The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
THE NEWS IN ATHENS.
An Interesting Budget From the
COIIeges-Sundry Local Items.

Athens, Ga, April 12.-The University
law class has just completed its course of
lectures under DIR. S. C. Benedict on the
subject of medical Jurisprudence. Com
mencing Tuesday and running on until the
end of the session will be a series of lee
lures on the civil Law" by Prof. J. II. T.
Mcpherson of the University of Georgia.
Prof. Mcpherson studied this subject I'M
der the regius professor of Roman law, at
oxford, England.
Judge William T Newman of Atlanta,
will in a few days lecture to the Univers-
ity law class on the subject OF Federal
procedure and the limitations of federal
Jurisdiction" Judge j. II. Lumpldn of
Atlanta is also to lecture here soon. Hon.
Pope Barrow of Savannah, Will deliver "A
lecture to the law class before the end Of
the session.
In the recent field day exercises, a Sa-
vannah boy, Craig Barrow, bore off the
largest number of prizes of any single
contestant.
The University base ball team begins
it's series of intercollegiate games this
week. Next Saturday the Techs will send
over a team to play the Varsity boys
The recent visit of Mr.. F. S. Brockman
of New York, has had the effect of ener-
giving and benefitting the college Young
Mems Christian Association of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Last night Mr.. Hannibal A. Williams,
lectured at Lucy Cobb Institute for the
benefit of the Lucy Cobb building fund.
His subject was Julius Caesar" Mrs.
Lipscomb is confident of securing the ne
cessary amount of money to erect the new
President Bradwell of the state normal
school, will go before the Clarke county
grand jury tomorrow and ask an appro-
priation to help provide accommodations
for normal school teachers until the new
dormitory at Rock college is completed
Clarke superior court meets tomorrow
The most important cases to be tried will
be the Harris will case, where forty-two
relatives of the late Judge Young L. G..
Harris are trying to break his Will and
the Black murder case, where Mack
Black, young white man. is charged
with the murder of j. Matt Thurmond
Two important questions to be settled
by the grand jury that meets tomorrow
win be the road Improvement question,
and that of providing better school houses
for the country districts. Prof. c. NJ.
Strahan, whose recent letter on the con-
will present a report on the road question.
Mr.. s.. j. Tubble of this city will form a
stock company TO work the recently DIS
covered manganese mines in Franklin
county. These ore deposits cover forty or
fifty acres. and are practically inexhausti-
Mr.. George Booth, a butcher here, has
killed a steer that weighed 1886 pounds to
the quarter. He has three cows that give
21A gallons of milk per day. He has three
sows that are the mothers OF Al little pigs,
and has one pig, 10 months old, that weighs
165 pounds.
The CITY council will discuss at its next
meeting the proposition to submit to vote
of the people the issuing of $4,000 in bonds
to pave the streets of Athens General
sentiment favorS the issue of the bonds.
Eight carloads of machinery for the new
electric power plant at MitchelPs bridge
have been delivered, and in few months
the electric current will be sent into Ath-
ems. Several small industries will at once
be started when this power arrives, as will
also the 100000 cotton mill of the Electric
Cotton Mill Company.
The city assessors are now at work here.
One-third of the assessment Of city real
estate has been made, showing slight In
crease over last years values.
The fire losses of the Athens knitting
mill have been adjusted, and the new plant
will soon be in operation.