Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

cident to Mr.. James D. Barber. Of MONTGOMERY
county, on the 18th OF October: Mr. James d
Barber was experimenting the gin. and. for
the me purpose OF allowing the ginner to remove
the seed, ne himself proceeded to feed the
gan, as was MS custom, and, within a Compare
lively short time after taking charge of the
Work, oy some means in raising the breast of
the gln, while running at the rate of about
three hundred revolutions to the min
ute, 10 remove some temporary obstruction
his hands were caught by the saws which drew
his arm INTO the gin up to his shoulder This
fortunately stopped the motion of the gin nv
throwing the band of the engine pulley. and
thereby no doubt preyented his whole body
rom oeing drawn into the gin and cut into
shTedS. His little finger was cut entirely off
Lear the hand, the one next it was cut off near
the second joint, and the middle finger was emf
OIL about the root Of the nail The index fin
ger was cut nSarly of near the hand and also
the nail. but this finger was sewed back and II
Is thought may heal and vet be of service The
hand and arm to the elbow were fearfully
lacerated, though the arm received no serious
INJURY above the elOew. Mr.. Barber was doing
well last week, under the skillful treatment Of
Dr. J. L. MObley.''
Louisville NelCS and Farmer: There is a
lttle town 6ro Slng up on our line # road be
tween Louisville and WadIev at the Junction
OF MOxley's tramrOad. 1t is called JOcko. We
believe this Is the popular name for the mon
Key. what similarity there is between this
place ana a monkey We know lot. There is a
great deal Of lumber cut near there by MIR
MoXley mill and shipped both ways from this
point There are two stores built and one or
both OF them running There is also a most
OInce there We wish the place and those who
own property there much success Mr. J. w
sheppard is running one Of the stores. and
hr. Matthew Scruggs the other, we under
slAuu ms place Is spoken OF as the halfway
station between Louisville and Wadley"
The people OF DanielsvllIe, Madison county,
ana vicinity seem TO be alive to the Importance
OF Oh, a railroad The Madison YeOHdR gives the
following report of meeting recently held in
Danielsville: "On Tuesday last the citizens met
In the court house at Danielsville TO discuss the
subject OF a railroad. On motion of J. B.
Eoerhart, Esq Major K. II. Bullock was re-
elected Chairman OF the meeting, and R. a.
/ kinne3rew was elected Secretary. The com
mlttee appointed at our last meeting to agitate
| the subject in the different sections Of the
| country. and TO ascertain the most popular
route with the people. made their report,
which was so indefinite that it was not adopted.
| Judge Bowers, OF Franklin county. then re-
spOnded to call, and addressed those who were
| interested in the railroad. He made a good
practical speech, and said he would give 81 OtO
/ help build railroad from Gainesville to
Athens via DauielSville, provided the people
would build the road and control it themselves.
| He then made a motion, which was carried by
i large majority. TO build a road from
| GAINESVILLE by the way OF Danielsville.
/ 10 be built the most expedient and
| practicable route. j. j. Strickland, j.
/ B. Eberbart and r. H. Kinnebrew were ap-
/ pointed as a committee 10 confer with the
| Georgia Railroad authorities about using their
| Athens, provided the road is built to Winter
| VILE. J. ). Strickland. b. B Henry and r II
| kinnebrew were appointed to draft a charter
| for said road. in conjunction with the com
mittees from Gainesville snd Athens. also to
| make a form for a subscription book, aud to
/ get subscriptions from all who desire to sub
scribe money, work or land towards building
| the road. and make their report on the first
| Tuesday IN December next. On motion of J.
/ b Eberhart, Esq, the meeting adjourned till
/ the first Tuesday in December"
| Macon Telegraph: Windsor Hill, hitherto
/ eniOying an enviabla reputation for uuietude
/ and good order, was the scene Friday night of
| a shooting which may terminate in the death
/ Of a negl man named Green Williams, en-
/ plOyed 10y the MscOn and Brunswick Railroad.
| From what we can learn Green has been over
| jealous of his wife, who didn't seem to focus
] ner affections in the right direction. On Fri
| day night ab ut dark Green's wife told her
| husband she wanted to 90 and see her aunt,
| Who lived a little distance from the residence
OF the Williams family. The green-eye yed
| monster Immediately took possession of Green
| and he followed her. When she had got as
| far as Floyd JOrdan's house he caught up
| with her and asked where she was going.
| She replied: 1 told you once. I'm go
| ing to see my aunt WhereupCn Green
| raised the stick ne had taken for the purpO z
| ana gave the wife Of his bosom an unmerciful
| thraShing Her cries alarmed the neighbOr-
| hood, and Floyd Jordan, in front of whose
| house the scene was enacted, came out of his
| door and inquired the cause of the disturbance
| Green imagined that Floyd was taking his
| wife's part and opened fire upon him, putting
several bullets in the door and house. Floyd
was not aware that Green's bullets were d
| rected toward him, but some Of the crowd so
informed him. He asked the irate husband if
such was the case. Green replied that his in
| formation was correct. Floyd then went into
his hOusa, brought out his artillery and blazing
away put two bullets intOlGreen's corpus. The
wounded man was taken home and at last ac-
counts was not expected TO live. Floyd is a
uraymsn in the city, with good reputation,
and was on his own premises when he did the
shooting. No arrests have been made, at least
| we nave not been informed OF any
horrible tragedy has been enacted in
| Americus. The Repubt can of that city says
| that Ed. Partridge, a bright negro man O'
| about twenty-One or two years old, who has
| been living with Judge II. IL. Singletary Jhi:
| year, had living with him a wife, child and d
| step daughter that was about six years Old
! Last Monday about noon Ed. reported 10 Judge
| = that Bell his step-daughter. was dead, ahC
| produced the measure to workman who wa.
present 10 make the coffin by, and Ed theI
left 30 have the grave dug. Judge s knOv Ing
| well the cruel nature OF Ed, beside:
| ing Bell, and not having heard tha
| she was sick, SuSpiciOned there was something
wrong. ana went TO examine the child. which
| confirmed his suspicious when he hastened {
| courier after Coroner J. T. Phelps Judge )
| thinking that Ed. might not remain during tht
| night. issued a warrant fOrt his arrest, which
| was executed by Constable Z. NJ. Jones Mon
1 day night after Il. S arrival from the grave a
| new trace chain was lOOped around one of tn,
| SleeperS OF another tenant mousse near single
| tary 5, the other end being locked around kd. ?,
| meek. I'd kept quiet all night, but Tues 1sI
| morning. Just at the time when no one was
in the house. he, ne procured an s ols
| and twisted the chain apart at the
sleeper. and crossed the plantation il
steps of ten 10 twelve feet apart. going to part;
| unknown. Tuesday morning the Coroner ar.
rived ami empaneled jury. DR.. r Bivin.
made an examination Of the body, which pre-
| sented a most hOrTid appt arance. there not be
Ing a place as large as a man hand that had moi
I from time u time been beaten into a sore, anC
! in three or four places the bruised skin anC
| flesh had slipped of larger than a mans hand.
After the examination or several witnesses, the
| Jury returned the following verdict: We, the
| iury. find that the deceased, Bell Holmes
| came TO her death from cruel treatment in the
l way Of beating with sticks, switches, ropes
and such, IL the hands of Ed Partridge -.