE had the pleasure yester-
day OF meeting CaDtain w. E Fay. General
Superintendent of the Rome extension of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad. The Captain
reports that work on the first ten mile section
Of this road will be resumed this week and
that Mr.. A Randall is the sub contractor
under Messrs Bill and McKeckney and that
the latter will push the work through as rapid Y
ss possible. He said, in answer to question
from us. that the work on this portion Of the
road would be completed within two
months; that the work of laying the track
would be carried es fast as practicable;
that they would begin in few davs to lay
rails at Jones', two miles below this city, where
this road intersects with the Z. T., V. and g.
Road and keep as much up with this part Of
the work as the grading work would permit.
In this connection. we will state that we are
rail- ~ q MnK
ney are fully prepared financially 70 complete
the work which they have contracted to do"
Atlanta correspondence Macon Telegraph:
''One day last week a ricely dressed, very pret-
ty lady walked into Stilson's jewelry establish
ment on Whitehall street, and examined some
jswelry Among other jewelry that Mr.. Still
son showed her was a beautiful solid gold
breastpin. There were other customers in the
store, and after looking at the different styles
Of jewelry for some time. the lady in question
took her leave. Soon after her departure Mr.
SrilsOn discovered that the breastpin alluded to
above was gone. He remembered the pret V
LADY had been looking at it. and the thought
tiisned across his mind that she must have
taken il. He went Immediately 10 pOlce head
quarters and gave Captains Starnes and Bag
ley description of the lady. Those officers
went directly in search of the party.
They traced the lady answering the de-
scriptiOn to the Markham House. They
ascertaiIed the number Of her room from the
clerk Mr.. John Lowry, and then Capt Starnes
requested Mr. Lowry to go up to the lady S
room with bim. Mr.. Lowry consented. and the
two started up stairs. just as they came to
the room door, it beng Tatuer dark in the hall
they saw lady trying to f1t a key ia the door
Of the very room they we're going to. They
r rscOgnized her as the person they were looking
for. She evidently saw them coming, for be-
fore they got to her they heaf her siy / can't
find my room Mr.. Lowry spoke and told he r
that she as at her room door, and assisted her
to open the door. When she got in the room
she slammed the door ard locked it, and
began TO scream fire and murder, alarm
ing the whole house Several lady
boar ers Tu he'd out Of their
rooms and tainted in the halls Captain
Starnes was now convinced that his suspicious
v ere correct He and Mr.. Lowry, finally sue
ceeded in getting into the room. and the lady,
after telling several different tales about the
matter. gave up the breastpin. She is appar-
emily about twenty five years old, and ner
husband is about forty. The jewelry wss p
stored TO Mr.. StilsOn, and the woman gave him
nv dollars The lady is a resident of Oxfe I'd,
Alabama, and after the pin was recovered she
was told to go and sin no more.'"