The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01

Thursday Jones was jailed in Augusta a
year ago, but escaped on bond. Jones
was eX-city sherin OF Augusta, who was
discovered 10 be short about $1,000 of the
city funds. He was subsequently ar
rested in Birmingham and taken back to
Augusta but owing to his Illness the trial
OF the case was continued al the January
term of the court.
Macon Telegraph: The famous poem.
Il Am Dying Egypt, Dying" was written
by Brig. Gen. Lytle Of Ohio, in his tent the
night before the battle of Chickamauga.
he commenced the poem, but retired be-
fore completing it. He spoke of depress-
ed feeling that seemed like a weight upon
MIN, and stated to a companion. who told
the story afterwards, that he had a pre-
monition that death would call him on the
morrow So strong was this impression
that he got up and finished the poem. The
next day his premonitiou was verified, for
he was killed-being hit three times. His
body was found within the confederate
lines. He was buried at the foot of a
great white oak tree by a Macon man,
DR.. J. ]. Subers.
Cedartown Standard: Some recent lit
igation in the courts has brought the Cher
okee Iron Company before the public.
Prior to the August term of Polk superior
court suits were fled by F. w. Horne and
the Brownings of New York, and the West
estate of Cedartown, for different sums
aggregating about $4,000. No resistance
of the suits was made by the iron com
pany, and the suits were rapidly going to
judgment a. NJ. Chichester trustee of
Virginia, filed an application for a receiver
for the Cherokee Iron Company, and oh
tanned a temporary injunction restraining
judgment on suits pending. His suit grew
out of the purchase of the bloomery at
Admission by the late Mai A. G. West.
hearing on the receivership was had last
week before Judge James, and showing
was made by the iron company. The ev-
idence by affidavits and expert testimony
showed the company to be perfectly sol
vent being valued at about 100000 and all
claims against the company amounting
to only about $4,000. The application for
a receiver was denied by Judge James, and
the temporary injunction dissolved. Mr..
Chichester filed suit for $l4,S00 against the
Cherokee Iron Company, and the judge
placed the company under bond for the
amount so that If the plaintiff recovered
in his suit, the judgment should stand on
an equal footing with other judgments
that may be obtained in the meantime. In
January f. w. Horne obtained possession
of all the interests of Ed f. Browning in
the Cherokee Iron Company and the III
ture of the corporation may take on new
life.
Emily Woodroof, a 11-year-old girl of
Atlanta, has just undergone a delicate
surgical operation. Two surgeons have
cut open the little girls skull to open the
cavity that her brain might grow. Her
brain was prisoned in a narrow cell that
forbade it's expansion or development.
From infancy it had not grown. She was
II years old, but nreltally she was no more
than 4. The narroiv confines IN which her
brain was did not. hermit it to keep pace
with her physical development. While
she waxed strong and grew hale and
large and rosy, her mind remained that
of a babe She stammered when she spoke;
she loved her dolls as much at II as she
did at A. she could not reason. a day
was appointed and little Emily was car
ried down to St. Josephs Infirmary by
her father They cut off the locks, shaw
ed her head closely and then put her under
the influence of chloroform. II was a del
icate operation which they then perform
ed At the temple they cut into the skull,
and on either side they cut out of the
skull a round piece about the size OF
nickel Beginning at these openings az
the temple, they cut the skull open, run
ming back to a point at the very top OF the
head The cut was eleven inches long
and formed a perfect V, with the sharp
point at the crown of the head and the
other points at the two temples. The
skull was lifted slightly, and, after all
the necessary surgical work, the wound
was bandaged up The little girl was left
i'm her bed, and the next morning when
the physicians called was playing with her
doll. all unconscious Of the fearful open
ing in her head. This was two weeks ago.
After ten days at the infirmary she was
sufficiently recovered to be taken home.
She showed no signs Of the terrible or
deal except an increased nervousness.
Now she has been taken to the country
Her mental brightness is already greatly
improved and the chances arc that her
brain will now gain normal development.