The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.rws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


work in Montgomery COunty-Let-
cor round in a Fire Alarm Box AZ
Ter six Years.
GEORGIA
W. Adkins is in Jail at Rome on a
sorae of attempting criminal assault on
MIS-. sol Duncan.
ru,o large wood sheds with several hum
,.od cords of wood were burned at the
PANE furnace early Monday night. The
nss is $500; insured.
receiver G. NJ. Davis, of the United
s,otes court, got ahead of Receiver Men
"a of the state court, and Wednesday
thing took charge of the books of the
S{th Macon Land Company.
fire has been raging in parts of the
rbods near Tweed for three days, and the
Nv nature of the grass has made it
broad Farmers are fighting it, but 40 not
Ink it can be extinguisaed.
Near Tweed, last Saturday, Cad
HE'LL Beacham, a farmer, invited
Asyeral of his neighbors to as
sist him in getting his logs together
Alter dinner several of those became very
N presumably from eating souse made
Mp 10 a tin vessel.
The Reese Miller Bottling Works and a
frame dwelling house were destroyed by
FIRE at Rome Tuesday The store was dam
aged with the stock, to the amount of sew
4ral hundred dollars. The dwelling belong
s5 10 w. A. Knowles, editor of the Trlb-
me. The loss is 81, 500; insured.
In 1892 G. G. Harris, of Macon, wrote to
7 Voss. of Athens, and mailed his let
ter. he thought. But he mailed 1t at hre
alarm box and Wednesday when taking
ioVn the box to give place to one OF the
new ones the letter was found. 1t was in
somewhat dilapidated condition and will be
forwarded to Mr.. Voss.
In the City Court at Macon Tuesday, suit
was filed against the Connecticut Indemni-
tv Association by ]. L. Cowart, guardian
Of r. H. Cowart, Jr., for $500 insurance
m the life of II. r. Cowart, Sr. This suit
nav be followed by another o be filed by
Monroe Phillips, for about $1,000 insurance
on the life of Cowart in favor OF Mrs.
/ Phillips.
H. N. Oaks an ex-engineer on the Sea-
board Air Line, filed suit against that
company at Atlanta Wednesday for $25'-
ga damages. Several years ago he was
injured while running an engine OF the
company, and the road promised TO give
] him a lifetime job as an engineer with
/ promotion on the main line as soon as
vacancy occurred. oaks says he was new
/ er promoted but instead was fired, ana
4 asks that the court reimburse him on this
j account
There is a case in the Supreme Court OF
4 peculiar circumstances. Kossuth Dyal was
4 Indicted in 1895 in Appling county for muir
der He was tried in September, 1879 ana
found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
He was given a sentence of only a rev
4 years DyaPs attorney appealed the case 10
the Supreme Court and obtained ne"
trial This time he was convicted Oh muir
i der. and given life sentence in the penn
tertiary. His case is now before me ou7
peme Court for the second time.
There has been no rain in the vicinity oil
Camilla since Christmas, and then only
very light rain Many farmers are haui-
ing water for miles for stock and family
use. and the land is becoming too dry ana
hard for blowing. If there is not ram
soon to put moisture In the ground, these
conditions will soon be alarming me
farmers here are only buying about nan
the fertilizers they took last season, ana
the cotton acreage in this county Will GER
tainly be reduced this spring.
hrebug is doing considerable damage
at Lothair, in Montgomery county. Not
long ago the merchandise establishments
Of B. Moseley & Son were destroyed by
fire several thousand dollars worth of tur-
paT.+ i'm, -,
Prlhett & Co., then the warehouse OF D.
A. McCrimmon, containing goods ana SIX
ty barrels of syrup was reduced TO ashes'
entailing a loss of $1,000 Last week some
tend ignited the turpentine on the WharI
at Silver Bluff, but fortunately Judge Lou
BaTwick detected the blaze ana eXtihs |l3Il-
ed it before much damage was lone. lie
noticed the man who did the mischler go
ing off, but failed to identify him.
Atlanta Constitution: E. w. Medlock'
proprietor of the famous Lithia Springs
near Austeu. has filed suit against the
AusteI IJthia water Company, w. A.
Harris and C. s. L'Engle, for damages on
account of the alleged abuse of con-
tract between the above named parties anu
himself for the lease of the properly III
February. 1897. Medlock leased his spring
to Harris & L'Engle for ten years at SiVo
per annum. The lessees were to keep the
property in good condition and give the
Plaintiff S3 a load for hauling the water
into the city. Plaintiff says the contract
was made in great haste and that l. Engle
was especially anxious to have MIN sign
the document so that he could eaten
train for the city. Lesses also TOOK an
option on the property at a certain price,
Harris & I'Engle later formed the Austen
LUhia Water Company. PlaintH AYERS
that the contract he signed did not CON
tain the agreement that 1t was represented
% contain, and that the option covers more
land that was originally contracted Tor.
He says he has been ordered to dlscon-
unue hauling water and asks that ne be
allowed 81 500 damages If the contract can
be changed according to original agree
nant or if the contract cannot be chahs-
ed that he be allowed $1,000.
An interesting suit was filed in the city
Court at Macon Wednesday by Mrs. Jen-
he Tolerson against the Central Railroad
for $1,000 damages. On Dec. II, 1897, Mrs.
Toerson was a passenger from Atlanta to
her home in Americas, while on the train
" the ladies car between Atlanta and Ma
kon a man and woman who were pas
Hngers on the same train accused her OF
Mailing a purse belonging to them. Ihey
tpeated the unjust accusation notwlth-
etnding her persistent denials Of guilt. A
lkfO porter on the train who had heard