Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-05

and are held on by the uncut part. 1t
will be some time before he is able to be
out ON it.
There were 524 criminal cases disposed
OF in the United States Courts at Atlanta
last term, viz: $40 pleas of guilty. 80 dis
missed, mol pressed, and discontinued,
and IS verdicts; 112 civil cases were also
disposed of. Most OF the % cases mol
pressed and dismissed were old cases.
where the witnesses had become scattered
and their dismissal had been recommended
by the present District Attorneys prede-
cessor.
At Macon Wednesday the trustees OF
Mercer University settled with r. Il.
Ross, executor of the estate of James NJ.
Gray, who died IN Jones county some
years ago, leaving $4,000 to tho univer-
slty. One clause in the Will authorizes
that the trustees shall devote the interest
on the fund to the education of as many
as can be accommodated OF worthy young
Jones county men who are unable TO pay
their tuition. There are three such bene-
nclaries now in the college.
AT Americas Saturday afternoon S. s.
! Sloan, after paying off his hands at his
office, put about $40 in silver into one of
the drawers of his safe, shut the door.
locked UP his Office and went home, sew
eral miles in the country. Monday morn
ing when he returned he found the drawer
in the safe pried open and the $40 gone.
In the iron vault of the safe was more
money, but this was not known to the
robber, and this was untouched.
Habersham county Superior Court is in
session. The most important case to be
tried this term is the case of the State VS..
Robert ii. Morris, Victoria Henderson
and Ann Dodd.. Morris is charged with
the murder of Jasper Henderson, who was
snot in the back in that county a short
time since while going ia the house of his
mother-ln-law, Mrs. Dodd. Victoria Hen
dersOn is the wife of the murdered man.
1t is claimed that the wife Of the deceased
and Ann Dodd are accessories to the
killing.
A negro stepped into the Kimball house
hat store at Atlanta, a few evenings ago,
and said he wanted to buy beaver. The
proprietor showed him So beaver. The
negro said he was unable to pay that much
for it. The proprietor, to see whether the
man would buy it at any price, asked him
if he would give 81, then put 1t down to
50, and finally asked MIN if he would buy
it for 81. The negro all the time was
edging TO the door, and all of a sudden he
dropped the hat and ran down the street
| as hard as he could.
At Atlanta about O'Clock Wednesday
morning officers Poole and Martin saw a
negro man pick up a rock and smash in
one of the windows of Hipp & Duncan's
store. snatch several cigar boxes, and run
of. The officers called to him to stop, but
! on he went. They opened fire upon him,
firing Is shots. The negro ran on down
| Whitehall street, and darted into an alley.
Patrolman Poole rushed in after him. He
was pulled cut of a dark corner, and con-
Quoted him to the station mouse. A bullet
cut hole through the burglars coat, but
he was not hurt.
ALT Prater, the pedestrian known as
mountain wonder, was arraigned at At
lanta, Wednesday, charged with discharg-
ing firearms in the city limits. The evil
dence showed that Mr.. PrateF runs a
shooting gallery on Decatur street. He
stated that while on his way home the
other night with several pistols about his
person a negro insulteu him. He jumped
at the man and one of the pistols dropped
to The ground and went off, making a
lively report. After examining several Of
the witnesses, the Recorder stated that he
was of the opinion that Mr.. Prater was
guilty, but as the evidence did not show it
he would dismiss the case.
Wednesday nearly two weeks ago W.
ii. Wood, no lived near the line of w al
ton and Gwinnett counties, left his home
and was not heard of until the Sunday
following. In that interval the country
was being secured by his friends and rela-
tivss, hoping to find some trace Of the
missing man. 1t turned out that Mr..
Wood went to COnyers, where he sold his
horse for 800, and took the train tor Chat
tanOOga. From that point he wrote his
wife that he had lost or been robbed of all
but $40 of his money, that he was going
to COrInth, Miss, and tor her to sell their
I Gil l. L. F.H Z.
Woods action is considered. surprisingly
strange.