Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-02

Macon Telegraph The Macon and Brups.
wick train, which should have arrived IN Nacon
$500 IusI Inornlng az b:45 Gid not reach here
until IN the afternoon at {: 20 owing ~ a wash
out on the road b. tive n Jesup and Rr7lnsviclr
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad anthori.
ties, however, proved equal to the emerpency.
Albany road to Waycross and there took
the savannah, Florida and Western
road ana came up to Jesup, and so
eighty miles longer to Brunswick we under
stand, than by the regular route The wash
out VIII probably be remedied during the day.
Inc me ROAD at tne pont OF the washout Is seven
miles Irom tie river and the washing Of the
tTaek was caused by back water. That section
OF the country is Just receiving the tuIl effects
ot the recent freshet that prevailed about
The Rome Bulletia publishes the following
wonderful story. IL it is an April fool it IS
sOneWhat previous. as the paper in which it
appears IS dated March 30th: Mr. Frank
lsrry; VINO resides down on the Coosa ri er,
near the Green Foster place, was in the city
Yesterday. AS Is known the Foster farm lies
IN a bend OF the river. Mr. Terry saws that
curing the late freshet the COoss flooded this
place, and the current that swept over il was
so strong that in some places it washed of the
surface TO the extent OF five acres down TO the
cay; In one OF these washes buried Indian
bdtlie neld was exposed to view. The ground
was strewn with bones. Not human bone
Ihat one could think Cf but was to be seen
on TINS long hidden field Of battle, that the
into broad day. In addition to the bones a
laTg7 number OF Indian beads. varying in size
from an average hickory nut to a small pea,
we're also found. In one place an Indian pipe,
carved into the shape Of human face, was
picked up As there are great many
logs, SO living one on the other
suuted a fOrtihcation, it is supposed that these
/ bones are indications of a stubborn Indian bat
tie having been fought on this spot in the
unknown past. Who can decipher these
hieroglyphical records Of Indian history"
Cuthbert Enterprise: 'sWhile at Spring Vale
on Saturday last, We Wer@ informed Of the
| death or a Mrs. Stevenson. of Stewart county
y hich occurred under the most distress ng cir
cumstances. In the southwest corner OF Stew
/ art, quit near to Quitman and Randolph coun-
ties and very nesr to each other, were three
neighbors. MIR. Brown. Mr. Stevenson and Mrs.
/ B'acr burn, living in the order in which their
names appear. For quite a number of years
I Mrs. Stevenson has been subject 70 fits Of epi-
I lepsy, occasiOniDg her friends a great deal If
anxiety. On Wednesday, week ago, while
\ Mr. Stevenson was out upon the farm, Mrs.
/ Brown. in passing through the yard. thought
/ she detected the smell OF burning garments at
/ Mrs StevensOn's house Running through
| the gate, and up the steps. she found the
/ doors ell fastened and the sash all down. SAT-
/ tshed that something was on fire in the house,
/ but not knowing exactly what to do, she ran
70 the other side of the yard and called for
/ Mrs Blackburn and young lfr Stevenson, who
/ was Just coming up on his way TO the house.
/ Returning together they forced open the door
/ with an axe, aud there in q back room found
/ Mrs Stevenson with all her clothing burned
/ on, STOPPING over a trunk in the effort TO get
out fresh garments. In the effort TO get her
upon the bed, it found that the bone of
/ one lower limb was broken and protruded
/ through the skin. She fingered for two DAYS
I aud DIED on Friday 1t il singular that She
complained Of no pain except from her broken
/ limb. The supposition is that while uear the
/ fire the parOxysm came upon her, and she fell
| so near 1t that her clothing caught and was
consumed before she was aroused to con-
| sciOuSneSs."