Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-23

uOou' heaTb disease was the cause.
Judge Kemp had lived in Cobb county As
years, and mas filled the Offices of Probate
Judge, COroner, and Justice OF the Peace.
de was in his I'D year.
Henry Z. Harris, receiver for the firm
OF Blcwn Bros, OF Fort Valley. who fail
eo ior $4,000 on Saturday last, has been
displaced by action brought in the United
otates Codrt by several Macon creditors
Oh the hrEl. Tuesday night a deputy
united states marshal, armed with the
necessary papers, proceeded to Fort Val
ley, took possession of the store and st lck
OF goods, locked the doors securely. and
returned to Macon with the keys Wednes-
day.
VIM. q. Manley was born In Franklin
county in the year 1906. His wife, for
merly Nancy Tucker, was born in 1905.
Ihey were married bv Job Hammond, j.
r.. IN the autumn of 1S2S-just fiity-seven
Years ago. They have always lived in
Franklin county, and have seen a gene
ration or two come and go since their
wedding day. They have two children
living and five dead, twenty-five grand
children and one great-grandchild. They
ars in fair health.
A citizen Of Marietta, who invested in
matrimonial insurance associations, when
that kind of mOney-making was all the
rage, has given notification to some Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana companies, that he
will Institute suit in the United States
court for the full amount due him, as ac-
knowledged by the deunct matrimonial
associations. They have tried to effect a
compromise for less per centage, but
the Marietta man will not let them of
until the last farthing is paid, or the
courts decide otherwise.
Monday the store-house owned and oc-
cupied by John McEachern at Powder
Springs was discovered to be on fire. All
efforts to control it were in vain. The fire
spread rapidly and caught the stOre-hOuse
OF II. ). Aubrey, occupied as a millinery
establishment, and two store buildings
owned by Z. q. Kiser and John r. VIM
ters, of Marietta, destroying them all.
Mr.. McEachern bad insurance of $500 on
his building and 81, 200 on his stock. There
was no other insurance. Kiser and VIM
ters' loss is about $500. The cause of the
hre is unknown.
Harris Superior Court adjourned Wed.
nesday night, after a session of about ten
days. The following recruits were added
TO the penitentiary force: Willis KennOn,
found guilty OF perjury and sentenced to
10 years; Anthony Sellers, found guilty OF
assault with intent to murder and SEN
fenced to four years; John Massengale,
found guilty of assault with intent to rape
and sentenced to 20 years; Margaret
" hitehead, who was tried for assault
with intent to murder, was found guilty
OF s.abbing and sentenced to II months
on the chain-gang.
The Atlanta Steel Pen Works is the
name of firm in Atlanta which purports
to manufacture steel pens. About the
first OF September the company flooded
the country with boxes Of pens. They
would send to firm box OF the differ
ent kinds of pens they had for sale. The
person receiving the pens, thinking they
were samples, would use them. After
waiting for few weeks, so as to give a
person time to use the pens. the company
send out a circular requesting the return
Of the pens or 81. The method is looked
upon IS coming under the head of sharp
practice.
The Atlanta Building and Loan Associ.
alton Deld meeting Tuesday, and their
sixth annual statement was read. II
makes an admirable showing for the as
ISOLATION. The association was organized
to run six years, and it's affairs will be
wound up in about four months. The in.
come for six years was 1906. 1881; the
expenditures for the came length OF time,
the same amount. Total assets, 1901 ,S43
As; liabilities, 1921, $50, and an apparent
profit of S64, 1853. 45. The net profit sums
up $61 $500, which gives to each of the
1885 shares in force profit of $36.33-add
instailments paid, $72-aud the value oil
each share is shown to be S10S.33.
In the City Court, at Atlanta, Tuesday,
before Judge Marshal j. Clark, a very in
terestinE case came up for trial. II
was the case against Jack Kelly, saloon
keeper, who was charged by the Young
Mems Christian association with selling
whisky to a young man named Mason
while Mason was drunk. The jury that
was selected to try the case was compos-
ed of five men. one of whom was a saloon
keeper. Ar. Kelly admitted that he had
sold the liquors to the young man, hui
claimed that he did it through mistake.
He rested his case on that point. The
prosecution proved that the young man
was drunk, and had been for several DAYS
preceding the sale of the liquor. On the
afternoon of that occurrence he was led
in a staggering condition from the rooms
of the association. Witnesses also testi-
fed that Mr.. Kelly was acquainted with
the weakness OF young Mason, and knew
that he had come to Atlanta to escape the
peculiar temptations of bis home, and in
order to break away from his old assO-
ciates. The jury remained in the jury
room several hours, and failing to agree q
mistrial was ordered. Three OF the jury
were for acquittal and two were for con-