Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-11

projecting rock, and thrown under the cars
beh 6ncey, who was crushed between two
cars Dy the collision. sustained internal inju-
rles, which. as yet, has developed into nothing
serious. From all accounts the collision was
entirely due 70 the incapacity and Ignorance of
MeDonnough, the fireman, who had Temporary
charge or train NO. ~. be having neglected to
ascertain at Tunnel Hin whether All the freigbts
nao passed, ana in consequence coIlided with
mel"
augusta Chronicle and Corlstitutionalist ::
Ihe remarks of Prof Ames before the CITY
council Monday night give the people Of Au-
kusIa an IDEA OF what practical men from the
North-men who are close observers and in the
haoit OF reasoning from what they see and
know-think Of our future Prof Ames said
he felt that he was not speaking wildly when
ne predicted thet in twenty i've years Augusta
would nave one hundred thousand in
IA, .lolLs.ntsi would De the greatest manufactur
lsis GENRE OF textile fabrics in the South and
thAt more Northern men and Northern capital
would come here than to any other Southern
CITY. These are chorring words, and they
the light OF a progressive people. Prof,
Anes believes that in a very few years
the Nerth viii lose its presfi2e as a manufac.
surlag centre OF textile fabrics. and that the
soutn. and notably Augusta. win gain what
the North loses. We believe that when the
next census Is taken Augusta will show q
greater rate Of Increase in population, 10 pro-
portion TO her present size. than any CITY in
the South. and that her advance in material
prosperity will be as marked. There are those
IN Augusta who are Of the opinion that all the
aNelIaele water power 4 the canal viii be
taken during the next five years, and we do
not think that they hazard too much in saying
So IL IS evident that manuf ufacturing paws
here, ano the very rapid increase in the num-
Der ard capacity Of our factories during the
past few years is a good indication that the in
Crease IN the future viii be as Fapi1"
Says the Jesup Sentinel: Last SATURDAY.
evening there were quite nnmbsr Of raft
hands on the up passenger OF the Macon and
brunswick Railroad, and. as usual several of
them were under the influence of whisky and
gave the conductor and train hands considera-
Die trouble. Two OF the raft hands got into a
difilculty about bottle Of whisky belonging to
Profey Frasier. which Steve Edwards took out
or Ffasier's pocket and handed to some of his
Ir1encs asking them to take a drink Upon
SEEING this; trasieT, being 10th 70 part with his
'hre wafer, demanded Of Edward The bottle OF
whisky, which demand enraged Edwards
whereupon he took the bottle and dealt a
heavy blow upon Frasier's head. They then
cilnched for minute, and Frazier, disengag-
Ing himself from the grasp of Edwards Jumped
back TO the door. drew his pistol and fired at
Edwards, the ball en'ering the left side about
three inches below the armpit. Frazier was
bfought on 10 Jesup and placed under the
treatment Of our skllful physician and sur
geOn, X. +. Lester. After a careful examius.
uon and considerable probing. the doctor was
unable TO find the bSll. and Edwards was sent
to his home, in Lumber City. on last night
Columbus Eaquirer-Sun: Last night the
train on the v eslern Railroad. whi h was due
IN this city at O'Clock, met with an accident
which delayed it i've hours. Il left Opelika
twenty nlinut es behind time and when it reach-
ed RolOph. about three fourths OF a mile from
Motifs Mill, the train broke into four divisions
The train was made up OF thirty-fOur freight
cars, the express aud baggage and the passen-
ger coach, and strange to say there were four
cars in each division, except those which did
not part from the passenger car The only
damage sustained by the cars was broken
bumpers, and these were broken from seven
of them. Three of them were chained up and
brought 10 this city, while only three or four
were left at the scere of the break negro
man named Neil Gibbs was the only person
who received any injury. He jumped on a car
To ride 4 short distance, and one of the cars on
which there was no bumper, ran against him.
shattering his knee DR.. Rich, Of Nashville
Tenn, who was a passenger on the train gave
him medical attention, and states that amputa-
ton Of the leg will be necessary. A physician
was sent for last night who will go from here
this morning to perform the operation"
COnyeTs Weekly: I'VE viii bet-weIl, Wen
bet anything that you cant find man in this
county who raises his own corn meat and
-four, but what has money and can buy goods
at cash prices On time. We affirm that no man
can prosper who has his corn cribs and smoke
houses in the West, and that our people can't
afford to take Western corn, and not raise any,
free -