The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-24

stes a Sensation at the Depot al
Macon Supreme Court Decision
on a Test Case Involving Liquor
Licenses.
GEORGIA
Ordinary Grain of Heard county re-
ceived on Friday last the pension checks
Tor Heard county widows. They aggre-
gate So. 700.
City collectors at Atlanta say that money
In local circles is getting easier. People
have been more disposed to pay up" during
the last two weeks.
DR.. ]. W. Rankin Of Atlanta is extremely
Ill. He attended the Georgia Avenue Pres
byterian church Sunday morning, and ap-
peared in his usual good health. Later in
the day be was affected with nausea, which
ended with hemorrhage from the stomach.
K. h. Walker, consignee for Dupse &
Bishop OF Dublin, went up 10 Macon this
week on business. The object Of MIR.
Walkers visit was to try to arrange a
settlement with the creditors Of Dupee q
Bishop. The Macon creditors have agreed
TO accept the offer Of the 1rm and are en-
deavoring to persuade other creditors to do
likewise.
An engine and five cars on the Macon
aud Dublin road have been employed the
whole week hauling about 800 sticks Of
large timber from near Haskins' station to
the Oconee river The timber belongs to j.
8. Horn and will be RATED from Dublin to
Darien. There will be eight RATS and the
timber at Darien will bring between s., 900
and "a, 900.
When the town of Lovette was incor-
porated licenses to sell liquor were granted
Liclen Hart and others. Subsequently the
legislature passed bill prohibiting the sale
of liquor within five miles Of any church.
Upon the passage Of this act Hart and
others were indicted at the july term Of
Laurens superior court The case of Hart
was argued before Judge jenkins, and
Judge jenkins held that the indictments
were good. By mutual consent this case
was taken to the supreme court as q test
case, and the supreme court has decided
THAT there were no grounds for returning
indictments against the parties.
Tom Thomas, a negro who has been en-.
ployed at Scott's stables at Macon, mourns
the loss OF portion Of his nose. Thomas
lost his nose in fight Sunday afternoon
with Joe Davis, another negro employed at
the stable. The two negroes were hitchinR
horse to buggy, when they got into a
dispute about some trivial matter. One of
them cursed che other and a blow was
passed, followed by sever al others. Then
they clinched and went for each other with
1900 hohNo 1bA Accbus ne lQOIQa8 negro
got his fingers in Davis eyes, and made
some ugly scars on his face. After a time
the fight turned Davis way. however, and
IN some way he managed TO
fasten bis teeth on Dsyis' nose
The two rolled about on the fioor
scratching and knocking and blood was be.
ing freely spilled. It was impossible for
bystanders 70 stop the fight, and they could
only look on until one or the other of the
comoasants was overpowered. Suddenly
those present saw Davis release his hold on
Thomas wool and at the same time blood
spurted from the place. The next moment
Davis spit out something which was found
20 be portion of Thomas nose Davis had
torn or about one square inch Of that men,
Der and this completely overcame his oppol
nent- Thomas managed to extricate him
SELF and get out OF the way. He was stoned
by parties about the stable, however, and
carried TO physician, who made an effort
70 replace the portion Of the nose torn off
by Davis.
Something that savors Of sensa.
tion was brought to light in Macon Sun
day morning by the discovery Of a sus-
plclous black val!ss among the baggage
that came on the s o'clock train from AT,
ianta. In the valise was found a human
skeleton with considerable amount of
decomposed flesh hanging to the bones. The
discovery was made by Mr.. Lockhart at
the baggage room in the union depot. A
very offensive odor, evidently CAUSED nv
decaying flesh, aros from the valiss. Mr..
Lockhart was so thoroughly convinced
something was wrong that be d.
termined to Investigate further. which
he did. and, to his horror. found
human skull grinning at him from mass
OF other bones A long scrawny hand and
a large foot lay in one side of the vaIise.
The circumstances of the strange find be-
came noised about the city during the dav
and large number of people visited the
city ball to see the valise and its ugly CON-
tents. The police also began an investiea-
tion. AT night 1t was learned that thu
owner or the vallse was DIR. n
M. Young OF Dothan, Henry
county, Alabama, young medical
stuoent VINO has been attending the Atlanta
medical College. DR.. Young explained
tnat ne came into possession of the skel-
eton IN the manner usual in the medical
college by drawing for it. IL is the skeleton
OF Perry Ward. q negro male convict who
died about ten weeks ago. The BODY was
held and advertised the usual sixty DAYS
No relatives calling for It, It was turned
over to the medical college. As is the Gus,
tom, the students drew lots, and DR.. Young
was the winner of the body.
w. b. Pryor got out cypress log at hi,
camp near Apalachicola recently a few
miles above town, that measured 1890 feet.
Work upon the new passenger depot .,
Meteo was begun the latter part OF las
week, and is progressing finely. The buiId
ing will be 20x60 feet aud very pretty /,
design and finish.
Mr.. Scott now has force OF men az worl
upon Washington square making the foun
dation upon which the Jail at An
alachicola will be built. The founda
tions win be of concrete and q
the most substantial kind. Work viii b.
pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Eacl
steamer brings down a consignment Of ma.
terial. All of the Jail material have ar.
rived.
Thursday night. Feb. 4, San Ma
teo was visited by sneak thieves in the
guise Of burglars. who easily succeeded In
getting into several houses and carving off
some booty. Their first call appears Il
have been made at the manse Of the Pres
byterian church, occupied by Station
Agent Flagg. Here they robbed Rev. DR.
Phraner of what money he had In hi
pocket, about $40. Nothing else was taker
from the house. Their next raid was upor
the house Of Hiram Bailey, which the,
entered by the kitchen, where they burned
number OF matches and helped them
selves to some food from the cupboard,
They next appear to have turned their at
tention 20 the house of II. b. Bailey. wher,
they secured a little money. two watches
some jewelry aud some clothing, probably
having total value of ST5 or more.
For Coros. Warts and R,,pgona