Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-06
j. Fl. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

wagon warned Mr. Rice Of his danger. The
st Sll.eI y ara goI a Ience rail and would no
donot nave broken sir. Rice's skull had he not
gotten out OF the way. being at the time totally
unafIned. There are several NEGROES HANDED
together in the difficulty, aud thew swear that
{ {lce snail snail die warrant has been issued for
assistants went to his home on Tuasdax1 1is1bt
lat. u9e game had flown, and his whereabouts
are unknown. Mr.. Rice Is one of our most
energetlc farmers and as brave man as there
IS IN the cOuntrv''
ihe Rome Tribune reports a terrible acci-
dent near that city as follows. YESTERDAY
afternoon an old colored man, who lives several
miles from the city, hauled in a load Of wood
@ VIII, y, h6 6 sol1 70 East Rome. Wishingto to come
over 70 Rome, he left his team near the section
houses IN charge of q little boy whom he had
win MIN, named Lucius Stephenson The
s lam was on the opposite side of the road
IEon the ABOVE houses. and the little negro
leIt them 70 60 on the other side Of the railroad
20 pay with some other BOYS Just about this
Tine the delayed north bound passenger came
numbering along, and the little boy noticing
siiaI ms team on the other side were becoming
frightened, attempted to cross the railroad
When the coE-catcher Of the fast moving train
f.rl1- fsrucK nun, throwing him quite distance
rom the track. The train was stopped and
the little negro picked up and brought to the
city. On arrival Dr. Battey was summoned
anu pronounced the leg of the boy broken in
SeVeiai places, his chest terribly bruised, and
ms recovery almost impossible. The poor
htte suferer was taken into the baggage
room, " here everything was 3ne to alleviate
ms pains, which were intense" Last accounts
state that the little boy had died
Says the Sparta Times and Planter: 9Th.
terrible cyclone which passed through a pCr-
ton or this county six years ago is q vivid re-
collection 10 the minds Of our people. at this
season of the year especially every portentouS
cloud is watched with cons iderabe trepidation
Tuesday morning last the wind sprung up and
fretted itself into quite gale, and continued
to blow throughout the day. Early in the af-
ternOOn ieavyVblack cloud made its appear
ance atove the western horizon. 1t grew den
ser and darker as itrapidly approached Sparta,
and there was sound as of a mighty rushing
wind, and the lightning flashed wildly
and the thunder pelaed There was
a hurrying to and fro of cur citizens seeking
places of safety, for they evidently expected
another terrible visitation from the powers
that Je. At the academy scene was present
Ell we'll calculated TO harrow the feelings Of the
strongest We are told the children were CON
siderably frightened. There was truly an an
cry appearance in the clouds. They were
deuseiy black, with a greensh, sulphurous
cast Some hali fell. However, the wind and
the clouds passed over US without doing any
mischief so far as we have heard"
a correspondent Of the LaGrarge Reporter
writes that paper from Harrisonvile Troup
county: a cyclone passed Mr.. ]. D. Ham
metJ's last Friday night week, uprOoJing trees,
scattering fences blowing down houses and
destroying everything in its track. 1t lasted
about ts enty five seconds. It was as bright
midday for q few moments The track is
about three huBdred yards wide, and presents
the most complete wreck we have ever seen.
Mr.. Hammett had a large, fine grove in front
of his dwelling house. Nearly every tree was
blown down. Only few were left standing,
and of these. every one was more or less in
jured. Large limbs were twisted off and
blown away. We noticed tree about eigh-
tea inches in diameter, that was wTenched
off about fifteen feet from the ground. The
top was carried of seme distance. Several
out houses were utterly demolished. The de-
briS Of houses, trees and fences render travel
ing through the grove almost an inpossib bility
The dwelling house, though just IN the edge of
the cyclone, was considerably damaged. Three
chimneys were blown down, and all the win
dow panes and sash on one side blown in. The
buggy house, in fifty feet of the dwelling, was
destroyed" +"
Macon Telegraph and Messenger 'Some
time since there appeared in the Telegraph an
advertisement of a valse lost containing sew
eral hundred dollars worth of bonds and
valuable partnership papers The owner OF
the valise Mr.. j. T. n Gorham was in the
city last week endeavoring to obtain trace of
the missing article. No one understands fully
the circumstances Of the loss of the valiSe. but
seems briefly 20 be this: Mr.: Gorham. who is
a lawyer and resident, we believe. of North
Carolina, had been stopping at the Lanier
House. but on horseback left Macon for q trip
through the country, leaving orders for
his valiSe to be expressed to Gr6enevlile, Tenn.
Through some mistake the order was misUn-
/ derstOod, 50 on January 2lst the valise was
taken by a porter OF TIE Lanier House ana
placed on a seat in the Atlanta car, it bsiGg
/ th-ught that its owner would be on that train,
and, recognizing the valise, take possession of
his property. But Mr. GOrhan never got on
that train. but was miles away riding ON horse
back through the country, and thinking his
valise awaited him in the express Office at
Greeueville, Tenn. But such was not the case,
ana he returned to Macon in search of it.
Nothing was ever again seen of the valSe after
being deposited to itS fate on the car seat. The
conductor who went UP that morning has no
I recollection Of seeing it, and thus far no trace
# has hl4au faifh n r Z
lanta baggage room. 1t contained valuable
partnership papers and bonds in value from
$500 TO 81, ,0C0. Whether the valse will finally
bSrecOvered or not is an anxious question: