Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-26

southern states. Each subdivision is 90 be
headed by band of its own selection. m
I being understood that the Legion i In rcr'
IeZFous at Washington on the dav Of
e-ie LHaus 9ratiOn each company will
49,. SCuIe anu furnish its own transpOrta-
ti1h ana quarters in Washington As GOV
Cleveland Will be the centennial P1esi-
Aeht, IL ls meet and proper that the guard of
honor shOuld represent the old thirteen which
comprised the Union at the time of the in
au2uratiOn Of cur cOuntry's iliustriOus first
PRESIDENT. Trusting that this patriotic move
menJ VIII meet with the appreciation of vOur-
selI anu your command and requesting a
speedy acknowledgment, 1 have the honor to
Iehaln yours very truly, MAJ. GEORGE W
mtLEAN, Commanding Old Guard The
1lhes received the communication with en-
tuuslasn, and telegraphed their unanimous
acceptance Of the invitation. The Clincb 4 ifies
represented the ; tate Of Georgia in the Cen
tennlal Legion at the Philadelphia Exposition
In 1876.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: on Sent. Is
OF the present year painter named j. \.
ibarrY. who was then at work on some paint
ing az the Lauier House. bought an organ
from the Georgia Music House on the INSTALL
heut plan. paying SO down. He ordered the
organ sent to his room, which he said was on
E0urth street, opposite the National Hotel
wine irvine went with the organ. and il was
.aAen upstairs and left in the hallway. Barry
was present, and sad that the room was not
4ulte ready, and as there was a lot Of furpi-
ture IN the hallway. young Irvine did NOT sus-
pect anything. The second lnstallment on the
lhat elect was sent through the mail to
Barry. IL happened that on the same floor
llVed a Mr. Berry, who received the noIifica-
ton. lie returned 1t to Mr.. Ir-
vine. saying he was not the man.
Efforts were made to find Barry, but
they proved fruitiess. On Nov. Is another in
, slalilnent men was Que and another notification
was sent 10 him through the mail. This one
fell into the hands Of Mrs. Berry. and she told
Mr. Irvine that there was no such man
nVlng IN the building. Mr.. Irvine then insti-
~ "a oh
10 DR.. Subers, who has an Office in the build
ing, the doctor said that he remembered the
day on which the organ was carried there
He saw a. IN the hallway about O'Clock but
~ Was gone, as well as the furniture, when he
returned 10 his Office at O'Clock. Mr.. Ir-
vine soon saw that no such man as Barry
rented one OF the rooms, and that he was not
IN tue CITY. \ call at the railroad depOts con-
NInced him that the organ had not been
snlpped out of town. His the ~ is tn [
Barry had the furniture and organ carried to
tEe place, and then, after selling them to
some one IN Macon, left on a convenient train
for other fields.
The Baltimore sun gives the following ad-
ultlOndl details of the CRANBERRY suicide. al
ready mentioned IN the MORNING NEWS:
Joseph l. cranberry, aged 30 years. and un-
married. an entry clerk in the dry goods
house OF johnson. sutton n Co.. in HOPKINS
place, near German street, committed suicide
m bedroom in -Daly's restaurant, 10 st. Paul
street, Friday night. by cutting the radial
and ulnar arteries at the right wrist and
bleeding TO death. He entered the restaurant
shortly after O'Clock Friday night and en-
ged room, saying he was tired and would
not 20 home that night. Patrick Gilmore. the
bars keeper, and cOlOred waiter. who showed
hlm 10 his room, noticed that ne had been
uflnklng rather heavily, but he took nothing
there at 10 O'Clock Saturday morning water
was noticed running from under the door of
Tranberry's room. Joseph Parker looked in
through the transOm and saw the young man
lying on the side Of tine bed. lie thought
something wrong and told John W. DAILY, son
OF the proprietor. and he in turn summoned
Police sergeant Ryan. The door WAS locked
on the inside and they forced lt open. t,rap-
berry was found To be dead, and the cash in
his wrist showed the cause. \ very sharp
INK eraser and small pocket knife We're
found on the floor near the young mans feet,
which hung over the side OF the bed. The bed
was not dlsarranged and everything in the
room was IN order, except chair and the
water pitcher near the bed. which were up-
set. EheTe was little blood on the ink eraser
while the knife was covered with il. showing
that the eraser had been used first and the
knife afterwards. CRANBERRY had taken his
shoes or and placed them carefully against
the wall. His cuffs, slightly stained with
blood, were found on the bureau. showing
that he had found them an lmpedmeuJ after
ne began tue cutting ana removed them. His
right arm was extended and hung over the
siue of the bed. allowing the blood To run into
"a siOp jar placed beneath. Everything went
TO show that It was a deliberate suicide.
Cranberry lived with his brother, Wm. NJ
Cranberry, who Is bOOkkeeper Tor johnson,
sutton Co.. al 81 North Stricker street He
was popular young man, but OF late has
been troubled with q lung affection. He was
very much afraid of becoming au invalid on
somebody's hands. Coroner Hill held an in
quest on the case, the jury tiHdinga verdict of
sUiciue- HE Dody was taken IN charge by
his brother They came from Americus, Ca.
several years asO. and their family still reside
there.
Griffin NelCs: \ r tther curious proceeding
TOOK place at the City Clerks oflies Saturday.
~ Vfa affft
To law Ou Friday evening. On Nov. notice
was inserted in the DItiy AelCS to the effect
thlt the books would be open for the recistra-
uOn IF the legal voters OF the city for the years
lo,4 and 1851 on Nov. y. and remain Open 10
days. This notice appes srCd for days prior
TO the opening Of the books, as The law re-
Juired. On the morning OF Nov. y, being ~
days before the day OF the election. as the law
required, the books were duly opened and
kept open until Friday night, when they were
closed. having been opened 10 days and hav-
ing closed 10 days prior to the election, as the
law required. All these proceedings were
done 10y Thomas Nail, who has been City
Clerk for many years, and who perfectly un-
derstaUds the duties OF his Ottce. The require
ments of the law were fulfile 3, a large regis
tratiOu was had and il was supposed that the
books were permanently closed. But Satur-
day morning the Marshal notified the Alder
men that the proper authorities had called
meeting of the Council. and accordingly
Messrs. Boyd, Drake, Burr. Deane, George
and W ord repaired 10 the Office of the Clerk.
Chairman pro tenn, and lt was moved that
the registration books be opened and kept
Oten until O'Clock in the evening. The mo-
tiun was voted for by Messrs. Burr, George,
Word. and, we understand, 10y MIR. Drake.
Mr. Deane not voting, and was declared
carried and the Clerk instructed to open the
books accordingly. Mayor Hudson, upon
whom CevOlves the legal calling together of
the Council, and who was known to be IN the
city, had meanwhile been apprised of what
was going on and appeared upon the scene
and earnestly protested against the whole
proceeding; and when he found that the Al
dermen were determined TO 90 through with
their 1ctiOn at once gave notice Of illegaiity.
The books were opened ana about eight
or ten men who had neglected 10 register
were at once put down, followed by long
string of names Of parties who bad already
registered. but whom the clerk was ordered
10 puL down again to make "a good list The
action Of this meeting Is sLOken of by lawyers
as being as illegal as it certainly was
extraordinary, and the opinion is freely eX-
pressed that it will work injury to the ticket
in whose interest II was done. If the election
should depend upon the votes of the half
dozen men registered Saturday then il will
itself be subject to contest, as if the registra
tratiOn books were legally closed Saturday
night. the only nine days can elapse until the
dav of election. instead of ten as required by
the law. To-day, being Sunday, and dies
non. cannot b. taken the starting point TO
count from, and the election comes of Wednes-
day, Dec. 3, or nine days from Monday.