The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-30

leaving a net balance Of 1886 6s for the five
I bales. The cotton was sold on Sept.
/ rs, 1865. Quite a difference in the prace
| then and now.
There is a fortune awaiting W. H. Stern,
or his legal heirs. In MERRIAM, Tex. Some
| time ago Ordinary Speer Of sumter county
received a communication from Meridian
asking for information of Stern or his repre-
sentstives. Messrs. Carruth Il Estes,
attorneys at Meridian, say in their letter
Samuel Calhoun came TO Texas from some
county in Alabama, at an early day. His
daughter, Mary, married one Paul Mers-
fielder in Walker county. Texas, about the
next year after his death she married Cyrus
Perry, who also died within a
few months after their mar
riage. Some time after Perry's death, Mrs
Mary Perry, formerly Mrs. Mary Mers-
fielder, formerly Mary Calhoun, went
to Georgia, where she married one w. IL
Stern, or Stems, who is said 70 have been
widower with several children, and who
came with her to Texas, where they soon
separated. and he, Storms, is supposed TO
have returned to Georgia. and has not
since been heard from in this country. Mrs.
Storms died about the year 1855. For his
interest here, to benefit either him or our
selves, it is necessary for Us to hear from
him or his heirs at an early date"
Atlanta Constitution: The want Of a
dime caused s., 900 fire Sunday morning.
The Bell Telephone Company has a system
of toll stations. There are about a dozen,
may be less, S..of these. in the city. These
toll stations nave a slot-bOx near by, and
can be used by any one who has dime.
Any one wishing 10 use the toll telephone
must notify the party in charge; hon,
after dropping a dime in the slot, turn
crank which rings bell in the
OE Ill
in the central office attracts the same
attention and demands the same recog
milton as any call in the city. One of the
toll stations-it is numb cred 23l-is planted
in a store near the corner Of the Boulevard
and Fair street. The phone 1881, has been
as profitable to the company as any in the
city. Sunday morning, when the factory
operatives found their cottages on fire, 81 cir
first thoughts went 70 Chief Joyner and his
fire brigade. One OF them ran to the store,
and, pulling one Of the partners from ais
bed, screamed out: Telephone the fire do
partment quick. The row is on fire" drop
the dime in the slot, them answered The
merchant, land Ill do it." The II an
dived toward his vest pocket with
his thumb and front finger. Blths could 1T
find the pocket In his great haste he ad
forgotten his vest. With a fuiut smile-he
probably knew the merchandise said: Il
left nv vest at home. amt got no dime
with me" Then you don't get any call
for the fire department" said the store
keeper. MY God, man, ring that tel
ephone. The whole row'n burn up" Cant
do il. The rules Of the telephone company
say drop the dime in the slot and the
telepbone'l talk. / can't break the rules"
Then lend me q dime, and Ill go home
and get it and pay you back" "Ain't got
none" In the meantime the fire was gain
ing Roadway. The people were turning
out, and one after another asked for The
fire alarm to be sent in by telephone. But
none OF them had the requisite dime. And
the slot would not work without the dime.
The fire had fun sway, and when the de-
psrtment got there four houses had been
destroyed.