The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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The Amosk Gag Lumber Company
Files a Bill OF Injunction Against
George E. Dodge and Othsrs-A
Woman Finds Her Lost Money at
the Foot OF a Rainbow-A Negro
shot in Sumter County.
GEORGIA
f Rogers Of Burke county has a chicken
born with four feet.
Wavnesboro will soon bs supplied with
artesian water from Maj. Wilkins artesian
we'll
It's intimated that q Hebrew professor
snip is to be added to the faculty OF Mercer
university.
John J. Ross Of Americus has fled a suit
in Lee superior court against the Central
railroad for damages TO the amount Of Sl0,-
0J0 About a month ago Mr.. Ross boarded
the Central train at Smithville for Amer
icus. Just as he stepped upon the platform
the train gave jerk. throwing Mr. Ross
between the cars, which passed over his foot
and crushed it 50 badly that amputation
was necessary.
William McCants, a negro employed at a
saw mill near COrdele, WIS brought TO
Americas Saturday night with q thirty
eight cahber pistol ball in his Uranium
playing with the pistol They had care
fully examined it in order to assure them
selves that it was not loaded, and when Nc
Cants walked up to where they were Smith
snapped it in his face. The pistol fired and
a bullet plowed its way through McCants
nose.
One day last fall, while picking cotton,
Ellen Powell, a negro woman, lost bag from
her person containing 50 in silver. She was
working for n. Hughes. who superinteuds
the plantation of \. B. Baum, near looms
boro. One Jay last week, after a thunder
cloud had Just passed, she was as work in
the same field knocking down cotton stalks
Seeing a beautiful rainbow across the field,
and thinking at the same time of the lost
money. Mr.. Hughes told Ellen 20 90 to the
end Of 1t and she would find her money.
She took him at his word, and just in front
of her. about 100 yards or more, where the
end OF the rainbow appeared to be, she
locked on the ground aud found her lost
money.
A bill of injunction has been fled in the
United States court at Macon by the Amos
keag Lumber Company against George E.
Dodge and others The facts as set forth
in the bill are to the effect that George z.
Dodge leased TO the Amoskeag Lumber
Company certain lands in this state for the
purpose of procuring lumber to supply the
mills of the company. The company gave
notes to the amount Of $50, 900 for rent of
these lands. Some of these notes are now
being sued in the United States court, and
the bill filed is to enjoin the collecting of
these notes, claiming that Dodge's part of
the contract has not been carried out In
leasing the lands Dodge gives them full ac-
cess, enabling them to procure the timber.
This access, they say, they cannot get by
reason Of numerous parties laying claim to
their leases. and causing them so mucn an
noyance as to make them totally
Improbable. This action is I'M
questionably brought about by the de-
velopments in the Hall case. The fact of
these depredations having been plainly
shown, the Amoskeag Lumber Company
hopes now to prove that the lands have been
rendered valueless by these depredations.
The position of Mr.. Dodge and the evidence,
as rendered by witnesses who were his en-
ployes, virtually subsRntlates the points
alleged by the lumber men, and the case
throughout is remarkable for its delicate
features. The notes given by the company.
il seems, have been sold to the executors OF
the estate of William Z. Dodge, making
these executors an innocent party in the
suit for Judgment, but the bin filed claims
that they cannot be considered innocent on
the ground that George E. Dodge, to whom
the notes were made, is a legatee of the
estate and consequently one Of the pur-
cnasers of these notes and must be consid-
cred interested in either transaction. The
plaintiffs state that the sale of these notes
was simply a use to supply the third party
rule, and think under these circumstances
they should not be made to pay until the
matter is settled.