The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12
At The STATE CAPITAL.
Campaign Artillery Ready to Thun-
der All Along The Line.

Sale of Railroad-Gen. Evans viii
Be in the Thickest of the Political
Fight-Meriwether's Mass Meeting.
Big Suit Filed-Death of Capt.
oouch-CriminaIs Movsd-An En-
Eineer Miscellaneous Hap
penings at the Capital City.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug 1.-THE Georgia
Pacific road will be sold here on Satur-
day next by Special Master f. A. Angler
It is stated that President Spencer Of the
Southern Railway Company will be on
hand to bid in the road for his system.
While in Georgia he will probably inspect
the properties of the Southern at Macon,
Brunswick and Augusta.
PoPULIsr DELEGATES MEET.
Alta meeting Of the populist delegates
Of the Fifth congressional district here
this morning, Ex-senator Robert Todd,
the notorious "butter milk candidate,
who beat Hon. W. H. Nenable for the
Senate some years ago, was nominated
for congress. Todd is from Clayton
county, and is about the most influential
populist in the district. IL was generally
believed that Col. w. L. Peek would be
the nominee, but he didn't appear to
banker after the empty honor of running
against Livingston anu BCAuB OCd1CAs
Col. Livingston is not popular with some
of the democrats of his district, but they
will support him at the general election
notwithstanding.
DEMoCRACY's GLOWING PROSPECTS.
Democratic headquarters are all aglow
with life. Chairman Clay is getting the
work of the campaign thoroughly organ
lied He has arranged to make the first
Tuesday in September a general rally day
all over the state. Meetings will be held
in every county in the state on that day,
and they will be addressed by the best
speakers that can be obtained. Chairman
Clay hopes TO be able in this way to reach
from rs, 900 to 100, 900 people Gen. Evans
will throw himself into the thickest of the
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MHRIwETHER's MASS MEETING.
At mass meeting Of the democrats Of
Meriwether to-day Hon. Hiram w. Hill
and DR. J. D. Sutton were nominated for
the legislature, and Mr.. Hill was unani-
mOusly Endorsed for speaker of the House.
Tt is understood that he has assurances OF
strong support for the position from sew
eral sections of the state.
BIG SUIT FILED.
A suit involving $4,000 was fled in the
superior court this afternoon. 1t is for
the recovery of about ten acres of i'm
proved property on Pryor street, which
Is in the possession of about twenty-five
persons. The complainants are Georgia
Gordon Crawford and Marguerite How
ard Crawford.
DEATH OF CAPT. COUCH.
Capt. E. F. Couch, for many years an
officer of the Atlanta police force, died
this morning. HIS death was looked for
by family and friends, as he had been
critically i'll for several months. Al the
time Capt Couch was taken sick he was
a bailiff of the city court, having resigned
his place on the police force some time be-
fore to accept that position. The de-
ceased was a man of sterling honesty and
great courage. He was universally liked
and respected, and his death is deeply re-
GREETED. The funeral will occur to-mor-
row afternoon, detail of police acting
as escort.
CRIMINALS MOVED.
Marshal Frank Leverett left tonight
for Buckingham, Md. having in charge
Charles Laoonte and Clarence Coleman,
whom he will place in the reformatory
Marshal Leverett will go to Philadelphia
while away and bring back to Georgia
Lewis Williams and Robert Pepper alias
Bloomer, who are held there on charge of
robbing the postoffice at Macon. Will
Jams and Pepper were traced from that
point to Savannah, where they remained
a month. They were next heard of at
Charleston and eventually turned up at
Philadelphia, where they were nabbed.
DEATH OF AN ENGINEER
]. NJ. Toy, who has long been distin-
guished as the Oldest living engineer in
America, died here tonight He ran the
first engines that came into Atlanta He
was one of the first engineers on the
Georgia road and was afterward con-
nected with the Atlanta and West Point
and Western and Atlantic roads. He at
tracted attention all over the United
States by refusing to join the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers when the
order was first organized. He has. three
sons, all of whom are good engineers in
active service.