The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
EWs of THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


1 tion of Nationality Raised in the
1 case of an Inmate of the State Luz
matte Asylum Fighting for His
1 Liberty.
GEORGIA.
i McBae will soon have a new Methodist
rburch Plans have been drawn and bids
are now wanted.
] ur. Ketchum. Athens insurance man, is
oganizing a volunteer military company
n Athenss Seventy-five names are now on
/ bis list:
l The 6-year-old boy of Mrs. Cobb Camp
At Rome while playing in front of the
! sDe Thursday, had its clothing ignited and
vas probably fatally burned
4 At the National Congress OF the Daugh-
rrs of the American Revolution held this
4 week in Washington, Mrs. Porter King
! has been elected regent of Georgia.
/ March l is the day set by the board of
EDUCATION as the limit at which unvaccin-
\ ated children and teachers will be admit
l ted 10 the public schools of Macon.
4 Hon. Jesse Cox, an old and prominent
citizen of Harris county, died Wednesday.
He represented Harris county in the legis-
| aule for a number of terms and was a
prominent Mason.
1 There is some prospect that another
gass factory will be started in Atlanta.
Thomas f. Scott is in correspondence with
some glass blowers in Pittsburg, who wish
to establish a cooperative factory.
1 The celebrated Gum estate contest at
Atlanta has been settled by the payment to
Mrs Annie E. Moore, the sister of the
dead man, of $500 The case involved the
&mestion of whether ]. II. Gum was a citi-
Zen of North Dakota or of Georgia.
1 A mad dog passed through the streets
III Hawkinsville one Sunday afternoon last
&Sp.ember and bit two little boys. The
<tder of the two boys, was Freddy McKing
md the younger, Grafton Smith. Grafton
has gotten over the bite, but Freddy died
la his home in Abbeville, last week, with
|tydrophobia.
/ About 2.So o'clock Wednesday morn
{hg fire was discovered in the roof of
7he W. H. White building at West Point.
1.-THE second and one-half of the first floors
XWeIe occupied Dy w. H. w Hite furniture
{sore N. L. Barker's dry goods store &C.
fcuped the remaining half of the first floor.
The furniture in the upper story was al
most totally destroyed, while the goods on
the first floor were damaged to a consid-
Iersble extent by smoke and water. The
loss is fully covered by insurance.
I 4 legal question is about to be raised
|Oyer the case of Tom Brown, Macon tail
Or who is confined in the lunatic asylum
at Milledgeville, but who has asked the
British government to rescue him from the
asylum, on the ground that he is unjustly
| Imprisoned and has never taken naturali-
I cation papers in this country, and is still
british subject. The British consul at
4 Charleston has begun an investigation, and
finds that Mr.. Brown is a subject of the
mother country, as he claims
i Macon Telegraph; One often hears of
1 men being angry from one cause or an
other some causes being good and others
very, very slight, But guest of the Hotel
Lanier yesterday sprang something novel.
HE got mad with a pair of new, latest
Istyle, zebra striped socks His feet were
/ a couple of sizes too full for the holding
capacity of the socks, and after sitting on
l me side of his bed a half hour or more
the cold trying to adjust the differences
/ between the socks and the feet, he lost
MS temper and proceeded to burn the
earned things" over the gas jet. Of
course ne would not have told what he
9ad done but for the fact that the alarm
Vi Hre was given in the house, as the odor
u the burning cloth began to drift out into
me corridors, down into the Office and out
trough the alley ways. The excitement
Al .t,,I.r
suesls made full explanation necessary.
Judge Newman rendered his decision at
atlanta Thursday in the Huguley Manu-
laeturing case. By the decision William
l. Huguley and the Huguaey Manufac
Iuring Company are to receive $50, 210.99
rom the Galeton cotton mills. This is
nearly $4,000 less than was allowed by
SPECIAL Master Fielder in the case. The
Galeion mills bought the duck mills of the
| nusuley Manufacturing Company under
| eecree of foreclosure made in the United
states Court After operating the mills
or thfee years and half, the Court of
appeals at New Orleans restored the mills
the Huguley Manufacturing Company
anu adJudged that the Galeton mills should
pay Huguley for the use OF the mills dur
"s The time they had been alleged ille-
.S uShi, and also Tor the prolltS ire
llHs should have earned Thomas b. Eel
was appointed special master, and he
ue''19d that the Galeton mills should only
p'y me Huguley Company the actual earn
U5s OF the mills and not the profits which
Is claimed should nave been earned TN
~ good management Huguley claims
H't the mills, being one of the only six
o1eK mills in the South, should have earn
., f'J,Cg0 year; and he asks for about
~,'''1VO Tor the full three years. Special
pi"s'er Fielder awarded TO Huguley what
" 'ermed the actual earnings, $39, us. Il.
SOlse Newman deducted from this nearly
y w Tor fire insurance. Special Master
sl-er, in reporting adversely to the de-
.Iee Of the Court OF Appeals, held that
wye mortgages of the property could. not
ss ed accountable for what the property
,'o"ln have earned. even If they were hold
s IL Illegally The case will go to the
appellate Court at once
FLORIDA.
"'amfs charity bali netted $1,000.
over LOO guests are domiciled at the
reim Beach hotels.