The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-06
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Lively Fight over the Charter for
FItzgeraId-A Mans Foot Cut on
by n Train Near McDOnOUgh-A
Suit Involving $685. Brought on
Account of II Land Transaction
GEORGIA.
Bum Brothers of Cedartown have exc
cuted mortgages to J. o. Hardwick' bank
and to others said TO be quite large.
At Atlanta Wednesday, United States
Commissioner Broyles sent W. Clayton
Gentry. of HARRISON county, to jail in de-
fault of 81 200 bail, on the charge OF coun-
terfeting.
A strange disease has been prevailing
among calves in Lowndes county. II
seems to effect their heads and jaws and
has some symptoms Of lockjaw. Severai
calves have died and several others have
been effected with the trouble, but have
recovered.
NJ. ]. Sheehan was drowned a few miles
above Augusta Wednesday. while at
tempting to save the life of a negro who
had fallen from boat into the Savannah
river. The negro was also drowned. Shee-
han had been a sailor and was connected
with one of the Arctic expeditions about
fifteen years ago.
The effects of the Elisa Opera Company
were sold at auction at Rome Tuesday,
and brought S2s 10. They were attached
by the sheriff last spring. when Victor
Erhart organized the company, gave one
performance and left the city stranded
The creditors will not realize much above
the cost of the attachment and sale of the
effects. The Indebtedness was about $50.
L. A. Wood, a young man, was found
about four miles south of McDonougn
early Wednesday morning, lying beside
the Southern railway track with his left
foot mashed off. He was aboard a freight
train which passed McDonough late Tues
day afternoon en- route to Macon. When
but a few miles below McDonough he fell
from the train He lay on the ground for
about twelve hours, and is not expected
to live.
The proposed charter for Fitzgerald is
stirring people up more than the Presiden-
tial campaign. Three charters have been
prepared by the different factions but only
two will go to the legislature-one by a
fusion OF populists and prohibitionists,
provides in effect that the city shall go
without waterworks, electric lights street
cars, etc, until it is able to own them II.
self. The city is already $4,000 in debt.
The other charter, prepared by the bust
ness men provides that the council shall
have power to use its judgment in mat
tiers OF public improvement, and also pro-
vides for local option on the liquor ques-
ton This charter has the support OF
the business men, the capitalists the
board of trade, the newspapers, the bank
ers and the colony company.
The case of w. #. Walker and Others.
children of Judge James T. Walker, de-
ceased. against James Lidden, for $4,000.
was called in the city court at Atlanta,
Wednesday. and the jury to try the case
was selected. After the selection of the
jury, the court adjourned and the case
went over until yesterday. The children
OF Judge Walker, in their petition, claim
mat James Liddell bought eighteen acres
OF land Just outside of the city limits in
which Judge Walker only had life in
Ierest. In order, they claim, that Judge
walker might be able to make a deed 10
the property, Mr.. Liddell agreed. that If
the children would make a deed to their
remainder interest to their father he
would pay them on the death of JudrS
walker the sum of $4,000 They agreed
10 this, they claim and made the deed ia
thelr father, who then executed a deed 10
MT Lldden. They also claim that Mr.
Llddell gave no written obligation to nav
me deed was made in 1890. and JuTgn
walker died in 1892.