Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-26

LilJuieu, nnIIS Long bridge and May s bridges
are reported gone. The dam at Warthen's
mll, and the one at DR.. Summertime mil. have
been washed away" > -
Says the Walton County Vfdette. .sWjthin
the last few months before the first of Jan
uary OF this year. about forty-five families left
this county to seek homes in Iouisiana and
oIher etaIes Various conjectures have been
made as to the cause or causes of this STAN
peus. certainly u IS not cue to any objection
10 cur Climate, which cannot be excelled nor
yet TO our SOIL which is abundant.y productive
Mneo properly cultivated. 1t has been sug-
ges.ed 70 US by farmer who has b. en- invesri-
gaung the matter, that most of these families
left because they found that they could not
hVe mere and pay such high rate Of interest
on money borrowed to pay for their yearly
supplies 1t is probable that cur farmers find
interest"
Warrenton Clipper: "a few days ago a col
ored man employed at Major Mc(fregor's saw
mil, went down into the sawdUs5 box, directly
under the saw There was not room enough
Tor him TO stand under the saw, and, while
getting out sawdust. he forgot the danger of
strengthening up The saw going at full
tlit, as the machinery at that moment was
pumping water into the tank The man raised
his head, and the saw struck his skull near the
nape or his neck, and. We may suppose, he
very naturally pulled backwards, which
brought the saw right over his head.
down toward the base of his nose. The teeth
cut through the meat all along this oval route,
but only sent the teeth digging at regular inter
walls into the skull making indentuTes the size
or the teeth's point, but not deep enough to
reach the brain. Il was the most remarkable
escape within the knowledge of all we have
heard express themselves about il. We sup
pose the box had been filed sufficiently by the
dust to make il so dangerous. If 1t is in the con-
struction Of the saw mill an improvement
should be made in the depth"
Franklin Nelrs: "On Saturday, the 18th early
in the cay, a crowd Of anxious citizens began
TO gather about the east end of the bridge
across the Chattahoochee. Already the water
touched the lower end of the weatherboardirg
and the river was still slowly rising. Occasion
ally a log would come shooting down current
like g catapult, strike the plank and, diving
undertear on the lower side board with crash,
making the structure Quiver from end to end
About 10 0'cloCk, the water being up some two
feet against it, the bridge yielded to the i'm
menSe pressure, giving way at the second
pier, the ends swinging around until they broke
from the abutment with a crash and
fioated away. An effort was made to anchor
the bridge at the east end with the hope of
recovering the timbers. but they failed to tie
it securely 1t is doubtful whether It would
have held IL any how. When the bridge broke
there was a boy in it at the second pier just
where it parted, watching the logs dive under.
He did some tall running, and reached the end
just as it dropped off the pier where it joined
the abutment. He went 90 an. rose with the
bridge. clambered upon it. and hoated down
until, nearing q conve nient saptng about
thirty feet from the bank. he sprang up it and
was finally taken out q wetter and colder, If
not a wiser boy"
Under the heading "a Dangerous Plunge"
the GICiRnett Herald SAYS: ION last Thursday
Colonel w. w. clark, of Covington. who had
been in attendance on our court, started to
Stone Mountain ON his way home Mr. NJ NJ.
Hagood, who accompanied him, was driving
the buggy, and when they arrived at PuRh'S
creek below Mrs Craig's. they found the
stream swollen from the recent rain. The
/ ford has long been regarded as dangerous
after a freshet, and Mr.. HagoOd proposed to
get cut and examine before attempting to
cross Colonel Clark, who had Travelled the
road frequently, thought there was no danger,
aud IN they plunged. Horse. buggy and
passengers went under the muddy water,
and then there was general scutf13 to get to
the bank Neither of the gentlemen could
swim. and il was by a hard scratch they got
| back to solid gTOuUd again, and both OF them
narrowly escaped being drowned. After much
| trouble the horse was extricated, aud got out,
| but the buggy remained in the hole until next
] day. Colonel Clark returned to Mrs. Craig
| aud spent the night. His valise remained in
| the water until next day, as it could not be
/ found that evening. 1t has been since ascer-
/ tanned that the hole was eight or ten feet deep
/ The county authorities should either build a
bridge there or fill in the ford with rock.
Albany Neus and Advertiser: Mention was
/ made in our issue yesterday of an accident on
| the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Monday
4 night but there we're some inaccuracies in the
report as gwen us Yesterday we met Mr. J.
) Russell. the Express Messenger. who was
on the train at The time of the accident He
/ states that the baggage car jumped tie track
some two hundred yards beyond the bridge.
| and that the trouble was not discovered in
/ time u prevent running into tie bridge in the
/ disabled condition. After running about
/ twenty feet upon the bridge the trucks fell,
J the forward end of the baggage
I car was pulled out entirely by the
/ engine and freight cars ahead, and
| river below. It was. therefore, no fault of the
/ bridge The engine and freight cars passed
/ over safely. Z here were several passengers on
I board and ali went down, also Conductor Gro
] II
! Nobody was seriously hurt, strange to say.
/ Young Bruce, OF Brunswick, yo9ng man by
| the name of krieS, Conductor Crovatt and
1 MessengerRussell were slightly cut aud bruised.
| The cars still lie in the river. They are baoly
/ damaged, but the workmen are now busy in
/ an attempt to raise the wreck No train has
I passed over the bridge since, but passengers,
/ mails and express are transferred from one
| tram to the other and it is probable this
| schedule will continue for several days"
On the subject of the lease of the Georgia
I Railroad by the Central the Augusta ChrOnt-
| cIe of Yesterday say The lease OF the
| Georgia Railroad continues to be the principal
| subject of conversation on the streets. Moth
! ing defaite as to the course to be taken can be
/ known until the regular meeting of the direc-
/ tors of the road next month. It is said, how
/ ever that the majority of the directors are in
! favor Of the lease and If that is the case a re-
| conmendatiOn will very probably be made to
| the stockholders at the annual convention in
/ Mayto make such. an arrangement 1t is report
| ed that lease of the Georgia also contempiates
| the control of the South Carolina Railroad by
| the IeSsees in order that the latter may reach
| the port of Charleston. Thus the
| Central Railroad, if it should lease
! the Georgia, would control the ports
! of both Savannah and Charleston. and proba-
| Div that of Port Royal also, If. as has been
| rnmored, the Louisville and Nashville Rail
| road is at the back OF the whole matter, that
| CORPORATION, in case of a lease OF the Georgia,
vVnIId control nearly every port on the South
| Atlantic coast, and have unlimited sweep from
tue lakes to the sea- 1t Is a project OF vast
| magnitude. Georgia Railroad stock continues
| firm at i22IS to 123 bid, with no offerings. We
| 40 not believe that an order for three hundred
/ shares at 123 could be filled. There has been
! no decline whatever in the price OF the stock,
/ and stockholders are not disposed TO take any
less than they were on Tuesday, when the
| excitement was at its highest"
The following miraculously narrow es-
cape from death by drowning IS
reported in the Bain6ridge Democrat;
! ont on the mill pond of Messrs. Hudson &
| Brewster, for pleasure ride in bateau- 1t
| seems that neither of them had any experience
| in roVirg and padded so as to make the boat
| 90 the wrong way The creek was very much
! swollen from the heavy rains of Friday night,
| and as they knew nothing Of steering the boat,
II soon drifted into the current, ana every effort
| ~ its cccupants only increased its speed to-
| wards the dam. As it neared this preclplce,
| one Of the negroes jumped out and with much
! now watched the sole occupant ot
| the bateau with bated breath as IL
| rapidiy approached the fall. hurrying
! him on to what they regarded as certain de-
| struction He sat erect and motlonless, as II
! paralyzed with terror. expecting to be dashed
| TO pieces on the rocks below the falls. He was
| unable 10 SWIM and even had he escaped from
| the fall he would have been drowned before
| helm could have reached him, upon the cap
| sizing Of the boat. But to the perfect amaze
] ment of all and to the entire satisfaction and
| delight of its occupant. it went over the tail
| and seed on its course, almost without
| culver. AS it dTifted near the shore the negro
| made desperate plunge and waded out HIS
| escape undsr the circumstances was almoS6
| miraculous, as the fall over the dam is not
less than twelve or fifteen feet"
| The Dawson Journal reports horrible case
/ of suicide in Calhoun county last week 1t
l saws. 1--WE have learned the particulars of a
! most shocking case of self-destruction which
| took place in the northwest portion of Cal
| houn county on last Saturday. Our informant
| is Rev W. T. Everett, who was present at the
| inquest and heard the testimony adduced be-
| fore the CorOner's jury. The unfortunate
| victim who came TO his death by his own hand
| was Mr. James W. Bass. who for many years
| had been a prominent citizen of Calhoun
1 county. On last Saturday morning, Mr.. Bass
| tDck his shot gun and started out to walk
| through his plantation, and to note what
| damage had been done TO his
/ fences by the storm which had
| prevailed in that section during Friday night.
| wr Bass was accompanied by one OF his sons
| when he left his residence ABOUT seven CLOCK
| tbat morning After walking about the prem
| ises for several hours. the son returned to the
| house. leaving his father alone, VINO ne sup
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