The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-04
A BLACK LIST OF NO USE
ATLANrA's COUNCIL WILL PROB
ABLY ABOLISH IT.

ATLANTA'S COUNClG WILL EhOb-
ABLY ABOLISH 1T.
The inaccuracies of the Descriptions
Sent Out So Glaring as to Be Suspi-
cious-A Bad Railroad Wreck Near
Palmetto, in Which Death Was MI
raculously Escaped.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 3.--The probahil-
ties are that the black list law which was
enacted Dec Is by the City Council, will be
repealed Monday. The law has proved
very Intellectual and works unnecessary
hardships upon saloon keepers. II provides
that where a saloon keeper sells TO person
whose name is ON the black list, and if the
person is convicted again of drunkenness on
the streets, he will be released if he will tell
where lie got his liquor. In every case
where saloon keepers have been charged
with violating the law, it has been impossi-
BILE TO convict, as the descriptions sent out
were defective. The law provided that
where saloon keeper was
found guilty he would forfeit
his license and be fined not
more than $500 or given thirty days on the
stockade. Councilman Tanner considers
the law farce, and will offer a resolution
TO repeal it, which will no doubt be adopted.
A warrant was issued from the executive
office this afternoon. with the Governors
signature attached for $l4, 43 80, which
goes to the lunatic asylum for the expenses
for December,
A RAILROAD WRECK.
No train came in on the West Point road
to-day before noon on account of wreck
two miles below Palmetto The train that
was wrecked was special freight composed
of nine box cars, and was IN charge Of Con
ductor Vining and Engineer Bowers, who
escaped unhurt, as did all the other hands.
The train was made up at LaGrange and
started ahead of passenger train which
was due here at $50 o'clock this morning.
As the engine was rushing along and
nearing Palmetto there was jar and the
ponderous machine bumped over the cross
ties a short distance, and then leaped clear
off the track into the ditch on its side. The
cars were jumbled together, five of them
being badly demolished and the others
slightly damaged. The track was COM
pletely blocked, and after the excitement
was over, an examination showed the wreck
to be due to the spreading of the truck for
some distance. Some unknown parties had
removed the spikes and bars from the sides
and as soon as the weight of the train was
upon the rails they spread apart, throwing
the train into the ditch. The removal of the
spikes was intended to throw the midnight
passenger train from Atlanta off the track
but the special freight scared the wreckers
from carrying odt their designs.
The State Treasurer to-day received from
Chatham county 800 from the capitol tax
and $500 from the general tax.
THE YOUNG MEMS LIBRARY.
The directors of the Young Mems Lii
brary paid Senator Brown 81 800 today
with per cent. interest since Jan. |, For
a number of years Senator Brown has
owned 81 800 worth of NOR gage bonds on
the library, and about six weeks ago the di-
rectors decided if they could place the bonds
on better terms, TO settle with him, ms all
the income was exhausted TO pay off his cou-
pons A committee was appointed and to-day
placed bonds to the amount of Sl3 5000 with
Mrs W. b. Cox, with the understanding
that all the rents would go to the Library
and she be paid in installments annually.
This transaction puts the institution on
good basis. as it will leave surplus TO ex-
pend in books.
MARRIED UNDER ASSUMED NAMES,
For several days previous to Wednesday
last Miss Lula Watson, whose father is pro
prietor of the Watson House, at Roswell,
has been in Atlanta visiting her uncle's
family on Erwin street Wednesday she
letL Atlanta with William E. Scruggs son
of exMinister w l.. Scruggs, of this CITY,
and went 10 Flowery Branch on the Air
ried under the name of Mary T. Meyers
and Henry f. Boykin. Today they re-
turned from Flowery Branch and registered
at the Markham House under the name of
j. A Smith and wife of Macon
Soon after their arrival at the hotel Chief
Connolly learned that there was a couple at
the Markham acting in such a way as to
arouse suspicion that something was wrong.
He called at the hotel and sent up his card
and had an audience with the lady She
informed him that she and her husband had
married under assumed names, that she as
Lula Watson had been married as Mary +.
Meyers and that he as William E. Scruggs
had married as Henry E. Boykin.
WHY SHE DID IT.
She said that she had been induced to
consent to the marriage by Watson telling
her that it would be legal They then came
TO Atlanta and registered as j. A. Smith
and wife. She said that her husband gave
as an excuse for concealing his name that
he did not want his father to know of the
marriage. Tonight they were to have left
the city, but were detained by Chief Con-
molly and carried to the parsonage of Rev.
j. W. Lee, when they were married under
their real names. After the marriage the
bridal couple went to the Kimball House,
where they registered as William
J.. Scruggs and wife. Chief Connolly says
that Scruggs was quite indignant when
called upon for an explanation of his con-
duct AT first he refused to allow Rev H.
G. Mcdonald to perform the marriage cere-
mony, but changed his mind and prepared
to be married by that minister when he
remembered that Rev. Mcdonald was the
pastor of the church to that his father
attended