The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-06
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA.
The quo warranto of T NJ. Butner Of
Bib county. against John T. Boifeuillet
of Macon was taken up by the supreme
court Thursday.
A warrant has been sworn out against
Hermann Cronheim, an insurance man OF
Atlanta. charging him with being short
in his accounts with the Southern Live
Stock Insurance Company to the extent OF
$1,000.
Gov. Atkinson is having blank contracts
sent out to the different banks that are
used as state repositories. The contracts
contain the clause by which the banks
agree to pay per cent. on deposits of pub
lie funds.
A fine of $i,4OO, which was imposed on
G. V. Gress by Gov Atkinson some
months ago. was paid Friday. Mr.. Gress
was charged with having allowed three
prisoners confined at his camps to be cruel
ly whipped.
There seems to be an organized gang OF
female footpads operating in Atlanta just
now, as every night reports are made TO
the police where men have been held up
and their money taken from them by ne.
gro women.
Rome has an applicant for slice Of
federal patronage in the persons of Prof.
T. NJ. Dent, principal of colored public
schools of Rome. Dent wants to be min
lister to the republic of Hayti and has al
ready filed his application with the Presi-
dent-eleet asking the appointment.
TattnaIl Journal: In the report of the
controller general of 1885, Tattnall comes
second in the possession Of wealth per
capita. Muscogee county alone outstrips
her, and the difference here is very slight
Muscogee's per capita wealth being $685.
and TattnalHs S5564
In the city court at Macon Wednesday,
the bond of Tom Parsons for $500 was for
feited, as Parsons failed to be present to
answer TO the charge OF stealing guauo
and cotton seed meal from the Macon oil
and Ice Company. W. T. Shinholzer was
bondsman, and the cash to secure him was
placed in his hands when the bond was
made.
The Powers Paper Company fled a petit
ton in the superior court at Atlanta
Thursday asking that an Injunction be
served on and receiver appointed for the
firm of Tompkins & McCown. printers,
Petitioners claim that the firm is insol-
vent and that they have a claim of S324.32,
which Is not secured. The case will be
heard March Is.
The city council of Fitzgerald held
special session Wednesday afternoon to
decide the franchise question. The SEES
sion was stormy and lasted from until
O'Clock. In the end an exclusive franchise
was granted 10 Sidney Lascelles, Lord
Beresford. for the electric light, gas and
water works for a term of twenty years.
There were large number of applicants,
but the lord" distanced all his competi-
tors.
At Millen Wednesday morning Town
Marshal Mallard had a desperate strug-
gle with a negro prisoner calling himself
Lincoln Deason, which resulted in Mar
shall Mallard's having a badly bruised
hand and Deason having a thirty-eight
ball in his side. Mr. Mallard entered the
jail with Deason's breakfast and was in
stantly assaulted by Deason, who sue
ceeded in taking his club and struck at
Mallard several times. when Mallard shot
him In the right side. The wound is Sc
rious and will probably cause Deason's
death.
At Pearly a few days ago Levy Cox,
14-year-old boy, obtained possession of a
jug containing a half gallon Of whisky,
The boy placed the jug to his lips and i'm
bibed pretty freely of the contents. The
whisky took effect directly, and not being
able to hold the earthen vessel any lon
ger, he called a negro to his assistance.
While the negro held the jug to the boys
mouth the liquor was gulped down hur-
riedly. In a short time Cox was seized
with commissions and died. 1t is not
known how much of the whisky he drank,
frlf a. ha SWALLOWED pnnnCh n
cause his death.
A day or two ago a serious cutting
scrape occurred between two boys in the
fourth grade on Fornwalt street school
at Atlanta. AS a result of the fight Sol
Williams, who was cut by Archie Cooper,
is about to die. Williams entered the
room of the fourth grade, and being
much larger than the other pupils was
guyed considerably by the children. A
great deal of bitter feeling was engen-
dered and after school was dismissed
home and quarreled violently. The small
Ter boy-Cooper-drew out knife and cut
young Williams so seriously that the
wounds may result in his death.
Atlanta Constitution: There is a man at
the Kimball with all sorts of royal blood
coursing through his veins. A. ]. Murat,
he has some very high family connections.
He is a great great grandson of Marshal
Murat, Napoleons famous general, who
afterwards became king of Naples. He is
the great great nephew of four kings
Napoleon, Louis Of Holland, Joseph, king
of Spain. and Jerome, of Westphalia. He
is a third cousin Of Louis Napoleon, and
great great grandson of Napoleon's moth
er, who died in 1886, the year he was born.
Mr.. Murat is a man of about sixty years
of age and Is one OF the quietest, most UNI
assuming men imaginable.
Gwinnett county came near having a
voolfolk case Wednesday. S. J. Lock
ridge, who lives five miles below Lawrence
willie, tried to exterminate his whole fam
lily with an ak, and would have done so
perhaps had 1t not been for the timely ar
rival OF one OF the neighbors, Brack Mas
sey. He struck his 15-year-old son In the
back. cutting a huge cash In the boys
shoulder He then threw the AK at his
youngest son, the handle striking his head,
and knocking him senseless. II Is also
feared that the blow produced concusslon
Of the brain. The boy that was cut with
the ak, not being rendered entirely help
less, grabbed his father and chung TO him
screaming for help, which was heard by
Brack Massey, who hastened 70 the scene
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