The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10


Kahrs Property at Augusta Trans
ferred 20 secure "A Loan and NOT
sold Outright-Race Horses POiS-
oned at ROme-A StntesborO MO-
man Has "A Narrow Escape From
Being Killed by Poison Oak.
GEORGIA
Since 177s the mines Of Georgia have pro-
duced Sl6.000eto worth of gold.
James L. jackson has associated Walter
NJ. Jackson with him in the real estate,
bond and stock business at Augusta
The Baltimore Manufacturer Record
says IL IS proposed TO organize slep.WJ
stock company 10 erect Sdll,Ug bleachery
and dye works i'm Augusta.
The superior court at Macon was crowd
ed Friday with members Of the Macon
bar to render tribute TO the memories Of
Judges Z. A. Nisbet, r. X. Hines and
George ". Gustin.
Wednesday night soon after Seab Gala
way closed his store at Rayle, burglars en-
tered the back door and after securing
what Nallables they could, set fire to the
house, The entire stock of goods was con-
sumed. The loss Is covered by insurance.
The editor Of the Macon Evening News
claims to have direct information that, in
many portions of the state, the silver
democrats and populists are TO tuse' If
such action is necessary, TO compass the
defeat of gold standard candidates Tor Of
fee.
There seems to be some doubt as to
whether the Myers case will be tried To-
will Will Be ready to go into
the case, but Lawyer w. 4. Meyers says
that he is not feeling well enough to go on
with the trial, and that the other attor-
neys are not in good health.
About 6 o'clock last Friday afternoon
a fire was discovered IN the dwSSl.l,ing Ct
Tax Solicitor W a. sa Sfr6 az h MinS ION
was discovered and it was impossible to
do anything with II. Everything IN me
house was destroyed. Mr. Sayer had but
recently erected the dwelling. There was
no insurance.
The transaction between n. Kahrs OF
Augusta and c. +. Mattledge of New York
was only to secure a loan, and was not an
outright sale of property. as IL might APP
pear. The loan was quite a successful one
ana was made adVantageously by Mr..
Kahrs. Mr.. kahrs says that the ransac-
ton was a splendid one for him and that
II puts his business into the best OF con-
dition.
Evangelist Moody had decided to come
TO Atlanta for a month during the eNposl-
tion to look after the morals Of the town
and the visitors. Mr.. Moody Will come In
November. as being the time when the eX-
position will probably be at the hlSht OF
It's glory The local preachers have taken
the matter up and viii undertake TO raise
$1,000 for the purpose Of erecting a taber-
nacle in which to hold the big meetings
and to defray other expenses.
Alex Carr, the murderer of Capt. II. o.
King. will be placed on trial for lunacy the
second time on June is, before ORDINARY
Calhoun at Atlanta. Cars attorneys en-
tered a plea of insanity when he was tried
for the murder, but IL did not prevent ms
conviction. Later he was tried Tor lunacy
before the ordinary, ana AFTER an endless
arrav of EXPERT testimony, together with
persons who knew him before the Killing
and his fellow-prisoners at the jan, the
jury could not agree and mistrlal was
declared.
A double force of hands will be put TO
work Monday on Harry Franks Imperial
theater on Decatur street at Atlanta. ~
will not be for temporary purposes, buI
will be one of the permanent places OF
amusement for the people OF the clty. II
makes the fourth theater within the city,
and ranks along with the others, except
the Grand. which will perhaps always re-
main the finest theater not only IN Atlanta
but In the south. An elevator VIII lead 10
the roof garden, which Will be 6ONi 1eet'
the largest In the city
Edwin Harcoup, the dashing actor-con-
Wet, has but eight more days to spend
IN the pen, but he IS anHiously seeking ,,a -,
ceived at the executive department ~
Atlanta from HarCourt making an appeal
for a pardon. He gave a slight review
of his case, but offered nothing in eXtcnc-
alton of the conduct which led to his I'M
prisonment. He simply asked for par
Con, and based his request upon the fact
that unless pardoned he would be de-
prived of citizenship after regaining his
liberty.
great sensation was caused among
horsemen attending the races at Rome
Friday II became known during the
morning that three horses. Ripple and
Pansy McEwen, trotters, and Pick Up, a
favorite runner, had been poisoned. 1t
was supposed that they had been given
morphine in their drinking water by some
party unknown. DIR. Corrupt, the veterin-
airy surgeon. discovered that they were
under the influence of morphine Thursday
night and he set to work to save them.
He had to sit up all night, but succeeded
In pulling them through and Pick Up won
a race Friday afternoon. 1t was impossi-
bic TO locate the guilty party but every
effort will be made to arrest him.
Last week a suit was filed by Huff Bros
Of Half Way, In Lumpkin county, IN the
clerks Office against the Hand & Barlow
Company for 800 and an attachment lev
led on the HAND mill. 1t seems that these
young men made a contract some time
thousand feet of slaves for the long
tubes, amounting to more than thousand
dollars. After they had done large Dor
tion of the work the company decided
that it did not need the lumber and II Is
said refused to pay them for what they
had already done; hence the litigation.
Mrs. o. c. Townsend of Dahlonega re-
ceiVed a pension the other day for serv-
ices her husband rendered in the Florida
war. The amount was about $40. She
gets s. a month during her life.
Hugh Burlington, a young man, was
shot, perhaps fatally, last Monday night
near the house OF a woman named Shore,
Hall county. The young man
went to the womans house endeav-
ored to gain admittance, failed and retired.
AS he left the place some other parties
near the place began to rock the house,
Whereupon the woman came to the door
and after some words. fired her pistol on
the crowd. When the melee was over
Burlington was found wounded seriously
A bullet entered his hip. Burlington does
not know who shot him. He was a con
siderable distance from the house, and the
woman while she does not deny shooting
declares she did not shoot at Bufiin gton
At last ACCOUNTS the wounded man was il
a dangerous condition and the woman's
house had burned to the ground.
Statesboro Times: Mrs. S. +. 3. Hen
dirk of Laston, had a pretty close cal
In peculiar way about three weeks ago
She sent her servant to the woods TO gath
er some sarsaparilla roots 10 make a tee
for herself and the children. The roots
were procured and the tea made. and a
night Mrs. Hendrix took a drink Of il her
self but gave none to the babies. WheI
they awoke the next morning she and hel
husband were both surprised to find he
limbs and face so badly swollen that sh'
could hardly move, and one eye wa