The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Then Dies-A Former savannahian
NJ the Head of a New PyrIfes Com
pauv-A Dog saves HIS Mistress
Nome Prem Destruction by Fire.
GEORGIA
Many cattle have died in Liberty county
from the effects OF the freeze
Cart. A. X Fisher. living near Able
Vile lost severity i've acres OF oats p'
the freeze
The Kennesaw Marble Company OK Ma
rletta last month shipped WORK 10 nine
teen different states.
Allen Beddingheid, one Of Bibb county's
oldest citizens. died Wednesday morning
81 his home near Macon.
The executive COMMITTEES, Of p9puiists
Of the Tenth congressional dlstrlct has
heen called 10 meet In Augusta on FEB. q
The wind blew a tree down IN Capt. G.
x. Hiiis field II Irwin county a lew Gay
ago and killed hne Jersey co" worm
Hon. Davis f. smith. ex-senator from
q the Thirty-second district, whose home
IS AZ Jacksonville. has been adtudged "A
a few days.
The Hutcheson cotton factory at Ban
ming, IN Carroll county was burneu gov
last week II was the work OF an lneen-
diary, who Is being closely pursued II
not caught
There are six boys in isil at Jasper.
charged with breaking into Mr.. Tucker
Some Of the boys are well connected, anG
Declare their innocence one or two OF
then1 have owned I'D and tel on the rest.
Tuesday night Sam Poole shot and killed
John Dallis at Smith disullery. about
TWO miles west Of Chipiey Both we're coll
ored. A gam bling scrape was the cause OF
IL Poole won Sl.25 from Dallis- The latter
followed Poole some distance, and Poole
shot and killed him. after being shot by
Dallis in the left arm. Poole was CONF
n1itted 20 jail.
Tfrs.s,--.,s,.-. - 20 s.s,fo1l- Ofa r,s,,fdsor
fhs 1S-year-old daughter OF James Davld-
SON who runs a grocery store at 1885
Broad street at Augusta, came very near
losing her LIE by ire IN going near the
ma the girls dress caught, and IN sec
ond she was enyeloped In flames; Ter "a
,;hsr, saved her life, but IN so doing his
hands were badly burned.
The mail carrier, a small negro boy, who
carEies the mail from Cumming TO Free
Evansville, while en- route TO the latter
place Thursday afternoon, got so over
come with cold that he fell from the horse
which he was riding and would have
frozen 10 death but for Leander Pace, who
shs rosd Ss he R Was gass6s The S6 boys
ears, feet and hands were frozen stir,
and win probably drop of.
The Georgia Loan ana Trust Company,
Of Americas, loaned Lewis I. Lee. of
Crawford county, $4,000 on certain valua-
ble peach lands. The company fled suit
against Lee in era wford superior court
for Judgment Of the money. Lee sets up
what he thinks, is q strong and valid de
Tense. Pending the settlement OF this suit,
the company goes before Judge Harde-
man OF Macon and ask that a receiver be
appointed for the property.
Mr.. Elisha Kirk of HARRISON county
reports.a singular incident that took place
at his house one day last week. Seeing
some disturbance going on IN the COW
pen he went out 70 Investigate the matter
and found a very large hawk that had
been Knocked against the fence by his
milk COW and rendered unable TO fly. The
hawk had captured a chicken but lost
ais life by the brave COW that was fight
ing, as she thought, In defense of her
calf.
There Is pair of very old steel yards
IN Carroll county They were bought by
Jonn and Abe Housewortn's father In
Augusta before any railroads were built
in this state. He hauled ioad Of cotton
and sold 10 in Augusta at four cents a
pound and with the money purchased
Washpot. bar Of iron, two or three other
little articles and these famous steelyards,
They have been used by all the neighbors
70 weigh their fattened hogs ever since.
a trip to market then occupied about
three weeks.
The republicans In Pickens county are
IN a muddle about their paper the Re
publican, W. 5. Clayton and +. w. Pad
sett ran the paper until a few weeks ago.
when they had r misunderstanding. Pad
Eett withdrew from the enterprise and
Clayton has been getting out the paper as
sole 90 .tor. Padgett, through his attor-
neys, S. A. Darnen, of Jasper. and Clay &
Blair of Marietta. have enjoined Clay
Il
that w. j. Coffey had been appointed tenn
porary receiver and next Saturday set for
a hearing at Marietta before Judge GOber.
Heniey & ". I. Day viii VIII resist ess the ap
pointment of a permanent receiver. Clay
ton has a mortgage and lease on the
plant. There seems to be two factions of
the republicans IN Pickens county, one
faction headed by Col S A. DarneH, the
other by W. S. Clayton.
The chestatee Pyrites Company was or
ganized in Atlanta on Jan. 30. 1t has a
paid-up capital of 100000 and has elected
the following officers; President, George
J. Baldwin Of the Baldwin Fertilizer Com
pany OF Savannah; vice president, George
w. Scott Of the George w. Scott Manu-
featuring Company Of Atlanta: secretary,
y: P. Pratt of the n. P. Pratt laboratory,
Atlanta; treasurer, c. NJ. Gambler, of the
George W Scott Manufacturing Company.
The company owns a large property. con-
tanning total known length of q remark
able lode of pyrltes on the Chestatee river,
about twenty miles northwest of Gaines
Vile ana six miles east of Gainesville. This
pyrites has been thoroughly tested and
ne in the manufacture OF sulphuric acid.
The fertilizer factories of Georgia, North
Caroline. and Florida will now use this ma
tive pYrites, which can be furnished at
reduced figure under the foreign and do
nestle ores hitherto used. There is splen-
did water power close at hand on the
Chestatee river.
Tuesday night petition to foreclose a
mortgage made by the Manchester Invest
'nerft Company, was filed in the superior
court at Atlanta by Judge w. r. Ham
mond. In 1882, the Manchester Investment
Company. through its officer. made
mortgage for $4,000, and under this mort
gage ia interest bearing bonds were is
sued. These bonds We're sold to various
parties in the city. In the mortgage Ii is
stipulated that should the company at
any time fail 70 pay the interest on the
bonds the hondholders' could give the com
pany thirty days written notice of their
lp1enton and foreclose the mortgage
Last December the company defaulted on
it's .senai-annual interest and the bond
holders gave notice of their intention to
torecloss. The suit is In pursuance of this
notice. w. A. Hemphill. who Is the trustee
underline mortgage, Is the principal party
IN the suit. He represents the bondhoId-
erSs the LARGEST holders being Messrs. c.
y. Fowler, S22. 500: w A. Hemnhin, Sl6.5O0;
W. r. Eamnlond, 5000: r. II. Bell, So
900, and B. NJ. Blount, IS CO. During the
last two years a great many people have
bought lots there and have erected homes.
Those who have done this will be pro-
tected. under the mortgage. On q portion
of the land there has been erected an i'm
mense school for boys, and this is ex-
eTnpt under the mortgage. One of the
largest schools for girls in the south L;
located there, and this will he also pro-
teeted under the MORTGAGE. The school Is
the Manchester Female college, and they
have hAen given twenty-five acres of the
land Of the Investment COMPANY VVeCfnes-
day morning Sheriff Green levied on the
property Of the company.