The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06

The Dodge Land Case Before the
United states Court at Macon-IEo-
tel Clerk Turney Gives bond TO
Answer the Charge Of Setting Fire
TO the HendersonviIIe HoteI-A Gus
pidOre said to he Nearly Two Cen
turtles Old.
GEORGIA
Mrs. Anna T. Sparks q Rome died
Friday
4 telephone line is 10 be built from Fort
Valley 20 Perry
City clerk a T. Mitchell 81 Athens has
resigned o. s9 into The life Insurance bush
ness.
Miss Sophia Barr. young lady living
near Wluler was thrown from a buggy
a day o. two ago and her ankle badly
breaking n the busy axle. which fright
ened the mule, causing IL 70 run away
with her.
Mrs. Hyatt. widow of JGds0n Hyatt.
who was recently killed by Turner Meal
listed in Fort Gaines. has opened hotel
IN Fort Valley ana the fact has been re-
ported 70 the Georgia division ~ the
Travellers Protective Association OF
America
The work Of building the new cotton
mill near Rome is under way The Rome
Brick Company has contract 90 Furnish
b.l9000 brick IN anticipation ~ rIinE This
large contract The brick company has pur
iu a 81 CD addition ~ lrs works and VIII
manufacture vltrlhed brick in addition 70
the ordinary building material
In the United states court az Macon
Saturday Judge Speer heard argument
on a demurrer submitted bE counsel for
the defendants in the case of Dodge -.
Williams 20 a.. involving the ownership
Of large amount q land Do Dodge. Tel
fair and other counties. The demurrer
contained many points. one being that the
United States court did not have iurls-
nHHfNnm D..
heard lu the state courts. There are ma
rnerOus defendants. When the case comes
@ trial there VIII be fuiy - Witneszes-
There are about 30 defendants. The
opening argument on the demurrer was
made by OEn J. Wimberly. He spoke for
two hours. Judge Speer has allowed Ten
hours for the discussion. The argument
viii be concluded to-day.
The Morning News a short time ago
contained an account OF the arrest Or
John r. Tlerney the ex-clerk OF The PARK
hotel at Macon, charged with the burning
Of hotel near HeudersOuVile n. O., or
which there was an insurance OF &lf.0uu-
Tierney went with the sheriff q Hender-
son county 20 HendcrscuEille. The news
reaches Macon that Tieruey has been re-
leased on a bond OF 500 for hts appear
auce Al the October term Of court and he
has gone 70 Eisit relatives in his former
home at Niagara, Falls. y. Y. Ills brother
arranged the bond with "A bank al Nfagara
Fails and the bank wired 70 "a bank az
Hendersonville to stand security Mr.
iierney has retained as counsel the att
tOrney OF the bondholders OF the hotel.
who are suing the insurance company for
payment Of the insurance money on the
hotel. TIE company has refused payment
on the ground that the hotel was destroy
ed By an incendiary.
ReidsvilIe Journal One Of the Oldest
relics in the country is ln the possession
Of o. X. Galry Of Lyons. II IS a cuspi-
dore nearly or quite two centuries old
is made from Lignumvitae wood and
was once the property Of Col. Mahams
who fought with Gen. Francis Marion
IN the revolutionary war and who by his
timely arrival TO the aid Of Gen. Marion
won the battle OF EutaW Springs. s. c.
Several years afterwards Gen. King
nephew OF Col Mahams. was burned out
Of house and home, and Col. Mahams
anxious TO help him, asked him 20 20 into
the house and get what he wanted Mr.
King took only this cuspidore and one
mattress which were handed down ~ the
family until Mr.. Gairy's grandfather a
physician OF prominence. fell heir 70 IL
and used IL IN compromising medicine
During the civil war Mr. Gairy's mother
tore open the mattress. cardeG, spun ana
WOTe the cloth into clothing and gave
II 10 him and other soldiers. Through
this noble response to the eXigencies Of
war the mattress was destroyed. but the
cuspidore still remains In the family and
Is owned BY Mr.. GARY.