The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


man Chapman's Arm AmPutnted at
COIumbus-CoI. kellogg of McPher-
son barracks TO BE Retired on
Three-FOurths Pay.
GEORGIA.
State Treasurer Speer is inspecting the
banks of the state.
Judge John p Ross has been selected
to deliver the memorial address at Ma
con on April 26.
Work will be commenced this week,
clearing the wreck of the academy at Ar
lington, destroyed by the cyclone Of March
o.
Mrs. Rosa Lee Wallace has brought suit
against the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railway Company for $500 damages for
personal injuries.
The Sewen hotel at Granville was burn
ed Monday morning at o'clock. Every
thing was lost No insurance The fire Is
supposed to have been Of incendiary orr
gin.
Operations have been resumed at the
Standard scale works at Rome. This con-
Germ represents an investment of 100000
and has been idle for the past twelve
months
John Neel of Atlanta, through his
mother as next friend, has brought suit
against the Southern Railway Company
for $4,000 damages. one of his legs was
cut off by a train.
The handsome residence Of J. d. Doug
lass, situated about seven miles south OF
Arlington, was destroyed by fire Sunday
night about 10 o'clock. The house was
valued at near $500.
Fire at Athens Monday noon almost
destroyed the residence of Miss Lou Pip
kin, on Jackson street. The value of the
house was about $1,000. 1t was insured
for $725. The loss on furniture is about
$3.50, with no insurance.
The Baptists of Elberton have begun
the erection of $4,000 church. The
Methodists will have their new $1,000 pipe
organ in position by Easter Sunday. The
Methodists have also begun the erection
of a 81, coo mission church.
The Muscogee County Teachers Asso-
citation was permanently organized at Co
lumbus Saturday, the following officers
being elected President Prof. j. j. Nc
Rae; vice president Miss Sue Ferguson,
anu SECRETARY 2lAoS L<NAicA ANNANt ms
Mrs. Martha b. Clark, the mother Of
Assistant Postmaster Walter A. Clark,
at Augusta, and sister of Col Alex c.
Walker, died on Sunday OF Brothersville,
near Hephzibah. She had been i'll for sew
eral weeks. and passed away at tae age
of rs.
The case of the state VS.. ex-County
School Commissioner Bridges was called
in the superior court at Rome Monday,
but on account of the sickness of de-
PENDANTS counsel, the case was continued
until the July term. Bridges is charged
with forgery and embezzlement
1t became necessary at Columbus Sun
day to amputate the arm of Fireman
John r. Chapman, who was hurt in Sat
urday's freight wreck on che Central rail-
road The arms was cut off just above
the elbow. Chapman's condition is seri-
Gus, but he will probably pun through.
Among his injuries is a cash on the head.
Three more interventons in the Eagle
and Phenix case at Columbus have just
been filed in the Office of the federal
court. DR.. j. T. Warnoek of Atlanta,
director of the mills, sues the company
for $28, 1884, which he claims he loaned the
mills. A. ]. Bethune, another director,
sues for s., 1910 Mrs Sarah NJ. Andrews
intervenes for $1,0S0.
Dublin correspondence Morning News:
j. r. Locket of this county is to be re
turned to the state insane asylum.
Lourens Camp of Confederate Veterans
is negotiating with Gen. John B. Gordon
with a view to having him deliver the
memorial address here on April 26. The
farmers are greatly behind with t..elr
crops on account Of the continued and
excessive rains.
II IS probable that Col. William L. KEEL
logg, commanding the Fifth Infantry Uni
ted States army, at Mcpherson post. win
shortly be retired on three-quarter pay.
Col Kellogg has nine more years 70 serve
but owing to a stroke of paralysis he sus-
tanned about six months ago, and his sub
sequent feeble condition, the army retir-
ing board, which is to meet to-day will
doubtless recommend that he be retired
from active service
A decree was issued at Atlanta Monday
in the case of the Georgia-Alabama Man
ufacturing Company VS.. the Hayes Chair
Company, allowing Hayes twenty days TO
pay the judgment, costs and fees In the
case. If the payment is not made the
property will be sold by the receiver. The
properly uuuef ulSpule Is a ClalI 4dClOIN
located at Tallapoosa. The plaintiffs sued
to recover $4,000 which they had advance
ed to Hayes to induce him to move his
plant from New York to Tallapoosa.
Charles II. Carter of Atlanta has hled a
suit in the chancery court at Chattanooga
against the Read house company Of that
city, the estate of George L. Miaus OF
Birmingham, T. G. Montague of Chatta-
nooga and others. The suit is 10 recover
possession Of one-sixth interest in certain
valuable property on Ninth and Chestnut
street, on which the Read house is at
present located. In the instrument 1t Is
averred that under the will of William A.
Spencer, his grandfather. he is entitled
to the property or consideration to the
value OF the same.
Walker County Messenger; One day last
week Mr.. ]. A. Clements Of West Armu-
chez, in moving something out Of its place,
preparatory TO spreading out some pork
that he had just butchered, found hen,
a real chicken hen, that appeared 10 be
sitting on nest of eggs. When he made
closer examination he found that she
had under har IA hat looked inst Ike "A cat