Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-09

embalmed and will keep until his friends can
be heard from.-Just this side Of West Point
negro woman was Knocked from the railroad
track yesterday morning by the engine pulling
the passenger train which arrives here at 2 D.
m. From passengers aboard IL was learned
that the woman, whose name is Mary Wood,
attempted 70 cross the track 10 front Of the
engine but was too slow. The agent at West
Point was notified and the woman was taken
care Of by him. The extent Of her injuries is
not known"
Atlanta Constitution: "An amusing incident
occurred at Stone Mountain a day or two ago
Deputy United States Collector Irish had Sc
cured information of the fact that some illicit
whisky was concealed near Stone Mountain.
and proceeding thither was received In most
cordial manner by the gentleman at whose
house the whisky was Mr.. Irish made known
his business and search of the house was in
stituted- The search was about to prove fruit
less, when a small son Of the gentleman, who
had been watching the proceeding with great
deal OF interest, said: The dram don't stay In
here now, it's out by the roadside In a gully
covered up with logs A visit to the gully was
rewarded BY the discovery of barrel Of Illicit
brandy. The gentleman. Mr.. Z. l.. Phillips,
was arrested and brought before Commissioner
Smith. where he gave bond TO answer the
charge Of cOncealing illicit whisky. barrel
OF brandy and a half barrel of whisky were also
found in the possession OF Mr.. VIM. Brown"
A Southern man, who has been up in the
remote Northwest, compares Savannah with
St Paul, Minnesota. He says: These two
cities seem 70 me TO represent the extreme OF
Southern sunset and Northern noon. Which
is the better, let each reader judge for him
self. / can think only that the South must
profit by seeing St Paul, and the North can
lose nothing by seeing Savannah. If the one
is too poetic, the other may be too prosy."
Remove a Savannah man to st. Paul, and be
would become prodigy Of active life. Re-
move St Paul man TO Savannah, and he
would become the LATEST man in town. It is
all climate.
Atlanta Constitution: ''John Seick and family,
Of South Carolina, arrived In Atlanta yesterday
at noon, and at 2:50 left via the Kennesaw for
Fort Worth, Texas Mr.. Seick is a man Of
about IS years. and his family is composed of
a wife and thirteen boys. The youngest boy
was three years old, while the oldest was
twenty.-Mr. Lloyd W. Morse, the young man
who fell from the second story window Of the
Brown building on Alabama street few even
ings ago, died yesterday at As o'clock. For
the past two days his physician has known
that his death was certain, and Morse was so
informed, but up to the last moment he re-
fused to believe the statement"
The Talbotton Register has this from
Geneva; Mr.. s. n. POsey was arrested in this
place on August 3Oth by Sheriff Foster. charged
with having two wives Nearly tyo wears ago
he married a Miss Roberts, near this place.
His lawful wife is living in Carroll county.
Each one Of his wives has child"
The Butler Herald says: I'VE learn that Mr..
Posey McCleAdOn, OF this place, was danger
ously cut on yesterday evening with knife in
the hands of Green Scandrett, cOlored. We
have not learned the cause OF the difficulty or
the extent OF his injuries. The difficulty oc-
CURED some distance from town, and efforts
are now being mace 10 capture the negro"
Augusta Chronicle: "Gen. Alexander says
traffic prospects are exceptionally good in all
South m States. He is not afraid OF the
| drought. A falling of in the grain crop will
| be compensated for elsewhere. He thinks the
cotton and tobacco crops are extraordinarily
/ good; the gra n crop VIII be short, but not to
| a serious extent-very little below that Of last
1c will nd Ia
as very encouraging.
Sparta LshmGelite: 1T will be a thousand
per cent. cheaper to gather forage now than to
buy it next winter and spring"
Atlanta Post Appeal: tom Belts the negro
who killed Colonel H. J. Moore near Jones'
bOrO a year ago, and who was sentenced to be
| hung last spring, but had his case carried to
/ the Supreme Court, was resenteuced by Judge
/ Hllyer in JOnesbOrO this morning TO be hung
/ on December Il, 1851. he arrived IN Atlanta
/ on the noon train to-day for safe keeping. He
/ still prOclaims his innocence"
| Gainesville SOutheYner: 1--WE had pleasant
/ call from Col. Frobel, of the Canal Survey. He
informs us he is below shallow Ford with his
| survey. and that everything is lovely"
Atlanta Post appeal: 1T must not be for
! gotten that the Georgia Press Association will
| convene at the Exposition grounds on the
| opening day.-Fifty thousand dollars was the
| amount contained in a valiEe darkey took "a
the depot for a gentleman going to Griffin this
afternoon. The darkey didn't know 1t was
| loaded"
Marietta Journal: Mr. Billie Fuller and Mr.
| George Fuller left Marietta Tuesday afternoon
last pretty glorously full of tangledleg whisky,
| and when about four miles from town on the
| Cumming road, an alt-rcatiOn occurred, when
! these two gray haired brothers drew their
| knives and a desperate fight occurred. Dur
| log the encounter, we learn that Mr.. Billie
| Fuller fell to the ground, having received two
deep knife cuts. one on each cheek, which bleC
| profuSely. The quarrel and fight lasted about
/ arH Of
deferred tho-e living near by from separating
| the combatants."
| Augusta Chronicle: 'CoL James d. Waddel
| is the only living man who can read Hon
| Alexander II. stephens writing with assured
| accuracy. After it once gets cold, Mr.. Stephen
| himself staggers over it,"