The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

A Laundry Girl Brings suit for s2,oOt
Damages Against the Dean Of At
Ianta University-Nore LOnE-Dis-
lance Telephone Lines-Capt. Eng
liSh of Atlanta sued for SG4.OOO.
GEORGIA.
DR.. Theodore Lamb OF Augusta died
Tuesday after an illness Of several weeks
with complication brought on by pneu-
monia-
The city council Of Rome has passed a
resolution authorizing the finance COM
mittee to advertise for bids on $4,000 q
city bonds, 10 run for thirty years al ~
per cent.
The selection Of officers at the armory Of
the Gate City Guard at atlanta Tuesday
night resulted. J. 3. Hollis. captain; q.
c. Beck, first lieutenant, and X l.
Schmidt. second Lieutenant.
The city Of Rome has effected a settle
ment in full with the Merchants Bank
turning over 5000 in water bonds and So
81 on In cash. for the fun amount of the
Indebtedness OF the city, less Sl2.79 in
taxes due the city by the bank
The marriage OF Miss Luie Thomas.
daughter Of Judge Wmam Bailey Thorn
as. 10 Henry F. Naturalization OF Birming-
ham, Ala. will be the event OF next week S
social calendar at Atlanta Inc wedding
will occur at s o'clock next wednesday
evening.
The $4,000 OF thirty-year AZ per cent
redemption bonds Of the city of Augusta,
were bid for by seven parties, and secured
bv the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
through John J. Cohen, their agent at that
point, who offered 10i0I, amounting TO
81, 279.20.
The damage suit Of Vienna E. Clonts Of
Hiram, against the Southern railway, was
begun in the United States district court
at Atlanta Wednesday. Mrs. Clonts sues
the railroad for SIS, 600 for the death Of her
husband. who was killed by a train while
crossing the track in wagon.
The stock of the Stllson-Collins Jewelry
Company at Atlanta was sold at auction
Wednesday, by Receiver Stewart. The
bulk OF the stock was bought by the Cap
ital City Bank for the sum Of 81, 525. and
IL is understood IL was purchased Tor MT.
Stilson, the former head OF the company.
The funds belonging to the Thomas Q.
Seabrooke Company, playing an engage
ment of two nights at the Grand opera
house at Atlanta, were attached Wednes-
day to satisfy claim made by a New
York printing concern, which furnished
the posters and other matter used by the
company on its tour. The claim will be
settled.
The recent school commissioner muddle
has caused the city authorities of Rome 10
be more careful about accepting bonds for
public officials. The city council has de-
cided to reduce the bond of the city treas
urer from $4,000 to $4,000, preferring the
small bond in a guaranteed security COM
pany to the large bond signed IN the or
binary manner
Stephen N Noble filed suit in United
States court al Macon Wednesday against
the city for Sl25,O0O. Noble is the con-
tractor who built Macon's sewers, and the
amount of his claim represents the differ
ence between his estimates and those OF
the city engineer. In addition to this
amount the city has already paid out
about $4,000. The original contract was
for 500, 900.
Cuthbert has just been connected with
Georgetown. Ca, Eufaula, Louisville and
Clayton, Ala, by long distance Bell tele-
phone lines. 1t is contemplated by the
managers 10 extend the line later on and
Americas and other points. Cuthoert Is
already connected with Albany. Americas,
Dawson, Shellman and other points, by
another long distance telephone. This
company contemplates extending its line
also.
Burglars entered the store of f. NJ.
Davis at Inman Tuesday night, and sue
ceeded in carrying off a quantity of mer-
chandise and some little cash that was
left in the cash drawer. II is not known
how much money they secured, 1t being
mostly small change The burglary is sup
posed to be the work of some OF the Delk
gang, which has burglarized some stores
at every little town throughout that sec
ton, and has kept the people In state
of constant terror.
A. J. Williams. a well known citizen of
Macon was tried Wednesday on a writ OF
lunacy sworn out by his son. 1t was al
legged that Williams tried to kill members
of his family, and also endeavored TO burn
down the house where he was living. In
other ways he has acted in strange and
wild manner. Williams was admitted to
the bar of Crawford county soon after the
war, but has not practiced in years. In
1892 he ran for the legislature from Bib
on the populist ticket and was defeated.
Suit has been brought through the ordi-
nary's court at Atlanta by Dorsey, Brew
ster & Howell against Capt. ]. w. English,
administrator OF the estate OF the late
Charles D. Horn. II is alleged that Capt.
English and the sureties on his bond are
indebted to the ordinary, TO whom the
original bond for saslO0O was given. in the
sum of $4,000. The claim for $64 600 is bas-
ed on the sale of certain stocks belonging
TO the deceased, the heirs claiming that
they were not sold at the proper time, and
that IL they had been sold at the proper
time they would have brought more than
they can now. Among the stocks were 3S5
shares of Atlanta Bridge and Axle Com
pany stock. Capt. English claims it has
already been decided by the ordinary that
he Is not liable.
When the Central railroad freight train
No. 49, from Atlanta, arrived in Macon
Wednesday its cargo was appreciably
smaller than 1t was supposed to have left
Atlanta with, and the authorities are in
clined to think that they have a first-clas SIS
puzzle on hand in trying to discover who
is responsible for the shrinkage and at
what point the work was done After the
trains arrival in Macon, it was discovered
that eleven cars had been entered and
robbed. The railroad people are sure that
the robbery was committed before Macon
was reached, and think also, that it must