Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-28
j. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

Clothing with his hands, regard ess of the in
juries he was himself receiving sncceaded in IN
quehchlng the 1ames Dr. SChaffer was at
once sent for, and on his arrival did what he
e2uId Tor the sufferer. The removal of her
charred aud burned clothing disclosed tbet ber
injuries were OF a most painful character The
IoWer iImos from above the knee down
especially the right one were fearfuiIv,
6urned' 66urned' 5 1ne skin coming of, leaving the
buFhsd ana quivering flesh entirely ex-
posed Both arms likewise suffered terri
0ly, and her face is also severely Injured Dr
oGhaHeT expresses the opinion that She did not
,tili'ig sEe Hahes and that therefore the inju-
res LLesi WINE exceedingly painful will not neces-
Sariiy prove fatal But for the fact that MIR
5alneS was In the room, and his prompt and
ilea heauie aclon the child would inevitably have
oeeh burned TO death. He himself received Sc
we're ournS en the hands in his effort to save the
chlld. The little girl is about eight years of
ate1 ,;e, ana tavorite with all who knew her She
VIII nave the earnest sympathy of the commu-
nity In the many DAYS Of suffering which must
health "
Describing the funeral of Policeman Han
c1eA; Ie VINO was recently killed in Griffin by
Au. Doj al, the NeiCs of Tuesday says: The
OuTlal services OF Policeman Hancock. who
was killed on Saturday evening. took place on
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The funeral services were
held at the Methodist Church The church
was crowded with citizens of Griffin who came
70 pay the last respects to one who had been
N9F years faithful and conscientious officer in
tnelr service, and who was so suddenly and
traglcally taken of The funeral discourse
was delivered by Rev. S. G. Mcdaniel. The
discourse was one of the most impress
SlVe We have ever heard. AT its close,
he dWelt upon the life and character of the de-
ceased. his faithful services as a public officer
and the manner Of his death He spoke forci-
Oly or the causes that led to the tragedy, the
violation of the law, aud appealed t. the all
thor1tles and TO the com .nunity to see that the
laws are enfOIcei The funeral procession
was very large one, in spite of the rain, which
las'ed throughout the service. In the process
sion we're the Mayor and Council, the police
force, the firemen in uniform, and the Masons
OF the city at the grave the Masons took
charge OF the body and buried it with Masonic
hOnOrS"
Columbus ErquireY-Sla: ssOne of those
terrible accidents which are OF alsrming fire.
quency occurred yesterday in this county
ABOUT nine miles up the river. Mr.. Thomas j.
Howard young man about twenty-five years
OF age Keeps bachelors hall on place about
one mile from the residence of his father MIR
). W. Howard. Yesterday morning he decided
he would go out and kill a turkey. His gun
was IN a rack over the door, and as he went
To take It down the hammer struck against
the rack, when the gun was discharged, the
whole load entering the thigh of the unfOr-
tunats oung man. The messenger who came
TO this city for physician was unable 10 tell
us whether the bone was broken but stated
that he suffering much that it had been
impossible TO eXa Line the wound at the time
he l-fU These severe accidents occur very
Oti6". and IL does seem that the frequency
would cause the most careful handling of fire
arms Scarcely day comes but what similar
accidents are recorded in some of the depart
INT ntS OF this paper, and in niLe cases out of
ten Il Is the result Of haste and carelessneSs y
Rome Courier: We regret to learn that Mr..
James Smalley, who rents from Mr. John Berry
a p trt of the MObley place, some two miles
from Rome, had difficulty with one of his ne
gro la0orers yesterday about O'Clock, which
resulted in his giving he negro a dangerous and
probably fatal cut with his pocket kt ife in the
H.rAr reFHA al i FL
lows: The negro, Allen Williams. was blowing
one Of Mr.. Smalley's mules and abusiDgit Mr.
Smaliey asked him to stop maItreating the
brute. The negro replied that he was
plOwiDg the animal and would use it
as lie pleased Mr.. Smaley tod him il
he did not quit he would make him.
The negro ssid if You hit me l will hit you
back Upon that they commenced hitting
each other. After few ljcks had passed Mr.
Smalley drew his pocket knife and used it as
stated above. M SO niger was sent Imme-
ci4teiy 10 town for a surgeon and the Sheriff.
Dr. ). b. :. Holmes and Deputy Sheriff Moore
went ont. Mr. Smalley had escaped and the
negro was found in critical condition. This
Allen Williams is the negro that shot one
Of his own race last fall with squirrel shot.
Ar. Smalley went on his bond and to- k him
out of j Ill. Since writing the above we have
learned from the friends of Mr. Sma ley that
ne left the premises because he feared the eX-
titeUnent among the large number of negroes
on the place might cause further trouble =
Fort Gaines Tribune: "The report that was
ci cllated few days ago that a well known
young man OF our town had elOped with the
daughter of q prominent citizen, proved to he
a hoax, and the denOuement of the affair has
/ caused an immense amount of merriment and
serious talk OF pistols and coffee for two. For
tunately, however, everything has been
! amicably settled. After thorough investiga-
I tion we are satisfied that the following is a
/ true and full statement of the affair.
! An elOpement had been arranged
/ for by the Young man with GER
lair
I of the latter. getting wind of the affair, took
steps to block the game that was thought to
/ be played The young man, finding he could
l not accomplish his object. resolved, II posi-
bic, to wind up in truly comic style Summon
/ ing his friends, who were present to assist
I hun. he requested one of them to submit to
being dressed up to peFSO8ate lady, This
/ was quickly asSented TO. and soon what ap-
| peared to be lady of twenty summers was
seen standing in the moonlight, and a young
! man, who was not as well posted as he should
| have been, was presented to her and requested
/ to take charge of her until the others present
| could bring her trunk. This the gallant young
man faithfully promised 10 do. During the
I abseace of the parties in quest of the trunk,
/ tie young lady became frightened and her pro
| tectOr fearing she would faint, requested hsr
to recline on his shoulder, which she did in a
| most c.infidiDg and affectionate manner. The
young man at the same time concluded TO gent
/ ~ encirce her waist with his arm. and placing
| one hand where he thought to feel the putsa
| ions OF her fiuttering heart. he felt instead-a a
hugh pipe and tobacco pouch. Disguised more
/ than lie could express, he deserted his charge
\ abandoned his post of honor, and with an air
/ of offended dignity hOmewaId wended his
/ way"
! Captain r. NJ McClatchy, who has been
/ connected with the Cherokee Iron and Railroad
I Company, is, we understand says the Cedar
| town AdUeruser, now cleaning out a. d prepar-
\ ing to operate the old Thomas Jones copper
Z mine ia PaUiding county. The Captain was in
/ town on last Monday, getting up new Set of
| hands 10 open new copper mine about eight
mi eS from one now operated by MessrS.
/ Teuder & Hart in Haralson county We learn
/ that the OutcsOppings Of both these mines are
| equal 10 the Teuder & Hart mine. Captain
| McClatchy is q worthy and estimable citizen,
I and We wish him success in his undertakings