The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17

for DamageS-GainsVi1I Theory
I'm Reference TO the Express Com
pany's Mysterious Package OF
Money.
GEORGIA
The fire loss at Rome last year was only
$4,000.
DIR. T. n. Bgham, prominent physician
of Madison, died Friday Of heart failure.
Twelve new brick stores have been built
in Arlington since the fire and more con
tracts are being let.
The celebrated Flanagan murder case
from DeKalb county will be argued in the
Supreme Court at Atlanta to-day.
Henry c. Wimbisb. the colored politician
of Atlanta, will be collector of customs at
that city. United States Marshal Walter
h johnson has made this announcement
Marion Harris and John R. Cooper filed
q petition in the clerks Office of the Su-
persor Court at Macon for new trial in
the case of Charley Waller, who has been
thrice convicted of the murder Of Tom
Smith about a year ago.
T. c. Parker of the Parker News Com
pany, Macon, is in Macon looking into the
plans for the remodelng of the Union Ho-
tel, which his company has purchased,
and will a once make some valuable i'm
provements on the building.
The drug store of DR.. B. NJ. Kenner at
McRae was entered Friday night, the cash
drawer rfied and the contents of one show
case, containing watches, rings and jew
elry, was carried off, the loss amounting
20 about SIS. Most of the valuables belong
ed to ]. G. Wright, jeweer.
Dahlonega Nugget: There is a young
lady in Hightower district that has a calf
which she can tell it to come and kiss her
and it will do so like a boy. Doubtless
there are numbers of young men in that
neighborhood that would like to be in that
Calls place, when 1t comes TO kissing the
beautiful girl
There are but two cases of smallpox at
Madison, both colored, in the same house
mother and son. The son developed it
shortly after arriving there from Chalta-
nooga, and the mother and father have
been since confined with him. The munic-
ipal and county authorities have used
every precaution, and no spread of the dis
ease is feared.
James T. Wright c. G. Smith, Paul
Hough D. b. Dunn and Minter Wimberly
are applying for charter for the Inter
state Land and Improvement Company
The capital stock of the company is plac-
ed at $4,000 with the privilege of increas-
ing to S5O0,O00. All of the incorporatOrs ere
connected with the Macon and Dublin
Railroad, and the purpose of the new COM
pany is to develop lands along the line of
that road.
What was claimed to be the biggest hog
In the world died at Columbus Thursday.
1t was the property of Frank Williams of
Phenix City, and weighed over thousand
pounds. The animal was over four feet
high, was seven feet and nine inches in
girth, and was about ten feet long. Its
owner had just brought him In from
tour of exhibition, and the hog died at the
end of the Journey Northern parties mad
made fiattering offers to Mr.. Williams Tor
the hog, but he had refused them.
George C. Bolian of New Orleans has
filed a suit for damages against
the Atlanta Dental College and its dean,
DIR. William Crenshaw. Bolian claims
TO have been injured in the sum of $4,000
by the action of the college authorities in
expelling him, and in writing a letter to
his mother alleging that he had married
disreputable woman and was living with
her in a house of ill-fame. The plaintiff
denies the charge.
Sitting up in his bed propped by mass
of pillows, with his face thin and pale
from a long and serious Illness Robert
l.. Ivey was married TO Miss Cora Cham
blee of Elberton at Atlanta Friday night.
They met three or four years ago. Seven
years ago Mr.. Ivey was divorced from
his first wife. The divorce was applied
for by her. No fight was made and the
divorce was granted. He was given no
h.ar
tant paper he could not lawfully wed
again. Since that time he has been con-
Quoting a mercantile business at Atlanta
and has Travelled considerably. He was
the owner of valuable property and was
able to enjoy the luxuries of life. Friday
his divorce was secured and though dan
gerously i'll he was married. His doctors
hope to save his life.
A great deal of excitement has been
aroused by a recent escapade of the mis-
chief-loving class of '99 at the State Uni
versty. These gentlemen decided one
morning to place a bench against one of
the outer doors to DIR. b. +. Riley's class
room where they were then reciting Tn
fortunately the doctor came to that door,
but, being unable to get in, he went
around to a rear door and entered. The
affair was trifiing in itself, but some
traitor in the class went to the doctor and
msrepresented the class in such way
as to arouse the doctors ire. He demand
ed satisfaction and an apology, which the
juniors at first refused to give, declaring
that the mater was done in mischief and
no apology was needed. DR.. Riley was
preparing 10 bring the matter before the
faculty when IL was settled between him
and committee of arbitration from the
Junior class.
Gainesville Cracker: There seems to be
no doubt in the minds of many Gainesville
people that the $500 received by the
agent of the Southern Express Company
in Atlanta a day or two ago is the same
money that was stolen from the company
at Social Circle last spring, the story of
which was fully told in the daily press
al the time. The amount stolen was
$1,000. OF this amount about $500 was in
checks, the remainder being IN cash. This
tallies exactly with the amount received
by the company, through the mail in At
lanta. 1t is known that the officers of the
express company have been hard at work
on the robbery since IL occurred and ii is
generally believed that they were on such
a hot trail that the person who stole the
money was frightened so badly that he
promptly sent It TO the company, thinking
he might thereby save himself. Several