The morning news., 1892-03-16

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Husband Returns Home and Finds
His Wife a Corpse on the Kitchen
Floor-Steve Ryen's Life IN jail and
his Poor Prospect Of Getting Out.
GEORGIA
Last year q Jasper farmer raised 600
bushels of corn at a cost OF less than SlO0.
n. T. Hewitt says be is not interested In
the building Of the steamer at Riceboro.
Gen. James Longstreet will be among the
distinguished visitors at the Georgia Chsu-
tauqua at Albany.
John Martin of Gainesville. a member OF
Georgia's worlds fair committee on mines
and mining, has received a further ship
ment Of nuggets from his mines in White
county, weighing $50 peunyweight. The
largest 461, weighing 1l9 pennyweight,
was sent Saturday.
Annie Searcy, for whom Sheriff Morrow
of Fulton county and his assistants have
been looking ever since the grand jury
found q true bill against her for arson. was
located at Macon on Saturday. The matter
was reported to Chief Connolly and the su-
thorities at the Central city wired TO arrest
and hold the woman. The bird seems to
have flown, however, for the Macon police
have thus far failed TO find Dutch Annie.
Atlanta Knights Templar have received a
notice from Mount Olivet Commandery
No. so. at Erie, Pa, telling Of the loss from
that plscs of Sir Knight John S. Town. IL
explains that he is supposed to be suffering
from mental alteration. He wandered
from there Feb. 10. was seen Feb. Is and
has never been heard of since. He is de-
scribed as being 5 feet inches in hight, OF
slight build light red hair and mustache, !,
~ years old, blue eyes, fair complexion,
near-sighted, but does not use glasses, and
walks with his eyes cast down.
Adjt Bob Quinn of tbs Third regiment,
State School Commissioner Bradwslrs valu-
able assistant, will soon be wearing the
title Of full fedged major. Under the
new military tactics each regiment has
two majors, and an election for the new
place is soon to take place In the third.
There Is not better military man In the
state than Quinn. The high standard Of ex-
cellence OF the Third regiu ent, then the
Ninth, displayed at Chickamauga last sum-
mer was In large measure due to Adj.
Guinn's enthusiasm and military capacity.
Mrs. Mauldin, the wife of Miller D.
Mauldin, of the Fenley Furniture Company
OF Atlanta, met with very sudden death
Sunday. She lived on West Third street,
near Ponders avenue. Sunday she arose
apparently in the best of health, and went
about her household duties as usual. At s
O'Clock MIR. Mauldiu left her to 90 TO a
neighbor's. He returned half hour later
and found his wife lying dead on the
kitchen floor. He was shocked at the dis
covery. and Immediately a suspicion of foul
play entered his mind. An investigation.
however, seemed to disprove that theory.
and 1t Is thought that heart disease was the
cause OF death. She was young woman
and the affair has nearly prostrated her
husband.
Atlanta Herald: Steve Ryan is not ex-
pecting an early release from Fulton Jail.
In fact, be expects TO remain In his de-
cidedly close quarters for five or six years
The motion which is to be made In his case
next Saturday does not affect In the least
the question Of his further Incarceration.
That motion is simply 10 test the validity of
the mortgages given by Ryan to others
His contempt case must first come before
the supreme court and then 60 through
months and months OF red tape. The young
merchant prince was playing a solitary
game Of draughts when a Herald reporter
was admitted to his quarters Monday morn
ing. The prisoner looked as solid and
healthy as ever. de is in no way getting
soft during his confinement Upon bis en-
trance TO Mr.. Ryan's quarters the Herald
maH noted pair Of 6-pound dumb-bells bal
anoed across the head board Of the cot in
which Mr.. Ryan sleeps, while in a window
~@S HoAA VI WV pOuuQoTG lAALeT bne
young merchant told his visitor that he put
these up" several times daily. Suppose
you should pay this amount that they ask
me to pay in my behalf. !" said Mr.. Ryan, II
would still be in contempt Suppose my
relattveS and friends should pay it / would
not be purged of the charge. l have not got
the money. 1 can't pay 1t and suppose
am In here for five or six years anyhow, and
maybe for life. Why haven't these people, u
continued the prisoner, sever produced a
single affidavit showing that my testimony
In regard to the disposition OF my money was
not correctl | have produced about 100
athdavits in support of the evidence gave.
My testimony has not been impeached. I
haven't the money they demand and here /
am and here l am liable to stay, for the
courts have the power to keep me here 1"
Ryan dropped the subject and became
interested for a moment In the checker
board before him aud then: ~ see that
Bob Fitzsimmons was in town short
while yesterday. Fitxsimmons is q won-
derful fighter, long arms and a wonderful
hitter. saw him when he fought Demp-
sey and he didn't have an ounce of super
nuous flesh on him. He was all bone and
sinew. l think that Fitzsimmons should be
In the heavy weight class. He has the
frame OF heavy weight and entirely OUT
classes any one in the middle weight class "