The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-28

Jefferson Lawrence. a young attorney
of Atlanta. is soon to be tried for crimi-
nal barratry.
The Circuit Court of Fremont. o.. has
handed down a decision in the case Of Adj
die NJ. Smith against the estate Of the late
Rutherford b. Hayes. Mrs Smith re-
ceived permanent injuries in a runa-
way. the horse having been frightened by
a dog owned by the Hayes estate. She
sued for $4,000 damages. and. after a
hard fought trial. lasting four weeks,
received $500 damages. The Circuit
Court affirmed the decision Of the lower
court.
The suit OF Hathaway 81 Heard against
DIR. Fridtjof hansen for $4,000 damages
for alleged breach OF contract has been
settled By the lecturers paying 800 TO
his form r managers. Dr. Nansen SAID
that he would not have given them even
$3.50 If he We're not going 10 sail for
Europe on Saturday: but he didn't want
10 be bothered.
Smallpox is becoming again serious
question in Montgomery. Ala. Last sum-
mer the city and county sharing equal
" in the expense. spent 5000 in stamping
out the disease IL returned about the
first OF November. however, and has
since assumed larger proportions than
ever there being at this time, IL IS stated.
100 cases in the pest house and as many
IA the house Of detention.
Sam Johnson and Sam Drake. young
men residing near Ensley city Ala.
quarreled at dance. the result of the
bcstowal OF their affections upon the
same Young woman. Friends interfered
and prevented a fight. Next day they
met by appointment at railroad Tres
tie. sixty feet high. TO let superior phy-
steal strength settle their differences. In
the contest johnson drew hammer from
his pocket and struck Drake on the mead
knocking him from the trestle 10 the
rocks below where his brains were DASH
ed out. The murderer escaped.
\ poll of the delegates to the Manu-
facturers' Convention in New York has
been made by the Herald on the state of
trade throughout the country.
The consensus Of opinion is that great
revival Of business has taken place IN all
sections. The manufacturers prophesy
an Unprecedented era OF prosperity Tor
the United States.
Andrew NJ. Moore, OF Philadelphia, mil
lionaire. owner OF the Girard House, head
of the firm of Moore 81 Sinnott, distlllers
and wholesale liquor dealers, and gene
rally well-known business man. died on
Wednesday. Though Mr. Moore was III
his eighty-fourth year, ne han peen s.ht-
rally in good health until about TWO
months ago
The big new Indian Head Cotton mills
at Cordova. I'm Walker county. Ala, were
put in operation on Wednesday with mod
est ceremonies. These mills VIII mark
an era in the history of the county, II IS
believed Walker has, within ten years
made enormous strides in the coal MIN
ing industry. and in the manufacture or
COKE. but almost every othsr INDUSTRY
has been ignored.
A red granite sarcophagus for the Wild
of OF the late Ulysses :. Grant has been
placed in the tomb on Riverside Drive. 1t
weighs eight tons. and is the exact coun-
terpart OF the one I'm which the dead
soldier. reposes. Ii was cut al the quar-
ries at Monticello. Wis, ana mas an us
exposed faces highly polished. ne COL
or Is a dark red. vari, gated III Spots; vi
the sarcophagus intended for MIS-. Grant
there Is the name In bronze, Juiia ~
Grant" The sarcophagus OF the oens-
raj merely has his name, ULYSSES ..
Grant" The gas radiators 70 neat ,ne
tomb and prevent the walls from sweat
ing aro In successful operation