The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12

county oled OF pneumonia 4 Iluay-
The Monroe Advertiser says that more
than $4,000 will be expended in Forsyth
during this year for the building Of va
rious enterprises.
Jimmie Scrutchin, the 15-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Scrutchin of Atlanta.
died Friday from the effects Of an opera
ton for appendicitis.
At sherin's sale at sylvania last Tues
day the R. a. Smith land was bought by
H. W. Parker for S92S. The Marsh land
was bought by J. II. Evans for 500.
The convicts Of DeKalb county. to the
number of forty-eight, are at work max
ing a road from Decatur to Covington. 1t
will take fourteen months 10 complete ii.
DR.. BurreH Atkinson, representative in
the legislature from Camden county was
married on Jan. to Miss Rosalie King.
daughter of Hon. James +. King, OF
Wayne county.
Romulus Gordon. a negro convict at the
Chattahoochee Brick Company's camps,
in Fulton county, dropped dead Friday.
Heart disease appears TO have been the
cause OF death.
Secretary Chandler granted a charter
TO the Exchange Bank of Rome. The in
corporators are W. p. Simpson, J. A.
ital stock is named at $4,000
Lloyd James, who killed his brother-in-
law, Ed McKelvey. at James home two
miles from Douglasville Tuesday evening
and escaped, was arrested in Cobb coun-
~ Thursday and is now in jail at Doug
lasville.
Dalton wants the federal prison which
is to be located in the south, and a COM
mittee of citizens will go to Washington
and present her claims. The location is
left to the Attorney General and Hon.
Hoke Smith
A bank has been organized at Moultrie
with capital of $4,000 paid in. W. W
Ashburn Of Eastman is identified as the
leader of this organization, with several
prominent business men of that place as
members of the enterprise.
Judge Lulppkin granted an injunction
against the Williams Company at
Atlanta Friday to prevent it from chang
ing It's assets in any way, and set yester-
day as the day for 1t to show cause why
a receiver should not be appointed.
The famous Tenth district congress
sional investigation closed Monday From
Thursday. four days have been allotted
the democrats to take testimony, after
which ten days will be granted the popu-
lists, in which to offer rebuttal testimony.
J. B. Plank. a blacksmith Of Augusta.
found a 50-cent piece wedged in the frog
of a horse s foot which he was shooting
Friday. The money had evidently been
there two or three days, as the foot had
become sore and infiamed where the coin
had rubbed it.
Notice has been given that an election
will be held at Moultrie on Feb p, for
the purpose of having vote taken to is
sue bonds by the city authorities
nfIni1D 1mnF0Vnmanf a a
public school building, and put water
works in the city.
The city council of Macon has passed
an ordinance exempting all industries
from a license tax. The purpose of this
exemption is to encourage the location
Of manufacturing plants of all kinds in
Macon and to induce the investment of
home and foreign capital in industrial
enterprises.
A meeting was recently held at Atlanta
TO elect a successor to the late Capt Har-
~ jackson as president of the OlIefinokee
Swamp Company. Gen. Henry r. Jack
son of Savannah, Capt Harry jackson s
father, was elected as executive head of
the company and the direction of its af-
fairs given into his hands.
The Georgia Northern railroad has just
side-tracked eight or ten cars of heavy
steel rails at Moultrie, for the extension
of its line in the direction of Albany, at
which place viii be it, terminus for the
present. This viii give the Georgia Nor
them railroad good connections, and will
place Moultrie ia direct touch with Ma
con and Atlanta,
An extensive numbering and railroad
concern has been organized, with head
quarters in Colquitt county. The company
is composed of II. p. Smart ID. G. Bacon
and others. They propose operating two
large saw mills and TO build a railroad
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Southern and Florida railroad, to that
point at once, and expect at some future
date to extend their line to other points
west.
NJ. L. Hill, a prominent and reliable
citizen of Union county, while travelling
through the Gum Log Mountains, three
miles north of BlairsVille Friday found
a dead eagle, which measured twelve feet
from tip to tip Of each wing: it's head
measured four inches from eye to eye and
its talons, which are now preserved in
the dime museum at Blairsville, measures
four inches in length. 1t is believed that
the eagle was killed against the rugged
cliffs while striking at its prey. Mr.. Hill
was attracted to the place by the bowling
of a gang of wolves as they gathered to
prey upon the carcass of the eagle
The trial of the suit Of Mrs. E. A.
Dougherty against A. B. Mcdonald, man.
ager of the Kelley institute. for S15.O0C
damages, was begun a Rome Thursday
Mrs. Dougherty claims that lack of at
tention and cruel treatment by the man
ager of the institute caused the death
of her son, G. l.. Dougherty, on Jan IA
1885 He had been sent there while on q
protracted spree on Jan. 4, and died ter
days afterward. Another case is depen.
dent upon the result of this Mcdonald
has hled a suit for $4,000 against Alex
Dougherty for injury to his personal char
acter by accusing him publicly Of caus-
ing the death Of his brother, c. l. Dough
erty.
Cliff Mason, city salesman for the La
mar & Rankin Drug Company, and W.
y. Freeman. a druggist in West End, fell
seventy Ieet through an elevator shaft at
Atlanta Friday ana had a narrow escape
from instant death. Messws Mason and
freeman went to the fourth floor of The
store at z East Alabama street, occupied
" the Lamar a. Rankin Drug COMPANY
On an elevator. They spent a half hour
on the moor and then got on the elevator.
Mr. Mason pulled the rope to start The
elevator and the carriage dropped like a
shol 70 the basement The noise made
~ lne rail- OF the machine attracted other
ssshployes ana they went to the assistance
q lhe Two men. An examination of their
INJURIES was made and II was found that
Mr. Mason was slightly bruised about