The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12
GEORGIA.


y Jacoway Of Dade county, 10 be judse
Of the county court OF Dade. 10 place Of
Judge Joseph a. Bennett. resigned
some one broke into the store OF J. ,.
Head q Co. al Macon. Thursday night,
worked the combination OF the safe ana
stole about S25l Va gold. S2n worth OF brick
yard checks and So in coppers.
Burton smith, as attorney for Hattie
Jenkins, flied suit at Atlanta Friday
against the Georgia Electric Light Com
pany for $1,000 damages She sues for
The death Of her son, Joe Jenkins, sac lii-
Tie negro boy who was killed on Mitchell
street a short time ago by coming 10 con-
tact with live electric wire.
The state railroad commissioners will
take up for consideration on the 2Sth the
complaint made that the railroads are dis
eliminating against certain points in
their coal rates. Griffin and Forsyth say
that they are paying more on coal hauled
from the Dade mines than Macon is, al
Enough Macon is further away.
As a result Of a bloody combat at the
Snake Farm. near Hartwen. few nights
ago. Thomas T. NIckery lies dead, Earl
Sanders MORALLY wounded and Asa Pruit
IS suffering with a. painful wound. Mr..
Nickery was shot twice IN the abdomen
with a S2-calibre pistol. Sanders was cut
in the back with a knife and Pruit was
shot in the heel
John Stark. who was accidentally shot
by his brother. william. at Starke Thurs
dav. is not expected 10 live. The acct
dent occurred in a scufile between the two
brothers. during which pistol ia Will
Jams hands was accidentally discharged.
the ball entering Johns left breast, pass
ing through the body, just missing the
heart and lodging in the back.
In the United States circuit court at
Atlanta Friday. an order was granted by
Judge Newman allowing T. W. Glover
receiver of the Marietta and North Geor-
gia Railroad Company extra compensa-
tiOn Of 5000 a year from the time Of his
appointment 10 July 1. 1896 making total
of Sl0,S00 extra compensation for the en-
tire time Mr.. Glover had been receiving
$1,000 year salary, and this increase Wall
give him 5000 a year.
Judge C. c. Smith Of the Oconee cir
cult arrived at Macon Thursday and GER
titled to the bill Of exceptions in Mrs.
Mobiles case. The case viii n0~ 80 TO
the supreme court, where 1t connot be
heard before next October or November
This means that Mrs. Mobiles has ans
other chance for her life and her case
will now go TO the state supreme court
upon the sole question as to whether or
not Judge Smith erred when he oVerruled
the motion of her counsel, Messrs Marion
Harris and Glenn & Rountree. TO have
her tried for insanity by the superior
court Of Twiggs county.
Cordele Sentinel: About o'clock Thurs
day morning the little 13-year-old daugn-
ter of Henry Wynee woke and found a
man on her bed. She could not tell in
the dark whether he was a white man or
q negro, but supposes, from MS general
appearance, that he was black. Al ir5t
she thought II was her father, who had
gone into her room 10 tease her ana she
grabbed him by the shirt He began 10
struggle. and when the girl saw her mis-
take she began to scream. She aWoke
her two younger sisters, who were sleep
ing in the same room, and they also
screamed. Mr.. Wynne and Mr.. Gum.
who is a boarder, ran to the room and
tried to get in. but found the door locked.
The children were so frightened than
they could not unlock the door. In the
meantime the man jumped out of win
dow and escaped. Parties went immedi-
ately to the convict camps at Redwood
after bfoOdhounds, but when they came
they could not track the man any further
than the backyard fence. There is no
CleW as to his Identity.
Atlanta Constitution: What came very
near being fatal runaway happened en-
Peachtree Thursday, and the escape of
Col. P. L. Mynatt, his wife and daughter,
Miss Alice, was almost a miracle. With
a wild dash the team of Col. Mynatt cut
q swath through the procession of vehicles
and bicycles on Peachtree, ana after
run of nearly d quarter OF mile coll
lided with a grocery wagon, Towing the
occupants of both the carriage and wagon
10 the pavement in an indiscriminate heap.
1t was at hrst thought that Miss Mynatt
had been killed. 1t was found that the
driver of Col. Mynatt's team had received
serious injuries. He was carried to the
Grady hospital, where it was seen that
his leg had been fractured and his arms
sprained. Mrs. 5. 7. Wylie was thrown
violently to the pavement In the col
lisiOn the tongue of the carriage caught
her in the side. Her injuries are more
Ffn f0n n a ffF- e.frf
by, who was in the wagon, was cut over
the right eye and badly bruised The rest
escaped serious injury but all We're hOr-
ribly bruised.
Atlanta Constitution: The estate of the
late DR.. F. D. ThurmonG viii find its way
into the courts for adjustment and the
several wills which he signed during his
lifetime will be made the basis of the lit
igauon. DR.. Thurmold, whose death oc-
Cured about four weeks ago. was esti-
mated to be worth about $50. COO Early
IN life he had followed the profession Of
dentistry, but OF late years ne had retired
from active life. Since the death of Dr.
Thurmond three wills have been found to
be in existence, two of which have been
fled with the ordinary One viii was
signed in 1874 giving all of the estate upon
his death to his wife, Mrs Thurmond
another will signed in 1857. has been
found, in which all of the estate is given
10 the archaeological school. in the event
he survived his wife. The third will was
signed in 1892 and Mrs Thurmond Isl 10
receive the estate during her lifetime. but
after her death the VIII provides that
Mrs. Florence Underwood a distant rel
atiVe, is TO come into possession OF the
estate. The first viii has been filed as
has also the third, bur the second was not
fled, as he failed TO survive his wife ana
the conditions named have therefore been
made void by force Of circumstances
AIRS. ThurmOnd Will claim that her hus-
band was unduly Influenced by Mrs. IN
hot
signed is not the one that should be- re-
corded and probated. i is usual in such
matters where several wills have been
signed TO give the one signed last the pre-
cedence. In fact, this is the law upon the
question, and the viii last signed is the
one to be probated unless it is shown he
fore the court that it is invalid and tb5t
undue influence was brought 10 bear upon
the testator
FLORIDA
-Four hundred boxes of seed from Ferris
& Co. Of Detroit, Mich, arrived at Fer.