The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-14

GEORGIA
WV Kight Of Kite. Johnson county. think
OF locating at Millen with tie OBJECT OF estao
fishing a rice mill.
RI. Reaves got into a difficulty over in Fast
Athens Tuesday morning, IN when Two shot'
were fired at him from inside house, both tax
ing effect in his leg.
H. D. Smith OF Sandersville and Tennlile Bolt
ing Company has secured a location near the
ice factory al Nleu with the object OF estao-
fishing vinegar and soda water factory.
A written protest was made st Athens Tues
day to council against the specific tax on null
iuery by John Cohen & Co., Abe joel a Co,
Michael Bros A. Coleman, Max Joseph, NJ
Myers & Co., and several others.
Joseph !. Mcdonald who lived a few miles
west of Talbotton, committed suicide on Friday,
April :, by taxing morphine and laudanum.
He had been in poor health and the unfortunate
act was doubtless caused by dependency.
The Marietta Journal says. "A lady who left
this county for Lower Georgia over year ago
had consumption. Under advice chs smoked
pine sawdust and it cured her Of lung trouble,
and she recently married and is doing WE'LL
A house on Atlanta street at Sarietta was
offered to party three or four years ago for
500. The party declined TO purchase and
rented The other day the same party offered
$1,000 for the place and the owner refused 20
take il.
Augusta will have 8 canning factory soon
with capital stock Of $4,000 The company
is being organized and stock subscriuel TO.
Those interested in the scheme are several large
wholesale grooers and good many jobbers OF
canned goods.
Thursday night last dogs got after young
COW belonging TO W B. Cotter Of LAGRANGE
ran her into a ditch, and then the hungry
hrutes ate great chunks Of flesh from her
shoulders and thigh, injuring her 30 that she
died from her wounds.
drunken man was put off Western and
Atlantic railroad train the other day who had
ticket ia his pocket. a paper says he will get
damages. The question is. is 1t the duty OF a con
ductor to search passenger TO see il he has a
ticket, or is iJ the duty Of q passenger TO pro-
duce his ticket?
W. y. Stinson has been appointed postmas-
ter at Ernie. a new Talbot county postoffics.
Miss Maths Trussell was the first appontee
under the new administration for an Office in
Talbot county. having been appointed postmas-
ter a. Ypsilanti Mr. Stnson is the second
appointee for the county.
There is a movement on foot to hold in Rome
during the coming summer tricounty teach
ers institute. IL is proposed to induce the teach
ers OF two Of the adjoining counties to join Floyd
and bring TO Rome three expert teachers to hold
the institute and to make the week spent in the
city very profitable one.
There has been much speculation as to what
the final outcome Of the case in DouRherty su-
perlor court, Mrs A. J. Skies VS.. city Of Albany,
for damages TO her property by the erection OF
the water works station adjoining her lot would
be. When the verdict was read by the solicitor
- showed that Mrs. Skies had been allowed
$500 damages.
At Conyers Wednesday in the case Of Henry
Cohen (cOlored). for shooting his wife With
pistol through the heart on Sunday the first
day of this year, the jury, after being out four
hours. returned a verdict of murder in the first
degree without recommendation to mercy
This is the first verdict for murder that has
ever been found in this county.
At Atlanta there ia a house on Piedmont
avenue through which the line of tue extended
city limits runs, The building being partly
within and partly without the CITY limits, the
question is. is the entire structure, with con
tents, liable for city taXesf An Interesting fact
is this: The family can take their meals in the
city and sleep out Of it without leaving homo
Messrs. WriRhts q Harper the attorneys for
Joe HerTick, are circulating a petition at Rome
TO present to the governor for the pardon of the
young man. he went to the penltentiarY about
a year aad half ago. He was sent there ~
Judge Maddox for the killing Of Frank Demp-
sey az bathing place IN OostsnGuIa river.
Herrick was sent I'D for five years. and has
served over a year OF his time The petition is
being signed BY many persons.
A painful occident occurred Tuesday to Eu,
gene Oliver OF Clarksborough at Athens While
driving bis team on Prince avenue. near j. j.
Angland's store the horses became frightened at
an approaching electric car, which was noticed
by the motOrman and the car was stopped at a
safe distance from the horses. Mr.. Oliver was
sitting with his foot on the outside of the
wagon, and whom he turned the horses his foot
was caught between the wheel and the body OF
the wagon, breaking two metacarpas bones.
7. B. Bethea, through his attorneys. Haralson
man & Co, proprietors Of the Kimball house. at
Atlanta, for IS 900 damages. He claims to be q
dealer in farm and timber lands, having re-
Gently come to Atlanta, and that as such he
was standing in the corridor OF the Kimball,
when he was without cause arrested by Special
Officer Martin Of the hotel who carried him TO
me ponce station, eXclelmlng in the presence
OF number OF officers, Il have here man; l
don't know whether he is a pIokpocket,
gambler, or what he IS"
The sale of the Oglethorpe hotel at Brunswick.
which was made weeks ago by Receivers Alex
amer Proudnt and Talley, has been rejected by
Judge Speer. The property, Waived at 1885,, COO,
was disposed OF at the order of the court and
was bid in by the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company, who alone made an offer OF $4,000
Judge Speer has ordered another sale of the
property to take place on May 60, the minimum
bid to be $4,000 and $4,000 to be paid in cash
on the day OF the sale. The property is easily
worth 100000 as it stands and there will prob
ably be no trouble TO find Brunswick com
bid
There's more money in speech writing nova
days than there is In speech making
A wel-known literary man of Atlanta
several speeches for men who are rated
aNove par In the line OF ability. The gentlemen
may have been too busy TO prepare their own
speeches, or they may not have had confidence
enough in themselves TO prepare them. At any
rate they had the literary man to prepare
them, and then they were delivered as original
For one of the speeches the literary man was
paid $50. and for two others he was paid SO
each. The men for whom they were prepared
delivered them free of charge.
Marietta Journal: Thelnumber of new houses
being and to be built is encouraging. On At
lanta street Frank NOrthcutt is building an ele-
giant Groom residence; R. II. Eorthoutb will
build handsome e-story residence on Atlanta
street at once; on Waterman street A. w. York
has just completed a 4-room cottage, as has
also Rev. John r. Senges; on Cherokee street
Walter Sessions Is having on elegant Groom
residence built, on Church street $1,000 Dap
ttst church is being built, and $2UO0-lihrary is
get il building cottage; on Tranmeu street
VIII Trammell is building 2-story residence:
Mrs. Hutchinson has just let the contract to
build nice residence in the Maxwell addition;
Mr. Miller will improve the Shockley place on
Lawrence street and Mrs. York will build a
cottage on a lot on Lawrence street; DR.. j. c.
Greer is building Broom dwelling on Law
renee street: VIII Mckenzie will build a baud
some dwelling on Churcn street. next to the
new BAPTIST church, while new passenger de.
pot viii probably be built by the Western and
Atlantic railroad.
Charles Erickson in Atlanta while spelling his
name a little different, is Il nephew OF the great
John Ericsson Of Monitor lame, but has been
q resident Of Atlanta Tor quite long while and
went INTO business and married here About
three months ago, from a decayed corner tooth
IN The left cheek, he became troubled with an
epulus tumor, small at first, but finally grow
ing as large as hen egg and filling the cavity
10 the cheek bone 10 the eve and under tha
frontal cartilage OF the entire nostril In spite