The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-07


! medicine without diploma or auth 1rlty OF
law. He is an herb and root doctor and II
/ IS charged that he has administered noctlOus
1 compounds TO patients. The party com
Z claimant in the case at issue alleges that Dr.
[ boss prescribed mixture Of earth worms,
dog fennel and Holland gin for rheumatism.
! HE doctor asserts that he ordered the mix
| ture to be applied externally for rubbing
| purposes. The patient, however, declares
that the doctor directed that the mixture
| ue taken internally The patient TOOK lt
! internally, bu, it nearly resulted in being
Internally externally with him. The NIX
| ture nearly killed him. He was lald Out
rendered unconscious. and was unable 70
| speak for three days.
The Floyd county commissioners and
| Coroner Thomas NJ Drennon have disa-
! greed. The commissioners refuse to pay
! the coroner and jury for holding an inquest
| over the remains Of the late Col. Adolph
| Brandt Of Atlanta, who fell dead suddenly
in Rome on Aug. II, 1889, during the SOS
sion Of the Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows OF
| Georgia. Some one sent for the
coroner as soon as life was
| pronounced extinct and sum
moning jury he held an inquest Coroner
/ DrennOn put IN a bill for the customary
charges for himself aud jury at the meeting
| Of the commissioners last Monday, ana they
| refused to pay it, saving that an inquest
| should not have been held when the reason
of the death was clear. The commissioners
have also refused to pay Coroner Drennon
for two inquests held in East Rome. One
of these was for old man Wilder who, 1t
was thought, died from the effects of lick
he had received on his head, and another
! case Of an old man who fell dead while out
| of doors picking up chips.
The death of DR.. w. D. Wagner at
nj 80
| by pathetic incident. He was lingering
with fever at the residence of DR.. Carter.
| Beside the deathbed of the young man was
one who, perhaps more than all the rest.
felt the heavy hand of grief. 1t was Miss
Ella LasSiter, whose home is on Marietta
street in Atlanta. She was the betrothed
wife of the deceased, having given to him
the promise of her hand nine months
ago. Their marriage had been fixed
to take place very soon, and when she
received the sad intelligence that his life
was fast ebbing away she fastened to his
bedside to make good her promise, even at
tire moment of the last extreme She came
Tor the purpose of having the marriage per-
formed even on his deathbed, but she ar
rived just in time to see him breathe his
last before her wish could be complied with.
She expressed her willingness to marry him
even then, and was much grieved at the
sorrowful situation.
The special order in the Lower House Of
the legislature Thursday was the bill by Mr..
Howell, of Fulton, to amend section 2 of
the general tax act. This section is in re
ference to the license required OF sewing
machine agents. The bill was passed with
out dissenting vote. The present law
provides that every agent shall pay $25
license in every county. Under this law
| the licenses paid TO the state this wear was
only 1925. BY the amendment passed YES
terday every co npany dong business in the
state shall pay $500 and also IS FOR every one
of its agents doing business in the state, and
record of such agents shall be furnished
the comptroller general, and also to the
| ordinaries of counties in which they work
MIR. Howell, IN explaining the bill, read a
letter from Capt. Wright, showing that
under tho new law the returns would
| amount to about $1,000. The returns under
the old law were 81, 500 in 1887, and 81. 900
in 1883. Another effect of the amend nent
will be to bring back to Atlanta the soutI-
ern headquarters of the Singer Mauufactur-
ing Company. The tax act was of no
effect upon irresponsible agents, and reput-
| able companies were thus at serious dis
advantage.
A small negro boy and sack of eggs
| created n sensation on Capitol avenue car
| at Atlanta Thursday. He had been sent to
a store to buy the eggs, and was on his way
| back The little negro was about three
| feet high, scarcely large enough to climb on
car wnen standing still, but notwithstand-
ing his size he has been quite troublesome
to the car drivers in that neighborhood.
The car happened to slow up when near
him, and he concluded to try his luck for IA
| ride. He got on all right, and was enjoy
ing his stolen ride to its fullest extent when
the driver caught glimpse Of his woolly
head, as he kept peeping to see il no was dis
covered. Thedriver quietly dropped his lines
and slipped noiseles.ly toward the rear plat
/ form, but had gotten only about half way
when the little urchin saw him coming. lie
! grabbed his sack of eggs in both hands. but
tho car was moving pretty fast, and he
! seemed to have forgotten how to get off.
| When the briver reached the door and Just
| as he was about to lay hold Of the bit of
| blackness and rags the negro gave one back
| ward glance and then made a loan. He
| jumped the wrong way, however, and when
he struck the ground, he was lying flat on
his stomach with his face buried in a mass
| OF scrambled eggs. Thus the driver had
! his revenge.
| There was warm discussion in the lower
| house of the state legislature Thursday
over the bill to pay the commissioners APP
pointed under the Gambler resolution in
| 1887 to make an inventory of the Western
and Atlantic railroad property. The
original bill had been amended by the
committee on appropriations 50 that the
| commissioners, w. NJ Reese, Virgil
Powers and c. b. Howard were to receive
$1,000 each; r. r. Renneau, the surveyor,
$500, and J. II. Troutman, the clerk
| $3.50. Several amendments were proposed
and number of speeches made. The
discussion developed the fact that a
strong prejudice exists in the
House against the commission because OF
the schedule Of betterments contained in
their report Hon. Primus Jones made the
speech of the day. II am opposed to this
bill, said he. ut proposes to pay the com
rnlssioners az the rate of $500 a month. I'd
like to work for $50 a month any time ,
The house applauded vigorously and the
galleries smiled approval. After this
speech the defense languished Capt. Cor
don, chairman of the appropriations com.
mittee, finally made a motion to table the
resolution. This was to save il from Ger
tain defeat under the crushing effect O
Col. Jones speech. The resolution was
tahled-to come up again when there is c
fuller attendance.
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