Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-11

An Interesting NIL! Case at Augusta
GEORGIA.
WI Smith is the nominee for Mayor o.
Way0Tcss.
1t is charged that some of the members
of the Legislature are guilty of lending
their railroad passes to friends on which
TO travel.
The yacht Outing put into Brunswick
Tuesday evening about 5 O'Clock, having
received slight injury resulting from her
grounding on DoDoy bar.
At Macon Thursday morning Ann
Hogan died OF the effects of fall which
she received few days ago, near Wilder
Sons planning mill. She was a septe'
genarian.
There are three citizens in Dawson
whose combined ages aggregate 334 years.
an average of eiCnty-three and half
years each. These gentlemen are hale
and hearty.
Whitfield cOunty's court house was
damaged $500 by the snow. The erection
ofa new building is urged, the present one
having been built eight or nine years
before the war.
The subject Of reducing Athens police
force is again agitated by a number OF
the taxpayers, and such a movement will
probably be made at the January meet
ing OF the new Council.
B. NJ. Blackburn will retire from the
management OF the Madison MadisOnian
after Jan. l, and the paper will be edited
and published by DR.. j. &. c. Black
burn aud Ed Brobston.
During the past twelve months the cost
OF sustaining the Athens fire department
was nearly $1,000. This is very heavy
drain on so small place as Athens, and
fn mil ha
charge.
At the annual meeting Of the Conyers
Oil and Fertilizer Company Wednesday
Senator Peek was reelected president by
reclamation. The oil mill is running day
and night with the prospect Of ample
profits to the owners.
Capt. McMahan, Of Crawford, states
that the cotton c""D is Unexpectedly
short and collectio are necessarily poor.
MIR. McMahan saws that he looks for Sc
rous trouble next spring and would not
be surprised to see merchants failing on
every side.
The Elberton cotton seed oil mill prop
erty has been sold at mortgage sale for
$4,000. and was bought by d. 2. Oglesby.
1t cost $4,000 few years ago and was in
perfect order. The monopoly OF the Oil
Trust Company forced its suspension of
business and sale.
The election held in the Americas dis.
trict on Tuesday for fence or no fence,
and which was decided in favor of the
latter faction. will be contested by the
former on the grounds of illegality, they
claiming that not a sufficient number Of
those who signed the petition calling for
an election were really freeholders.
The north-bound passenger train No.
II, on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railway, came very near meeting
with serious accident eighteen miles
north Of Rome, Thursday. One of the
rafters on the Oostanaula river bridge
had given way, and as tho train passed
through knocked hole in coach No. "A,
also one in coach No. 100, and scratched
the sides Of the Mann car badly. All the
trains have received orders to pass
through the bridge slowly. IA
The case of Harwood vs.. the Accident
Insurance Company of North America,
which, on account of the heavy amount
OF money sued for and the important legal
questions involved, has excited unusual
interest among the lawyers, came to an
end at Atlanta Thursday in the United
States Court. The trial has been a pro-
tracted one, occupying the entire time of
the court for three and half days. The
case involved nearly every principle con-
nected with the law of accident insur-
ance, which is something new to the peO-
pie of this part OF the country. The jury
rendered verdict for the plaintiff of SIO.-
600 principal debt; S1,079 interest to date,
with accruing interest at 8 per cent, and
81, l0I 80 as attorneys fees, because the
refusal OF the company to pay was in bad
faith.
Il. L. andJ. 8. Galloway, of Oglethorpe
county, instead of using tons of guanO,
made the fertilizers at home, being CON-
post OF stable manure and cotton seed.
This pile OF compost had no less than 700
wagon-lOsds of manure and cotton seed in
1T. With this they prepared their land. r.
i. Galloway says that he planted for 125
bales cotton. He has ginned at home and
had the same packed and sold 1853 bales
cotton, about an average weight Of 475
pounds TO the bale. His tenants have
made 90 bales more on the place. This
yield is an average of 10 bales to the
plow. Most OF the corn was planted on
bottom land, and some as many as three
times have been replanted only to wash
away at last. The corn crop is now
cribbed and exceeds 5000 bushels, in
GLIDING 800 bushels Of potatoes and over
1000 bushels oats and peas.
Intelligence of the destruction of a
church four miles from the city reached
Atlanta Thursday. The church is out on
1hu Anb CuOdlo lOdu, anu Was u6bLTOyeQ
Wednesday afternoon. Its destruction
was due to the snow storm. The build
ing was small frame one, and had been
standing many years. The snow upon
the roof proved to be too much for it to
support, and the entire building gave way
under the weight. The church was worth
probably $500. One of the chimneys on
the east side OF the First Methodist
Church at Atlanta was demolished Thurs
day night. The snow which has been on
the roof since Saturday thawed out sufii-
clently to slide down the side, and in
going struck the chimney with such force
that it was knocked off. The Atlanta
telephone Company has suffered more
from the snow storm than any other con-
Germ In the city. On Saturday night thir-
teen large cedar poles 60 feet long, with
DOto 100 wires were broken down.
The case OF John Hill VS.. John p. King
Manufacturing Company occupied the at
tention OF the Superior Court at Augusta
Thursday. Mr.. Hill is civil and me-
chanical engineer. He is also an officer
of the Eagle and PhGnix Manufacturing
Company OF Columbus. He was employed
10 furnish the plans for the building, ina.
chinery, etc., OF the King mill. lie did
this ana was paid fori IL. He claims, how
ever, TO have rendered extra services, Il OF
called for by his contract, In buying ma
chinery and supplies, at the instance of
Mr.. Estes, the President OF the King Manu-
featuring Company. He brings suit for
S5,U9i 90, the alleged value OF these ser.