The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-28
GEORGIA.

~ afflicted. He has crippled leg which
loopses him at intervals of ten minutes to
.aor like lion. He can be heard half
4 mile easily.
mr. T. j. Collins, one of Butts county's
,,rominent physicians. residing eight miles
T., Of Jackson. in handling gun Mon
L. morning. accidentally shot himself.
e. load of shot tore off the greater por-
\ ION of the left jaw. His recovery Is de
SPARED OF.
% Brown. one of the best known men IN
A1,rcock county, committed suicide Tues
las, afternoon by cutting his throat He
f. Al one time county treasurer and a
4, ,orohar of one of the largest mercantile
Ern,s in that county. 1t is believed de-
4 nondencv caused the rash act, which was
Entirely unlocked for.
n Griffin Call: R. w. Howley of Savannah
n zpending a few days in this city, and
,.iu probably locate here. He wishes to
10 the dairy business. and spent to-
Il ~, locking over several small farms near
H. civ He is charmed with this sec
ian and saws it is better adapted TO DAIRY
H. than any section he ever saw.
Mr. Frank D. M Strachan has been
<,ected to the lieutenancy of the First
~ ivtson. Naval Reserves, at Brunswick,
I nd succeeds Lieut.. C. L. Elliott, VINO re-
/ med. Mr.. Strachan is splendid specl-
her of physical as well as moral man
- and his knowledge of military being
IN wide extent, will at once guarantee ms
Illness for the command of this excellent
Organization.
Dalton North Georgia Citizen: While
kone workmen were digging post holes on
he fruit farm of Col. d. G. Bryant re-
&entlv they struck what was believed TO
L. marble A sample was polished by the
Dalton Marble Works and it proves to be
he best grade of white onyx The sample
|Aas all the beauties of clock and table
Rnyx with the buff and light yellow strains
Through it.
81 The Northern truck farmers at Fitzger-
Ma are all busy marketing their straw
herrv crop now. The berries are fine and
Bring fancy prices. Many shipments are
heinz made to Cincinnati, st. Louis and
Chicago. The berries not shipped are be-
H. canned at home. The small five-acre
tacts adjoining this place are in fine con-
hilton and every farmer has good pros
beet for an abundant yield.
Judge Speer has rendered decision In
base from Americas, to the effect that the
Knitted States court has no jurisdiction
over a homestead taken by a bankrupt;
tbat the homestead belongs to the state
tourts and cannot be considered in the
Emitted States court as an asset OF the
Bankrupt and as regards the homestead,
b. trustee of the bankrupt must look else
shere than TO the United States court.
A motion for a new trial for John Pend
ty has been filed In the Superior Court
n Atlanta by his attorneys. 1t is alleged
hat the verdict of the jury was contrary
H. the law, to the evidence and to the
rrinciples of justice. The judge is charged
With error in refusing to allow Pendley
10 return to the stand after he had I'm
( Ehed his statement, in order that ne
hight exhibit to the jury the stripes ana
bounds, claimed to have been inflicted
d the DeKalb county convict camp.
Saturday win be another gala day in
Fitzgerald 1t will be the occasion of the
frst annual picnic of the Gray and the
Blue. Speaking by prominent citizens,
/ husic and parades by Confederate veter-
4ns and ex-Union soldiers, will be feat
fres of the day. AT night Gen. John b.
Borden will deliver his famous lecture on
The Last Days of the Confederacy' at
p opera house. He will receive an en-
tusiastic greeting by Union and Confed-
eate soldiers and thousands of others.
1t has recently been discovered at the
Qdinary's Office in Atlanta that a white
fupe had been married by a negro min
*ler. The case is the only one of the kind
~ record in Fulton county, and perhaps
n the entire country, for while 1t is no
y common thing for white men to perform
II femones for negro couples, the reverse
IA OPPOSITION was altogether unheard of I'M
the preacher called at the ordinary s
vince 10 get a certificate that it was dis
SVered a white couple had been welded
a negro.
While several intoxicated soldiers of the
n cond Illinois Regiment were attempt
g to set fire TO some small wooden sheds
augusta about midnight Tuesday night,
lght occurred when Lieut.. John Maye-
H. as officer of the day. tried to disperse
Ven The soldiers resisted Mayeski and
4arted to grapple with him. Mayeski,
,iihlhg his life in danger, drew his re-
IHNer and fired. Private James L. Gill
ana whose home is in Ripley, o., fell
IN bullet in his left breast. He did
nave hand in the fight, and was try
70 put out the blaze when shot. The
ling Drought out Col. Moulton ana otn-
oihcers, who soon restored order. A
I8ir
special to the Morning News from
'"'nore' says: Memorial day exercises
ire hed at College hall here this after
~ beginning promptly at 2 O'clock
@ was the FIRST public exercise memoir
iii es the Confederate dead ever held
II 0'timore Everything was directly I'M
IL uIe management of Prof. J. E. Bar
~ ~" ana MS corps of teachers. Confeder-
MI 'ecrans their wives sons and daugh-
III a"Ae' were there TO make IL a Mem
III exercise In fact. The exercises opened
~ an address from Prof. Bargeon, IN
II ~ ne clearly set forth the real motive
we occasion, after which the entire
oeautifully and effectively, sang
IL ,,. 'Aec River" Then followed appro-
grf.a IL