Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-30

saw TO attend 20 the matter he had In vievv
5ls ~ SEEMS thAt the water way leaked into the
buckets, and by the time Mr.. Marshall got
xIo-S1 tt saH Sno prepared to commence his
'll Ine u, Welgnt OF the water in the buckets
causeu the wheel to revolve and thus start the
sam. s, AZ 5ne same moment Mr. Marshall
" s.ipp5u - ana Iell with his head against the saw
ana the cruel steel crushed through his crani
nm ana cut his head and face n1ost severely
Inc doctor removed several pieces Of hone
ana seWed up the numerous wounds. and
l1 LINES thaI with good luck he win be able to
pun through but It was most fearful injury
ana painful in the extreme -
=, On the subject Of prohibition in LaGranee
tue hepoTter says: "The writer has been a
close observer, and We have watched with in
seLese sL @ tne sheet produced by prohibition. So
Iar as we can ascertain the trade Of LaGrange
mas not been injured in the least and marv
merchants have told US that the business done
oy them hes been as large as during the cor
responding months OF the previous year But
whether or not prohibition has Accomplished
the intended obi ect is the matter now open for
discussion 1t has done no good whatever
SO Isl as tne restriction of its use Is con-
cerned- Liquor Is procured in various ways,
ana we do not propose TO discuss here the
means employed for obtaining it, Il is fact
that lt can be and is brought TO LaGrange in
young men intoxicated since prohibition went
INTO erect than during any corresponding
months previous to the enactment. It is
quite evident that no law can be passed in a
tually exierminate liquor, and cause those
who are inclined to drink to abstain from its
use. In fact the ones for whom this prohibi-
ton movement was ostensibly instituted seem
10 take a great delight in procuring liquor
and drinking to excess"
The Meriwether Vf7ldicGtor says of the late
storm IN that section: THE wind, hail and
rain S orm last Friday night inflicted consider
able damage In some localities miles of
fene1ng were blown down, and in others the
trees were uprooted and wrenched off by the
violence Of the wind. In q few instances
dwellings and outhouses were injured, but we
have heard of no loss of life The wind appears
than others, moving in the form of a cyclone
North of Greenville the fierceSt wind passed in
straight line from four to six miles above US
The first place we have heard from in the
track Of this storm is the Marchman place on
the HOgansVille road, where large oaks were
Going east II crossed the Newman road hey ond
Captain Heard's, sweeping the pines from an
old fisid- Ir struck the Rocky Mount road at
Flat Cock Church, blowing down the timber
at fearful rate. We next hear Of it at Mr..
Coles, whose gin house was blown down. Dir.
Allen Rowe had his shed room blown eff In
the upper part of the middle Ninth district We
learn several houses we're unroofed. The gale
was quite severe about Luthefville. South OF
Greenville the storm was most severe near
the path of the cyclone of December, 1864.
Mr. Thos. W. Gill was awakened by the wind.
plank was lifted from scaffold in the yard
and struck his dwelling with such force as to
break through the weatherboardiBg His gar
den fence, orchard trees and fencing were
blown down. South of r D. Renders home
this vicinity was all blown TO the ground. The
wind seemed to have been stronger here than
elsewhere. No damage resulted to life or
limb that we have heard of.