The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-31

tfQatiOn-A Mad DOG ScAFe At
Brother Has
nm Entirely New Version of the
sixth Round in the Late Fight at
Cnrson-A Young Lady Has Mar
row Escape From Being Burned T."
Death.
GEORGIA.
Rev. Robert /. Bivins, recently called
20 the pastorate Of the new Baptist church
in Americus. has signified his acceptance
Of that charge and Will arrive from LOUIS
Vile. KY, early in June.
A convention in the interest of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance will be
held At Atlanta March 30. 81 and April /.
Rev. A. b. Simpson, stephen Merritt u
Henry Wilson. Rev. Dean Peek ana Rou-
ert Henck win be present and conduct the
services.
The state treasurer's assistant has just
finished the task of ascertainins the cost
of the Reese-Sweat investigation. He mas
the total cost, including everything, TO be
81 91743 Among the items was one OF NJ
teen days at 81 per day for the services
of State Senator Yancey Carter as puplc
prosecutor Another item was s. rallroad
fare for Senator Carter
Miss Love Stamps, daughter of Coroner
]. r. Stamps of Fulton county, narrowly
ESCAPED being fatally burned al the fam
flv home at Atlanta at an early hour Mon-
day morning. Miss ora Stamps respond
ed TO her sisters screams smothered the
flames with a blanket, and saved the
young lady from serious injury. A lamp
and burning curtain ignited MISS
Stamps clothing.
There is a prospect that c. r. Sanders
the man who was arrested at Columbus
on the suppositlon that he was the san
doris who deserted the United States army
recently, and who was carried 10 I
Mcpherson for Identification, may sue the
government. Sanders was not the man
wanted. He asked that he be lurnlslleI
his fare back to Columbus, but TINS was
refused. He may sue for damages
Harry surrency, clerk in the wilkins
hotel at Jesup was accidentally shot Sat
urdav evening by e. T. Redding, night
generator. Mr.. Rcdding had just returned
from a hunt, when in putting down MIS-
sr,Ir1 II accidentally slipped from ms mana
and striking on the hammers, dlscharBeu
the contents into a post. one shot slalic-
ed and struck Mr.. Surreney IN the lelI
arm Just below the shoulder Inc Wouilu
is not serious.
Jake Roberts, colored, who lives on COL
Bushels place, on the southern edge OF
Vienna, gave a supper Saturday night ana
a considerable number of negroes attend
Cd In the crowd was Frank Toomer, a
negro recently released from the chalh-
gang and a desperate character. he was
drinking, and becoming angry at some
=. his roiCfQl and
without a word of warning shot Jake
Roberts through the body, producing death
two hours later.
w. S. Witham, a banker of Atlanta, who
IS president of a number of banks in diff
ferent parts of the state. has won his case
against the stockholders of the Elberton
bank, who, according to his claim, sold him
stock necessary to make a majority and
then gave a proxy to third parties who
voted the stock after 1t had been sold. The
lower court ruled out the case on de-
murrer, but the supreme court reverses
that Judgment, holding that on Mr.. With
ans statement he had causes OF action.
The civil part of the many cases against
ex-County School Commission Bridges of
Floyd county was referred some weeks
ago to Special Master Max Myhardt. The
board of education brought suit on the
bond given by Bridges and have endeav-
ored TO hold the bondsmeE liable for
Bridges shortage. Auditor Myhardt de-
cided that ]. M. Braden was not liable on
the bond. 1t appeared that Braden did
not in person sign the instru-
ment as security. The other sing
ers of the bond are J. NJ. VAN
diver, Hon. z. p. Price and the Greer
Foster estate. The amount of the short
age Is s5,47515. while the bond was giver
for $4,000. The remaining bondsmen have
filed defenses and win contest the case &c
the end.
There was great excitement in Gaines
Vile Monday over mad dogs, and Their
were not less than twenty-five men gun
ming for dogs about the town. The caus'
of this is the biting of two men by MAJ
dog on Saturday and Sunday Saturda.
evening a drayman was bitten, and earl!
Sunday morning Mr.. Redwine, a promi
nent furniture dealer, encountered the dol
while returning from the business part o
the city to his residence. Mr.. Redwin
drew his pistol when the dog attacked hin
He shot FIVE times but did not succeed il
stopping the animal before he was bittel
through the palm of his hand. The do
was killed and his head cut off. Mr.. Red
wine took the first train for New York
where he goes to seek relief from the Pas
teur Institute, accompanied by his ply
sician, They took the head of the dog wit
them.
Judge William T. Newman issued an or
der Saturday restraining Goldsmith & Ed
mondson. druggists. of Atlanta, from sell
ing an imitation of Lubln's toilet powder
The firm of Paul Prot a Co. of Paris
France, through their attorney, Col. Ter
rel, filed suit in the United States cour
on Jan. T. asking that the injunction b
granted. and that Goldsmith & Edmond
son be required 10 refund all the profit
made by handling the powder. Col. T. w
Rucker, representing the Atlanta firm
Hiled an answer stating that the powde
was not purchased with the intention o
defraudlng the Paris firm, and 1t was no
known that the powder obtained was al
imitation Of the foreign article. Tn
judges order divides the cost of the sui
between the two parties and fixes tn
penalty for further sale of the powder a
$1,000.
Atlanta journal: Jim Corbett's Broth
or Joe" arrived in town this morning an
brought with him an entirely new versio
of the famous sixth round Of the late en-
gagement between Corbett and Fitzsim
mons at Carson. IL will be remembers
that In the sixth round Corbett had by IA
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