The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20

my called, Astronomy by Observation, >"
! which has been adopted by the New York
Chautauqua, and is widely used in various
other parts of the United States. She Is
one of the editors of the Chronicle-Ga-
zette here, and writes most of the arti-
! cles on the tariff financial questions, and
| other knotty points, which women gener-
| ally leave to men. She also writes occa-
| sionally for the Popular Science Monthly.
| With all this she nevertheless takes a deep
| interest in all things feminine.
Important action was taken at Atlanta
| Friday in the case of Peacock, Dunwody
& Haugh, and an order was granted by
| Judge Lumpkn discharging Temporary
| Receiver Willis E. Raglan and appointing
| G.. II. Miller of Chattanooga, permanent
| receiver The entire case was investigated
and, after argument, Judge Lumpkin
signed the order, placing Mr.. Miller in
charge of the assets of the firm, with
| instructions to sell the stock in the usual
course of business and to sell the remain
| der by advertising for bids on the last day
of the year.
M. 1. WEIGH of Cordele has patented
new coupler built on the lines of the stan
| dard coupler which has the appreciation
| of the master mechanics of the United
States The device is a very unique one,
and 1t Is probable that Mr.. WEIGH will de-
| rive a handsome profit from the manu-
facture of his patent. 1t has been APP
proved by many of the most prominent
railroad machinists in the country and is
said to possess advantages not character
istic of any other coupler He Is now or
ganizing a company for the purpose of
manufacturing his patent, and has already
had several excellent offers.
At Rome Friday Judge Henry decided
in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of A.
w Tedcastle & Co. and Langston &
Woodson, against Bum Bros. of CEDAR
town, on a petition for injunction and the
appointment of a receiver In the decree
Judge Henry provides that receiver be
appointed to take charge of the store and
stock of goods and to dispose of them Tor
the benefit of the creditors. He allows
the Bank of Cedartown and A. w. Ted
castle & Co. to dispose of certain collateral
for the payment of debts due them, the
residue to so to the receiver. The nomi-
nal assets of Bum Bros. amount to $40
600 or SS0,00O and the claims of the plain
tiifs amount to about 5000.
Lawrenceville News: At the home of
William Burton. five miles southeasto Of
Lawrenceville, Wednesday night about 8
O'Clock, Daniel Nash, who is Burton's
| father-in-law, was almost cut to death
| by Burton. The difficulty arose over some
property, which Nash had come over from
| his home in DeKalb county to see about.
| Both men became greatly enraged and
Burton drew his knife and began siashing
Nash Fight and left with the keen blade
The blade was slashed across Nashs abb
domen, making fearful wound, penetrat-
| ing the stomach. Ten other wounds were
| inflicted on Nash's body, the most serious
| ones being in the abdomen and in the right
eye. The eyeball was pierced, which will
| cause blindness in that eye. DR.. Bush was
summoned to attend the wounded man and
| dressed the wounds. He pronounces him
in a very dangerous condition, although the
wounds are not necessarily fatal. Burton
Gains TO have acted in self-defense and
has made no effort to escape. He had not
been arrested UP to noon Thursday.
Mrs. L. b. Pettyjohn of Augusta has
decided to sue the Bon Air Hotel Com
pany for $4,000. Monday afternoon while
driving through the Bon Air grounds. her
horses became entangled in live electric
| telephone wires, which were lying on the
| ground across the roadway. The horses
were shocked by the wires, and after
plunging into the air, finally fell to the
ground. Mrs. Pettyiohn jumped out of
| the trap and broke her knee cap, and
| was shocked i'm coming in contact with the
wire. AS the electric charged wires are
| the private telephone of the hotel COM
pany running to the stables at the foot of
| the HILL the injured lady has concluded
| to sue the hotel company for the damages
There is much complaint at Lawrence
| vile about the scarcity of water owing
| to the fact that large number of wells
| have gone dry this fall, because of the
long drought. Numbers of people have no
| drinking water on their lots, while some
| families who have enough for domestic
purposes are compelled to send their
horses and COWS to the creeks. Wells
| that have never been known to go dry be-
fore are as dry as dust.
A special to the Atlanta Journal from
Madison says: Capt A. r. Zach
airy, one OF the wealthlest and
most prominent and influential
men i'm Morgan county. was assasssnated
at his home. ten miles south OF here,
| Thursday night. Capt Zachary was seat
| ed with his wife and several other MEM
bers of his family about the fireplace. Sup
per was just over and all were gathered
| in the sitting room. II was o'clock when
an unknown assassin fired upon Capt.
Zachary through a window pane. Both
barrels of gun loaded with bucksnot were
discharged, and the victims head was
literally blown from his body. The noise
Of the shots aroused Capt Zacharys son
in distant part of the house. He rush
ed into the room, and, seeing his father S
bleeding body upon the floor, ran out "a
discover, II possible, some trace of the as
sassin. BY this time, however the as
sailant had disappeared and no clue was
to be obtained as to his identity. Car =
Zachary was not only prominent, but ;
popular man as well. He was esteemed by
every one in Morgan county. and was loved
in every quarter That he could have had
an enemy i'm the world no one dreamed
What cause he could have given any one
TO take this vengeance upon him is a mys-
terry that none can solve. Every efforl
is being made 90 trace the person who fired
the murderous shots. II was endeavorec
last night 10 secure bloodnounds for tn,
trail, but none could be found. Capt
Zachary was a veteran of the late war
He organized the Putnam county compa
ny and led them on the field Of battle liz
leaves wife and several children.
FLORIDA
Prof. Griffith, one OF the instructors n