The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-09


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GEORGIA
The town officers y Pailm.et.to TOT %. S Spe
new wear. who were elected SHflid p al
a. follows Dr.. j. ElII1r1. may oFs r. '+--' -
men. ". y. Edge. e. j. tulureatn' il
1Iixon and j. j. Asse"-
The county comm l=sioner- OF flbD ll4il-
~ met Saturday and passed an ofiel --ie'
Gov. Atkinson De- requested A1t 10 ~
q comm Issi0n 20 o.. d. Altsstne-4F y tie
ed county treasurer on la@t NJ conc "a
as a constitutional quest lon Us ltF - 10
a telegram was sent 10 the governor Sa.l
urday ard a letter viii be forwarded 70
him Saturday.
Asehe result of a spree and extreme 20,
sent miudeiuess. man OF Cleveland
went uD in the courthouse one ~ ihe
cold nights last week, pulled on hi7 cl9l Ies
and hung them ON q chalr, lhtH 4t. "gtll
on a bench and slept all uiglt- Tie was
nearly frozen next morning, but sall ne
thought he was az home when he pulled
his clothes or.
In a municipal primary held az Talbot
ton Saturday Tor mayor ana toAhlli a
ticket 1aVOring "a prohlhluNe liquor tdA
was nominated. The question OF WHISKY
eas been 50 settlci for the last eight con-
eecutive wears j. 81. Matthews Is noml-
mated for mayor, g.. II. Estes, H. j. i.dL IL
well. r. II. Persons, j. H. mccoy, a. =;
Perryman. r. Leonard for aldermen ana
i. A. Mizell for marshal
The work of tearing away the con-
demned walls OF the old capitol buliulhb
at Atlanta has begun. eldhiE Afl p
the owners OF the property, nave deltIln-
sned to replace the old house with a mag
nihcent building Of granite AZ once. inc
new building VIII be designed lor a holel'
nut tho ARRANGEMENT viii be such that
81 after the exposition is over lt Will NOT
pay as a hotel ~ may be USED as an once
building.
Newt smith. who IS a noted blind tiger
man. living a few miles out or harmony
Grove was arrested Saturday on war
rant issued by the grand jury lot stlllits
liauor. He was placed in the lookup to
await the arrival Of Sheriff Collier. sat
urday night unknown parties hled me
staple to the door and priced theiT way
in, and smith made ms eSeapJ, re H91
only went himself but carried al the bed
ding in the cell with him.
Because of the continued critical Illness
of the wife Of United states District AZ,
gorney Gary Judge Speer has transposed
the dates of court at Savannah and Au-
Eusta He did this SO that Mai Gary,
who lives I'm Augusta, may attend court
at least a part of the time. Court az Au-
gusta, by this change, will begin Nednes-
day Jan. l6. and at SdNanah req. 3. II
court Is reconvened in Macon, as both the
Augusta and Savannah dockets are heavy.
Judge and Mrs. Speer LETT Tor washing
ton Saturday.
BIB. Collier. sheriff of Jackson county,
who was defeated by the pOpulist candl-
date by a few votes last Wednesday VIII
enter in a contest. Al one precinct MT.
Collier had four or five men at work in
hts behalf and they thought they had Sc
cured their share of the votes. When the
count was made IL showed only nine votes
for Collier. Fraud was suspected at once
and the matter was reported 10 Mr: Col
lier He began to talk to his friends IN the
district and he finds already twenty-five
men who viii swear that they voted at
that precinct for him.
The report of the tax assessors Of At
lanta shows that during 1894 there was
S42,S57 l67 Of taxable real estate IN the
city. During 1893 there was but $40, 1873, 066,
showing an increase OF $2,6H,j0l on the
real estate the city realized S642 5515l in
taxes. In 1894 there was $ll, S31OSl personal
taxable property in the city. and In 1898
there was $3.50 ,45} Showing a decrease
Of only 81. 236 365. The city realized during
1894 SlT1. $3.50 taxes from personal proper
~. In the total taxable property returned
10 the city there was a net increase Of
Sl,409.136. There were $685. collected for
street tax.
OrviIe A. Park Of Macon, the commits
sioner appointed by the court, advertises
for sale on the first Tuesday in February
next, at St Mary's, al the property of the
Cumberland Island Company, which has
years past. The property viii be sold I'M
der the mortgage OF SSi5OO held by VIII
lam K; turnkey 10, LOT ms io9r ehlt 4,
Bunkley, and #. p. Bunkley. The in
Ventory of the property includes all the
lands adjacent to the hotel, the hotel and
out-buildings, railroad and rolling stock,
light-of-way and dock privileges, per-
sonal property, naphtha launch, twelve
Tow UQaAGt one NDATtf Two AAA44SEa my
hogs and fifty head Of cattle.
At Blue Ridge last spring a boy named
Reuben Long mysteriously disappeared
and John Coils. who had adopted the
youth, was arrested and charged with
numbering him. The charge was made
by young Longs parents. Coils was
given preliminary trial and bound over.
The charge of murder was hanging over
him and he was censured by some people.
one man says Coils told him that the
boys bones were carried In his yard by
the dog. another that he had heard the gun
4re. The Longs and family OF SheltOns
so II is now charged, had hidden the boy
in order to make some money out Of Col
lis, and one or two interested parties
wanted him to offer a reward of $500 for
the boy. Reuben has been found. He is
now at Mineral Bluff, in Fannn county.
and has been seen by many people. hind
ing that they could make no money out of
Coils, his abductorsshave decided to give
him up. Coils is we'll known and is said
10 have the respect and friendship of all.
He lived near Blue Ridge until a few
months ago when he sold his farm and
moved to Blue Ridge.
The Center Hill district, in Habersham
F county, has elected as constable a man
who is now serving a term in the Fulton
county jail in Atlanta. This is probably
the first time in Georgia that a candi-
date was unanimously chosen for office
by his people while he was kept from
making an active canvass by the lock on
a prison door: The name of the office
holder is Benjamin Harrison Boulevard
Blair, better known as House" Blair. He
is now serving a sentence of two months
for Illicit distlling. On Dec. p, he pleaded
guilty to the charge of making the un-
lawful and sent 10 prison until Feb II.
Blair is a typical mountaineer. He is six
feet. seven and half inches tall and is
very active. He is called House" Blair
on account of his having once helped 10
build the hotel at Mt Airy by standing on
the ground while the other workmen mad
to use a scaffold. Blair has wife and five
children. His home is a mile and a half
from Mt. Airy. His election as constable
rs considered by his friends as vindica-
ton of his character. and as a reblll<e Ia
the United States revenue officers The
new constable of Center Hill district will
assume his duties as soon as his term in
jail expires.
A Blind Man on His Travels.
Editor Of the Morning News: On SUNDAY
last man calling himself Henderson