The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-16

TOccOa Fails Property TO Be I'm
prOved-HookeF Confesses 60 steal
ing the Letter Prom the Atlanta
tense That He Wanted 10 Register
IL.
GEORGIA.
At Macon Friday Mrs. Mamie Ring was
declared not guilty of assault and battery
on the little girl. Eula Cowan-
Samuel 8. Croker Of Pomona has been
declared insane by jury and will be sent
70 the asylum in Milledgeville at an early
day.
a new lodge of odd Fellows will be or
gained and instituted in Gwinnett county
this month which will be known as oak
land Lodge No. IL. l. o. o. r.
Greene county lost one of its Oldest
most prominent and most respected citi-
gems Friday in the death OF l.. u. Carl
ton. Mr.. Carlton was nearly 80 years Of
age.
The students OF the North Georgia Ag-
ricuhural College at Dahlonega have a
movement on foot TO endeavOr to get an
appropriation from the state. when the
legislature meets for the purpose OF
building a literary society hall.
J. \. Palmer. "A white man, had the
thumb OF his left hand shot entirely or
while hunting near East Lake in Fulton
county, Friday. The accident happened
while Palmer was loading mis- gun, the
company has been organized for the
purpose of purchasing and improving the
Toccoa falls property, which consists OF
500 acres and lies two miles north OF Toe
Goa Eight thousand dollars have been
subscribed and only 81, 900 more is needed
for the required amount. large hotel
will be built at once for summer guests.
The house and grounds viii be lighted
with electricity.
At noon Friday Irwin Grahame anu
q cousin OF the same name were stand
Ing by a barbed wire fence near Horse
leg creek bridge in Floyd county, When
lightning struck the wire. Irwin was
knocked senseless and his cousin was
paralyzed from the hips down. Two doc
tors were summoned and, after hard work.
resuscitated both men. They are likely
TO recover, though badly burned by light
ming.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Lumpkin writes as follows: The
registrars, for the county report
1867 registered voters, will vote on next
Wednesday for or against court house
% S9eps' adjadged s i1natie by the
ordinary on the 18th inst. Mrs.
Jennie Tatum was adjudged a luiiauc ten
DAYS ago. These are both excellent -adles
and much sympathy is felt for their rcla-
tives
A ]. Hooker. the young white man who
was charged by L. b. Price oil me At
lanta postoffice with mail robbery Wednes-
day night. has confessed TO the crime,
and is still locked up. Henry Burhs' y
friend of Hooker, who was arrested
charged with being an accomplce "a the
robbery. was released, there being no ev-
idence against him. As already staleu IN
the Morning News, Hooker went TO the
bed tust been mailed by ]. +. ChaIper,
containing about SIG in money. iookef
told Mr. Price Of the postOlnce thai ne
had decided TO have the letter reSlstere9'
which he claimed to have just mahed,
describing the letter mailed by ChappeH'
which he had seen few minutes beIore-
In the superior court At Macon tflaay
n Hazlehurst claimed $500 against the
Western Union Telegraph company. MT
lazlehurst brought the SUIT as rOcelNer
of the Macon Brewing company vi.
Joseph Han. representing the western
linton moved to abate the suit en- the
ground that there was no PLAIN tlI-the
reeeivership OF the Macon Brewing com
many having been dissolved. Judge mar
deman allowed an amendment SO as 70
bring the suit in the name OF the Macon
Brewing Company. Col han tleh Inaue
The noint that the Macon Brewing Com
pany is defunct corporation. Judge dar-
deman sustained the point ana threw the
case out of court, stating thal no pro-
vision had been made for the cases pend
inc in court when the receiver was as
missed Mr.. Hazlehurst would be answer
able TO nobody and could not De mace
TO turn over the money If he collected II.
william Timmons has filed suit at
Macon for $4,000 damages, against the AZ
lantic Short Line and the Macon ana AZ,
lantic railways. TimmonS was ln1Ureu anu
both of his legs had TO be amputa0ed, On
fseh ne isg5. the petition alleges the super
intendent of the Macon and AtlaIi-lc ralI-
1raV HVho was located in Emanuel county,
ordered Timmons to go from Brewton TO
Adrian, where he was to have joined
gang of iron brakers. Al TINS pace ,s. tIle
%Vadley and Mount Vernon railway crosses
The Macon and Atlantic. Timmons was on
TOP of a car braking, The train did not
stop at the crossing, the petition alleges,
the result being that Timmons, VINO was
obeyinE orders of the agent OF the com
pany, could not get from his perlious POSI-
fion before he was struck by WIRE sMliis
across the track and thrown violently 10
the ground. He fell beneath the cars
and both kneecaps were broken. His legs
were so badly lacerated that amputat ION
tninrv So sustained was due to the negh-
Eence of the agents of the company