The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-27


Under the House of Dalton Citi-
zen-BicyolO Champions to Race in
Georgia After the Big Meet in Chi
cago-Death of Judge Lyon at Macon.
GEORGIA
j. A. WarnOck has recently been appointed
postmaster al Arlen. Judge Martin resigned.
j. A. Bates was last week appointed post
master al i3atesYllle, in Cherokee county, wee
Il. j. Bates. dead
Tuesday night the revenue officers captured
a still two men and forty gallons Of whisky
about six miles above Canton.
It is now estimated that there win DC about
one half of peach crop in Houston county,
with the quality exceptionally good.
The Georgia marble and finishing works,
at Canton, continue to increase their force.
About eighteen men are now at work there
r. w. Champion will in a few days. embark
in the grocery business nj Griffin, ana Will oc-
cupy the store recently vacated by j. A.
Stewart.
The plum crop in Houston is shorter than
has been known for many years, and it IS said
the apple crop Will be decidedly short, espe-
cially the early varieties
The Jacksonville Enterprise says Twiggs
county has been blacklisted by the foreign
loan associations, and not one dollar viii be
loaned on lands in that county.
The trial of Chester Scott, charged with the
murder of Sheriff Noah McGinnis of Gordon
county last fan, was commenced in the SUI
Judge Henry.
Hon Fleming duBignon Of Savannah was
invited and accepted the invitation to deliver
the annual address before the literary soclc-
ties OF Mercer University on Tuesday morn
ing, June but he finds that he will not be
able TO be present and his alternate, the Hon.
Robert Hodges OF Macon, Will speak on that
occasion instead of Mr.. dul3ignon.
Joe McElven, who was once wcll-lInown
broker Of Atlanta. but who Is now resident
of Brunswick, was placed under a bond for
$1,000 at Atlanta Thursday on charge OF
gambling. McElVen was in poker game at
the Aragon hotel and the stakes are said to
have been large. John d. Cunningham Of
Marietta reported the game and he is said 10
have lost 81 800
II United States Marshal Buck does not
see fit to advance s. 900 for expenses Of run
ming the United States court for the remain
der of the March term the wheels of justice
Will be stopped Attorney General Olncy has
telegraphed Marshal Buck that the funds for
jurors fees are exhausted and those for wit
nesses fees nearly So The government
already owes Marshal Buck SiS0UO
The question of the removal Of the court
house from Homerville to DUPONT is furnish
ing excitement for Clinch county. 1t seems
TO be ground hog case with bonneville, and
she is alive to the situation. BarbecueS are
TO be given at almost every precinct. and the
county is being ransackcd from one end to
the other for votes The DUPONT people are
also active and each side claims it will win.
A, Nc. d. King was in Perry Tuesday with
his third load Of cabbage. Evidently he dis
covered that Perry is good market The
three loads contained in the aggregate l56
cabbage ranging in weight from five TO ten
pounds each, making an average of seven
pounds, or a total OF lOJ2 pounds. He sold
them readily at an average price OF l2is cents.
making a total of about 81 for the three loads.
The people OF the Sixth district of Barlow
county took third trial last saturday on the
stock lawquestiOn. and carried the day by a
majority OF 20 votes out OF l5s votes east in
the election. The vote stood o. Tor stock law
ana 80 against his makes live districts in
Barlow county which have adopted the stock
law, and the people along the line Of these
districts are moving in as fast as they can to
get the benefit Of the law.
Deputy Marshals Mauldin, Wright Collins
ana Duncan Of Dalton made raid into Muir
ray county last week and, just above Carriers
postoinee, succeeded in capturing "a 50-gallon
stu. The still was located in a wild and $50
lated part OF the Cohutta mountains and the
marshals had considerable difficulty in fer
retlng IT out Bradley Thornton was arrested
at the still. and was tried before Commits
siOner Hamilton for distilling and working
and sent to Fulton county Jail
Col Thomas c. Howard, one of the most
prominent OF the ante-bcllum legislators is
dying at his home in KirSwood. Col. Howard
was the peer and colleague of many famous
Georgians, man Of great native ability,
wonderful eloQuence and political sagacity.
He was prominent as a strict states rights
man organizing the Minute Men in Atlanta
IN 1860 lie is now lying in comatose con
ultlOn. He is over 20 years of age and there
appears to be no hope of his recovery.
That two varieties of corn planted near To-
gether will mix has been proved beyond dis
pCte by !. II. Cutler, near Perry. lie brought
TO town Monday an ear of corn hat was gath
cred from his field with the regular crop last
1all. The greater portion Of the corn on this
ear IS OF the ordinary tield variety but 1t is
spotted with grains of unmistakable sugar
corn, there being more than a dozen Of the
wfinkled grains. About fifty yards from the
held corn there was some sugar corn growing
In G. G. Nunns garden.
The doors of tho narv ru,,L
building at Augusta were thrown open to the
members Thursday night. The club house is
one OF the hnestin the south, and was built Mt
cost OF about $4,000. The facade of the
building Is the handsOmest in the city The
interior of the building is something gorgeous
ana the entrance is very fine. All the steps
have brass covering and the floors are GOV.
cred by costly velvet carpets of rich colOring.
The entire building is lit by electricity and
chandeliers are things of beauty.
Prof. Howell, who is an expert Judge Of iron
ore, says the mines near Suwannee in Gwin-
nett county are superior to any in Alabama
and the nearest iron ore to Atlanta. The
mines are located near the Air Line railroad
track, ana VIII be easily Developed. II has
been known for some time that iron ore was
IN That section, but not until recently that il
existed In such paying quantities. Prof.
Howell Is expecting capitalists he represents
ana he feels confident they will take hold and
develop the beds at once. He says a furnace
erected in Atlanta could be run from the ore
from these mines for ages.
Judge r. +. Lyon, one Of the most promi-
nent lurists in Georgia, died at Macon Thurs.
day after long illness. Judge Lyon was well
known among lawyers throughout the south.
twenty-five years ago he was an associate OF
Linton stephens. G. !. Jenkins and j. H
Iumpkin upon the supreme bench OF GeOrgia
For many years he was counsel for the Cen.
tral railroad, ana IN both capacities was a
power IN the law At the time OF his death he
was - years old. he was engaged in the
practice OF law hfty-thrce years. disseminating
II only when forced to do so by increasing Il
health. He was "a man who never sought an
ONCE or accepted place of political prefer
Inent during his long and brilliant career al
though he had every opportunity TO do 50 with
eminent success.
n the early part OF August the worlds
bicycle champions and celebrities will be at
chicago ana as soon as the meeting Is over
VIII leave Tor the south. Senator W. j. Nor
gan OF New York has charge Of the Chicago
meeting and he proposes 10 manape tb.
southern tour. OF the men who viii be at
chicago arc Harry Wheeler. Zimmerman
Nlnuic, johnson. DsmOnd Fuplaud- +.
champion. Rich and Temple who also rornf
from England. No arrangement. fave as vci
been made for the meeting at Atlanta bud thf
men are coming aud n the new track Is uo
ready Tor them they VIII race no thr elDo
tiApn frpuuQt. When Tho champions urHw
tney VIII hc given royal reception 81 I'd,
AaWMl Cycling CLUB Do that association
new club houae
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