The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-22

County Boy Appointed a Cadet al
the United States Military Academy
at West Point.
GEORGIA.
The Brunswick wheelmen have re
ceived the official sanction Of the League
of American Wheelmen to have theiI
races on St. Simon Island, July 4.
1t is rumored that bill has been drawn
to enjoin the city of Brunswick from sell
ing her sewer bonds. and that Judge
Sweat will be asked to pass upon it.
1t is said that there are 1000 white
children of school rage, in Union county
and of tins number there are over 659
over ten years old who can neither read
nor write.
The lower portion of Laurens county,
especially Reedy Spring district, was VS.
tied by severe hail storm on Tuesday.
The hail stones lay eleven inches deep in
some places and crops were badly dam
aged.
The states money will be counted this
week by legislative committee II gen
orally takes about ten days to go through
the books. The committee is composed
of Senators Corrupt and Persons and Rep
resentatives Render of Meriwether, Sta
pleton of Sumter and Thomson of Nor
gan
Jack O'Byrne had a narrow escape from
death at Augusta Saturday night. A
ball from pistol discharged by Lee Low
enthal grazed his forehead. The shot was
fired by Lowenthal, 1t is asserted, with
the intention of hitting Mr.. O'Byrne.
There had been a quarrel and incipient
row between the men during the afternoon.
When they met at night on the Campbell
street bridge over the third level of the
canal the quarrel was resumed.
DR. JB Pickett, the late school commiss-
Toner of Worth county, against whom the
late grand jury found two indictments
and asked for his removal, did not wait
for the newly appointed members of the
!oard Of education to qualify and then
ask him to vacate his Office, but took time
by the forelock and sent his resignation
TO the governor, who accepted the same,
and at once notified the state school
commissioner, who proceed to notify the
board of education of Worth, and ordered
them a. once to proceed to elect COM
missioner to fill out the doctors unexpired
term.
One of the walls of the Hawks Gully
bridge at Augusta caved in Sunday night,
breaking in several places. The wall in
question is on the Harrisburg side away
from the river, and it now leans at quite
sharp angle over the canal. Several
large cracks are ranged along from the
top to the bottom and the whole struct-
ure is in an unsafe condition. The trouble
is that in building the wall too narrow a
foundation was made to support its
weight Between two and three thousand
dollars worth of work has been done in
this portion of the structure which, with
the cost Of tearing down and reerectiug
will make heavy loss to the contractor.
IT will also delay the completion of the
bridge several months.
George d. Jarrett, of Tugalo, Haber-
sham county, has been appointed a cadet
to the West Point Military academy
Congressman Carter Tate, Of the ninth
district, made the appointment, turning
down Clinton p. Thompson, who stood
first in the examination of candidates.
Jarrett stood second and J. p. b. Allen, of
DahlOnega, third. Colonel II. H Perry
of Gainesville, was chairman of the board
which conducted the examination Mr.
Thompson was considered ineligible for
appointment. He is not resident Of the
ninth district and when the appointment
becomes effective, June, 1894, will be
twenty-three years of age Cadets are not
received at West Point under seventeen or
over twenty-five years of age. Being in
eligible in point ofage, Mr.. Thompson was
not appointed.
Some time ago the city council of Col
umbus appointed a committee of citizens
and councilmen TO investigate the capaci-
ty Of the present waterworks system and
see if it was sufficient to supply all of the
needs Of the city now and in the future.
The committee has been very slow in
doing the work given them. In fact they
have never made report and do not seem
inclined to make one. The owners of the
present system think now that the major
ity of the committee are inimical to the
present system, and propose after so long
time to recommend to the city the break
ing of its contract with them 1t is said
that number of members of the commit
tee have an option on the old Clamp pro-
perty above the city on the Chattahoochee
as place for the erection of new water
works. The present system is said to be
the best in Georgia, but is owned by
private company and is not the property
OF the city If the city attempts to break
the contract at the recommendation of tn G
investigating committee big law suit
will result. 1t is live issue in Columbus
and everybody is interested in it.
William Lawshe is well known about
Atlanta and to the police department, and
he is suffering as a result of his own folly
Saturday night Lawshe imbibed very
freely and Sunday morning he came to the
police station and stated that he had been
robbed. He had $50, he said and it had been
stolen from him by Celia Savinger, a ne
gro woman who lives on Butler street.
The woman had the money, he said and
as he told of his lost great big tears rolled
down his cheeks. Captain Thompson, who
was at the station, ordered Call Officer
Abbott TO search the woman's house The
officer first sent her to the sta
ton and then began to scare h
the place. Lawshe said he did
not want the woman locked up if she
would give his money back, and while he
was bewailing his loss the money was
found, but it was confederate money and
well worn too. There was a $50 and $40
bill and Lawshe hung his head and said
1t was the money he had lost The
woman had stolen it thinking it was good
and he had her arrested thinking he
would make something by a compromise
Capt Thompson made cases against them
both and Lawshe spent the night and
Sunday in the police station.
Albany Herald: A few days ago N. l.
Ragan, grain and provision broker, had
his place Of business closed by virtue of
an execution in favor of the Lewis
Brothers. The step which resulted in
closing up MIR. Ragan's business was pre-.
cipitated by rumors that he was left in a
crippled condition by the suspension OF
Hobbs q fuckers bank. He did his
banking business with Hobbs & Tucker,
and when they became embarrassed he