The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-16
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
THERETURNs OF TWO RAILROADS
LARGELY INCREASED.

AAo hast ana West and the Alabama
Great Southern the Alleged Under.
Yaluers-Last Of a Prosecution for
Sending Obscene Matter Through
the Mails-Other Items.
ATLANTA, GA, June 15.-The East and
West railroad and the Alabama Great
Southern, whose tax returns were rejected
by the comptroller, have been appraised by
board of assessors appointed by the gov
crnor. The valuation in tbs report filed
to-day shows a considerable increase. The
board appraised the property Of the East
and West In Georgia at S2f7, ,125. It was
returned by the company at Sl61, 1855. The
board also found a private telegraph line in
operation not returned, which they ap-
praised at $3.50. The board appraised
the property OF the Alabama Great South
ern in this state at $685., ,479, which the COM
pany returned at $264, ,6s4.
OBSCENE NAIL MATTER.
The case of the government VS.. Alvin III.
Call of Winchester, N. H., was mol pressed
IN the federal court to-day. The defendant
was charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails under the following cir
cumstances: Call left his home for a tr1n
heard that w. @. Hardy was paving atten-
tion to his wife. When he reached Dalton
he stopped of and wrote Hardy
letter. The letter was a very
threatening one and was couched
in the most obscene terms.
Call continued his trip and when it was
finished returned home, but was arrested
as soon as he stepped from the train on a
charge OF sending obscene matter through
the mails. He gave $1,000 bond which
was forfeited, the money being paid in
cash to the court at Atlanta. The charge
against Call was still standing, and Hardy.
who was still attentive TO Mrs. Call. began
taking steps TO have Call rearrested. at
which he packed up and went to Europe,
leaving his wife behind, and just $1,000 OUT
OF pocket for writing an obscene letter,
A RAILROAD MORTGAGE.
A mortgage was recorded to-day In the
clerks Office from the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern Railroad Company to the
Mercantile and Trust Deposit Company OF
Baltimore. The mortgage covers the entire
line from Atlanta to Monroe, and provides
for "a continuous line OF railroad extend
ing from the city of Atlanta through the
state TO Athens in the state of Georgia, and
through the towns of Abbevile. Green
wood, Clinton and Chester in the state OF
south Carolina to point on the Carolina
in the state of North Carolina.
and by means Of the Carolina
Central railroad, the Raleigh and CASTOR
Airline railroad to connect with the
Raleigh and CASTOR railroad and the Sea-
board and Roanoke railroad, SO as to form
continuous line of railroad from the city
OF Atlanta TO the city of Portsmouth. in
the state OF Virginia. The mortgage pro-
vides that 1t is to secure $500 bonds of
81 900 each to be usad In tha norn nIati.,y ~
equipment of the railroad.
A bill Of injunction was filed to-day by
j. Q. Jenkins against the Atlanta and
Florida railroad to restrain the cofnpauv
from issuing 500 feet of right of way In the
city limits, alleging that the road has not
paid for it and il insolvent. The hearing
will occur next Saturday.
OFF FOR ATHENS.
Senator Dupree of the Fourteenth dis
trict, president pro tenn. of the Senate and
chairman of the Senate committee to visit
the university commencement, went
through to Athens to-day The other MEM
bers OF the committee are: Senators Gibbs.
Harper, Lyle and Mccarthy. and Repre-.
sentatives Howell, FELTON, of Barlow, Smith
OF Decatur, Clifton, Fleming, Perry, Pat
terson, Humphreys of Scriven, Tatum.
Twitty, Gilbert and johnson of Floyd.
CHARGED WITH OUTRAGE.
The police arrested this afternoon Philip
Shell, negro, suspected of attempted out
rage on Miss Burdett near Ponce de Leon
springs Thursday. The officers carried the
negro before Miss Burdett and she imme-
diately identified him. The presence OF the
negro created considerable excitement in
the neighborhood and he was hurried in to
town to the station to avoid trouble. He
denies the crime.