The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
CONLEY MUST PAY $4,000 OR GO
TO JAIL FOR a YEAR.

A Circular to the School Commission
ers-A Non-suit Granted in Bank
Case-The Celebration of Memorial
Dsy-Decisions Handed Down by the
Supreme Court.
ATLANTA, GA, April 25.-John L. Con-
lev. son of ex-Gov. Conley, has been twice
convicted Of disposing Of mortgaged prop
erty, and viii be required to take his choice
between paying fine of over $1,000 or
serving one year in the chain-gang. The
supreme court reversed the judgment
of the lower court in the first in
stance on technical grounds, but the accu-
sshon was preferred atresh in better form,
and Conley's second conviction was to-day
affirmed. He is represented as having
stated this morning that he believed ne
would prefer serving the sentence to paying
the money. Mike Mayer, who was Conley's
bondsman in the old Post-AppedL case, and
whose pocket suffered when Marcellus
Thornton gained verdict, was the prose
cutor who appeared against Conley: Inc
litigation has had numerous branches In
both the civil and criminal courts, and
from it sprung the quarrel which induced
Conley to try and get Col. Reuben Arnold,
Meyers attorney, turned out of the bar
association, which provoked the attack on
Conley by the Arnold's last summer, for
which they have just been found guilty OF
assault and battery.
A SCHOOL CIRCULAR
Judge Hook has issued circular to the
school commissioners of the different coun-
ties. He charges them to give notice to
teachers that the next public examination
will take place on May 80 and 81, lasting
two days instead of three as heretofore.
He breaches the idea of holding three exam
nations of one day each annually In the
future and asks the commissioners to report
their sentiment, and that of the teachers In
their counties on the subject
A NoN-sUIT GRANTED.
In the case of W. S. Thompson and L. J.
Hill, receivers of the old Citizens Bank,
VS.. the Gate City National Bank, in which
f6e state is the real plaintiff, non-suit was
granted in the superior court this morning.
The receivers sue for about $4,000 in notes
and cash transferred to the Gate City Bank
by the Citizens Bank to secure debt after
the failure of the latter institution, which
was state depository. L. J. Hill, who is
president Of the Gate City Bank, occupies
ambiguous position of both plaintiff and
defendant in the case. An appeal will be
made to the supreme court.
MEMORIAL DAY.
train to take past in the Memorial day exer-
cises tomorrow. Gen. Joe Johnston, who
arrived Unexpectedly last night, was taken
in charge by his host, Maj. Livingston
Minis, at an early hour this morning and
tomorrow night a reception will be given
in his honor. Gen. T. T. Munford reached
here to-day from Lynchburg, Gen. A. R.
Lawton of Savannah, and Hon. j. G. Black
and j. S. Davidson, the orators of the dry,
are also in the civ Veterans of lass note
are here already by the hundreds. Every
provision is being made for entertaining the
visitors.
Gen. J. T. Holtzclaw, Gen. Barringer,
and Gen. Lane of Alabama arrived to-
night.
WINDS UP ATLANTA.
A telegram from New York announces
the failure of the Doran Wright Company,
which had an Office in this city managed by
John M. Harwell. This failure winds up
the bucket-shop business in Atlanta
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
sThe following supreme court decisions
were handed down to-day.
Georgia railroad VS.. Murray; from the
city court of Clarke. Affirmed.
Covington and Macon railroad VS.. the
mayor of Athens; from Clarke. Affirmed.
Murray vs.. the state; from Clarke. AZ
irmed
vERDICTS OF CoRoNER's JURIEs.
The coroner's jury this evening rendered
swo verdicts in cases which had been
allowed to go over from April %. They
decided that John Odom came to his death
through an unavoidable accident, and that
Mrs. John Nichols died from poison admin
istered either by her own hand, or that
Of some person unknown to the jury.
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