The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04

Mrs. NJ. r. Kirby. the wife Of POstmas-
ter Kirby and the mother If +. +. Kirby
of Atlanta, died Monday.
The new Methodist church at Miner
store was christened Sunday by Dr.. J. "
HEIDI, presiding elder Of the South Allan
ia district.
Tuesday night Conductor l. B. Doyle
fell of a car in the Georgia Southern rail
road yards at Macon, and one Of his feet
was so badly mashed by the wheels that
1t had to be amputated.
The stock Of goods owned by J. s. COwles
of Athens will be sold on the 18th by the
sheriff Of Clarke county. The sale takes
place to satisfy a Fl IA in favor of Inman,
Smith & Company, Of Atlanta.
Henry Kennedy. a young negro man, was
killed in front Of the CoiOred church, a
mile below NARROW by the north bound
Central train Tuesday night The circum-
stances connected with the killing are ex-
ceedingly suspicious and point strongly
10 foul play.
A mule attached to a buggy belonging
20 Dock Peterman took fright at Midway
church about 10 O'Clock last Sunday and
ran with great speed around the church.
Mrs. Peterman was in the buggy and was
Thrown out and became enta ngled in the
wheels. She was very painfully. If not IA
tally injured Her skull was broken and
other injuries inflicted about the head and
body
VIII Johnson, a negro charged with steal
ing, made an ingenious escape from the
Columbus Jail Tuesday He was confined
in a cell in the second story of the huild-
Ing and burned a hole in the floor, escap-
ing to the lower floor where the cell doors
from spreading by saturating his blanket
with water, and placing il round the pOr-
ton of the floor to which he set FIRE.
A mortgage Of $780, 600 was filed at At
lanta Tuesday morning by the Exposition
Cotton Mills Company to the American
Trust and Banking Company. The mort
gage is given to cover an issue of 30 bonds
of $1,000 each, which have been issued by
the Tha fea1 NJ WA 10
made for the purpose of enabling the
company to put up 10000 spindles in addi-
ton to the large number already in use.
o. B. Thompson. one of the best known
and most prominent citizens Of Hall coun-
~, died early Tuesday morning His death
was sudden and unexpected. He had COM
planned before retiring Of slight pains in
his abdomen, but 1t was apparently MOTH
ing. At midnight he awOke and asked for
some medicine. Mrs. Thompson started
TO get it, but before she could get 70 him
he was dead. Mr.. Thompson was about
20 years of age.
W. d. Boatner, who distributed so many
of the state examination papers to the
negro teachers of Ebert county, has not
been found. Boatner, who is a negro
school teacher has been in Atlanta at
tending the Cannon University He dis
Tributed about thirty of the papers to the
Commissioner ]. N. Wall swore out a war
rant for his arrest, but Boatner had made
good his escape.
Frank E. Hill, a farmer residing in the
upper portion OF Heard county near
Hutcheson's ferry. committed suicide
Tuesday morning about O'Clock. He
went 10 the barn to feed his stock, as the
family supposed. His prolonged absence
excited alarm, and one Of his sons went
out TO see If he was on the premises. Upon
going to the barn he was Mortified to
discover his father swinging from a rafter
with rope about his neck. The son cut
the body down. but life was extinct. FL
naneial difficulties are supposed to have
prompted the suicide.
The dead body Of an unknown white man
was found floating down the Chattahoo-
chez river at Cochran's ferry. about twelve
miles from Fairburn Tuesday The coro-
ner's jury decided that death was caused
by two blows on the mans head, inflicted
by some unknown person or persons. The
body was in an advance stage of decOm-
position. The dead man was about TWEEN
ty-flFe or thirty years OF age, five and a
half feet high, light complexion with red
dish hair and beard. He had an old scar
on the left side of his face, and had lost
all the fingers on the right hand except
the thumb.
A letter was received in the executive
Office at Atlanta Tuesday from Secretary
Herbert, saying that IL had been determin-
ed to send a war vessel off the coast of
Brunswick for the purpose of letting the
naval militia practice at long distance tar
gets with the big guns, and 1t was neces-
sary to know the exact date at which the
vessel was desired 1t is stated that as soon
as this date was given IL would be fur
nished to the rear admiral of the North At
lantic squadron, who would communicate
with the governor as to further particu-
lars. Nothing can be done In the matter
until the governor RECEIVERS sufficiently to
give It his attention.
The people of LAGRANGE are greatly agi-
tated over the proposed removal of the
southern Female College TO Manchester,
and they claim that while the Cox family
may remove to Manchester and estab-
ii. new college at that place, that they
cannot take the name of the college with
them, and that the Southern Female Col
lege, which has been so long identified with
LAGRANGE, will remain and be operated
as formerly. The alumnae of the college
living in LAGRANGE have called meeting
for July 3, and 1t is understood that the
proposition is TO secure the cooperation
Of the alumnae outside of the city in the
effort to retain their connection with the
Southern Female College at LaGrange, in
chester. 1t is said that legal action will
be taken, If necessary, to prevent the use
of the name Southern Female College"
at Manchester
Two important charters were granted
under the general law from the office of
of the secretary of state at Atlanta Wed
nesday. One was for the Georgia Ten
nessee Railway Company, which Is to have
a capital stock of 81, 800, 600 and the line of
which is to run from the city of Atlanta
in a northwesterly direction to some point
on the state line in Catoosa county. The
Augustus H. Benning, Thomas Barns, Ru-
fus b. Bullock, James H. Gilbert, Peter
G. Grant, Dan b. Harris, John s. Pan
chen, James l.. Riley, Roby Robinson and
Robert Il. Shedden. The point in Catoosa
county at which the road will touch will
not be very far from the city of Chatta-
nooga. The other charter granted was
for the Albany Trust and Savings Bank to
be opened up for business in the city OF
Albany. The incorporators are S. b.
Brown. B. Greenfield, H. N. Parker, Geor-
gia Cotton Company, J. A. Johnson ].
Hofmayer, Morris Widlosky and d. II.
Pope. The capital stock is to be $4,000,
with the privilege of incre asing it to 800. O0G
Athens Banner: KIT. Rice claims he was
once the owner Of young calf. That said
calf was wont to Craze in Bloomfield's pas
ture. That when ne went TO find his ami
NAL he discovered that Harriet Warren
claimed her. Harriet claims that the calf
in question was hers at the beginning is
now and always Will be, until she feels
disposed to part possession and title there
unto. Now comes list of the law suits.
Mr. Rice at first took out a possessory
warrant for the calf. This was tried and a
decision awarded in favor of the defendant
Then Mr.. Rice took out a bail trover for
the calf. This case was tried and Harriet
Warren won IL again. Mr. Rice appealed
the case to jury and the case was tried
Tuesday. An army of witnesses were sub
poened. The court house was overrun with
them, over 122 answered to the summons
Judge Foster presided and the case con-
stunned nearly the entire day. Some wit
nesses would recognize the calf in the