The morning news., 1889-05-17

fer an officer. When the latter came she
told him of her trouble, b1t was unable TO
describe tho man, aud could not ever tell
we hcr or no. ho was whito or black. The
officer made an investigation, but was un-
able TO fnA any Suspicious character around
tae depot. The blind woman lefs on the
oeriy morning. train for Augusta lamont
ing hor error IN putting such faith i'll man
Aad-
Wednesday was pay day on the Georgis
Southern and Florida rosd, and Treasurer
Jewett paid out S35, ,0C0 Of the com pany' ;
| good money. OF this amount, about 81 = 600
was 10 contractors on the extension, $500
of II was for freight on steel rails, and the
reminder was IN part payment of the rezu-
! lar pay roll. Besides this. Mr.. Jewett paid
out the day before SIS, 600 on check for
steel rails for the extension. Work on the
/ extension IS being rapidly pushed. Track
4 laying is proceeding fayo ably, and Mr..
/ Jewett says that theirs are men at work on
every mile Of the sixty miles from VaIdosts
TO Lake City. Thus it will be seen that
/ Macon, by her own enterprise, will soon be
| connected directly with the heart Of the
/ great land of flowers.
| The Macon Construction Company desires
4 u run the Georgia Southern road through
certain property Of the Central railroad on
| Fifth street. Macon. Last year tae con
structio1 cornpa offered the Central road
$1,000 for the property in question. and
/ 5000 f1r two lots adjoining, which price
the Central agreed to take, so it is alleged.
but when the time came to give the deed
the Central declined 70 do so. The Central
! now demands $40, 900 for the property AID
this sum the construction company is un-
willing TO give and jury Las Ueen empan-
eled to condemn the land and assess value
The case VIII be beard next Saturday. The
construction company IS confronted by
three injunctiO0s, about similar, which will
he heard on June1 BY Judge RlcDard Clark
In the mean time the track of the Georgia
Southern cannot be laid through the city
along Fifth street.
The Erst thrOaghibill Of lading issued over
the great Cincinnati Southern railroad was
to a Rome firm. The shioment was made
70 Mcdonald & Bros, who were in the
grocery business at ths time in the corner
Of the Kincaid block. The firm was com
p sed OF Mark and Luke Mcdonald. The
Cincinnati IiDles-Star of last Friday con-
tsins the following: "In the office of the
George Fox Starch Company il the original
first through bill of lading issued by the
Cincinnati Southern railway. 1t Is a bill
for twenty-five boxes Of starch, weight
l,2j0 pounds, at 65 cents per hundred, to
Mcdonald & Bros, Rome Ga, and dated
FEB. 20, 1850 There we're other shipments
at the sane time, but this one OF the George
Of Ia ling that was made our. When it was
done there was much cheering and yelling
By the shippers and t6amsters VINO had seen
the first bill Of freight made for tais great
line. -
The SylvAnia Wa'chmun saws a move
ment q peing organized % hunt the revolu-
nonary cannon. The guns were thrown
into Brier creek, near its confluence with
tbs Savannah river, by the surpri4ed and
a ma arfr in D.-fes II.
had come upon them very suddenly, and it
is thought they dumped the cannon into a
lake by the side Of the bridge Lefors thew
RAJ. However this may be, it is Ger
tam that these ancient relies Of
freedom were left there in the swamp
and the tradition Of the revolutionary can
non in Bricr creek has been handed down
from sire TO son through all tho succeeding
years, and now occupies a prominent place
IN the unwritten archives of our country.
Inc exact spot where they have bsea sleep
ing beneath the silent waters so long has
been discovered, aud the ciRng Of their old
iron barrels can be heard distinctly when
struck with tae metal prongs of a gig
Capt. Potter has given this interesting sub
gact much thought, and has spent good
deal of time in botn historical aud geo
! graphical research, endsavoring to fix the
exact spot where they lie.
The estate of the late Joseph A. Farrell
Of Macon, is likely to get into the tangle of
the IaT. Mr.. Farrell died possessed of soms
property in Macon. The property is that
occupied by the Kennesaw restaurant on
Fourth street. He wiled this property one
thirdto the Sisters Home in Atlanta, one-
third to the priest who attended him and one
third to the physician who attended him in
his last illness. This will was probated in
Knoxville, Tenn. Capt. 4. j. Sewers of
Atlanta has been granted temporary letters
OF administration by the ordinary of Fulton
county and made application for perman-
eut letters. 7. C. Burke has been
granted temporary letters by Ordi-
| nary Wiley Of Bibb county and
has made application for psrmane at letters.
Prof. +. J. NJ DAILY nas advertised in New
York for the heirs, and it is known that the
deceased has an uncle living there that is in
destitute circumstances. He had an aunt
| living in California, but it is learned that
she has recently died. With this aunt he
had not been on friendly terms. She mar
ried, against the wishes of the family, man
| by the name of Simon, who was very rich
| She leaves one son. Why this uncle should
| have been excluded from the Will is not
| known. If Prof. Daley gets a power OF
attorney from any Of the heirs he will try
| to break the will