The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12

Jury 70 adjoining buildings, and also respon.
sibie for delays caused by weather labor
troubles, etc, aud fixes penalty OF $50 DAY
/ III the building is IOt ready BY August. Mr.
Goodrich says the contract Is the usual styls ia
1 such buildings. and is the same signed for the
I court house, orphan asylum aud other big
I buildings He says the time is the close ele-
ment in it, and that it is possible TO finish it by
! August He thinks that the contractor, and
. not Mr.. White. should be responsible for delay,
I injury, etc, and holds TO this position.
At a meeting of the citizens Of Nacoochee
and vicinity, held at PARKS, O.. W. SiatOn was
/ called 10 the chair and J. K Lumsden was re-
I quested to act as secretary. The follow
Z Ing resolutions were unanimously passed;
/ whereas. IL il reported 10 the public press
/ hat Dr. Spencer, the state geologist, has said
! that there are no paying gold mines Georgia;
and whereas, the said state ReolOgist has never
VISITED our section and is therefore, incapable
Of properly Judging our resources; and
whereas. the above language, coming from
the state geolOgist, IS calcu Rted 70 cause
great injury TO one Of the leading Industries
OF the state II allowed 70 20 unchallenRed; there
fore, be il resolved that the expressions attrib-
uted to DR.. Spencer are unfoun1ed ana untrue,
and that we condemn HIM as unworthy or be-
lief, and that his statements should lot be
credited until he has made full and complete
investigation OF the gold bearing belt Of this
state Resolved, that we challenge the closest
investigation Of the mineral resources Of this
section. well knowing that we viii be thoroughly
viudicated by the report Of any unpreludiced
expert
Columbus Sun. Taylor superior court sd-
iourned yesterday morning, aud tue afternoon
train brought Judge Butt, Solicitor Gilbert
Hon. A. A Carson, Hon Q. J. Thornton aud
Court Reporter Palmer back 10 the city. The
grand Jury made a startling indictment on
Tuesday. II declared VI. II. Riley, the ordi-
nary, to be an embezzler, and% the little city Of
Butt was thrown INTO great excitement. It
seems that Mr.. Riley has been 10 arrears some
two or three years, during which time he has
been apprOpriating special taxes and
funds collected from other sources. The
amount OF the shortage will not
exceed $500. Some Of the items run
ming from $40 and upward he doesn't deny hav-
ing taken Mr.. Riley has been ordinary OF Tay-
lor county about ten years, has always borne
an unquestionable reputation, and the discov-
cry OF his shortage is a great shock to his many
friends all over the county. He was reelected
in January, but the once is now being contested
by third party candidate. The ordinary is q
brother Of W. 8. Riley, the gentleman who
suicided at Carsonville. near Butler, Monday.
and on account OF this tragedy the trial was
postponed until the next term Of court.
Sherman Arp, the young negro man who was
hanged at Center. Ala, near the Georgia line,
made the most remarkable sale of his body ever
known. He sold 1t By the pound. Several days
ago he offered his body for sale to the doctors
of Center. He told them he would sell his body
to the highest bidder for cash and that he de-
sired to be weighed like hog and sold by the
pound. He did not want any guess work, he
wanted the highest price the market would az
Several doctors made bids. one bid cents per
pound SPOT cash. Another raised the bid
to ~ cents. 1t then went to
ia cents DR.. VIII Darneli raised the
bid to 8 cents per pound and the trade was
closed. ARD went on pair of scales and was
weighed He tipped the beam at 1856 pounds.
DR.. DArnel then figured up the amount, and
paid over 10 Arp si2 IS in cash, and Arp gave
the doctor an order for his body. Arp then
proceeded 81 blow the money for good things
to eat and drink, and while it lasted he had a
rousing big time. He was hanged for the muir
der Of old man Hogue, an old and decrepit
farmer near Centre more than q year ago. He
struck the old man on the head with an ak and
laid open his head.