The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-11
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Temporary Receiver AppOinteu
For the Two stores OF Mrs. :. c.
Rogers at Atlanta-The VIII of the
Late John SiIvey Filed For Fro
bate in the Court of Ordinary at
AtIanta-A Burglar Visits a House
mt UnadilIa.
GEORGIA.
The population of Cherokee county is
about 5000, one-tenth of which is col
ored.
Seven murder cases will come up for
trial at the spring term of Colquitt supe-
rior court.
Strong efforts are being made to have
John T. Heard retained as postmaster at
Elberton.
The police of Macon are looking for Pate
Davis, colored charged with poisoning
his baby with laudanum.
The forty-eighth annual session of the
Medical Association of Georgia will be
held in Macon on April p, % and %.
The 5-year-old girl of L. S. Lee, OF at
lanta was bitten by mad dog Thurs
day. and it is feared hydrophobia will re-
suit.
The Reynolds Banking Company. with
r. G. Tomlin, president. and r. A. Hin
ton. cashier has opened for business at
Reynolds.
The city council Of Columbus fixed the
city tax rate for 1897 at IA per cent This
is an increase of a per cent 1t was made
necessary, it was claimed, by extraordl-
nary expenses.
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county finished paying off every debt
against the county and still have left In
the treasury over $1,000 They have just
paid for a court house which cost $4,000
and a Jail which cost 5000.
Joseph Quinn of New York, will be the
lessee OF the Hotel Lanier at Macon. Mr..
Quinn's bid of $500 year for a lease Of
three years, has been accepted by the
board Of directors of the Lanier House
Company.
Aaron Tolbert filed a suit in the superior
court at Atlanta Tuesday against Chris
TOPPER Moore and John Moore for $1,000
damages. Tolbert alleges that he was
permanently injured by falling through
trap door while making purchases IN a
store run by the defendants.
Marietta has had to fall back on the use
of her steam fire engine and cisterns to
fight fire. The city council and Marietta
Paper Manufacturing Company, owners OF
the water works, have not been able TO
agree as to the price of rental. The
water works company fixed the price at
$l,600 per annum
Henry Lyons and Henry Benton. ne
groes, became evolved in a difficulty at
jackson Sunday afternoon, when Ben
ton shot and killed Lyons. The coroners
jury charges Benton with murder. Benton
has been Jailed. A negro named Ned
Fletcher was drowned last Sunday night
in Yellow Water creek.
Application for charter has been fled
with the clerk of court at Americas for
the Mcleod Company. The petitioners
are r. l.. Mcleod of Americas, N. and
A. M Block of Macon, who, with their
associates, will engage in the sale of gen.
eral supplies, groceries, liquors, etc. The
capital stock will be $500, with privi-
lege of increasing same to $4,000. The
movement, really, will be a change of the
business of r. L. Mcleod & Co. to a Joint
stock company.
A bold burglar got In his work last
night at the residence of DR.. l.. o. Wooten
at Unadilla. The doctor and his family
had retired, leaving the front door un-
locked. The burglar entered the front
door. went into the bedroom where DR..
Wooten was sleeping, and taking a purse
from his trousers pocket containing s23,
left the house, without leaving any clew
and without disturbing any OF the in
mates. In the front yard the purse was
thrown aside with s. in II, which was
evidently overlooked by the bold intruder.
At Atlanta Tuesday. Judge Lumpkin APP
pointed C. s. Kingsberry as temporary re-
ceiver Of two stores of Mrs. S. c. Rogers.
One of the stores is In Atlanta and one in
Lawrenceville. A bill for receiver was
filed on March 20 by Bishop e. Hill repre-
ecnting some OF the creditors. A receiver
was not appointed but the hearing was
set down for last Saturday. The case
didn't coTne up that day. Tuesday the
original bill was amended by making the
mortgage creditors parties. When the
amended bill was presented to Judge
Lumpkln he granted an order making Mr..
Kingsberry temporary receiver.
The will OF the late John silvey
was filed for probate in the court of ordl-
nary at Atlanta Tuesday. II disposes OF
one OF the largest estates ever left by an
Atlanta citizen. amounting 10 between
$4,000 and $4,000. All the property Of the
deceased was left. share and share alike,
10 the widow, Mrs. Adeline Silvey, and
the only daughter OF the marriage. Mrs.
Kate Silvey Speer, the wife OF the state
treasurer. w. A. Speer. The will was
msde o., jan 81, 1854. and instead of be-
ing signed by the testator, he simply
made his mark. being at that time IN such
q weak condition that he could not write.
The estate consists largely OF central real
estate in Atlanta, and the majority In.
terest IN the firm Of the John sllvey Com
pany Of which the deceased was the
founder IN the early days Of the city's
history.
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