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Bailg VOL. 6.—NO. 20. HOME AND ABROAD. J LATEST TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES Dangerous Counterfeit Notes and Certifi cates—A Murtierer Declares Himself In nocent on the Gallows—Congression al Proceedings—To-day’s Mar kets and Various Matters of t Interest. , I Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 16.—A number ( of detectives are scouring Eastern Arkansas ( for the purpose of locating the source of the ( greit influx of counterfeit money which has ( recently made its appearance in that locali- i ( ‘ty. As those engaged in working off the ! ( spurious values are operating altogether in ( the counties-bordering on the Mississippi, L it is thought the rendezvous of the gang j is in Memphis, and the manufactory ( is conducted aboard of a floater, a nicely ( constructed craft which drifts about at night, , and is tied up in a secluded spot along the shore of the Mississippi by day. So far two ;, arrests have been made. They gave their . names as W. M. Blanchard and Charles i Cunningham. They were captured in Lee . county, where they succeeded in passing I numerous counterfeit United States notes. I The spurious bills found in their possesion when arrested were ten and twenty dol- I lar gold and silver certificates, to the amount of S3OO. Also five counterfeit tens on the Third National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, The money is a dangerous counter feit, the work being well executed, espe cially on the certificates, which can not be detected except by experts. Blanchard and Cunningham are lodged in the penitentiary here, and will be tried in the United States i Court this week. THE U. S. JUDGDSHIP. Potash Farrow Won’t Get it—Emory Speer Looming Up. Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16.—A big sensation was caused here last night when Col. H. P ■ Farrow received a telegram from John E. , Rryant, who is now in Washington City, which stated that the President has an nounced that he would not appoint Fa: row f to the Judgeship of the Southern District. Farrow is out in to-day’s Constitution in a peppery interview charging Emory Speer with falsehood and treachery. He says Speer was in all his counsels and professed to be his friend and supporter. At the same time Speer was working to secure his own appointments and is now in Washington urging the President to make him Judge Many believe here that Speer will be ap pointed. A LGEACY OF LITIGATION. Left by Mrs. Gaines to Her Heirs. Washington, Jan. 16.—The announce ment that two wills, purporting to be those of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, had been filed with the Courts at New Orleans, it is be lieved will complicate some of the suits now being prosecuted in her name. It is believed by the friends, in Washington, of Mrs. Gaines that the will dated January 5 must be the genuine one over that pur porting to be dated the Sth, inasmuch as it was known the distinguished lady was very ill during the last day or two of her life, and unable to sign such, a document. Again, Mr. Christmas, her son-in-law, whois named as one of the executors of the first will, has been for years her adviser in matters of business, and has been her constant com panion whenever she went out of the house. The quarrel among the heirs will, it is though, cause almost as much litigation as the original suits of Mrs. Gaines herself. THE FORTY-EIGHTH CO GRESS. This Morning’s Proceedings. Washington, Jan. 16.—1 n the House, i Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, from the Commission ; of Conference on the bill to declare forfeit ! unearned lands on the Atlantic and Pacific | Railroad Company, reported that the con-, ferers had been unable to agree. He stated I that the point of di agreement was to wrm; was known a-it e Mmgan amendment, send ing the case to the Court of Claims and asked an expression- of the 'dews of the House, in order that the committee might be guided in their future conduct. t ADVENTISTS Waiting Gabriel’s Call. Creston, Ia , Jan. 16 —The Karl family prominent adventists of this city, are look ing fir the end df the world. Thev have thrown up their positioqs and remain in the house reading their bibles and awaiting Gabriel’s call. EXODUSTERS. Getting Ready to Emigrate. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 16.—The negro s in Anson county wish to emigrate in a body to Arkansas, and have sent two preachers to report on the country. The community expects to start in about ten days, in bands. The cause of the movement is unknown. Reduction of Force. Springfield, 111., January 16.—The Springfield watch factory gave notice yes terday that two-thirds of its employees would be thrown out of employment after Saturday next. This factory employs 1,200 hands but has been in a very unprosperous condition for sometime, employing only six hundred hands since September. ATLANTA AFFAIRS. Funeral of Major Crane—A Vacancy in the Capitol Commission—Judge McCay’s , Condition —General Mention. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. Atlanta, Jan. 16. —The funeral of Major B. E. Crane, which occurred at 10 o’clock this morning, was. one of the largest ever witnessed in Atlanta, excepting, of course, the funerals of Senator Hill and GovernDr Stephens. Many business houses were closed in honor of the memory of Major Crane, and all the public offices, the Capitol departments, etc., were closed. The City Council, the State officials and many secret organizations attended in bodies. The funeral was pleached in St. Phillip’s Episco pal Church, where Major Crane had his membership, and where he had been an active worker in the cause of religion. The death of Major ’Crane leaves a vacancy in the Capitol Commission Board. There will be no appointment to fill the vacancy until after to-day. How long the Governor will have to consider the matter is not known, but he will require some time, as I Major Crane’s death was very sudden. • Governor McDaniel returned to the city j last night and attended the funeral to-day. Judge McCay has written a letter to Col. A. E. Buck here, stating that his health is i improving. The letter gives every evidence that the mind us the Judge is clear. The friends of Judge McCay deny the sensation al reports of his doings in Baltimore, espe cially the statement that he pawned his , S3OO watch for a dollar. Judge Hoarman will be here Monday to i hold court. ! From inside information obtained to-day ' there is every reason to believe that the I East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail road suit will be settled, and that Judge Dorsey will retire from the receivership of the Georgia end of the line, and Major Fink will take charge. The lawyers who caused ! Dorsey’s appointment have, it is believed, gotten things in a shape that satisfies them, and they are ready to let go. Atlanta is invested with burglars to such an extent that the people are about to take i matters -in their own hands. It is believed j that a detective force and an increased i police force will be put on. To-day Polie Kimball, a 12-year-old white boy, was sent to jail for three days for stealing a bottle of cologne. He belonged to a regular gang of small buy sneak thieves. New York Stock Market. New York, Jan. 16. —At 1:30 p. m. to day quotations were : Union Pacific Missouri Pacific ™ Western Union Telegraph Co Pacific Mail*§4 Lake Shore} Louisville and Nashville Texas Pacific- Denver and Rio Grande Michigan Central Delaware, Lackawanna & Westn*72 Northwestern Chicago, Burlington and Quincyll7)4 Oregon Transcontinental— 13 Northern Pacificjjf Rock Islandl<" ‘ Jersey Central Memphis and Charleston*7/2 East Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga (com) 3 East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (ptd).... Philadelphia and Reading Omaha (com) *-*J4 Omaha (pfd) s ’4 New York Central Kansas and Texas;}3 New York Produce Market. New York, Jan. 16.—Flour dull and tin changed. Wheat No. 2 red winter, February 92f. Com No. 2 mixed 52} for January, Oats. No. 2 mixed 351 for February.! Pork dull, mess sl3 25a513 50. Mo lasses dull. Turpentine quiet at 31}. Rosin steady; strained to good at $1 25a 1 30. Rice steady; rangoon at 4|. Sugar steady; refined cut loaf at 6fal6|; granulated, 6}; confectioners’, s}. Cfoffee steady; fair cargoes at 9|. Chicago ’Change. L'hwago, Jan. 16—Opening wheat low -er. February 81. March 81 3-4. May 87J. Corn easier and fractionally lower Jan nary 37?. February 37 3-4’ Oats steady. May 30}, Lard weak and lower 68J. Feb ! ruary 69J, March, pork lower 12 05. i February I'l 26.'March, bulk meats nomi l nal. March 6 15. May 6 30. Probabilities. ! Washington, Jan. 16 —For the south Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather and i local rains, warmer weather, followed iu isouil.eru portion by a slight iall in temper ature ; s utherly winds. A Murderer Denies His Guilt to the Last Wellsboro, Pa, Jan. 16—Geo. Traviss was executed here yesterday. When urged to.confess his guilt as a murderer, he said “When 1 am gone, say they murdered me, for I was innocent. A Disastrous Blizzard. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 16.—Last night was the coldest known in Northern Texas for twelve months past. A blizzard continued all day yesterdty. The loss of cattle and sheep on the ranches will doubtless be enormous. Couldv*c Be Hers. Baltimore Sun. The other night two men, who supported a third between them, shuffled up the front steps of a house on Howard street and rang the bell. Although the hour was late, it was not a minute before the door was opened by a woman, who asked what was wanted. “We have brought your husband home, and he’s a little tired,” replied one of the men. “Yesh, sho tired 1” sighed the wobble legged man in the middle. “Gentlemen,” calmly announced the woman, “you have made a mistake. My husband arrived half an hour ago, but so drunk that he was brought in a wagon. You can’t palm no such half-drunk as this off on me ”1 She shut the door on their toes, and the party shuffled down the steps to try another door. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY Hi, ISS.S. GRANT-VANDERBILT. The Recent C rrespondence Between 'I hem. Why the Proffer of a Fortune by the Former Was Declined by the Latter- Grant’s Way of Disposing of Mat ters—The Prop* sitlon to Retire Him. Cincinnati, Jan, 16. —The Washington correspondent of the Times-Star furnishes that paper an interesting statement regard ing the recent Grant-Vanderbilt corres pondence, in which the great railroad mill ionaire made a proffer of a fortune to the ex President’s wife, and in which Mrs. Grant made a flit, final denial of the gift. The general verdict was that the letters reflected credit alike on the man who made the offer, and on the lady who declined it, and that the outcome of the correspondence has been to cut off a great deal of gossip, and possibly unpleasant talk which might have been started, had such a sum of money been taken from Mr. Vander bilt by the Grant family. A curious feature of the case in the mind of the public was that the final offer of Mr. Vanderbilt to make a trust fund of the pro ceeds of the property sale for the benefit of Mrs. Grant after being accepted on her be half by the General should then be declined by the short, decisive letter of Mrs. Grant. To those who know the Grant family well, and the peculiarities of the several mem bers of it, there was no surprise felt at this curious feature of the correspondence. It has frequently been the habit of General Grant to allow a matter to grow and seemingly give it his approval, and then when the decisive moment came. | ito put his foot down and > make a final disposition of the > whole matter in such away as showed be j was watching the whole case closely, and , had taken the shortest way to make his j I view of the matter felt.- It was in this way I that he allowed the recent effort of Messrs I Field, Dr xel and others to run on even when he was informed of every move nude, and, when the thing had gone on as far as he cared to let it, came his letter nipping , the whole scheme in the bu I. He had given no pre ious sign or intimation that the plan was not meeting with his entire approval, but there was no mistaking the import of his note. So it was with the recent bill reported in the Senate by Senator Mitchell, the chairman of the Pension Committee, which would have given General Grant a pension of $5,000 a year. This he disposed of at once by his letter of December 5, in which he deciares he would not accept the pen sion provided in that way, though the bill was passed unanimously by Congress and received the approval of the President.. He did not in this note give an expression of opinion on the other proposition which has been suggested for the action of Congress, providing for the reinstatement of the Gen eral in the position at the head of the army,, which he left about sixteen years ago 11 enter nnon his duties as President of the Ui ited States. Tie passage of such a bill wouiu oe entirely in the line of military etiquette and it is believed, and guard edly asserted by the few Iriends who enjoy intimate relations with the old war rior, that he would accept such a position, and then as a retired officer of the United States Army feel that he occupied a posi tion which would entitle him to the pay coming with the duties of a retired officer | The General himself is a very busy manjust now and spends a fair allowance of each day at his desk engaged on his literary work in connection with army remembrances. He has found that writing is a very agreeable way of passing the time, and it seems to take his mind from the occurrences of last spring, when the Grant A Ward bubble burst in the face of lhe world and drew so , | much scandal about the Grant name. Low's Young Dream. The other night, says a correspondent, I overheard a real pretty little piece of love’s labor won, and it made my heart beat faster, and brought back memories of the past. It happened dowu on lhe dark end of the piaz za, next to my open window: “Who do ycu love?” said h», ungramati cally. “Papa,'’ said she innocently, with a coo. ! ,Whj else?” said he. “Mamma,” ‘aid she. “Who els< ?”•: “Brother.” “Who else?” “Si-ter.” “Who else?” “Uncte.” “Who else? ’ “Aunty.” “Who else? ’ “000” —and then I heard a whalebone snap and a peculiar gluggity, glug, glug sound that didn’t need a dictionary for translation. Ah, love’s young dream, go on, go on; there will be an awakening some morning about 3 o’clock in the future when a bottle of paregoric and a plaintive wail will recall the hours that have been, but are no more. The Father of His Country. One night George Washington came home about the witching hour of twelve, and bis hat didn’t fit him as quickly as usual. The Mother of Her Country eyed him as he hung his boot up on the hatrack and threw his tile under the bed, and then she said : “George, where have you been?” “Been down shtairsh readin’,” replied the hero of the cherry tree. “Reading I” ejaculated the relict of Mr. Curtis with a sarcastic snort. “Much read ing you’ve been doing I You are full, sir.” “Well, Marsha, my dear,” responded the patriot, “don’ Shir Franshis Becan shay readin’ makesh full man?” There was silence. Catarrh of the bladder. Stinging, irritation, inflamation, all Kid ney and Urinary Complaints, cured by Buchu-Paiba.” sl. THERE ARE WORSE THINGS. How an Old Farmer Views Some of The Ups and Downs of Life. “I don’t see,” said a farmer who was goine home over the Erie, the other evenin | “how them Wall Street fellers dare specu late the way they do. Why, I should think they’d be afraid of losing money.” “Oh, they do!” replied his seat mate. “I’ve heard tell that some of ’em were brought right down from riches to poverty.” “Yes; such cases happen almost everyday.’ “Must be awful tough on ’em?” “Yea.” “But, then, tich fellers are always ap pointed railroad presidents right off, and soon pick up again. Nuthin’ so drefful about it after all, when you come to think it over. Taint like having a S4OO barn burn by lightning, and the insurance com pany crawl out of payment on the ground that I kicked a patent churn man off the farm two weeks ago!” Cruelty to Cockroaches. Detroit Free Press. He entered the office of the Superinten dent of Police with a black eye, a skinned nose and other evidence of total depravity, and without waiting to be asked whether he had been knocked down by an ice wagon or run over by a butcher cart, he led off with : “It was off up this way on some street or other, and I was never so misused in my life. I‘m a square man, and all I want is a square deal and a fair show.” ' “Well ?” “Well, I sat there drinking a glass of beer, when in comes a chap with eyes like peeled onions and a nose which gave him away forty rods off. He had two cockroaches in a box, and he was a tricky man.” “What was his game ?” “It was to draw a circle about two feet across on the table with a piece of chalk,and then dump the cockroaches in the centre’ He’d select one and I the other, and which 1 ever roach ran over the circle first took the I money. Say, it looked like a square j deal.” “Yes.” i “Well, I put down a dollar and selected j the cockroach with a sort of wart over his j left eye. The insects clawed around for a I while and acted like cats in a strange gar- ■ ret. Then his roach traveled off about a I foot and wheeled and came back. Then m ; ne squinted his right eye and made a , break. He saw the cold lunch on the table i 10 feet away, and he was after it.” “I see.” “He’d get within six inches of the chalk line and was just a-climbing for limburger cheese when the stranger he ups and hauls ofl with a beer glass and knocks my roach into the middle of next January.” “What for?” “Why, he claimed that I had rubbtd my end of the table with taffy 1 I never did it I Stranger, I’m square —square as a hole in a grindstone. I grabbed the stakes and he j grabbed me. He got the money and I got a i licking. Can you do anything f r me?” “No more than to advise you to get a warrant.” j Squire, I cant do it. I’m on my way to I Chicago, and can’t tarry to fool with the law. If that’s the best you can do. >hen good-by. I’m a square man and ne'er kick if I have half a show. I do ’t care particularly for the dollar, nor for till- black eye and abused nose; but say, if that wasn’t the brutalest, cold-blooded wav to serve a poor tockroach, then may I be called a kicker I”—Detroit Free Press. He Settled at Once. Exchange. “Dat’s what ye git from foolin’ round wid dem yere lawyers!” he said as he joined a group of colored idlers on the market place. Being asked why he had been to see a lawyer, he explained: “You know dat Buck Williams? Power ful bad nigger he am. Gits drunk an’ kicks in doahs an’ clubs winders. Come ' round to my cabin one night las’ week an’ stove doah tn an’ wanted to clean out de ' shanty. I falls out o’ bed an’ goes fur him wid an ax handle, an’ dey war gwine to I ’rest me fur ’sault with intent to kill.” , j “Well?” “Well, when dey tole me dat he had a cracked head, a broken arm, an’ war all I broke up, I wanted to settle de case. My ole woman coaxed me to go an’ see a lawyer, an’ de lawyer taxed mess, an’ advised me to offer Buck my ole boss an’ wagin an’ §25 in cash.” “And you did?” “An’l didn’t! When I got home his wife was dar waitin’ fur me, and she said if I didn’t han’ ober $2 in cash an’ a sack o’ tl >u • she’d mutilate me wid a lawsuit clean up to de Supreme Co’rt. Took me jist sebenteen ticks of de clock to settle on dat basis, an’ now 1 can’t be mutilated nohow. Lawyers. Dar’ I paid $5 to one of ’em to tell me dat I mus’ reduce myself from poverty to affluence to settle a case whar’ de com plainant didn’t ax but §3, an’ would hev gin me fo’ty off on dat if I had kicked. Ohio the Wickedest State In the Union. Chicago Herald. Statistics of the murders committed in this country during the year 1884 show that ' Ohio leads with 189, Texas following with 184, and Rhode Island and Delaware hav- I ing each 11, the smallest number. In the . Prohibition States of Kansas, lowa and ' Maine the number of murders were 78, 58 and 16, respectively. Besides Ohio and Texas, the States having more than one hun dred murders were Kentucky, 178; Mis souri, 146; Tennessee, 137; Georgia, 135; ’ New York 125; Pennsylvania, 120; Michi ! gan 109, and Virginia, 102. Os the popu lous States Illinois makes, by all odds, the ' best showing, having only 63 murders in the year, one-baif less than the number iu sev eral Slates with populations one-third less ' than ours. As compand with 1883 the murders in this country have more than ’ doubled, the number in 1884 being 3,377. O.' j these, 315 were mysterious and remain so. Forty-eight children were killed by their ! parents, 83 wives by their husbands, and 12 ' husbands by their wive • Only 103 legv executions for murder occurred, though 1119 lynchings were reported. THE HOPE OF THE NATION. 1 Children slow in development, unyp . scrawny and delicate use “Wells’ Health Renewer.” NO TRUTH IN IT. I , THE CENTRAL RAILROAD NOT TO ' | CUT WAGES. A Report Started in Atlanta Positively j Denied by President Raoul—No Such Order to be Issued—The Road’s Polley to Pay Employes Well. The following article appeared in the I Atlanta Constitution yesterday: “It is stated on good authority that the Central Railroad Company has ordered a j cut of ten per cent in the w ges of its em- j ployes, to take effect on the first of Februa [ ry. The employes have not yet heard ol | the proposed cut, and were not able to give ' ' the Constitution any idea of what would be | done in case the cut comes. One man to ' whom the matter was mentioned, said: “For God’s sake don’t tell me that my pay j is to be cut 1 I’m down at bed rock now. Surely you must mean they’re going to raise i wanes ten per cent!” Another man said: “I don’t see how it can be true. We are | doing a good business- We sent out thirty nine cars of local freight alone to-day. 1 hope the report is not true.” A prominent railroad man not with the ■ Central said: “The Central is doing a good business and so is the East Tennessee. I see no reason why the Central should reduce the pay of its men at this time.” In spite of all these things, however, it may be announced as a fact that the order has been issued for a general reduction of ten per cent, after February Ist.” A Times reporter called at the Central ' Railroad Bank this morning, and finding . Captain W. G. Raoul, the President of the i road, in his office, called his attention to the article in question. In answer Captain Raoul j said: “No, sir, there is not the least truth in the report. No such order has been issued, ' nor will it be for the present. As long as the business of the Central Railroad will |, . warrant it, no reduction in wages will be ! ! made, but should the necessity for such an 1 j i event arise, as much as it is to deplored, a cut will have to be made. However, lam , pleased to say that no such uecessity now exists, nor do.I see it in the near future. I; 1 ! can readily see how the employes must be I affected by such reports, for it is well known lhat their daily wages is the only resource upon which they depend for a livelihood ” “Well, has there been an order issued for . 1 the discharge of a certain number of men in . each department?” None at all; it is not the policy of the Central to do business in such manner. A corps of men sufficient to do the business j ,i of the road is always employed. Os course , as business fluctuates so does the number of j , men employed. When a man is not needed, J he is simply dispensed with and each head | ' 1 of the v..r:ous departments is looked to to ! have no more men in his employ than he L | needs to transact the business of his depart i ment. As the quiet season approaches. J a h head of a department commences to let , 1 out a few men, doing so gradually, until ! the minimum number is reached. But we ' 1 never issue an order to discharge a certain , , t pet centage of our men.” Capt. Raoul further stated a comparison | of the pay roll of the Central Railroad with other roa-'s in Georgia, would show | that the Central Railroad paid as high it 1 ' not higher wages than any others, and that it was very slow to reduce the wages. He ' showed the reporter a comparative chart of ; the expenditures, earnings, mileage and . wages paid to the employes of the road io the last 13 years, and the reporter was struck ' with the fact that even in years when busi ness was at its lowest ebb, the wages paid ( by it were equal to those paid in years of its greatest prosperity. “So far as I am individually concerned,” i (.said Capt. Raou), “I am decidedly in favor , of the largest possible wages being paid to . I the employes of the road, from the fact that , we thus secure the best men, get the best ' | work and have a more contented and happy i element around us. My policy is to give the highest wages that business can pay, and , ' at the same time do lhat business with I ( . profit.” I The Pocketbook Test. ; Callow college graduates who are anxious . J i to plunge into the whirlpool of journalism j I I may draw their own conclusions from the I story which follows: 3 Once upon a time a newspaper man ap j plied for admission at a place of amusement, j which was denied, as he was not known, to ; 3 the doorkeeper and had forgotten to bring t ' his credentials with him. . I t “Haven’t I the appearance of a jour—l ■ ; beg pardon, newspaper man? Do my looks I belie me?” y ! “Your appearance, your intellectual get- , . ' up and insinuating ways, certainly bear out p your assertion,” admitted the doorkeeper. “Then why not give me the benefit of the ; ; doubt?” “Because” — Then a happy thought found its way into , j j the doorkeeper’s brain, and he said: I I “Let me see your pocketbook.” j i The pocketbook was produced, and mere ly giving it a glance the doorkeeper per e mitted the owner to pass, j “I might be fooled by personal appearan -5 ces,” the doorkeeper remarked, as the news -1 paper man disappeared from sight; “but . | the possessor of such a pocketbook as that . i is strawberry-marked with journalism, or I ~! don’t know a journalist from a Labrador | herring.” e | What’s in a Name ? e | “Matilda, what man was that you were .! talking to out at the gate last night ?” said s Mrs. Yerger to her colored help. e j “He was my brudder. He has jess come a | to Austin from Injun Creek.” t “What’s his name ? ’ “Peter Jones.” r “But your name is Snowball.” ■> “Yes, you see Pete’s done been married ~ Dat’s de reason he hain’t got de same name 9i no moak. Es I had been married I would hab some udder name, too.” “ROUGH ON CORNS.” p ■ Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” 15c i i Quick complete cure. Hard ,r soft corn 1 warts, bunions. $6 00 A YEkR. THE CURRY CASE. : A Startling Development—One it the juror* not of A ;e. I The Augusta Evening News of yesterday | gives the particulars of the dis j c ivery that one of the jurors in the case I of the State vs. George P. Curry (who was convicted of larceny after trust and sentenced ! to five years in the penitentiary,) is under j twenty-one years of age. The situation] is perplexing and the announcement added to the excitement which followed the convic- 1 tion. The Evening News says: ; The young man is known as F. L. Allison a clerk for Derry & Law, who was sub-. I poenaed as “Ferdinand A. Allison,” and | who responded Monday morning, telling | Sherifl Daniel that his name was F. L. Al ; lison, and asked that the initial be correct ed. The Sherifl thinking a mistake had been made in the initials, and knowing of no other man of the name; in fact, seeing I lhat no F. A Allison was on the directory, ] simply corrected the initial and drew him as a juror as has been done time and again. , Young Allison was accepted in the Curry case, and nothing was heard or said about his age till this morning, when in gazing at a young man on the jury, a lawyer asked his age. It was then found out that he was under 21, and Judge Roney prompt ly excused him from jury duty. It is said that a neighbor of young Allison had al ready informed Mr. Foster, of counsel for Curry, and he intended to embody the fact in the motion for a new trial in the Curry case. New, what the result will be no one i knows. Os course, council will make this a | part of their motion for a new trial, but whether even this fact will give a new trial to Mr. Curry is not settled. It is conceded that it betters his chances, and the point will be made. Judge Roney has been engaged all day in other court business, and has not had time to consider the question. He will, of course, take no action until the matter is biought before him. He said to the Even ing News to-day that there were authorities, he thought, on both sides, and the point as to the young man's age may now be too late. The question has never been before him previous to this, and his mind is not at all made up. There is much talk about who is to blame in the matter, whether the young man him self, the Sheriff, the Jury Commissioners or the Receiver of Tax Returns, from whose lists the Commissioners take the jury lists. At any rate, the matter is very likely to cause a great deal of trouble and expense, and if brought before Judge Roney he will have it thoroughly investigated. There does not appear to be any punishment for a boy serving on the jury, if subpmuaed, but he is criticised for allowing the fact to be i bidden till now. The Jury Commissioners are Messrs. Charles H. Sibley, James Tobin, Charles S. Bohler, Walter A. Clark and Messrs. I Charles Spaeth and J. K. Evans, deceased, i Colonel Sibley slid to the Evening News to-day that no iai es were placed on the list except f-om t le 1 ooks < f T. x Receive ■ Albert verdory. Anl ihus tee metier stands, and what the result will be no one knows. How young Allison’s name came on the jury list or Tax Receiver’s list is only left to surmise. “They do tay” that a number of minors have away of voting at elections, and it is suggested by some that “F. A. Alli son” or “F. L. Allison” may be of this num ber. Altogether the thing is muchly mixed, and we will have to wait an! see what we shall see. OPINION OF THE SAVANNAH BAR. A Times reporter called on several of the most prominent legal lights of Savannah and asked their opinion. In reply the reporter was informed that the question was still involved in doubt in th? State of Georgia. The case of James P. Burroughs vs. the State of Georgia, tried in tne Supe rior Court of this county in 1863, was cited to show that a new trial had been granted on a technical ground quite analogos to the I present case. The report of the case is I couched in the following language: “The Supreme Court granted a tew trial to Bur roughs after conviction, on the ground that one of thejury that tried the case, was over |;6O years of age, which fact was unknown to i the prisoner and his counsel until after I conviction.” The case of Meeks vs. the : State of Georgia, decided in 1876, is quite 1 opposed to the first decision quoted. In j this case the Supreme Court held that the fact that one of lhe traverse jurors had not | been a resident of the county for as much as six months before the trial, which fact was unknown to the prisoner i and his counsel until after the verdict, was not cause for a new trial. Tnat it may appear to the general reader how opposed these two decisions are to each other, it is only necessary to give the legal qualification of ajuror, the lack of either of which disqualifies him: | “All male citizens of this State above the age of 21 years, and under the age of 60 years, baing neither idiots, lunatics, nor insane, who have resided in the county six months preceding the time of serving, and who are deemed upright and intelligent and experienced persons, are declared quali fied and liable to serve as jurors. ’ As the case now stands there seems to be some doubt in regard to the probability of Curry getting a new trial, and the opinion of the bar here is tnat he Supreme Court will be requested io review their previous decisions and make the case in point one of direct consideration. No lawyer in the city can recollect when exact parallel of this case has occurred in Georgia. The Savan nah bar will watch the proceedings in this case with no little interest. 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