The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-16

,-,,s OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

r,.o Invalid Roll of Pensioners of the
safe Has Been Paid-The Fruit
,o,, said TO Be Safe-A Prominent
,,ieure in the Famous BOhannOn
NO returns to Dalton to stand
,,;y TrioI-Citizens of Cochran Pc
,iticn for Peace.
GEORGIA.
1udqe r. c. Beavers, Campbell county's
...+eran ordinary, is lying very low and
sts death is liable to occur al any time.
The Masonic Lodge at Talapoosa APP
,,fnted committee to raise funds for
.,eoring widows and orphans in Cuba.
trbev have in twenty-four hours raised $50.
rive thousand dollars has just been sub
.,rihed bv the citizens of Tallapoosa to
combine with parties North to open and
VIM the glass factory at that point The
factory will be run on the cooperative
plan.
Hon. John w. Akin, of Gainesville, will
deliver the annual literary address at the
commencement of the Georgia Female SEM
mary at Gainesville, June /. Rev. A. A.
MARSHALL, of Atlanta, will preach the com
rnencement sermon May 49,
Union Superior Court was held last week
and considerable business was transacted
The grand Jury recommended the building
If a new court house, as the present one is
considered unsafe. Steps will be taken at
once to carry into effect this recommended
ton.
petition from the citizens of Cochran
has been forwarded to Congressman Lewis
asking that he use his power and influence
with Congress to bring about peace be-
tween the United States and Spain, to
avoid war if there be the least possible
chance. without sacrifice of American hon
or. believing that war at this time would
greatly endanger the South and further
more injure her in many other ways.
Aleck GAY the negro who murdered his
wife. Ella Gay, in the Southern portion of
Albany on Dec. %, was tried before Judge
Spence in the Superior Court of DouSher-
~ county Wednesday. The verdict of the
Jury was that the prisoner was guilty of
the charge, but recommendation for
mercy saved his neck. Judge Spence then
sentenced the prisoner to serve during his
life at hard labor in the penitentiary.
At Farview, in East Macon, Thursday
night, Judge C. c. Balkcom's barn, togeth-
er with fifteen fine hogs, large amount
of stock feed and a considerable amount
of fencing, was burned. A horse was so
badly burned that il will probably die. The
fire is thought to have been the work of
an incendary. Judge Balkcoms residence
caught fire three times from the sparks
from the barn, and 1t was with difficulty
that it was prevented from being burned.
The fruit crop seems to be safe. So far
as known there was no serious damage to
it in any part of the state. DR.. B. l.. Nc
lntosh, of the state agricultural depart
ment, said Thursday morning: There
/ was no serious damage TO fruit in any
4 part of the state as the result of the re-
cent cold weather. In North Georgia it
was nipped little, but in almost every
case there Is plenty left on the trees to
make good crop. The tender vegeta-
bes were killed in some places, but there
is no serious damage 10 gardens"
The invalid roll of pensioners of the
state has been paid. The number on the
roll is 1898 and the amount they have
drawn from the state treasury is $l9O,OO0.
Of the number who were on the roll last
year 1856 have died or moved from the state
and their places have been flied. There
are now on file 300 applicants for invalid
Pensions. OF the INDECENT roll of pensions
about $50 more can be paid out of the
funds on hand For these go places there
are about 5000 applicants which cannot he
reached a. all. OF these 5000 applicants
over 100 are from Fulton county; more
than any other county.
D. NJ. Peoples, who was one of the most
Prominent figures in the famous Bohan-
non gang trial at Dalton, has returned to
that town from Tacoma, Wash, where he
has been several months pending his trial
on the charge of receiving stolen goods
from the Bohannon car robbers. The b.
hannon gang of car robbers was the worst
that has ever operated in Georgia, and its
extensive thieving cost the Southern and
western and Atlantic Railways thousands
OF dollars All of the gang are now serv-
ing terms, and the Peoples case is but
side ;ssue to The main crime. Peoples be-
longs to a prominent family in Dalton, and
me charge against him is that of purchas-
Ing the property that had been stolen from
the cars