The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23

mat it attracted Mr.. SHADES attention. He
.asV1y arose, and, snatching his gun, has
.eheo 70 the stable. He reached it lust In
cime TO perceive the form of the fiend as he
was disappearing. Raising his gun he fired
az MIN, and next morning portion of his
ear was found, The horse is badly wounded.
The State Grand Lodge of Colored Free
Masons was in session two DAYS with Brad.
well lodge in Columbus last week. Wednes-
uay parade was formed having over a
nundred members in line, and marched
through the principal streets in the city to
st. James A. NJ. E. Church, where an in
.erestlng programme was carried out. Rev.
). D. Flpper of Atlanta delivered an adj
oress ON the subject Masonry and its influ-
ences on the civilization OF man" During
the session Grand Master w. e. Terry of
Columbus presided, with F. II. Crumbly OF
Atlanta grand secretary.
Senator Gibbs is responsible for a little
episode in the state Senate Friday. The
House resolution to allow the colored people
TO use the hall of the House on Jan. / to
celebrate the emancipation proclamation
was put upon its passage. Mr.. Gibbs OBJ
posed the resolution. He said: Il am
against that resolution. The emancipation
proclamation is a quarter of a century old
10 Is stale. 1t was intended as mortal
blow at the southern people. Its object was
TO destroy us. 1t was written by Abraham
Lincoln, man who was bastard by birth
or fanatic in his manhood. l vote NO, :
and want my vote recorded with big
M" The resolution was concurred in by
a vote of IS to 5.
At l. o'clock Tuesday morning, Wood &
Bond, undertakers of Macon, received a
telegram from j.. Bishop, Jr, at Eastman,
TO send at once n certain size casket. At
1880 the firm photographed to Mr.. Bishop
that the casket would be sent as ordered
At O'clock they received d telegram from
Bishop saying that no answer to telegram
had been received and order was therefore
countermanded. Wood & Bond then tele-
graphed that order had been filled, and
that the answer bad been sent. Then came
back telegram from Mr.. Bishop, dated
$3.50 O'clock, at Eastman, saying that both
kilograms had just been received, but too
late, as he had been supplied elsewhere.
Messrs. Wood IL Bond. therefore, lost the
sale of the casket, and will bring suit
against the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. The delay, it seems, was at the East
man ofiics, and the trouble was caused in
not delivering the first message Of Wood g.
Bond.
The Eastman TimeS-JourndI has the
following about former resident of Sa.
vannah. The entertapmen given by
Prof. Mallette, Monday night, was most
enjoyable one. Prof. Mallette in addition
to rendering several songs in his most musi-
cal and effective manner, read selections
from his book entitled IA Narrative of a
mencilg in Augusta, Ga, and end
ing for the time being here
took him to England, India, Java, China
and Australia. During his sojourn in these
interesting countries he met with many ad-
ventures and has recorded them, and his
impressions Of the people and countries
visited in a most entertaining and instruct
i've way. The narrative, as it will be pub
lished, covers a period of twenty-eight
years of the professor life, and as there is
in it an ever-varying change of scene and
incident, aside from the admirable style in
which it is written, it is full of interest to
the general reader.
A rumor is current in Athens to the effect
that there is a rock in Clarke county, about
six miles from town, upon which no man
dares to tread The superstitious say that
about twenty or twenty-five years ago an
old gentleman buried a coffee-pot FULL of
gold at the foot of this rock, and has since
died, and that when a man passes that way
his ghost appears and drives him off. Par
ties hunting near the place have been run
for more than a mile by this invisible
ghost. They say that when they come
near the place, even though it be per-
fectly still day, noise can be heard like
te rible cyclone, and the tall pines, which
surround the rock, begin to bow, and
many of them fall to the ground. On
Sunday last two gentlemen of Athens, who
heard the rumors and doubted them, visited
the crock" with the intention of proving
the reports to be false, but they did not
stop long. They climbed to the top of the
rock, when they became astounded by hear
ing terrible crash. Hardly before they
knew it, large pine tumbled to the ground
right at their feet. While an exami iation
of the tree was being made. which was
twisted from the ground, another one, fully
as large, came down with a crash The
explorers then skipped out but are de-
termined to visit the haunted rock" once
more. They report that the trees are piled
up to depth Of six feet from the ground,
having fallen at different tunes.
In the United States court at Macon what
has proved TO be most interesting case
was brought to an end Tuesday. 1t was
the case of a man named McCloskey, who
was arrested about two years ago on war
rants from the state and Uni ed States
courts ON the charge of violating tie inter-
nal revenue laws. Jacob Menko stood his
bond of $500 for trial, and McClosky
shortly after disappeared. Search was
made for him, and finally, at the last term
of court, Menk produced a letter said to
nave been Written by mcCloskey TO MS wife
in Macon, and later on certificates to show
that the man had died at a county hospital
at San Fernando, Cal. The case was
continued, however. and was again
brought up Monday morning. The letter
was shown TO the court 1t was signed Nv.
b. Hill" and the certificate of death described
Hill, saying he died. ETC., and fitted Nc
Closkey exactly. In order to make sure of
the evidence, the letter purporting to have
been signed by McCloskey was turned over
to DIR. L. b. Clifton, the chemist, for exam
ination. The date and address had been
blotted out with another kind OF ink, and 1t
could not be discovered by the natural eye
where it came from, nor where 1t was writ
ten. By series Of chemical tests, DR.. Cliff
ton caused one ink to turn deep purple
and the other carmine, and the name San
CAL. stood out ia plain letters
When court opened Tuesday, the chemist
produced the letter and showed to his honor
Judge Speer that the original address was
San Fernando, whereupon Menko was re-
leased from his bond.
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