The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-06

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n few days ago when it was announced that
| the Presbyterian Mutual Insurance Socisty,
| whose headquarters are Al Louisville, ny,
/ had failed Some twenty-five or thirty
! Quitmanites and residents ~ the county bad
! policies IN the company ranging from -, UpO
| 70 5000 Most Of the policy holders con
sole themselves with the reflection that the
| company was good until II failed, aud that
! they had the insurance for which they paid
| up to the time OF the failure.
The Georgia Chemical Works. Of Au-
gusta, are doing tremendous business in
the shipment Of their fertilizers. On
Wednesday they shipped sixty carloads OF
| guano to their agents-three long trains
| containing j7s tons Of fertilizers. Thursday
they shipped about fifty cars, and Friday
about fifty more over the various railroads
leading ont Of the city. The business Of
any one Of these days is probably the largest
in the way Of shipments 10y ono company
ever made IN the State of Georgia.
Andrew Collins coloredl train hand on
an outgoing freight train on the Augusta
| and Knoxville railroad, met with "a serious
accident at Woodlawn. s. c., sixteen miles
! from Augusta, Friday night. While
running on top Of the cars fixing the bell
| rope he fell aud his coat caught on a board,
| preventing him from falling between the
cars. He w0s thrown into a ditch, where
! ut3 ItildlDel UNCONSCIOUS uilJl lnt ubNl
| passenger train passed His clothes were
| torn from him and he is internally injured.
/ The last General Assembly passed IA reso-
! luton authorizing the Governor 70 appoint
three commissioners to make a complete in
ventory of the property Of the Western
and Atlantic railroad. The duty of that
! commission is clearly defined, and they are
required TO have a copy of the inventory
filed with the Comptroller General by July
. y. l.. go
| scribed or allowed in the act, and no appro-
pration made therefor. Grave doubts
arise now whether they can be paid out of
the contingent fund. The Attorney Cen
eral Is investigating this point.
Last week drover called at the home of
| A. g. Mathews, of Ogethorpe county, and
offered for sale what no represented TO be
a lot Of seven mule colts As an induce
ment he was sick and tired, and to get rid
Of his stock he would sell them at cost--S50
each. Mr.. Mathews needed some mules,
and not suspecting any fraud, bought the
| lot, to find out afterward that lie had
bought a lot Of unbroken Texas mules,
which the drover had been Offering as low
as S53 80 each. All efforts to break them
were futile, and at last Mr. Mathews gave
the animals away to get rid of them.
Athens Banner Waterman. 1t is folly to
assert that prohibition has injured Athens
one particle, for such is not the case. Our
merchants are doing % per cent. moro bust
ness To-Day than when liquor was sold here,
! while the prosperity OF our city has been
almost phenomenal. No class of business
suffered one particle. Every one is pros
! porous and happy. Our mechanics and
! tradesmen of all kinds have more work than
| they can do, while our merchants report
collections as exceptionally gooi 1t mat
| ters not what is the experience of other
! places prohibition has been grand success
| in Athens.
About three or four weeks ago the wife OF
| w. :. Dimsdale, living near Ball Ground
IN Cherokee county, ran of with neighbor
named Harper The clipping couple went tc
! Culberson, n. c., where Mrs. Dimsdale was
| taken sick with bilious fever and died
Harper, as soon as Mrs, Dimsdale got SICK
deserted her and returned to Cherokee
county, took his wife and children, and, tc
escape lynching, fled to realms unknown
| Dimsdale did not take the loss Of his wife
much to heart As soon as she left him ht
instituted suit for divorce, but, when tn,
news of her death reached him, he dismissed
the suit, and next day married Miss Sarat
Holcombe.
William b. White, Sr., died at his HON,
near Hickory Grove, in Crawford county
a few days ago. His age was 80. Old al
he was Mr.. White served in the late wal
between the States. Besides being in thu
army himself he had seven sons engaged il
battling tor their country; and although
they did their full duty and encounters
dangers inseparable from four years Of &C
tive warfare, all of them survived excep
one. This one was wounded near the clos,
of the war and died in a hospital at Macon
| Two Of Mr.. Whites sons were in the Sixth
Georgia regiment, two in the Twenty-sev
enth Georgia, one in the Fifty-ninth Geor
gia, one in the Fourth Louisiana battalion
and one in the Sixth Alabama regiment
Mr. White himself served in the militia
The six sons who survived the war are al
living yet in Crawford county near the lin,
Of Epson.
The approaching completion of the new
capitol at Atlanta has attracted sometat
tention to the disposition of the old capito
building Several suggestions have beer
made concerning il. One suggests that Oh,
railroads centering i'll Atlanta buy it anC
convert it into union passenger depot
Another suggestion is that it be converted
into hotel. A strong syndicate is being
organized to purchase the old capio
buildlng and convert it into new opera
house. which was the original design of thu
building. II is thought that the presen
building can be purchased fol
100000, and rearranged for 1926, 900 or $50,
600 additional The seats in the balconie
are 10 De cushioned, ana III every reSpec
equal TO those i'll thu dress circle. The
building will be we'll ventilated, and ample
arrangements made for the speedy exit oI
the people in case of alarm OF any kind
The plans are being formed, but, for the
present, the members Of the syndicate with
hold their names from the public.
A gentleman from Crawford county ha
given some additional particulars of the re
cent death in that county from hydropho
bia. The negro met the dog i'll the roaC
and soon saw that the animal was mad. II,
had nothing with which to defend himself
and when lie started to run he found tha
the dog was gaining on him He ther
wheeled around as the dog neared him, anC
catching it by the throat underworld t.
choke it. The dog seemed possessed of ex
traordinary strength and several times re
leased itself, and one time succeeded in fas
tening its teeth into the poor Negroes hand
1t now became a terrific struggle, ant
it was evident to the negro that he had the
worst Of 1t until he made desperate effort
ard threw the dog on its back. Dropping
down on it. he managed 10 get good holC
upon the dogs neck with both hands one
of them badly bitten, and succeeded in
choking the mad animal 10 death In q
few days the wounded hand began to swell
and gradually assumed an enormous size
and became very painful, resulting in his
death in great agony. He showed every
symptom of hydrophobia, foaming at the
mouth, swapping at everything within reach
and his eyes were green and CLASSY.