The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-19


GEORGIA
TIE public school building al Lawrence
Vile has been completed
Virgil Bennett, an aged negro. who lived
AT Columbus, was found drowned Tues
day.
Wednesday was the fiftieth anniversary
Of the First Presbyterian church Of Rome.
The church was organized ar Livingston
On 1888. but was transferred 20 Rome on
April II, 1915
some days ago press dispatch enan-
ated from some point in the south and
went forth to the world with the statement
that one OF the curious anthrOpOl0gtcal
exhibitions IN the government bulldlng al
the Atlanta exposition would be display
by the Smithsonian Institution OF figures
of apes together with collection Of types
Of the cOlOred race, with a view TO proving
that the negro had developed from the
ape. The representative OF the Smi thsonian
Institution pr0nosInces the report untrue.
Columbus Enquirer-Suu. A telegram was
received here Tuesday morning by Chief
Williams from J. y. Harper. deputy sheriff
OF Denton county, Texas, stating that Mrs.
W. J. Stewart and her son-in-law, Z. r.
Williams, formerly Of this city. had been
sent TO the pcnitentiary there for five
years. IL VIII be remembered that about
three weeks ago the pair were arrested
here and taken to Pilot Point, Tex, by
Deputy Harper. They were arraigned
on a charge OF ''blackmailing' and found
guilty, receiving the above sentence.
Willie the 6-year-old son Of W. F. Locke
OF Dawson, met with a severe and dis
tressing accident on Saturday. He and
playmate, Rogers Carver were amusing
themselves with corn shelter. and his
LETT hand was caught in the machine
when he attempted to reHove cob that
Tailed 10 pass out. The little fellow
stood the pain heroically. and told those
who tried to release his hand that the
only way to do 1t was TO get an ak and
break the shelter which was done His
hand was badly torn i'm the palm and on
the back. but DR.. GOneke who dressed
the wound, says no bones are broken.
new company will be started in Au-
Gusta, known as the Bon-Air Hotel Com
pany The new company, which has petit
tioned Tor incorporation, Is being organ
lied by Alfred Baker. James r. Verdery.
9. H. Oetien, w H. Harrison, Jr., W, b.
Young, p. d. Horkan, r. J. O'Connor,
Jules Rival. and w. ]. Pollard, The capi-
tai stock Will be $4,000 paid in before be-
ginning business. The incorpora tors ask
for permission to increase the capital stock
to 5000 IL is understood that the Bon
Air hotel will be improved during the COM
ing summer and that complete water
works will be put in at some place on the
Han Tor the use OF the hotel. The charter
IS asked for twenty years
An Elberton letter to the Atlanta Jour
nal says: "A man named Berian Hall has
been running "A still, making 'mOonshine"
whisky Tor some time. Having made
enough whisky for his own use for the
time being, he filled up all the barrels with
water, to represent sweet mash" and
proceeded forthwith to report his stil to
a revenue officer as some other person S.
He did this in order to get S25 for report
ing the still. The revenue officer sci ont
to the scene OF action, bouyant in spirit,
and poured out about 800 gallons of water,
thinking that he was destroying whisky or
Fsweet NASH He found nothing of much
value, however. and was very much cha
grined at his mishap. Hall also reported
the man that was running the still for
him, and the fellow now languishes in iail.
The scheme was found out and Hall has
been bound over on 500 bond for his APP,
pearance at court"
Albany Herald: There was born. about
TWO weeks ago. on the plantation of ii.
A. Ramsey, In East Dougherty a negro
boy, whose facial deformities may
eharaeterize i as "a most re
of the child is only about 16 years
old. and she and her relatives have since
the child's birth, kept IL secreted III their
friends 10 see It. This, of course, led to
talk among the other negroes on the
place which, few days ago, attracted
Mr. Ramsey's attention and he deter
mined to see what the baby looked like.
Mr.. Ramsey accosted the mother of the
infant and was most emphatically denied
me privilege OF seeing her child Finally,
however, Mr.. Ramsey gained admission
and Witnessed one of the most remarka BILE
human freaks that he had ever heard of
Ihere lay before him a tiny pickaninny
that resembled almost anything. 1t had
protrudlng bullfrog eyes, receding fore
head, pig-iike nose with only one nostril,
Two mouths and cheek bones that look
like butt-headed COW. Other than the
above deformites the child is natural and
An interesting question was settled II,
Ihe superior court at Atlanta Tuesday by
Judge Lumpl1in, ordering the Jury to brinf.
IN u. verdict IN favor Of the plaintiffs in
the case OF Hunnicutt & Belingrath
against B. II. Austin and Major A. II
Moreland. Major Moreland sold a lot IN
Edgewood to Mr.. Austin and none of the
purchase money was paid down. MIR. Aus
tin gave notes for the full amount and
took from Major Moreland a bond for tide
The bond provided that Austin was TO erect
a mouse on the LOT within
ufne 10 cost not less than s., 900 In default
OF THIS he was TO deliver up the bond and
was also to pay 600 damages. The house
was putt and Mr.. Austin employed Hunni-
cult q Bellingrath to do the plumbing
work ana the gas fitting. Mr.. Austin failed
10 pay Tor this work ana Hunnicutt a
Bellingrath filed a mechanics lien on the
place. IT was filed against Austin and
Moreland. MOreland set up as a defense
that under the laws of Georgia his lien on
the property was superior to the qnechan-
les lien. The court held that where a per-
son held only an ordinary bond for title as
a lien for purchase money 1t was superior
IN mechanics lien but in this case the
bond provided that Austin should build in
a specified time and should pay forfeit
II ne failed removed 1t from the ordinary
run of bonds for title and made the me-
chanic' lien superior to it. The case in
wolves very important legal question and
II will be carried to the supreme court
Gainesville Cracker: There was a pa
thetic scene enacted last Wednesday in
the office of j. NJ. Towery. Esq. 1t was a
NditGu SrGSlOll Oh N0ldfX IuDllG sim s
court and was a sad little domestic trag-
edy. The principal characters in the in
cident We're Mr. and Mrs John c. Boston
and a young woman, named Elizabeth
Peck. Some years ago Boston and his
wife were married and lived together
for awhile, but unpleasantness arose and
a separation followed. Boston took to
himself, without the regular and solemn
form of any marriage ceremony. a. second
companion, a passably good looking young
woman, named Elizabeth Peck, and they
have now been living together as man
and wife some two years. When they
first formed this illegal contract they
fled to Texas, where a brother-in-law dis
covered them after a considerable search.
They returned to this county and have
been residing in a little tumble-down
house three or four miles south of town.
The original Mrs. Boston was informed
of the fugitiVes' return and she came
to this place and swore out a warrant
for the arrest of her husband and the
young woman with whom he has been
living. The woman was easily arrested
and was given a preliminary hearing
about ten days ago. She was placed UNI
der $50 bond to appear for trial at the
term of city court. She is a niece OF
BoSton's wife, we learn, and her father
was last week a revenue prisoner in our
Jail, charged with Illicit distilling After
several futile attempts Boston was cap
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