The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-10
POISON In BUTTERMILK.
AN ATLANTA FA MILY NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH

Edward Eerring Injured Possibly
Fatally While Leaving a Street
Cara Man Shot in the Face and
Head-Veterans Going to Richmond
Livingston Still Non-Committal-
ATLANTA. GA, May "a family was
nois ned here to-day, but the chances seem
70 be hat no one will die. Police man p.
w. Patterson this morning bought quart
of butter milk from the milkman who
regularly supplies his family. Officer Pat
terson, his wife and little boy drank freely
of the LIQUID at dinner. Some time after
the boy took drink Of water and at once
became violently ill Officer Patterson,
suspecting nothing. took a glass of water
soon after and Immediately began to mani
fest violent symptoms of poisoning. The
wife was the last of the trio to succumb,
but she also became deathly sick
at last, and the doctors, when
they came, were hard pressed
to save the lives Of the little family. Mrs.
Patterson dragged herself painfully to the
window when she found what was the mat
ter and shouted for help. Somebody heard
her and medical assistance was procured.
The can had poisoned the milk. The trio
suffered greatly. but will probably survive.
INMAN's NEPHEW HURT.
Edward Herring, a nephew of John a.
Jnman of New York, Yves getting of
street car to-day at the junction OF
Marietta street and Worth avenue when the
horses started, throwing him to the ground
and causing spinal and abdominal injuries,
which may prove fatal
SHOT IN THE FACE AND HEAD.
x.vhso, has
taken place between citizens of Atlanta
within the past seven days occurred at Boil
ton to-day. John Rauschenberg, who
works in the ice factory, got into quarrel
with a train hand named John B0Zman.
They had fight about a coupling-pin fall
ing on Rauschenberg's toes. Rauscbenberg
went TO his house and got a double-barreled
shotgun and fired a load of birdshot into
Bozman's face and head. the injuries sus-
tanned by the latter will not prove fatal.
Engineers Zelletter and John Brock had a
quarrel at the East Tennessee shops to-day
and the former used his pistol, but no harm
was done.
VETERANS GOING TO RICHMOND.
A large party of local confederate veter-
ans is being organized to attend the unveil-
ing of the Lee monument at Richmond on
May 80. The veterans will appear III uni
forms of confederate gray.
A TIN NINE.
1t is claimed that a rich vein Of tin forty
feet wide has been discovered in Cherokee
county. The people in the neighborhood of
Canton are said to be wild over tine find, as
there is no other tin mine worth working
in the United Sta es.
LIVINGSTON STILL NoN-CoMMITTAL.
COL L. F. Livingston goes to the national
capital tomorrow to advocate the SUBJ
treasury scheme before the congressional
committee on ways and means. The COLI
mel still declines to say that he lis a candi-
date for governor, though he as distinctly
states that no one is authorized to say that
he is not one.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The following supreme court decisions
were handed down to-day:
McLarin VS.. the Atlanta and West Point
road; from Campbell. Affirmed.
Baugh VS.. the state; from 1roup. At
firmed.
Hardwick VS.. the Georgia railroad; from
Newton. Affirmed.
Arnold, Burdett & Co. VS. Smith G.
Henderson; from Coweta. Affirmed.
Brooks VS.. Baker; from Pike. Affirmed.
Alden vs.. Edmondson; from Gilmer.
Affirmed.
Coggins VS.. S,ark; from Pike Affirmed
Atlanta and West Point railroad vs.
Newton; from Troup. Reversed.