The morning news., 1889-03-10

| Justice Watson be drew his pistol and
warned his guards ard the crowd not to in
| terfere with him. He preferred leg bail,
and he took it. He was drinking at the
| time Of the shooting.
Decatur NeiCs: The supposition is that
| the grand jury Of a county IS generally
made up Of the most intelligent and public
| spirited men, but 1t IS u question neither
there was any intelligence or public spirit
! manifested by the ate grand jury. w lth
few noble exceptions the recent grand jury
| Of Dekalb county was composed OF narrow
| minded aud peuurlOus meu-men VINO let
| their prejudices come between them and
| their duty as grand jurors. We know
members OF that grand jury who went into
| the Jury room bearing malice and hatred to
| some Of their fellow citizens, and who took
| occasion, while they thought they had the
| power, 10 seek to inJure those hated citi-
| zens 10y eadeavOclng TO tear down their
| business Men who were sworn to bring
| all vi1lators Of law 10 justice and 20 devote
| their time 10 the interests and upbuilding Of
| the county, turned aside from their sworn
duty aud endrayored to pass recommenda-
tious concerning matters entirely beyond
their jurisdiction, the sole object being to
CRAFTY personal auimosity.
A. T. Rogers Of Americus is in possession
Of coupls Of old bills of money O0eisa fifty
dollar I'LL Of cd continental money with the
following printing on one side Of it: This
Bill entities the Bearer 10 receive Fifty
Spanish miled Doilars, or tie value thereof
in Gold or Silver, according to a Resolution
passed by Congress at Philadelphia. Sept
20, i1sS-Fifty Dollars" On tAe right hand
corner ot the bill IS pyramid of thirteen
pieces Of stone, representing the different
states. IL has large. heavy border around
it. The other side has only the words Fifty
D5llars on it and the name of the
aHsnH col
above this. The bill is two and three
quarter inches py three and half inches.
The Other piece is an eighteen pence shin
plaster, with these words on it: This Bill
Of One Shilling and Six Pence ProclAma-
tlon, is emitted 10y Law Of the Colonv Of
New Jersey. passed in the Fourteenth Year
of the Reign of lis Majesty, King George
the Third. Dated March 25, 1776." A
picture Of the lion and unicorn is printed in
red on the lower left co .ner of the bill On
the back is Il cut Of a tobacco leaf, over
which are the words, ITO counterfeit is
death" The size OF this is two and a
quarter by four inches.
f. A. Turner, who handles the reins ove-
the mules that pull street car No. g. at
Brunswick, is a mechanical genius Of more
than ordinary sAill He has invented sew
eral things that have attracted widespread
O tention, but his latest is by far the most
ceived. He has, by means Of several small
pulieys, piece OF wire and a music box
constructed a musical machine that grinds
out sweet tunes whenever the car is in
motion. There is a small pulley placed
on the car axle, and one in the top of the
car, with never-endlng piece Of wire pass
ing through them and connecting with a
similar pulley placed on to the handle of
the music box, with this result, that every
time the axle turns with the pulley each
connec ing pulley is turned until the one on
the box handle is reached, and when that
tegins to turl 5 ch popular airs as "Home,
Sweet Home" Climbing Up the Golden
Stairs etc, are played, much to the as
tonishment OF 9 passengers, who are
| unable to tell where the music is coming
| from, and each one eyeing his neighbor,
whom he suspects Of having a regular con
cert concealed on his person. The contriv-
| ance is simple and original, and affords
| considerable amuse nent for the passengers
who are 'on" to the trick.
There are two soldiers living in Georgia
to-day who were We y badly in the way Of
| flying shot and she'll during the war, iudg-
| ing V their wounds. One OF these men is
Joseph NJ. Mcconnell of Gordon county, a
member Of Phil Cooks briz zade and the other
is Ge rye A. Cadle of Richmond county, both
OF whom have applied for pensions. Mr..
Mcconnell saws at the battls of Malvern
Hill in July, 1862, he was shot through the
left groin. At Chancellorsville May 3, 1868,
he was shot ia the lett arm above
the elbow, fracturing the bone and
making the joint useless In the
battle of the Wilderness,tF March s.,
1864, he was shot through both legs In
the valley Of Virginia, in 1864, he Was shot
in the side, two ribs being fractured, gan
creme settling in the wound. At the battle
of Fort Stedman, March 25 1865, he was
shot in the left leg above the knee, amputa-
ton being necessary to save his life. This
wound paralyzed the nerve TO his left eve
and II went out. His right eve was also
affected and he can see but little with that
MIR. McConnell's pension will amount TO
$3.50 year. Mr.. .Cadle received his wound
at the battle of South Mountain, Mary
land, on Sept. IA, 1862. He was in
Howell Cobb's brigade. A minnie
ball came along and hit him in the
groin, going through. Another minnie
struck him. on the left leg below the knee,
breaking out five or SIX inches of the large
bone and fracturing the SIN Ill tone. An
otaer miunie-ball went through his right
arm above the elbow, breaking the bone a
bombshell hit him on the shoulder, dislo-
eating it and breaking several bohes "a min
ME ball went throug his left hand, break
ing the middle finger; a bombshell struck
him in the left leg below the knee. and
fragments OF another bomb made several
scalp wounds on his head. Both his legs
are substantially useless, as are also his
right arm and his left hand. Capt. Harri-
son las not yet figured out the sum he will
receive.
At Atlanta negro woman named Sallie
Solomon, learned Thursday morning, it
seems, that man that she had lived with
for a long time had just died in Birming-
ham. She tried first to get by subscription
money enough to go TO birmingham aud
bury the IN IN, or at least 20 80 there and
see him buried. She failed in this and be-
came very respondent About o'clock she
ran out Of her house, on Tolberts alley in
the fourth ward, and went straight to a
well IN the yard. She climed up on the box
casing and started headforemos- down
TIA ough the opening. The opening was
small one, and some Of her neigh
bors saw and ran to her before shs
could get through. She was dragged
out of the well and carried back TO her
home. Half an hour later she tied a knot
ia the end Of a rope and fixed the knot in
crack in the wall. Then she mounted a
stool and tied the rope tightly around her
neck. Finally, her arrangements being
completed, she kicked the stool out from
under her and began hanging in earnest
When found she was unco scious, but she
was cut down promptly aud in little
while was all right. Three times in success
sion the woman watched for her opportu-
nifty, and attempted 10 throw herselfinto the
wen. She fougat savagely when the neigh
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