Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-26

ago and instantly killed.
A son Of Mr.. A. R. Cooper, in the lower part
Of Hall county. last Wednesday became en-
tangled In some Of the machinery of a steam
gin, and was fatally injured.
Hon. H. q. Turner has concluded his Iabors
on the stump in the Second Congressional dis
trict, and is now awaiting the verdict Of the
ballot box.
The Ferguson-Hoyt contest for the Senator
ship in the Fulton Clayton DeKalb district has
been abandoned.
The editor OF the Athens Banner WatchHan
charges that mob Of Emory speer's hackers
hooted and yelled before his house on Satur-
day night during his absence, using vile epi.
thets and alarming his family, who were with
out protection. He charges further, thai this
was done in the presence Of Speer himself
T. N. Hickey, who gives his home as Chero-
kee county, came to Atlanta Sunday night and
succeeded in getting feeced.
Two years ago Hosea c. Stanley, OF Gwin-
nett county, was one night in Buford on a
spree. A dispute arose between hilu and a ne
gro named Davis, in the course OF which Stan
ley shot the negro dead. Stanley was arrested
a few days ago in Eastern Alabama and taken
TO Rome. A strange coincidence Of the crime
for which he IS now in trouble is that an older
brother Of his is now az large, charged with
the murder of a man also named Davis, but a
white man. This killing occurred several years
ago, but no trace has been found of the muir
derer.
Judge Edward Dumas Ordinary Of Monroe
county, died very suddenly on Sunday evening
last Of heart disease, at his residence in For
syth.
Mr. W. W. Solomon, OF Macon, lost pocket
book on the cars between AIiuedgeville and
Macon, on the 18th inst, containing about SI75
Fifty-five applicants were received into the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Bainhridge last
Sunday, as the result Of the recent revival in
that place. twenty-five adults and two chill
dren were baptized at the same time
The Grand Lodge OF Free and Accepted
Masons Of Georgia will convene in regular
session in Macon on Tuesday next.
Hal Garret, colOred convict who escaped in
August last from the camps on the Marietta
and North Georgia Railroad, has been ca ptured
at Knoxville. There is a reward of $50 for
Garret
The new mail service went into effect on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
between Atlanta and Macon, on Tuesday, and
mail coaches now accompany each passenger
train plying between the two cities Within the
next ten days a mail service will be establish
ed on the Georgia Pacific, between Atlanta
and Temple, the present end Of the road.
The new track at the Thomas county fair
grounds runs across the Old one, and will be a
full half mile, and much better in every
respect thaa the old one. II viii be wild r and
smoother, and the inciines are easier and come
exactly in the right places. It will be ready by
the Sd Of November.
GA Monday afternoon Harry Ferris, young
white man who res des on Cone streer. Atlanta,
was accidentally shot by pistol. The weapon
was on a table in the young mans room. and
being knocked to the floor was dfseharped
The ball penetrated the calf of the leg and
ranged up until 10 made an exit at the kues.
The wound. though not a dangerous one is
quite painful
The Columbus EHquirerSUn states that on
Mono ay afternoon an accident occurred in the
road JUST beyond CooleFville, by which little
negro child lost its life Lindsay King col
Ored, Of ChattahOOchee county, had been to
the city and was returning home. He was
asleep in his wagon, which was drawn by a
yoke or oxen, driven by his little boy. Be-
tween tho double branches, lust beyond
Cooleyville, tlittle two year-old negro child
was walking along the road. some distance be-
hind its mother. Fannie Baker. and the negro
boy, not noticing iu, drove the team over the
child. killing It almost instantly.
Rome Bullet'n: ION Sunday afternoon Off
GERS Joe Sharp and Jake Moore arrested Luxe
Anderson near Floyd Springs, in Floyd county
authority of an OLD warrant for assault
The man was brought to town aud CONSIGNED
70 Jail. few moments later man from Chat
tanOoga made his appearance in the city. The
object OF his visit TO Rome was to aDprehend a
man who several days ago hired a horse and
buggy from Chattanooga livery stable In
looking up the Sheriff he had occasion to visit
the jail. Hearing of q man being arrested a
lew hours before, he expressed a desire to see
the prisoner. His wish was gratified; he saw
him, and he was the veritable man ne wanted
lie sent 70 Floyd Springs aud got the buggy
and horse.
Griffin correspondence Atlanta Constitution:
"a very sad death occurred this (Mondav)
evening on the accommodation train which
leaves Atlanta at 5:l5. A gentleman by the
name OF BuSSey. brother Of Sheriff BuSsey OF
IKE county, as seized with an plleptic fit,
and after suffering most intensely for about
fifteen minutes life was extinct He was ac-
cOmpanied by his wife and three little children
and the scene on the train. SO l am informed by
6 gentleman who witnessed it. beggars de-
scrpuon. Captain VIM. Ennis, the conductor
aided by his train hancs. rendered eve ~ assist
hnce IN MS power 70 reIl eve the sufferer and to
console the distressed wife and children. The
carried 10 Barnesville. A purss of between
twenty-five and thirty dollars was raised by the
lew pas engeTs on board and kindly rendered
the distressed LADY,
Augusta EUeniHQ Netrs: "a trial trip of
the new fast tTaln-hghtning express and
mail-was made this forenoon over the Geor-
gia Road, between Augusta and Harlem An
engine and train left the union depot little
. " command
OF Master OF transportation 5. A. Hemphill,
while gallant old Uncle JACK Stub, the veteran
engineer, kept her nc Sc 70 the track. The time
between Augusta ana Harlem was thirty-four
min1.es, a distance OF twenty-five miles Ia
going cut Ot toxin slow aud cautious time was
made, but afIer leaving the corporate limits
an average Of fifty mi IS hour was made,
IN one run OF six miles only hvs minutes and
little over we're consumed. On board were
D-ssident Phinizy General Manager Green.
-CoIoue Dorsey, Maj wilkins j. S. Davant,
ing Ia MeSgrg AlpEanlar
YER DAWSON fyran-h- Bass and other railrosd
magnates. on the return zip mile min
ute was made on q section OF ten ni'Ies.
Macon Graphfc: For some time past
the temperance people OF Macon nave tels
that some steps ought 70 b. taken looking 10
the abatement Of drunkenness. On yester-
day quite a number OF the prominent citizens
met at the residence Of DR.. +. W. warren 10
discuss the question Of local option After
fun investigation OF the subject, an organlza-
ton was completed by the election OF Virgil
Powers as President; Revs Z. W. Warren am
J. w. Burke, Vice Presidents; and hugh NJ.
Nillet as Secretary and Treasurer. The or
ganization Is called the Local Option Alliance
It is not 8 temperance organization in ony re-
together % ask the Georgia Legislature, which
IS soon to meet, to give the voters OF Bibb
county what they have awarded to many other
counties IN the state, 20 Ssy whether they de-
sired TO continue the sale Of mtOzicants ia the
county. IL is just this and nothing more A
petition, setting further this desire, has been
circulating through the city to-day, and almost
every body is signing it. The whole question is
60 be kept ont Of party politics, and 10 be de-
teTmined upon its own merits This Is a wise
movement. separating it from all party afflia-
ten. and letting every man express his own
convictioas upon this vital subject"
ThomasvilIe Enterprise: LAST Saturday.
little eftsr twelve o'clock. the iowa vas
startled by the report that colored man had
been found dead IN the Watchman'S house on
the Bainbridge branch OF the Savannah, Ficri-
da and Western Railway, opposite the guano
depot The Coroner, Mr. S A. johnson, being
IN town. at once impaneled jury Of inquest.
The body was laid ont carefully on 8 blanket.
his shoes were on the Hsutel, fiddle was laid
gear him aud q bag and a tia bucket near by.
sat7e had small sold earring in his iseht ear,
an. the LEFT ear looked as IL enc had lust been
pulled ous @f Il. The body vas prepared for
burial, but was n. buried until Monday,
and e was viewed by a sr:ssat many Peo-
pie, white and coiOred, and no one cOus. tden-
tlIy Il at all The only information that could
be obtained was that the deceased had been
seen on the streets for a day or two previous
70 the finding OF the body. It seems from tho
oest Information we csn gather that this man,
N company with two Others. arrived here by
tAe ain on W Wednesday morpipg. and the three
stal1 around here uutll Friday evening The
rest IS surmise, but as the house was vacant,
the solution agreed upon is that the three men
went tnere % spend the night and were
genoung, and the deceased was killed IN
4u6rrei growing Ogt Of the gambling. The
E9ry rendered verdict Of death 81 the hands
Of parties unknoWn.p