The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-15

row path" in future or suffer the consa-
queHces. This IS the only case reported
w4ere a whi'e man has been dealt with,
bat several negroes who were suspected OF
Ike Irregularities have received attention
at thei hands.
The Is an old gentleman IN FORSYTH
county who is very 10 ID Of hunting. When
ever he walks alb DAD his wife always bears
hi u company. Recently he went out TO
drive the COWS. Darby his walk he dis
covered five squirrels up one 'ee and 50
discovered that he had lost all of his bullets
but one. He sat down, drew out his pencil,
an day book, and, carefully sur eying the
distance up to the first squirrel, bega /: If
six grains OF powder will move a
bu let three inc les, how many grains
| will it take to carry it up
to the squirrel, a distance of about
thirty feeti made his calculation, put in the
regusrei amount of powder, Just enough to
XIII the squirrel aid Tor the bullet rot 10
pass through. He banged away and down
came busly tail. He to k his knife on cut
out the bal, loaded up again and ii cd until
be Killed the five squirrels with one b .llet
and baled his rife with it tho sixth time.
Several Atlanta ladies' nave informed the
city officials Of white man VINO rece lIly
played the rart of corpse t. raise few
/ dollars. The officials ar investigating the
case and the name OF the ma is withhe.d
] Y,
as it is told, is as follows: A few days ago
a 20 r woman went from house TO house in
! the neigaoorhood wDere she resided and
/ begged for aid to help her dsfray t
/ funeral expenses # her dead hu iband.
She received several contributions, bit
one lady, dolbting the womar's story,
said: IN 90 to yonr home with you
| When the woman's house wa reached there
! was the husba q, sure enolg D., laid out on a
table with a white sheet thrown over him.
| The ladv'S heart smote her for having
! doubted the beg CARS tory, and she pulled
out her purs. and gave her s. r 81 in
small change 10 help pay the funeral ex-
penses. After leaving the house and walk
ing block tue lady discove ed that she had
lefc har pocket handkerc ief. and returned
- get l.. Upon re-eatering The house the
lady was sta tied and shocked 10 ses the
corpse sitting up and counting the money.
FL ert county will have made tbs round
OF century next ear. The first term OF
the superior c 3urt OF the cou lty was hell
tle residence OF Thomas Carter, five
miles north Of Elberton. There being
neither court use nor Jail, the court was
held in Carter's house, while his CELLAR wa,
US ID as place of Confinement FIR pri on
ers. This FIST temple Of lstics is still
standing, ald, witt many improvements,
is the present residence Of J. w. Turne-
The coJ IT, was laid of in 1870, bul the
superior court was not organized till Janu-
airy, 1871, with hts honor, George Walton,
presiding. Tae first work done was The
trial f a murder case of the state against
James AeriIi a, " .icl trial resulted in
conviction. Meridith was sentenced to be
hs esd Feb. %, 1872. He was hanged on q
white oak tree, Just across Ie creek, oppo-
site IL Turner's mill. The tree is still
standing. and till rece tly GGs alive and
green, but it has lately been deaiened to
prevent shading the ground The mama of
the person killed does not appear on the
reco Of the minutes of the court, but
tradition brings it down that hs " IS Meri-
dith's son-in-law, named Jarrett. The
trouble which led to the killing was about
the division OF land. Meridith had late
moved TO this county from Vi ginia. Before
be came hs sent Jarrett ahead to buy land
for them hotn. When Meridith cane he
fought that Jarrett had ildsI him,
ABOUT which they quarreled, wh.c finally
resulted Ii Merldlth shooting Jarrett to
death.
The famous Veach-Rice case has been de-
cided by { United States supreme court.
Tae Jurt revsrSos the decision 4 uhe c JufG
balow. And Frank Gray nds uen are
not respo IsIble FIR the $4,000, as decided
by the special master. This case is one OF
great Interest t. a great May people. The
case IN the supreme court was entitled James
NJ. Vesch 81 al. ". Rico and wife. an ap-
peal from tho decision of Judge Pardee
and the special master. The facts in toe
case seem 10 be: Rice married the daughter
Of late Lewis Tumlil, VINO died
Ia 1870 in Barlow unity. Frank z.
Gray, Tumlns son-in-law, ana John
A. Erwin were appointed his admins ra-
tors. After serving eight or nine months
Erwin resigned, aud Frank P. Gray was
appointed successor, giving a new bond.
no INF md Of - Il -,
ths sum of $4,000. James NJ Veach, j. =.
Howard, A w. Mitchell, DR.. Benham,
with others, were upon this int bond.
During t3is Joint administration a large
part IF is estate, to 1t: the lands, was
distributed in kind among the heirs OF
Lewis Tumlin. After Flank p. Gray be-
came solo administrator he went or
administering the es ate, which was
involved IN a great deal Of litigation,
and at the end OF five or six years of his
adminlstr ton Rice and wife. ot Ma hviLe,
lena, filed a bill in ths United State,
court in Alta ia, charging various frauds
ald imp ope' appropriations Of the sole
administration by Gray. A SPECIAL m as e.
was appl ted to take charge OF this, and
after about two years he male a report,
holdi g that G ay was liable to the estate
tie su Of S60, 800, pri cipal. interest and
cost; and holdi < further that the seclr.-
ties On the joint bond, who had beel dis
caar ed by the ordinary wien Erwin
resigned, were liable, uotwlthsta ding that
discharge. for ali the delinqueucies OF Frank
T. Cray in his S 10 admiuis;ra ion. Thi,
pr 50 tel the main N Tt n i disnuts in Is
case, Quite large number OF intricate
questions arose in the case besides this main
one. JIig- Pardee affirmed the re port OF
the auditor, and from this decree of the
court James NJ. Veac1, A. w. Mitchell
and others took an appeal to the Unite
State, supreme court The case went to
tl.s court about Ave years ago, and has
bsen watched with great snxiety by the
parties and their friepds ever since.
FLORIDA
Circuit court convened at Lake City yes
terday.
Wood fires ragged on Merri.t's Island last
week. No houses we're destroyed.
Orlando is 20 have drinking fountains.
Two 'ill Probably be put in soon, at a cost
OK as eGcl.
During the vegetable season double
scle ule is being run on the Iavares. Apop-
ka and Cuff road.
No lie II after has been reelected p-inci-
pal OF the Altoona school, with Miss a. G.
Russell az assistant.
C. W. Clase aud H. F. Duttou, Jr., caught
sxty-seven fsn at Newnan's lake, near
Gaiuesvile on Friday.
j. w Nprtnrup has been appoi lted by
the. fsDuucil ne e,frariptnndpnt ~ tho NOR