The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09

assets are the hotel property. $50. 900; resi-
dence on Mitchell street. s2s 900; house
and lot on Capitol avenue. 2.500. and per-
sonal property 10 the value OF $500, "a
total of $93.200.
As suggested by Gov. Atkinson, the
grand jury of Fulton county, when IL
meets again on Jan. IS. will probably take
up again the investigation OF the Myers
escape. II is stated that the pistol Myers
took with him when he left the jail was
sent In, concealed in a loaf of bread that
was sent to Dr. Louis Harvey when he
was in the jail.
Charlie Burbee, a colored coachman for
Mrs f. Phinizy of Athens. was instantly
killed Saturday afternoon by the Seaboard
Yestbule train for Atlanta. Burbee was
standing on the platform Of one Of the
cars riding TO the trestle west of the
city. When he jumped his clothes caught
on the car railing, and he was thrown
with great force breaking his neck and
several of his limbs.
Tuesday night West Redd. a negro, shot
Aand killed Andrew Heard, his brother-in-
law. at the formers house. about seven
and half miles east of Columbus. Redd
was whipping his wife, when Heard, her
brother, went to the house, where he was
attracted by her cries for help. AS he
entered the door Redd seized a Winchester
rifle and shot him through the body. Heard
died about two hours afterWard from the
erect of the wounds Redd made his es-
cape.
John Day of Conyers is on a trapping
tour in Southwest Georgia. lie will hunt
all fur bearing animals in general and
beaver in particular. Mr.. Day is no novice
in the business. having been in IL for four
. teen seasons past. The time he thus en-
ploys is between crops, and he spends the
holiday season in camp. The business
has thus far been profitable to Mr.. Day.
He states that his receipts for furs had
never been less than 500 per month, and
that upon one occasion he received SIC
for one skin.
The Costa Rica and Nicaragua build
ings at the exposition grounds at Allan
ia were sold at auction Monday by For
rest Adair. Nothing but the buildings
were disposed of, as the furniture and ex-
hibits had been removed. The Costa Rica
building was constructed AT a cost OF
$1,000 and was sold to DIR. b. f. Walker
for SIG. The Nicaragua building, when
cost $1,000. and which was of much bet
ter material than the Costa Rica struc-
ture, was sold to Mrs. Amanda Stewart
of Atlanta for SIPS
Mary Sanford, negro girl about 16
years of age, was arrested at Minedge-
Vile last Thursday on a warrant sworn
out by j. n. Leonard, charging her with
stealing $65 to $S5 After the arrest of
the girl she confessed that she stole the
money several days before, and that she
had been persuaded to do so by her grand
mother, Julia Lewis, and a girl by the
name of Katie Hughes. Julia Lewis and
lodged in Jail. The money had been di-
vided among the three. Thirty-two dol
lars was recovered.
Pat Calhoun. formerly of the firm OF
Calhoun, King & Spalding, of Atlanta, is
in Atlanta for a short stay. 1t is well
known. that Mr.. Calhoun has ability as a
manager of big enterprises. He recent
~ entered into a scheme to reorganize
the street railway system of Pittsburg
which has been operating for some time
past upon an Improbable basis. He con-
solidated and reorganized the system en-
tirely and succeeded in getting it on a
raying basis. BY the deal he realized
houn' win also soon get large sum from
fees from the Central and Savannah and
Western railroad reorganization.
The disappearance OF Beck Kennedy. a
woman who lived in one of the houses
in Wynnton road. at Columbus, is a mys-
terry that the police have so far failed to
in several days, and when the coroner
broke into her apartments Monday her
clothing was found as though she had left
the apartments only temporarily, but
blood stains were found upon the floor.
and bulelt in the front door
indicating that a pistol had been fired from
the inside of the house. There Is rea-
son to believe that the woman has been
the victim of foul play and the neighbor-
nuou III WilCu Sll6 lives IS dStlr with eX-
citement.
All the property left by the late John
Collier of Atlanta, the father of Charles
A. Collier, president of the exposition COM
pany; Lamar Collier, the master mechanic
OF the Western and Atlantic railroad and
a number of other well known citizens,
will be sold at auction to the highest HID
der on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for the purpose
Of being divided among the heirs. At
his death Mr. Collier left no will he
kept book for a number of wears he
fore his death in which all the advances
that he made to his children were re-
made an entry that at his death he wished
his property divided among his heirs after
the amounts advanced them had been de-
Quoted.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Alapaha sends in the following: Alan
aha is prospecting. Home-seekers are b,Iv
ing ana promising to pay fair prices for
houses and lots. A Mr. Balitz cIaimina
10 be member of the old soldiers coli
ony. struck Alapaha Friday night and
before noon Saturday had bargained for
Two places and would probably have
bought several more, had he not been
suddenly called away. Then next comes
a candidate for congress, and before the
excitement of his arrival had died away.
a wagon train, with the entire outfit of
the nashville Star, made its appearance
ana Alapaha will now have a paper Ber-
flen county is getting to be quite a coun-
~, particularly in the newspaper line.
there being three now published in the
county and four more railroad towns
open Tor new ones. Last Sunday evening
a small house occupied by a family of
negroes IN the northern part Of the county