The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-04
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.

April Fool Joke at MacOn-Bill to Re-
lease the MauIden Lands in Towns
County-sOuthcrn Bell Telephone
Company decentralization Wants
$4,000 for Being Called the Biggest
Liar in Fulton County.
GEORGIA.
DR.. F. A. Thomas of Sparta died day
or two ago.
Fifty new members have Joined the
camp of Confederate Veterans at Rome.
The state convention of the Kings
Daughters opens at Augusta this morn
ing.
The state conference of the Epworth
League opens al Macon next Thursday
morning under a monster tent.
Little cotton remains in the Americas
warehouses The crop is all marketed
and all cotton purchased has been ship
ped out on account of the war scare.
John Ennis of Dublin says he owns
hound that has killed FIVE thousand
skunks, raccoons and 'possums too nu-
merous to mention, only leaving few
rabbits and sixteen hundred skbnks in his
section.
As an April fool joke the Macon Tele
graph printed a story that 5000 troops
would pass through that city Friday en-
route to the coast. Hundreds of people
were duped and fiocked to the railroad
station. other jokes innumerable were
played.
Atlanta will have no new city hall this
year. The project of securing a new city
hall has practically been abandoned so far
as the present administration is concerned.
TIE inability of the city TO purchase the
court house for city hall purposes has de-
feated the plans of Mayor Collier and
members of the general council For the
same reason the county viii not have
new court house.
For being called the biggest liar In Full
ton county, f. w. B. Jones wants dam
ages in the sum of $1,000 He filed suit in
the Superior Court at Atlanta Saturday
for that amount against H. F. Leak, al
leging that Leak used this. monstrous APP
pellatlon of mendacity about him in the
presence of E. Manley. II is also charged
that Leak used other aprobious epithets
about Jones, all of which are embraced
In the petition for damages
Lieut.. Michael j. O'Brien has returned
TO Fort Mcpherson after several months
absence. Lieut. O'Brien had rendered his
resignation, to take effect March 81, and
1t had been accepted, but, as announced
a few days ago, he was allowed to with
draw it and resume his former position.
1t was rumored at the barracks that Lieut..
O'Brien would not continue with the Fifth
Infantry but would be assigned TO duty
in Gen. Graham's staff
Congressman Tate has secured favora-
BILE report from the committee on public
lands upon bill he introduced some time
ago TO release the Maulden lands in Towns
county, which have passed into the pos
session of the government through judg-
ment for forfeiture in a revenue case.
Mr.. Maulden was security for a man
named Church, who defaulted. The prop
erty has passed into the possession of
Frank Lloyd and 1t was in his interest
that the bill has been introduced.
The largest single shipment of cattle yet
made from Southwest Georgia to the In
dian territory reached Americas Friday
over the Central Railroad. This shipment
was made by j. f. Stevenson and con-
sisted of twenty full carloads of beef cat
tie or about 700 head The cattle were
bought in some of the lower counties and
went through by special train, via Co.
lumbus and Birmingham. Mr.. Stevenson
is ready to make other heavy shipments
as empty cars sufficient to make up six
trains, went through Americas Friday to
Arlington, Leary and nearby points.
A complete reorganization of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company has just been
made and many important changes among
the officials have come with the shake-up.
Some of the most prominent officials of
the company in Atlanta have been pro-
moted. District Superintendent John d.
Easteriin remains in charge of Georgia and
East Florida, with headquarters in Allan
ia. Assistant Superintendent W. r. Gen.
try has been promoted to general superin-
tendent of construction. also with head
quarters here. Assistant Dan c. Sims,
recently with Atlanta headquarters, has
been promoted to superintendent of the
new (Fourth) district, embracing Alabama
and all of Florida west of the Apalachieola
river.