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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
ASSAULTED IN THE DARK.
A White Man Beaten on Louisiana
Street.

Last night about 10 o'clock officer Kerse,
Of the First District, found a stranger.
who gave the name Of L. J. Kelly, wan
dering about Louisiana street, in Fulton,
near the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks.
Kelly had been assaulted, and had re-
ceived several right severe cuts on the
head. He was in a very daZed condition,
and could give no very coherent account
Of what had happened. The officer learn
ed however, that he had been assaulted
but evidently not by a robber. as a roll
on his person amounting to Sl20 had not
been taken. Kelly says only one man
assaulted him.
The ambulance, in charge OF DR.. Brown,
responded to the call sent in by Officer
Kerse. and the injured mans wounds
were dressed. They were not serious.
Kelly came here several days ago I'm
charge of barge from Philadelphia, and
was taken back to the craft, on which
were his wife and four children.
Kelly was assaulted not far from the
spot where w. h. Turner. white man,
was set upon, beaten, and robbed by a
gang of tramps a few weeks ago.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
The Legal Toll for Grinding Grist.

(ROckDrldge county NcWSJ
4 case OF interest to the owners Of
corn-g grinding mills and their patrons was
decided yesterday by Judge Houston, OK
the County Court. 1t involved the amount
OF toll that can be charged by a miller
for grinding corn. Ii was the case oc
]. H. Overton against the James River
Cement-Works. The case was removed
from the court Of Justice j. j. Moore, in
Natural Bridge District. Mr.. Oyerton
sued the cenfent-works for charging nm
excessive tolls for grinding corn. They
had given to him but fortyeight pounds
Of meal for the fifty-slx pounds of weight
delivered in each bushel OF corn. That
IS, tolled 1t to the extent Of one seventh
Of the amount he furnished to be ground.
Mr.. Oyerton claimed this to be Illegal
for the reason that the law prescri0es
that a millers toll shall not exceed one
eighth Of the amount of corn ground.
The case was tried on Monday, G.. ID.
Letcher representing the plaintiff, and
William 4. Anderson tho defendant. A
number Of millers were put upon the
stand as exert witnesses. Many Of
them testified that they charged but one
eighth, the legal toll, as they under
stood it,; others charged put SIX out OF
the ffty-siX pounds In a bushel. The
matter Of loss in grinding, owing to clean
ing and the heating of the grain in grind
ing. which dried it out, was considered
and estimated at one pound or more per
bushel. Judge Houston decided that in
delivering 10 Mr.. Oyerton forty-eisht
pounds OF meal for each bushel (hfty-six
pounds of corn, the cement-works were
not charging in excess Of the legal toll,
inasmuch as one pound or more was lost
by shrinkage in weight from cleaning
and from drying when grinding. He held
that the case. as brought from the JUS
tees court, was not a civil case, but a
misdemeanor case, and that the James
River Cement-Works had not been guilty
OF misdemeanor, and found against Mr..
Overton for the costs in the case Judge
Houston emphasized the fact that this
ruling applied only in cases where parties
took corn to mill and exchanged II for
meal, as did Mr.. Oyerton. When a party
took corn 10 a mill TO be ground ne could.
under the law, deliver to the miller one
eighth OF the amount OF corn by measure
as his toll, and exact from him the lull
amount Of meal ground out Of the remain
ing seven eighths.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
ACROSS THE BORDER.
A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM NORTH
CAROLINAs CAPITAL.
EX- POSTMASTER BODIES CASE.
Found Guilty-Wfll DO Whit the
Whites Think Ho Ought to Do
Desperate Federal Prisoners Give
In-Bricfs.
In-Bricfs.

| RALEIGH, N. c., December 1o.-(spe-
1 cial 1.-The jury in the case OF ex-Postmas-
| ter Boddis, of Nashville, charged with
stealing letters. was out all last night,
and at the opening Of the United States
District Court this morning 1t was stated
that they stood ten for conviction
and two for acquittal. Mrs. Pattie Ar
rington, one Of whose letters was taken,
was a witness. She says that between
o'clock at night. when Post-Offce In
| spector Gregory found the missing letters,
and sunrise that morning, Boddie made
an assignment. At o'clock this after
noon the jury returned verdict of
guilty, after having been out, in all,
twenty-five hours.
The State Chemist sent a man to
Greensboro to ascertain whether min
eraline' was being made there by a
firm. He says it is being made; he does
not know whether as an adulterant Of
-four or not. The firm which makes 1t
advertised 1t as an adulterant, but af-
forwards stated that 1t would not make
1t for that purpose.
One of the county commissioners Of
Craven county is a negro, and he comes
out III a cara, SldlliB LldL ne mas utciled
to do what the tax-payerS-the white
people-think ought to be done.
The Republican Board Of County Com
missioners of Buncombe county brought
about the reputation Of 100000 Of bonds
issued in aid of the Spartanburg and
Asheville railway. The new Democratic
board severely condemns this action, &C
knowledges the validity of the bonds,
and pledges itself to see that they are
paid The population matter during the
Fusion regime was about to inJure the
fine credit of the counties. and, in fact,
to injure the State generally.
Governor Russell, while at Washington,
will bring all the pressure possible to
bear upon the States war claim against
the government The government de-
clined to notice the claims of individuals.
and thus forced the State to take them
up.
News reaches here that Mr.. John II.
Mills, for many years the superinten-
dent of the Baptist Orphanage, at
Townsville. Is at deaths door.
Professor P. II. Hill (son of the late |
General HID has prepared a history OF |
North Carolina troops in the civil war.
Work on the Odd-Fellows' building here |
will begin in March. The site has been |
purchased.
Inc TWO desperate fedefal prisoners IN !
the penitentiary, who for more than !
two weeks refused to work, and VINO 4
were fed on bread and water and "triced |
up" to the doors of their cells, have at |
last given in. There are now 200 Federal ,
prisoners in the penitentiary here, many
Of them desperate men. They give a
great deal of trouble. The number of /
Federal prisoners increases rapidly, and |
will, no doubt, be very large by the time
the Federal prison at Atlanta is built.
The State Treasurer announces the
opening of bank at Carthage. W. w.
Mills is president.
c. 3. Ray, the Fuslonst. who is
Supervisor of Roads here, will resign.
under pressure, and w. c. McMackin will
succeed him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
KENNEY ON THE STAND.
He Denies Emphatica11y Incrimi.
mating Statements OF BOggs

WILMINGTON, DEL. December To-
ted-States-Senator Kenney took the
witness-stand in his own behalf 10 dis
prove the charges of conspiracy in con-
nection with the looting Of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Dover. He contradicted
with great emphasis the statements made
by William n. Boggs, the defaulting tell
err. tending to incriminate Kenney.
The Senator told his story calmly. He
said Boggs first consulted him profess
sionally prior to 1898. In 1894 Boggs told
him he was in trouble at the bank, but
did not mention the amount or the names
of any accomplice. Senator Kenney adj
vised him to see his relatives and make
the deficit good. The matter was never
again referred to until Boggs's fight in
May, 1897. He declared that he never
knew Boggs was Withholding witnesses
checks at any time, or was similarly car
rying Thomas S. Clark and Colonel
Cooper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
The Negroes Not Fir.

VShdrIeston News and Courier)
George II. White. the colored Congress-
man from North Carolina, was entertain.
ed at a banquet in the Crawford House.
Boston, last week He made an after
dinner speech, in which he described the
political status of the negroes In the
south. and among other things, said: '"The
right OF elective franchise was thrust
upon US when We were not fit for IT,
Most or them are In no way fit for IT,
now ana that Is one reason why one
Southern State after another. where the
negroes are a constant menace 10 cool
government, has adopted constitutions
and laws that will disfranchise the
negroes under the forms Of law. Another
reason why the negroes are mot III for IL"
tx that they are negroes. And between
these two considerations hang all the
law and the prophets
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
Raisins,

Table London Layers, per pound.... 10c.
Fancy London Layers, per pound. .12Isc.
Cluster Raisins per pound. ......... 15c.
Extra-I>arge Cluster Raisns, per ID. 2oc.
Imported Cluster Raisins, per pound. 2Sc.
Finest Imported Raisins, extra-large,
per ppunu ....s.........ss'. o'~s
5lb-pound box Imported Raisins, box. .Sl.OO
5ik-pound box Imported Fancy Raj
sins, box ........... ............:.''.'s|i: 80
Large Seeded Raisins, per pound. ....: l0c.
Extra-Large Seeded Raisns, per Id: .Rlsc.
Sultanas Raisins. fancy per pound. !sc'
Muscatels Raisins, large, per pound. loo
Cleaned Currants, per pound .......... lOc-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
HUG COSTS HIM $500.
Private Moore Must Pay or Join the
Chain Gang.

SAVANNAH, GA, December 1O.-In the
City Court yesterday Judge Thomas NJ.
Norwood, former United States Senator
from Georgia, fined Private J. +. Moore,
Of Battery A, First Maine Artillery. $500
or six months in the chain-gang for en-
bracing the wife of a prominent county
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
Richmond's Good ExnmpIe,
BaltimOre American)

baltimore Americana
Richmond's Chamber Of Commerce has
started n movement to give Virginia a
good display at the Paris Exposition. Bal
timore business bodies should follow this
example and do all in their power TO send
across the water from Maryland an ex-
hibit OF which this State need not be
ashamed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
GordiaIs, Etc.
Miscellaneous.

Oranges. per dozen ..................... 20
Maple Syrup, per quart ............... gfe
(ates' per pound ........ .......,......,. l'e
Turkish Fig Paste, per boN............ eIe.
Canned Cherries. per pound ............ a1e
Royal StiltOn Cheese, per jar..........C 8
Shad Roe. per pound .................... f-,.
Sweet cider. per galion................. g,.
Plum Puddings, per pound ............ g-e.
Fresh Mint and other Herbs. per bot
tie ssssssss sssssssss ssssssststf tfsHtssss.s
Whole Strawberries, per can .......... go.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11

Official on tho street while the soldier was
intoxicated.
Judge Norwood administered a severe
lecture. and characterized the soldiers
conduct as that OF q heather.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
CHRISTMAS DELICACIES.

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the
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W article offered
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
PFNneS.
Ef-a -+nnI-

. ! e3H10t
Fine stock Of Imported and California
Prunes.
Medium Sized California Prunes, per
pound ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ....'' $3.50 ~
pound -. ......... .................. 1Oc.
Extra-LargeS Sized California Prunes,
per pound 80. .............lz12 ana lDc.
Fancy Imported French Prunes, per
mound '. ......... ................. 2jc.
5-pound box Imported French Prunes,
fancy decorated box, per box........Sl.2o
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
Special Sale for
Monday Only.

Fine Elgin Creamery Butter, In l.
pound prints, per pound ............. PC.
Finest Full Cream Cheese, pound. .12tRc.
Extra-Heavy 6-string Brooms, each. 25c
Large Queen Olives, quart. 2jc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-11
Wines and Whiskeys.

we carry in stock largo assor,r.-.
OF Fine Whlskeys and Wines for f,-.,-
and medicinal purposes.
We handle nothing but absolutely ,,..
goods. ''s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
LOCAL PER SONAL.

Mr. w. H. Wingard of Augusta is in the
city.
Mr. F. J. Garbutt of Garbutt is in the
city to-day.
Mr. w. H. Williams of Thomasville was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. w. H. Chlltz of Statewide is SION
ping at the Pulaski House.
Mr.. f. G. Hodgson of Athens was among
the guests registered at the DeSoto yester-
day.
Mr.. c. R. Ashley came up from Val
dosta yesterday, registering at the Pulaski
House.
Mr.. L. Johnson came up yesterday from
Waycross, registering at the Screven
House.
Mr.. John P. Lovett came up yesterday
from Miami, Fla, and is stopping at the
Pulaski.
Master Lawrence Kelly will leave to-
day for Belmont, N. c., to re-enter St
Mary's College.
Mrs w p. Smith and children, Miss
Daisy v, and Master Willie Boyd Smith
have returned to the city.
Mrs. ]. G. Moore and Miss Maud Moore
of Groveland were among the visitors in
the city yesterday, guests of the Screven
House.
Mrs. C. L. Bruner and children returned
yesterday after having spent a very pleas
ant month in ST. Louis, Mrs. Burners for
mer home.
Mrs. w. NJ Harris of Ocilla, Ca. re-
turned home yesterday, much TO the re-
gret of her many friends here. She has
won friends by the score who wish to see
her in Savannah soon again.
Mr.. Washington Falk left yesterday via
the Atlantic Coast line, for the northern
markets to select and arrange for the
shipment of the new fall and winter stock
of the Falk Clothing Company.
AIR. w. S. Daffin and mother, Mrs. p. D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
MEN WANT OFT. OFFICES WANT IN
second GeOrgfa Boys Hail the Mus
tering out News With Delight.


Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, Ala, Sept. 49,
The announcement that the Second Geor-
gia is to be mustered out is a great disap-
pointment to a majority of the officers of
| the regiment who were DESTROYS of re-
naming In the service. A careful canvass
of the officers of the regiment shows that
33ls per cent, or just fifteen out of the
IS officers of the regiment, are DESTROYS
of returning TO their homes. The remain
der, with the exception of a few who arc
Indifferent, prefer to remain in the ser
vice.
Col. Brown and Md1. Kendrick and AL
mond desire TO remain.
Lieut.. Col. GaTrard and a majority of
the officers of the First Battalion desire to
go home.
Capt. Screven and Lieut. Bacon and
HartTidge, all of Company Il, desire to re-
turn home, as also does Capt. Hopkins of
Company L.
Capt. Austin and Lieut.. Kenan, Of Com
pany NJ, and Lieut.. West Of Company L,
desire to remain IN the service.
majority of the atlanta and Augusta
officers desire to remain.
The medical staff, Maj Davis, and DR..
Geer, Will share the ia te of the regiment,
whether to remain or disband, while Dr..
MOncrief is anxious to 90 nome.
A majority of men of the First Battalion
want 10 return home. Practically, all of
those of Company B want to do so. OF the
Second and Third Battalions there are diff
fering statements, some claiming that a
majority want TO stay and others that a
majority wish to go.
Officers who are opposed to mastering
out the regiment, asserted as their opinion
to-day that 70 per cent. of the men wished
to remain while officers of a contrary mind
asserted Just the opposite.
Whatever the officers may think about it,
the news that Congressman Maddox had
succeeded in bringing about the mastering
out of the Second Georgia, was received
with very evident satisfaction by the men,
and seemed 10 bring joy TO the heart of
every man who heard it. No official infor-
nation has been received at the camp yet
of the intention of the war department, but
officers with whom the subject was dis
cussed to-day said that they expected or
ders for the return of the regiment to
Georgia at very early date, either the
latter part of this week or the early part
OF next week
Heavy drill work has been resumed by
the regiment as If there were no eXpecta-
ton of disbanding. Orders went into effect
yesterday for drills of one and half
hours in the morning, and one and a half
in the afternoon. AS the weather is cool
and bracing, the men cannot complain OF
hardships in this, though they would like
some relief from the amount of extra
guard duty that is being done.
First Sergeant James w. Rogers of Com
pany Nj, has secured his discharge, and
left for Savannah tonight.
1t is said that there is an effort brew
ing to have the Second Georgia retained,
even at this stage of affairs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
CAMP THOMAS DESERTED.
Dc parture of the Ninth New York
Completely DissoIves Its Army.

Departure of the Ninth New York
Completely DissOIves Its Army.
Chckamauga Military Park, Sept. 1S.-
The volunteer army at Camp Thomas has
been completely scattered, the last regi-
ment, the Ninth New York, leaYing for
New York this afternoon. Before the
Ninth left the park they marched to Gen.
Breckinridges headquarters headed by the
regimental band, where, upon behalf of the
regiment Col Greene expressed acknoWl-
edgements to the general for the many
courtesies they had received from him dur
ing his command at the park. The general
gave the boys a rousing send-on and an
nounced that with their departure the
Chickamauga army was dissolved.
The regiment carried their sick, nineteen
in all, with them In a special car.
Gen Breckenridge received orders to-day
to proceed to Knoxville, where he is to
remain one day and then go to Lexing-
ton where he wilE assume command of the
corps al that place
The hospitals reports to-day show thir-
ty-five released on furlough, and one
death.
The commission sent by the war depart
ment to investigate the hospitals and the
conditions that produced sickness at this
camp concluded their investigation, ex-
cept as to the water supply, of which
there is to be a chemical analysis made
at once in the Sternberg hospital labora-
tory Their report, which has not yet been
submitted, will be exhaustive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
EACH is STILL CONFIDENT.
Candidates for Judge Working for
Votes in the Legislature.

Candidates for Judge Working for
Votes in the Legislature.
The quiet, effective work that tells
when noses are counted is still going on
in connection with the judgeship of the new
Atlantic circuit. Almost as soon as the
legislature meets and organizes the cleo
ton will come on. The one in which Sa-
vannah and the adjacent counties will
naturally feel the most interest is that
for the the selection of the judge and So
licitor of the new circuit embracing Bry-
an, Ehingham, Liberty and Mcintosh.
While there has been comparatively lit
tie discussion in the newspapers, there
has been no cessation kof efforts by the
candidates and the legislative nominee or
prospective successful aspirant in either
of the counties who has not been consid-
ehably plagued by their friends must have
taken to the woods or buried himself in
the salt marshes.
While each of the two most active can
didates, Messrs. George T. Cam and Paul
Z. Seabrook, seems absolutely confident
of winning, as candidates always do there
is a feeling In some of the country coun-
ties that the latter candidate will develop
much greater strength than some expect.
This feeling is based upon the argument
that the judge should be a resident of the
circuit.
After the term for which the next legis-
lature elects there is no question that no
one but bona fide resident of the circuit
will have a chance for the judgeship or
sohcitorship Then the people of the cir
cult will say directly who shall occupy
these offices While the election of judges
and solicitors will be by the entire state,
it can be accepted as a fact that the
Democratic party in each circuit will hold
a primary to decide who shall have the
offices. 1t would only be by such meth
cd that the Populists could be kept out of
them in some circuits. In such primary
the candidate living outside Of the cir
cult would make a poor showing
While this feeling is calculated to be of
some assistance to Mr.. Seabrook in his
candidacy before the legislature the
friends of Mr.. Cam do not seem to be at
all worried. They appear to take Just as
sanguine view of his prospects as ever
They believe that he will have the united
support of the Chatham delegation, and
there are assurances of strong political
support from other sections of the state,
as weE as a probability of valuable assist
ance from the counties most directly in
terested. The fact that the judge of the
new Atlantic circuit win be called upon to
preside in Chatham will also be used in
combating the idea that the new Judge
should be an actual resident of one of the
country counties. With both sides hopeful
the fight at Atlanta promises to be a pref
ty one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
WANTS ANOTHER TEAM.
The Park and Tree Commission
Short on wagons.

The Park and Tree Commission
Short on wagons.
The Park and Tree Commission are in
the predicament of having only one team
to haul out the large quantities of rubbish
from the parks. The result is the work
cannot be properly done, and the commits
sioners are looking around for ways and
means.
Until recently Commissioner of Public
Works Willink aided In removing rubbish
from the parks, but he has notified Chair
man Daffin that the public works depart
ment cannot furnish any more teams for
this work, as they are neeced elsewhere.
This left the commission with inadequate
facilities in this connection, which IL
would appear can only be provided for by
action of Council.
Chairman Daffin states it is impossible
to do the work with one team. 1t is kept
constantly engaged, he says, and the COM
mission must have another, If the work
expected of it is carried on in the proper
manner.