The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-04
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGR Apis

Brick Company For $4,000 Dana
nges-A Georgian Bitten by n Mad
Dog.
GEORGIA
Rev. c. p. Williamson. who was strick-
en- with paralysis at Atlanta last Sunday
morning, Is rapidly improving
The gas plant at ThomasvlHe was sold
Tuesday at receivers sale to Charles r.
Long, OF Louisville, KY, for $500.
An unknown white man was found dead
near Arebi Tuesday He had been muir
dered. a negro has been arrested. but de-
mics the crime.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Georgia passenger train near CovingtOn
Monday afternoon about o clock. Several
crossties were piled upon the track I'm
gineer Murphy saw the obstruction when
il was too late to stop, so he put on a fun
head Of steam and went at the crOsstie
pile at terrific speed. 1t was one chance in
q dozen to avoid q smash-up and il was
successful. The obstruction was knocked
of the track and the train passed on un-
injured. Detectives are at work upon the
ease.
The DeKalb county Injunction case will
be appealed from Judge Gamblers decis-
ion to the supreme court Col H. D. Har-
rison, counsel for the defendants, has NOT
drawn up the bill of exceptions, but vii.
do so the latter part of the week, and file
it, so that the question may be settled IS
soon as possible This proceeding will de-
lay the matter for month. The ordinary
of Dekalb will not proceed to advertise
for bids until he knows definitely whether
the tax is Legal. The issue al stake is the
building of a new court house.
A trust deed of the Atlanta Telephone
Company, to the Atlanta Trust and Bank
ing Company, executed on April Is. 1896,
has been filed for record in the clerks
office of the superior court a Atlanta. The
deed is given to secure the issue Of 5000
bonds of 800 EACH numbered from / 90
5000. 1t is given on all the property of the
Atlanta Telephone Company, including
buildings. poles wires and other property
that they own or may hereafter own. on
each bond that will be sold, they will at
tach a semi-annual coupon of SOD, max
ing a per cent. interest on the money
borrowed.
d. L. Walden was attacked by vic
ious dog a his fathers home near Two
Run Tuesday. and severely bitten, The
dog gave evidence of the rabies and mad
stone ten miles away was obtained and ap-
piled to the wound. The stone adhered,
but in a short time pain became so intense
that ii was found necessary to take II away
to prevent Mr.. Walden going into conVul-
sions. 1t required the fun strength of
a mans hand TO pull the stone from the
wound, so cOmeplete was the adhesion.
The STONE was applied again IN rev
minutes And again stuck. After it dropped
off ii was cleansed and applied again. Mr.
Walden now thinks ne is all right.
Arthur Lineau, an ex-conviet, who was
sent up for assault with intent to muir
der has brought suit against the Chatta-
hoochee Brick COMPANY and PenitentiaBy
Company No. 3 for $1,000 damages for per-
sonal injuries. He claims that when he
was sentenced he was sent to the pcniten-
tiary, at company number three, and was
illegally removed from there to the works
of the Chattahoochee Brick Company. lie
was sent, he claims. to Walker county,
where he was put to blasting rock. Holes
touched
with electricity. He claims that under the
direction of the boss, while making
blast an explosion occurred and his teeth
were knocked out and he became blind for
a time.
The suit filed at Atlanta several weeks
ago by Joseph T. Gatins, against Mrs. f.,
A. Angler for s. 500 was dismissed in the
first division Of the city court Tuesday,
upon demurrer, which was filed by Mrs
Anglers counsel Mr.. Gatins claimed he
purchased a lot of land from Mrs. Angler,
for which she gave him a bond for title
He says he soon sold the property at
profit Of S2,500 but when he asked for his
deed, Mrs. Angler refused 70 give it to
him. He claimed he was damaged in the
amount which he lost by the trade The
demurrer commended that the description
was not sufficient TO make the trade bind
ing and that Mrs. Angler had right to
refuse 10 deliver the deed until the date
of the bond for title had expired. Motion
for new trial will be made. and should this
be Overruled, the case Will be carried to
the supreme court.
Dr. j. c. Hardy, who about ten days
ago. shot and killed John Sledge colored.
in Troup county, was given a preliminary
hearing before Judge Pitts, at West Point
Monday, and was put under 500 bond to
answer to the charge Of manslaugnter.
The state introduced but one witness. the
sheriff of the county, TO whom DR.. Hardy
confessed the killing. His confession, as de-
tailed by the sheriff, was that ne had been
out making some calls in the neighbor-
hood and returned home about o'clock
at night. When he drove up to the gate
his wife called to him to hurry and met
him on the veranda, handed him his pistol
and saying some one was trying TO break
into the house. He discovered the negro
trying to break open window and fired on
him, the BAH entering just under his arm
and killing him almost instantly. The
coroner's Jury returned a verdict that John
Sledge came to his death by pistol shot
in the hands Of DR.. j. G. Hardy, but did
not say whether the killing was justi1able
or not.
The grand jury of Hall county has re-
ported that T. L. Robinson, former tax
collector of the county, is short in his ac-
counts with the county by near
~ 5000 Robinson was tax
been defeated four years ago by Mr.
Charles the present incumbent Among
Robinsons bondsmen are Secretary of
State Allen ID. Gambler, eX-Mayor G.. W.
Walker Of Gainesville, County Commits
sioner G. w Latham, and others Rob-
inson lives about ten miles from Gaines
vile and has made no statement as yet
in reference 10 the report of the grand
jury. II is said that over $1,000 of the
shortage comes from the railroad tax,
which was paid Robinson as tax collector,
but for which he has made no accounting.
ri. fa.s will be issued at once against
him and his bondsmen. He is man OF
some property, and II Is not thought that
his bondsmen win lose the full amount OF
his shortage. Robinson's friends claim
that he win be able TO make a satisfactory
showing for nearly all Of the amount
South Georgia Home: That's a good
joke they ten on young Charley Crisp, who
was recently elected to congress from the
Amerieus district. Before starting to
Washington he decided that he would
spend a day fishing. He and Solicitor
General Frank Hooper started out i'm a
hired fish boat, but just as they were about
10 get into deep water IL was discovered
that In one corner Of the boat the water
was flowing in They Immediately began
baling out the water, one relieved the
other. but although they worked desper-
ately the water came into the boat steadi-
~ and they seemed to be making but little
progress although they had put in large
part of the day at their laboriOus task
They managed to get back to shore and