The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-07

| University. The property was bid in by
| the University Bank for $500. The next
| tract sold was the building corner Of
| Broad and Thomas streets. occupied by J.
> King & Co, and J.. Hyland, property OF
X X Reaves. sold 20 satisfy mortgage Fl.
fas. held by Mrs Fannie T. Crane and chill
dren and Mrs Gilleland- The property
was bid In by Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Gille-
land for $1,000. That property OF r. X.
Reaves occupied by q. H. Hume. Sold 20
satisfy mortgage f. fas. held by Miss Julia
r. Moss II was bid IN by Mr.. r. l.
Moss for $500. That building commonly
called the W. S. Grady store. formerly oc-
cupied by T. Fleming e. Sons, was sold to
Mrs Crane. Milledge avenue property was
then placed on the block and Sheriff Wier
proceeded TO ask bids for a tract of land
81 feet on Milledge avenue, the property
Of Guy c. Hamilton. TO satisfy the execu-
tons from justice court Of Richmond
county. in favor OF Michael Bros This
property was bid in by Mr.. Billups Phin-
Ivy for $500.
Macon Telegraph: A blind man with
5000 on his person wandering about the
streets at night alone is not a sight
often seen anywhere, and especially here
in Macon, where any kind Of man with
5000 on his person walking about the
streets at night is enough to startie the
natives. II was shortly after 7 o'clock
Saturday night when the blind man felt
his way into W. H. CornelPs drug store
on Fourth street, and came to a halt
against the show case. Clerk Galbraith
saw him and asked what he could do for
him. The man said he wanted cents
worth Of bay rum, and after IL was given
him seemed to hesitate "A moment, and
then said: MY friend, l am blind and
want you to do me a favor" "All right"
said Mr.. Galbraith; Il will be glad to
oblige you in any way l can" Mean
while the blind man had put his hand in
his pocket and taken out a very large
roll Of bills, and as he unrolled the first
bill asked Mr.. Galbraith TO tell him what
size bill It was. Mr. Galbraith nearly
tainted when he saw il was a $500 bill.
As soon as he could recover he told the
blind man the size of the bill, and his
breath was almost taken away when the
blind man unrolled six more just like It.
Then he unrolled eight $500 bills and nine
500 bills. Great heavens, MANI exclaim-
ed Mr.. Galbraith. Haven't you got any
more sense than to go around here with
such q roll Of money on your person?
How do you know but that I have taken
some OF it?' oh" said the man non
chalantly, nobody would rob a blind
man in this part of the country. You
may never have thought of II, but 1t is a
fact that the most unprincipled highway
man you can find would not rob a blind
man who told him he was blind and trust
ed to his honor. But my money is not
all have with me- Look at this watch.
That cost me $1,000 for the works alone;
and this nugget OF gold and these stones:
they amount to more than the money"
Mr.. Galbraith was anxious TO know how
the blind man could tell the time by his
watch, but he was enlightened when the
bind man pressed a little spring and the
watch struck seven, then two and then
one. "Twenty-one minutes past seven"
he said, and Mr.. Galbraith's own watch
told him that was the correct time. Fur
Their conversation revealed the fact that
the man was owner of several silver mines
in the west, but that his home was near
Atlanta. He is stopping at the Reeves
house, on Fourth street