The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-02

GEORGIA.
The old-time way of calling the princi
nal street i'm Augusta Broad street VIII
give way to Broadway
4 statute of Saint lEuatius was unveiled
and the pauegyric preached at ST. Jo
seph's Catholic church, at Macon, sun
day
An examination for candidates for adj
mission TO the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis viii be held at
Augusta Aug. s.
Charles II. Smith, Of Rome, "a grandson
Of Bill arp. 90 has been appointed assist
ant electrician of the Southern Tariff AS
ISOLATION at an excellent salary.
Aunt Mary" is the name given a
wrinkled old woman who begs around the
streets Of Augusta. She says she has
been in the business for p years and has
made as much as - a day
There is the possibility that the opening
date of the Augusta exposition may be
postponed to some day II November in
order to bring exhibits from Chicago.
The date now arranged is October H.
George Almond. a negro 50 years old,
was killed by an East Tennessee passen-
ger train near Flovilla Sunday. The Old
man was walking on the track and evil
IDENTITY did not hear the engineers whis-
tie.
1t is very probable that Hon. All Her
ringtOn, of SwainsbOrO, the Wiregrass
cracker orator of Georgia, will address
the people of Milledgeyile early in Sep
TENDER on "Wiregrass Cracker ut the
Cleveland Inaugural"
Three surveyors, who camped out in
Towns county recently, report the finding
of a dozen or more confederate brass but
tons and what appeared to be the re
mains of two ella z mines &oma piaepg Of
paper with illegible writing were also
discovered.
The c. +. Dietz Company, Of New York
city, and the Steam Gauge and Lantern
Company, ofSyraCuse. have filed a petit
ton for injunction with the federal court
against Beck & Gregg, hardware dealers
of Atlanta, whom they charge with hav-
ing sold improved tabular lanterns against
petitioners right as owner of the patents
A bill will be introduced at the next
session of the legislature TO make all
county officers ineligible to election to
more than two successive terms. 1t is
also reported that bill may be intro
duced to abolish the fee system at pres
ent in vogue in the county offices, and put
all the officers under a regular salary. 1t
is said that both bills will be strongly
pushed by their author.
There was something at the court
house in Albany few days since that
was rather out Of the ordinary run of
things. 1t was the jury Now the Jury
within itself was all right, for il was com
posed of six Of Albany's best citizens. But
the remarkable part is that four of them
were eX-cOufederate soldiers and were one
armed. They were Messrs. Sweat, Bunch
Hilburn and Stainaker.
At Atlanta about four months ago Lige
Henderson and Jesse O'Neal, both col
ored, had a fight in which the latter was
killed. The coroner's jury held that o.
Neal accidentally stabbed himself TO
death while in the rough and tumble on
the floor with his antagonist, and Hen
dersOn was discharged. O'Neal's father
is not satisfied with the finding and Hen
derson will probably be rearrested and
tried.
Senator Colquitt was able Sunday to at
tend service at the First Methodist
church, the first time in many months
he did not require the aid of his invalid
chair. The minister prayed that he be
spared to his people and mis- family. After
services the members of the congregation
gathered around him and extended their
congratulations. II was an affecting
scene. The senator is rapidly regaining
his health and strength.
The state convention of the Farmers Al
lance Will meet in Griffin August l6 next,
and will remain in session several days
Over two hundred delegates will be pres
ent, and some important matters win be
discussed. The alliance of Spalding
county will make arrangements for en-
pertaining the convention. No better
place could have been selected, as Griffin
is centrally located, and the delegates can
visit the experiment station and see the
methods of procedure there.
Near the residence of Iverson Lord, six
miles from Dublin, few days ago, Char
ley Rivers shot his wife and Miles Bel
lien. All parties are negroes. Rivers
claimed that Bellien had been too famil-
lar with his wife On Sunday he found
Bellien and his wife in the woods together
and he Immediately opened fire upon them
with his pistol. Bellien was shot through
the hand and the woman was shot
through the thigh. The wounds of each
are painful but not dangerous. Rivers
has not yet been arrested.
For the second time in less than ten
days another plate glass window has been
smashed at Augusta. The deed was
committed Just before daybreak Monday
morning and Deveney Hood ~ Co. are the
Victims. The large, fine plate glass in
the show window at the corner of Broad
and Campbell streets was completely
shattered l. Rubinstein's store window
was broken last week in the same man
ACA. Ao 9GJ JuC ponce nave not located
the miscreant, but are making every en-
deayor to apprehend him.
The late Asher Ayres was one of Ma
cons wealthiest and most highly esteem
ed citizens. He died several years ago,
leaving fine property consisting mostly
OF real estate of good paying value. Mrs
Ayres is still alive BY the terms of her
husbands viii the estate was to remain
hers intact until her death, unless she de-
creed otherwise. Mrs. AYres is now quite
aged and she recently expressed desire
10 have at least a partial division of the
estate during her life, and this partial
division has just been completed. BY the
terms of the division each of the seven
heirs receives $4,000. 10 is
presumed that the balance of the es-
tate will not be divided until after Mrs.
Ayres' death
At Atlanta Monday Recorder Calhoun
decided that the business of 2. w. Mar
tain, who is charged by the police auth
critics with running bucket shop" is
illegal under the city code Only a nomi-
nal fine will be imposed, however. for the
recorder has his doubts about the power
OF the city to pass such an ordinance as
numbers 1863 and 317 under which Mr.
Martins business was closed, and it was
only for the purpose of allowing the case
70 be carried to the higher courts that
Judge Calhoun decided not to act finally
IN the matter The code says that a fine
Of 5000 must be imposed for each transac-