The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04

the property involved will be levied upon
and sold by the city
A reward of $50 was offered by Gov. Al
kinson Friday for the arrest and deliv-
cry to the sheriff of Fulton county of
Lum Hatton, who is wanted for murder.
When the present state capitol was ue-
ing built Lum Hatton became involved
in a quarrel with another negro named
Price. He snatched up hoe and hit Price
in the head with it, inficting a wound
from which Prices death followed. Hat
ton made his escape and has been at large
ever since. The grand jury of which Or.
Amos Fox was foreman, indicted him for
murder Oct. II, 1888. The offering of tho
reward, it is thought, would indicate that
Hatton has been located.
For many years it has been the unbrok-
en- record Of the state university boys at
Athens to vent their mischievouss spirit
upon the unolfending marble goats that
adorn the Veranda of Lucy Cobb Insti-
tute. They have in the past been painted
in all kinds of colors, usually in the col
lege coors, red and black. A few nights
since a crowd of freshmen concluded to
try the same old game again. They or
ganized q paint bucket brigade and ad-
vanced on Lucy Cobb under the cover of
darkness Just as they were about to put
on a fresh coat of paint the night watch
man stepped from behind the goats and
began shooting rapidly with his revolver.
The freshmen beat a hasty retreat and it
is said that in their haste to get away a
number Of them painted each other red
and black hue.
William Pettis, one Of the oldest con-
ductors in the service OF the Southern
railroad. came near losing his right arm
at Rome Thursday morning about 4
o'clock. When the early morning train
passed on its way to the depot he start
ed to swing on to the car nearest the en-
CINE. He was standing on the edge of the
track where long crosstie extended for
some distance beyond the rail, aud as he
caught the handhold his foot tripped on
the tie, and he fell with his right hand
across the rail. When the wheel struck
his arm, instead of crushing 1t, the track
being wet, the arm turned and the wheel
passed over it partly, when he had pres
ence Of mind sufficient to jerk his hand
out and save it from being crushed by the
other wheel The skin and flesh were
bruised and torn, but amputation will not
be necessary.
At the instance Of the American Sc
curity and Trust Company of Washing
ton, D. c.. an application was filed in the
United States court at Atlanta Thurs
udI lOL AAt OPPCAAANAANAlN VI a IttGlNtl
for the property of the Rome Electric
Light Company The application was
made by Attorney L. A. Dean of Rome.
The electric light company has out
standing bonds amounting to 21 900. The
default Of the interest on the bonds for
one year and the alleged mismanagemen
OF the plant by the general manager j.
King, caused the application for a re-
ceiver. Judge Newman appointed as tenn
porary receiver G. z. Woodruff, the man
ager of the Western Union Telegraph
Company's Office at Rome. Mr.. Wood
ruff was directed to take charge of the
property and to operate the plant until
further orders. Oct. 10 was set as the
date for the hearing on the application
for permanent receiver. The amount
of interest in default IS $40.
The following extracts from the report
Of supt. Powell Of the state lunatic asy-
1um, at Miledgeville, for the year 1896,
will be read with interest by many: On
the LIST of September, 1895, there were ], 243
white patients on hand and $50 colored
making a total of 1873 There have been
received since, 1872 whites and 200 colored,
making a total Of Sal There have been
discharged, removed, eloped, and died
during the year. 362 leaving on hand Sept
I, 1896 2.002 Of whom there are 81 whites
and colored on furlough. not discharged.
The average number Of patients under