Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-28

,7.g,,,ered stthe Post Office In Sa-
,sb sa sscOno Glass Matter.
Georgia Affairs.
.i,,, writes from Darien that man named
= yrbo resides about fifteen miles from
80 while cutting timber a few days
rssrlv severed bis thumb from his hand,
I-,,st blei 10 death before medical as
-. arrived. Dr. Harris of Darien, was
- and as soon as possible dressed the
- He also writes that there is great
-l.iD+ among the merchants about the
t.5 mail service in that section The rauIs.
&c seems to be with the Macon and Bruins
- railroad. between Brunswick and Jesup.
,.,-rssDondent from Eastman says negro
-.,bv the name Of Berry Jackson, employed
-. farm hand on the plantation Of Mr.. 3. H.
- of Dodge county, was shot last Tues
5--rf,bt about eight o'clock while lying on
--rsr IN his own house He was fired at
t5r,uzh a crack in the house, portion of the
lad lodging in his hip, from whence several
-, have been extracted There is no clue to
,ts r-rpstrator beyond random conjecture
css-.-4I negro women were in the house at che
time.
s.5rres9ondsnt from Albany states that the
T7irt river at that point is higher than it has
b.-r since 81. Also that the new steamer the
..ysls5n Til. built by Messrs. Sutton. Owens
E Barton Of that city, is now completed. and
yfl make her first trip on Monday. going to
Newton. about forty miles from Albany. She
will be- used as q freight and passenger boat
b4,weea albany and cambridge. He also
writes hat corn and meat from the West have
been delayed along the railroads and conse-
olent,y very little has benin the town for the
mast week. The weather IN that section is ex-
cslert. aud Albany is much excited
over tzo events: one. the reorgani-
zsrfou OF the brass band there, AMI the
other the appearance Of Miss Selma Fetter.
the new Louisville actress. who is announced
for the Ist and ID Proximo.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph and
Messenger that Friday afternoon a serious ac-
ciisat occurred upon the Macon and Eufaula
Railroad. eleven miles from Montgomery, By
whtch train No from Macon was wrecked
and three men seriously, il not fatally. injured.
At the point named, the engines pilot
srlek the end Of a rail which had been forced
upward BY the breaking Of chair plate. The
engine vas TUNED over upon lis left side and
pl5wtt up the ground some thirty or forty
feet burying beEeath it the engineer,
Haynes fireman Henry EDaHwood aud
the cOiored wood passer Rance Andrews.
Il seems impossible that men could naEs
lived under the wreck as It appeared after
the accident yet all three were taken out alive
and moved to Montgomery, Engineer Haynes
was crushed and injured internally. Fout sue
cessive applications OF opiates / ave had no eff
feet upon him, eod his recovery is despaired
o. Fireman smallwood's iojuries are princi-
paLy scalds, although his limos are seriously
bruised. He is recovering. Andrews was
also terribly crushed, and it is thought win
die. Mr Haynes is from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, and has but recently been en-
P.cy5d by the Central Railroad. Three Louis
vile and Nashville freight cars were complete
iy wrecked, and the engine Emerson Focte,"
Is also a complete wreck.
hrs Cole, reIict Of the late Hon. Carleton B.
Cole, formerly Judge Of the Superior Court of
the Macon circuit, died in Macon on Saturday
AZ an advanced age.
The Athens Blade, g ''colored newspaper" 4" is
10 De removed TO Atlanta, from which city it
vii hereafter be issued.
Great preparations are being made in Atlanta
f0T the annual conclave Of the Grand Com
msndery OF Knights Templar of Georgia in
Nay next.
Ths Atlanta POst-AppedI remarks that the
-laragement Of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line Railway are men of practical sense, and
instead Of fooling away time with legislatures
" secure appropriations for encouraging i'm.
migration, they send their own agents to New
iork and Europe, who bring back substantial
ana select class Of immigrants Already BIT.
AiFy ana that section OF Georgia is filling up
Ei'h Swiss Germans and other industrious
eases. French colony is also talked Of, and
AaI'r W. j. Houston is getting immense guam
uu=s Of lend within easy reach Of actual set
uersia tha. region
General Gordon has arrived ia Atlanta, and
s-l 70 Constitution interviewer that the
17orgla Western Road would certainly be sur
eyed and located at once, and as soon as this
vas done the work Of its construction would
oesn- He says he feels perfectly safe in say
y 'Aat inside Of two years the road will be
'1p'sted and trains will be running from At
--l'@ 70 Columbus Mississippi. The people Of
-'-lal "a vii not be called on for subscriptions
-1'A me success Of the road is assured.
At & meeting Of the Directors Of the South
Ts'' Georgia Industrial Association, held in
Aoany Friday, it was decided to hold a Spring
-1 TOT Two days, May 26th and 9th. The plan
tI,s,
lee is 70 be charged, nor premiums
s.5n' out the farmers are all TO meet together
-l 'nelr fruits, flowers. poultry, etc, and
uns ''--''' ''-0 e'-7' q s''U
A'e'' d. A Duncan, one of the Oldest citizens
-! - AuSusts, died in that city Saturday evening
'-e o'tA year Of his age. For the past 20
ls had been a minister of the Baptist
--'eH and at one time was President of the
man Female Asylum at GreenviIe, S. c.
al proposed that the editors and proprie-
N'soi the three Rome daiIies hold little
-A.ufe press convention of their own
-e Rome Courier says: Rome has emerged
I'm lne recent freshet and is as full of vim
igor as before. Should one of her own
ns return after a weeks absence, he could
.'sa-'ze that hateaux were passing in front
day" sei ''7O '"''" ''''N : -
mechanics OF Rome are contemplating
-hs cooperative store there.
D-'irh Timber Gazette ssys: THE tim
a.. .-arket has been quiet this week owing to
'@c' that there were not many RATS down.
s'Ol timber is now selling better than for
Ae weeks past. The great trouble caused
~. 'ue big glut Of timber is now over.
r.,.. ' vessels are being quickly dis
m We have no doubt but that
r-;.. VIII In few weeks be selling at old
IN. again. The indications point that way
on. y. The following are the Gazette's
a. Hs 81. ior last week: Square-6OO aver
a. 0G7 7G0 average, Sc 5O0s 500
l6oo $ 256s; 500 average, SsalO
Ian ase' Ss911; 1,lOO average, Sl00l2;
,@1'sfage, sl1 OOGIs Scab-sOO average,
go. ~ average, SSG9 80; 500 average, $40
-, 0o sv, rage. s12a13.
FA'y one half Of the additional stock OF the
.plSs Eactory in Augusta has been taken. |
Is. .-s store Of Mr.. J. E. Dart. on St. simon's
L1s.s,, ,s1 q destroyed by nre on Tuesday night.
s''V' insurance $4,000.
E5isqsta Netrs. '.P,1bIic cd e,,or,,.I ;0tarast
aod both az tween railroad and factory stocks,
Z, The Sibqats n demand. Thirty five shares
his mare mare being paid in on ne % cSpital St. stock
aun Of o1a sshles, me value Of the stock at pre-
st erected S oollar per share. and the mill not
ssiion of Ut IN, IN operation. This is an illus
shich sT,si e-e value Of manufacturing stocks.
peaks Tor itself y
lev dsSs Sne Athens Bonner. ssyVa Iaarn that a
SSt9te receivs,Ie e.e principal OF Lucy Cobb In
1Isl with . Sc. twenty dollars through the
tle nar.- q note staffprr tt,,F -, -.-s ~