Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-10
Georgia Affairs.


aeIl Eu0wn poem written by General Henry
r. jackson. Of Savannah, during the Mexican
war entitled My Wife and Child and cred
ted its authorship to Gen. Stonewall Jackson
Dir j. +. Ga innings of Atlanta, Vice -Presl-
dent OF the Atlanta and Alabama Railroad,
says he has the ighest opinion Of General Cor
don. but doesn't believe he will be able to
build the Georgia Western Road. He thinks
the charter Of that road has been bottled up
tyis sale to General Gordon.
on Monday morning last two freight trains
on the Western and Atlantic Railroad came in
collision near Tunnel Hill. We learn from
the Atlanta appeal that the accident was
oecasioned by a failure Of the train going
North 10 obey instruction. Train No 13. John
Chester engineer. was ordered to wait at Dal-
ton until No. u, John Webb. engineer, should
pass. By some mistake. or cause unexplained
no. i3 failed to obey instructions and passed
on No y had passed Tunnel Hill, and met
No. 13 a short distance on. The two were close
together before they discovered each other,
when every effort was made TO stop, but with
ont avail The two engines came together
with a crash, aud made a general wreck.
William Jones, fireman on No. II. was instant
ly killed Ben Yancy, fireman on No 13, was
m0rtally wounded.
While the Macon train was at Smithville last
Sunday, suddenly the report Of pistol was
heard, and a bullet came v hizzing through
the back OF a seat occupied by lady, mar
rOwIy missing her. The excitement was very
great, and it was finally ascertained that the
weapon had fallen from the pocket of trav
eIer. and the fall had caused the explosion.
The passenger explained his possession of the
pistol by saying that he frequently Travelled
with large sums OF money about him, and the
weapon was necessary to his proper self
protection
We learn from the Macon Telegraph that
Doe Wilson, the slayer Of Mr.. Tinley, was cap
tursd by Sheriff Thebald, Of Chattahoochee
county, in the town of Apalachicola, Florida,
just as he (Doc.) was on the eve OF embarking
on a lumber vessel bound for Boston He was
placed on boat plying between ApalachicOla
and Columbus Ga, heavily rOned and well
guarded When the boat touched at Balm
bridge Mayor Corput was telegraphed the
above and additional facts by the Mayor Of
Bainbridge aud others. Sheriff Wescott, of
Bi5b, Chief Of Police John Hurley, and Solici-
tor General Hardeman left Monday night for
Columbus, and Doc. is now in their hands. He
viii be taken to Atlanta and confined in the
Jail 0f that town for safe keeping.
The ThomasviIle Enterprise reports two
cases Of severe, aud perhaps fatal, burning of
children this week One was that of young
son OF Mr. L A H-n. who was so badly burned
shat it was thought he could not survive more
than Two days The other was that of a little
C0l0rei child en- Mr. Frank Winn's place,
Thomas county, who was burned while all
hands on the place were fighting fire. 1t is
stated Lhas the little one wandered out, and
being too small to take care Of itself, got sur
rounded by the fire, and was severely injured
before succor came.
The Reidsville Enterprise says: "We passed
though the lower portion Of the county q few
days ago and found the farmers all busy at
work preparing for the coming crop. Many
have already planted corn. and are now pre-
pairing land for cotton, upland rice, etc. Riee
Is quite an important crop to many OF TIE
Tatnall county farmers"
The NIledgeyiTe Recorder reports thst Mr.
Luke Robinson, an aged citizen Of PaldWln
county, was killed on Thursday lastly an ac-
cident The steers he was driving ran away
and the old man was thrown outOI nus wagon
and killed
Athens is greatly enthued over the ap
preaching hreman's tournament in that city
The Montezuma WeeHy says good many
colored people in DooS are on the high roae
TO prosperity. It krsws Of ten in one vicinity
Who o,v, rasrIv our thousand acres OF land
al paid for
The Montez4ma Weekly states that the farm
ers Of that BcaIity have laid aside all despond
ent thoughts Of the future and have gone tC
work j earnest. They iutend to harvest g
good crop this year if favorable season i:
given them
The Newman Herald reports that as the out
ward bound freight and passenger train wss
moving out from Puckett's Station, six miles
below Newman, Wednesday night of last week
rock was thrown into window Of the pas
senger CIR, crushing the glass and shutters
The Herald says: 1T was a fiiat-rock, con
tsiaing about tbirty-two square inches. and,
coming with the force it evidently did. would
have certainly given the headache to the gen
ueman sitting by the next window had Il
chanced that way. The conductor was at
loss to account for the spteful fling, as be
knows Of no one in the neighborhood who has
any grudge against the road or its officials. p"
According to the Swainsboro Herald, plan
is being set on foot to set up telegraph line
from swainsboro to Wadley. 1t is estimated
that it viii cost about six hundred dollars
That paper thinks that parties buying stock in
this line viii be making good investments
Mr. Joseph S. Bean has retired from the
eoitorship Of the Augusta Sunday Mirror. He
Is succeeded by Mr.. Tracy j. Hickman
n ". G. writes from New York that he il
willing TO bet the next Gubernatorial race in
Georgia will he between FELTON, and BI0unt
and that he knows that General Gordon could
not be prevailed upon to accept the Governor
snip or any other Office.
Ihs Augusta CkrO0icie says peddling has be
ZONE a nuisance in that city 1t wants the
practice put an end to. It thinks peddlers Of
al descriptions Including book agents, Of
99ufse) should be made to pay e license Of al
'e4st one hundred dollars
augusta Chronicle: 'lir. George Cornwall
IA NeW York, VINO went Up to the Magrudel
~. i.S ~ Win Major George 7. jackson and party
- Ihursday, and remained after they left
4 ne purpose OF examining the mine re
Hsa Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Cornwall Il