Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-10

ness OF the mine, having nothing in this
but he saw enough to convince him Of the
presence of gold and silver, In conjunc-
ton with the lead ore, and If the mine
was In Colorado, the indications which he
saw would bs deemed sufficient to justify the
sinking Of q shaft and the preliminary work
ing Of the mine in order to test its richness
If the Gre assayed IS ounces of silver to the
ton it would pay very well. Mr. n J. Verderv
remarked that the last taken out had assayed
431S ounces to the ton. Mr.. Cornwall said that
was very fair yield. As he had stated. if the
mine was in Colorado money would be
promptly spent to test its value He looked
upon it as valuable property. mass Of ore
that he saw would turn out fully 40 per cent
OF lead. His report was very favorable, and
we are satisfied that il will lead to important
results. The Magruder is perhaps the onIv
mine east of the Rocky Mountains where gold
silver and lead can be obtained, and it
promises to be paying institution"
The Atlanta Phono0rdph SAYS: INSANITY
seems to be on the increase all over the State
and Atlanta has her share of it. Only Thurs
day last lady was found out on the street in a
crazy condition, and the same afternoon an
aged gentleman on Gilmer street became so
insane that help had to be called in to keep
him from doing harm to the family. Daily the
question or how best TO provide for the rapid
increase In the number of insane people is
becoming most important one. and the July
| session of the Legislature will be obliged to
enlarge the asylum at Milledgeville or erect
branch institution at Gainesville or some other
desirable place"
Macon Telegraph: ' A few days ago the
| fireman on one of the Central switch engines
| while taking train OF cars from the shed to
! the yard, saw man lying across the track
Inc sight or the man In such close proximity
/ To terrible death so unnamed the fireman
/ that he was wholly unable TO say a word and
/ thus inform the engineer. Finding he could
l not speak, he uttered series of screams and
| sprang to the brake. The engineersaw at once
/ that something was the matter and reversed
his engine, stopping within few feet of the
man, who proved to be too much under the in
/ fuence of liquor to know where he was. The
strange part of tbs affair is the fireman's utter
inability to articulate word and but for his
| going to the brakes a life would have been lost
/ as the train was backing and the engineer could
not have seen the man."
| McDu6ie Journal: ION Monday last Hamil-
! ton Manor. the beautiful and costly residence
| OF the family OF the late Captain Thomas j.
| Hamilton, near Thomson, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire With the exception of a little
| clothing and a portion OF the parlor furniture
! nothing OF any consequence was saved The
| fire caught on the roof from a spark and was
| under considerable headRay before it was
| discovered The manor was the finest resi-
/ dence in the county, and was handsome
! Is and elegantly furnished. We cannot as yet
/ give reliable estimate OF the loss sustained,
but it is probably as much as $4,000, and is q
severe blow 20 Mrs. Mclean and her family. F"
Reidsville Enterprise: ''The contract for
| carrying the mail between ReidsviIle ami Wal
| thourvIlle has been awarded to Messrs. Davis
& Moore, of Kentucky They took the con-
tract for S21399, and we hope they will be
compelled to carry it themselves. for they
! have taken the work for almost nothing and
| VIII now try to push 1t of on somebody out
| here at lower figures than they have taken it
| for. thereby making q small sum by the trans
action. They knew nothing about the route,
/ and bid on il at random. as they have on many
others, and they should be forced to attend
| TO it themselves in order to teach them that it
| is not wise to bid so recklessly. The route
! from SwainsborO TO Perry's Mil has been
- | aUar1ad IN a RraSfaId ak Of
/ for S2ST year. The route from Lumber City
to Johnston Station has been awarded to NJ.
A. Moore, another Kentuckian, for S753 80.
each OF these contracts are for three years
from the first OF July next"
Columbus Enquirer Of Tuesday "At ten
O'Clock last night. as the through freight train
from Montgomery to Macon was crossing the
! creek one mila beyond Hatchechuebee the
trestle gave way and precipitated the entire
train OF nine cars into the creek. Attached to
the train was passenger coach containing
seven passengers. This was thrown crosSwise
of the track and scarcely more than six inches
| from the divide hundred pounds more OF
force would have made it and the lives within
a part Of the wreck. Engineer Waterhouse
said that when he struck the eastern end of the
trestle he felt it give way, and, looking back
he saw the car next the engine sinking. v hen
he pulled the throttle valve open, which broke
the coupling and placed the engine safely on
the road bed. He says the wreck is the most
complete he ever saw, and, strange to say
there was but one person injured, colored
1 Tram manu-, anu ne DuE Slightly. a III Tie
baggage car having descended on his head
The trunk is mass of ruins. The passengers
were brought to the city on the engine. Trai ins
cannot run now until the trestla Is rebuilt,
which will require several days.
Cherokee AdUance: Some fiend or lends
/ made two unsuccessful attempts TO wreck the
train on the Marietta and North Georgia Rail
road on last Thursday afternoon, as it went
down to Marietta. Near Canton croSstie was
placed 6cToss the road but the engine was suf-
ficiently checked that it stopped after the front
and hat "a haIrC
was crushed. no harm was done Also about
| half mile further on three rails had been
placed across the track. which were knocked
1 off by the pilot with no damage to anything.
/ Governor ColQuitt and Captain Nelms were on
| the train, but whether their being aboard had
anything to do with this foul deed we cannot
say"
On the subject Of cotton factories the Syl-
van1a Telephone says: The people of Scriven
are ever ready to invest in saw mills, turpen-
tine farms, steamboats, and many other enter
source of revenue has been neglected. This is
of necessity a cotton growing county, and If
we must produce the staple Why should we
not slsO manufacture it? Scriven county has
available water power sufficient to turn any
number of spindles, and there is plenty OF cap
ital here to inaugurate such an enter
prise il persons holding it could
only be induced to invest. 10 convince us
that a cotton factory would pay we have only
TO refer to those in operation in various por-
tions of this State to be convinced that no
money invested. A small factory might be
started and its capacity gradually increased
| Our farmers would be largely benefited, our
! county build up more rapidly, and every in
! dustry acquire new life and energy. This is
| a prOgreSSive age, and ScFiven must not lag
behind in the great strides which the whole
country is making in internal improvement
Saws the DouglaSsville Star: ION last Sun
dav Ben Hoffman at Campbellton, took
aboard too much % let us be joyful, and cap
tured the ferry at that place, putting to route
the ferryman Finally, he s@greed @ that Capt;
| river While the fiat was about the middle of
the river, and without any warning or provo
! cation, he suddenly cut Captain Magouirk two
severe gashes in the face, on the right side, one
vertical and the other horizontal The wounds,
while painful. are not dangerous. The Captain
did not resent it, only catcning HOLMAN and
holding him to prevent him doing further In
iIry When Hoffman became sober, he remem-
bered nothing about the affair and expressed
great regret that it should have happened.
: | There Is no i'll will between the parties, and
nOthizg will be done about the matter"
communication from Macon to the Atlanta
Constitution, under date OF the Sth inst, says;
Mr.. George 5. Peck, son OF J. G. Peck Of At
, lanta, came up from Eastman last Wednesday
accompanying his sister, Miss Cora Peck. as fal
as Macon on her return to Atlanta. He re
manned here, occupying room IA of the Brown
House. Last night he was seen by many &C
: quaintances in usual spirits and for long
time was engaged in watching game of bill
; liards About o'clock he called on Fred. Cul
4 len the night clerk, for his key and went to hi
room. Ia about half an hour afterward the CRY
| OF murder was heard on the Plum street sidt
, Of the hotel, which was ans Tered by office
Henderson. when the officer reached the spo
. he found that MIR. Peck had either jumped ol
; fallen from his window in the third story fall
q ing upon a beer keg on the sidewalk. DIR
Y Ferguson was sent for. ana an examination
!, disclosed that two ribs, right loot and righ
. arm had been broken, and sufficient interna
injuries received to produce almost lnsssn
/, death. living only three quarters of an hou
after being discovered. His room door wa
! found locked The door was opened by fore
o and everything found TO be all right. Telt
. ,rsr,s were sent to his father early this morn
mo Mr.. Peck was engaged in the saw mi
business. and a member Of the firm OF Peck !
Allen Eastman. Ca It IS sun. unkno%n ne oidgt Mnesne
i. | suicide.