The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20

entirely new mill IS 70 be put up ann the
equipment b. 20 he brand new through
our. With Tine very best OF the latest
improved mao ninery used Boz the manufac-
ture Of cotton goods. The output % this
new Huil WIZ De- liner grade Of Brown
goods thar is generally manufactured iu
used.
The EaldWin-Roecrs company was per-
forming al Tho Old opera house az At
-talA thursday night but -1r awhile
there was a serious interruption as am at
Tempt vas made 90 aunihilate the funny
man with a bag Of peanuts. Doc Paul.
Young man who occupied box Just
ABOVE the stage. gave the funny man TO
Nn1ef-l au1 that his jokes We're anti
qnated The funny man told Paul TO
come down Off the roosf- This offended
me Aouus man and he fired bag OF pea
nuts az fue actors head. There was
much excitement among the members Of
TIE troupe. and for awhile the perform
ancc was stopped. During this time Ser
eednt t~hurn was called IN and removed
me }oung man. lie was rather intoXi-
TIA pursuance OF the economical plans
that have ben adopted in the manage
mtnf or Macuu's financial affairs b. was
a. i,.,, l.isi 'ttI.et 10y the present mayor ana
.puh I'D lnat SIX men Doc eat Oft the Do
lice force. hut since the retail liquor De-
cense has been Increased from 500 Co $50
per aunuh DO has been decided so Do IS
said, 90 cur or only the two negro police
men, t0-wit; Gordon and Wallace For
many years there have been TWO cOlOred
G-li nave 20 go. 4 police commission was
nrst established ia Macon about "a year
ago, ana when the commissioners went
into office they dismissed the cOiored pO-
Hcemeu. Something OF a howl was raised
among the colored population and the ne
gro policemen were restored TO the force.
10 seems that their time 20 go has again
come. These cOlOred policemen patrol
only one OF the outlying districts OF the
city, and during the past year had orders
not 10 arrest q white man.
campaign in Newton county two bright
stars in the pOpulist combine whom the
CoNington Enterprise calls william and
itufus. We're clcctiOuceriug I'm Brewers
district and called al the nome Of Judge
Flncher. who happened 10 be an his store.
some distance from the house. Driving
toward the store they met the judge
who insisted that they return to his home.
NO said William. we've been riding
in the cold and Rufus had accidentally
got on a little TOO much tea ana we DO
not care TO be seen by the ladies'. but
viii go into the store and talk awhile"
II was now getting very dark and both
got out of the buggy and walked back to
the store. The judge pulled "A big key
from his pocket and unlocked the door.
lie took Rufus by the arm to steady him.
and said. Come right i'm and III strike
light. Rufus ierked away, fell down and
exclaimed, NO, You don't put me I'm no
calaboose. You put me in there before
for nothing, and tn die fore I'll go there
now" William tried TO explain to him
that IL was a store and not calaboOse-
that il was "A friend and not marshal
that had him in charge but Rufus
smole sickly smile pulled one eyelid
down to the corner of his mouth ANA soft
~ said: Fool who2 Billie. does you see
anything green in there?' William and
the judge held a brief conference. then
helped Rufus in the buggy ANA on to town
they went
Julia Johnson. colored. was tried at
McDOnOugh Friday on "A writ of lunaCy.
During the trial she made confession to
the killing of Mrs. Farmer of Clayton
years ago. When she was brought i'm she
begged Sheriff Glass TO "a he her ont and
hang her. ON the lunacy trial size said
that she had been cooking for a Mr..
Gambler up to Christmas. and that fire.
Quently the ghost OF Mrs Farmer would
come to her in the stove room and beg
her to give the money back that she had
Mrs. Farmer Of Clayton county was
brutally murdered with an az at her
home, and her daughter was assaulted
with the same weapon. This woman.
Julia johnson, was accused of the crime
and put on trial for her life. She was
very ably defended. and acquitted of the
murder. but was found quality OF the
assault on Mrs. Farmers daughter, and
sentenced to the chain-gang for ten years,
which sentence she served. In her con-
fession of the murder the woman said
that Mrs Farmer was thought to have
had large sum OF money and that she
went to her house to get some eggs, and
when Mrs. Farmer was in a STOPPING pO-
sition she knocked her brains out with
an ak, and then searched the house for
money, but obtained only SO She said
she then went to the field where the
daughter of Mrs Farmer was at work
and tried to kill her, but she escaped.