The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-18
M GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ms OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

30 ooo--A StrOllinE Quac& Doctor
Ills a Dalton Man Prescription
nit would Cost $11o to Have
r;led-High Water in Gordon
conDtv-The Shortage in the Mer-
,onts National Bank of Rome to
M Investigated Again.
GEORGIA.
vrs Charles collier, wife of Atlantas
-,o-or is seriously i'll.
a., ,mericus firm is shipping large lots
e.i5 meas to Missouri for planting pur>
4 poses.
Relv Lanier, the man who was shot
Am, at Decatur one week ago by H. S.
Perry Perry died at Atlanta Tuesday night.
lanes w. Harrison, commonly called
o1im" the Barber" fell dead in his shop
.t the hotel Andrews at Lagrange, Tues
day night.
Mrs A. H. Sage was found dead in bed
7aynand at Athens Tuesday morn
inc When they retired she was appar-
entity in good health.
The Wigwam hotel at Indian Spring was
sold by the receiver, w. L. Crumley Tues
X. Z. }.
g for S12 900. The original cost was $50 900.
The s-year-old son of Jesse Payne mar
roV,lv escaped drowning while SEEMING in
the river at Columbus Tuesday. He was
rescued as he was going under the third
time.
J. o. Barnett and ]. G. Reeves. who re-
Gently established a large shoe factory in
Amercus. will make it stock company.
The capital stock will be $500 paid in,
but may be increased to $4,000.
j. w. Hall, a prominent citizen of
Oglethorpe county, living near Winter
vine. fell dead while walking across his
yard Sunday evening. He was about %
years old. Heart disease, it is supposed,
was the cause of his death.
All the bottom lands at Calhoun ada
cent to the Oostanaula river are Under
water ard the river is still rising though
slowly. The waters have reached within
seven feet of the high water mark of 1886
Many roads throughout Gordon county arc
impossible on account of back water end
business is at a standstill
Dalton Argus: A strolling quack doc
tor recently sold Dalton man a prescrip-
ton said to be a cure-all for almost any
ILL., When he took it to the drug store
he found that it has just sS1 worth OF
chloride of gold in it, and the other in
gradients were equally as costly. 1t
would take just S115 to have it filed.
Preparations are being made by the
Southern railroad to hoist the big pass
enger engine from the bottom of Etowah
river, near Rome. which ran off the track
while the cars attached'to it fell through
a trestle and were consumed by fire Sat-
urday morning The locomotive is one
OF the speediest and most modern on the
road and is valued at $G5,OO0
The suit for $4,000 damages, which e.
Eastman brought against the Southern
railway in the United States court at At
lanta, was settled Monday for $50. East
man alleged that he was standing on the
Platform of the depot at Austen on the
morning of Sept. 3, 1895, when a west
bound passenger train on the Southern
railway ran by and struck him. throwing
him.
one of the improbable yarns floating
around Athens, says a company of stu
dents of the University of Georgia.
are going to Cuba during the summer
noHdays and fight with the insurgents.
ioln norris Is one of the main movers in
'ue project. He is a member of the law
class and lives near Bainbridge His
ldther owns half interest in an ocean
Jug and ne has the consent of the owners
70 use the boat for three months.
Frank A. Avery. who was arrested on
March TO- and who is charged with being
eI'ort III MS accounts with the Covenant
t ,aIcuai LIE insurance Company, was
mn CeloIe justice Bloodworth at At
iahta tuesday afternoon and given a pre
urinary hearing. He was found rniltv
anu pouhd over TO the superior court
On the charge of embezzlement his bond
ocIus HXed at $500, which he failed TO
taaAe, ana ne Is now in the Fulton county
Jall awaiting the final hearing at the
''e%' term OF the superior court
Aiapaha correspondence Morning News:
superior court, spring term, convened
4donudy' at Nashville, Judge Spence of
11ripdhy circuit presiding, with the follow
~ named lawyers in attendance: Judge
t iueIlah or Macon, Judge Pope of Al
oS"S, capt Hammond and Col. Mcintyre
H. InoInasVille, Coils. Kingsberry. ASH
e. NlrlIln and Thomas of Valdosta. Coils
of Pr anu wilkes of Moultrie and a few
OF Berrien's lawyers.as foIIows. F,I,u,oo9
,luIray' Marrow, Hall and Paulk of Tiff,
49, eeples' Gary, Hammond and Alex
amer Of Nashville.
month ago w. B. Lowe of Atlanta
'N-pfesident Of the Columbus southern
ANYWAY filed an amended intervention
IN me federal court at Columbus in which
,' - asked that the courts award him tho
d or. que him for his services as nresi-
cf. iI OF that road for several years he
bo 'i Lal that nearly $1,000 was due him as
VII, ua' received only one months salary
cl,ir ne was president of the road he
lars n, u .. lle mad saved it thousands of dol
ana NdIlous ways. Monday the answer
NAM. I'm, III ufrer Of the Central Trust Com
fiicd IN" trustee fer the bondholders was
Gol,. III inc office of the federal court M |
lisn ii. u.s. The bondhclders claim a prior
~" 'ne property involved.
I'm. ne Third National Bank of PhuadeI- |
r ,.'' MED bin Of intervention in the |
"'''u states court at Atlanta Monday |
~ compel the National Bank Of chester
ON ~ "a to surrender receivers notes |
ro,6 Marietta and North Georgia rail- |
furthn tne amount of $4,000 and 10 |
nav 49,. compel Capt. Robert ]. Lowry TO |
Cay, ''e $4,000 In liquidation OF the notes
ar ,,. lowry was the special Commission
Ella ana 'o ia me Marietta and North Geor-