The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02


GEORGIA.
Jsnes Davis of Albany has been bound
over TO the United States circuit court
on the charge OF passing counterfeit
money
Turkeys have been scarce i'm Lowndes
this year and the reason is said TO be
that there is weed OF some sort IN the
woods which is "a deadly poison 10 tur-
key. A number of parties who have un-
dcrtaken 10 raise turkeys nave Ialled on
this account
Ben C. smith has retired from the coal
business at Macon and his stock and goods
viii have been bought by Holmes john
son. Mr.. Smiths object i'm retiring from
the coal business is TO give his whole
time TO the office of treasurer of the
Georgia and Florida railroad, the duties
OF which are many.
About seventy-fiVe children Of the South
Georgia Methodist Orphans Home at Ma
con went to the Atlanta exposition Friday
as guests of President Conner of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway. The city appro-
prlated $l5O 10 detray the other expenses,
and the citizens donated nearly $50 more.
The Appleton home orphans will go up
tomorrow.
- At. Columbus Friday, Sheriff A. Q.
BoWles sold al public cutlery the stocks
OF goods levied on as the property of a.
A. Dreyspool. That of Broad street store
brought $3.50 and that of the Tenth
street store was bid off at $50, the Geor-
gia Manufacturing Company being the
purchasers of each. The sheriff also dis
posed of quantity of groceries, levied
on as the property OF the late firm of 4.
Gossett & 90.
The people living in the lower edge of
Floyd county have been mystiied and
somewhat terrified by the appearance OF
queer character. armed with a club Goa
one hand and scYthe blade ina the other.
He seems TO be- more or less or his bal
ance. and has been the terror of the Wo-
men and children in that neghbOrhood.
Those who have succeeded in interview
ing him are convinced that he is crazy,
but so far he has not developed any blood
thirsty tendencies. The same character
was hanging around Gainesville for sew
eral days and was arrested at one time
but was released as he was considered
harmless.
The commissioners of roads and reve-
nues of Floyd county are pressing the
RomesElectric Railway Company for back
rental of the right of way across the
county bridges. This rental is now about
three years overdue At 500 per aunum
for each Of the three bridges, the com
missioners have ordered an injunction to
force the company 10 a settlement. The
management has mtimated that before
they viii pay the rental, which they con-
slider unjust and eXtortionate, that they
will take up the tracks in West and South
Rome. They say that these lines are not
paying anything, any way. They will
meet together and discuss the matter to-
day.
In the superior court at Jesup last week
Prince Grady, negro, was convicted of
for life Grady was charged with kill
ing Oliver Mccoy, another negro, and the
evidence showed that il was a most bru-
tai murder. Mccoy was found with his
throat cut and his head, face and neck
covered with knife wounds. He.was alive
when found, but unable to speak and died
in a short time. Grady admitted the
killing, but claimed that il was done n
self-defense. John Henderson colored
was tried for murder in the killing Of an
other negro. The jury found him guilty
Of involuntary manslaughter in the COM
mission of an unlawful act. The evidence
showed that the killing occurred from
the careless handling of a pistol He
was sentenced TO the penitentiary for
three years.
Macon is allowed stopoVer privileges by
the railroads. This was brought out by
communication from President Rogers
Of the chamber of commerce to Commits
sioner Thomas of the Southern States Pas
senger Association, in which President
Rogers made the request that Macon be
allowed stopover privileges. To the sur
prise Of every one, the answer comes that
Macon has had stopovers for several
years past. This fact, however seems to
have been carefully concealed and tour
lists have been passing through Macon
every day ignorant Of the fact that they
could stop over if they so desired The
tickets have borne no indication Of the
fact that stopovers were allowed, and in
stances are known Of where northern
people have been forced to buy tickets
direct TO Macon in order to stop there
and then rebuy TO their points of desti-
nation.