Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-17

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The river has fallen at Columbus, and the |
factories have resumed operations.
A colored man fell from cotton wagon on
Tuesday in Athens, and the wheels passed over |
and crushed his leg.
The vote on prohibition in Worth county |
resulted: For license. $50; against license. 346.
Auegro is lodged in jail at Cuthbert. charged |
with attempting to assault two white girls in
che Spring Vale neighborhoOd OF Randolph |
county. on Saturday night.
on Monday night last Mr. VIM. Novel;, Of |
Hazard district, Bibb county. qusrreled with
his son sam. and during the quarrel shot Sam.
hHcting a wound which may prove fatal.
A yIr. Renfroe, formerly of Blackshear, while
al WORK at a mill, had his hand so badly in
iurei that it had to be amputatsd.
Nelson Ready is in Jail at Wsynesboro.
CHARGED with hacking an old negro named
Hampton with an axe
The store OF Smith Brothers, near COhultah
Springs. was burned a few days ago. Loss
about $1,000; no insurance.
Mr. William Hubert agent at the WarreBton
depot, accidentally stepped from the high
platform at the depot Saturday, dislocatjng
the elbow joint Of the right arm by the fall
Albert Dickson. colored, sentenced for
tventy-oue years from Clay county for man.
slaughter and assigned to Locks camp,
escaped a few days ago. A man answering bis
description was arrested at NOrcross and awaits /
the Identification o. the lessees. One hundred
dollars reward is offered for Dickson.
Jim kirkpatrick was arrested in Atlanta
Wednesday morning for forging a check on
WM& R :. LOwry's bank. The check calls
for SEQ and has the name OF ]. r. Howell
signed t. il. The chirography, however, is not
that Of Mr. Howell, aud is thought to be the
writing Of kirkpatrick. a colOred man who
goes by several different names Ben Grant is
also wanted for supposed connection with the
forgery.
Hon. VIM E. Dodge of New York. addressed
tue congregation at the Methodist Church at
Eastman last Sunday
Ex-Vice President W. A. Wheeler left East
man TUESDAY,, on his return North. after max
ing a short stay in that town.
On Sunday night last Mrs. Daniel Adams. of
Fort Valley, in trying TO take some matches
away from an iufant got one of her feet en-
tangled in a hearth rug and fell hurting her
self quite badly. since which time she has been
unable to leave her bed
NA-A11S4A
plantation. in Houston county, had a difficulty
on Wednesday last. when one Drained the other
with a piece Of iron, and he is now in dying
condition.
A citizen Of Dooley, while in a state Of in
toxication a few DAYS ago. attempted to COM
nit suicide. but without avail. He first tried
to procure morphine. arsenic, etc, but failing.
he attempted to use pistol. The interference
deei.
TIE court house at Vienna caught on fire
Thursday night and but for the prompt at
tsntion Of the citizsl would now have been
but a bed Of ashes. Il is supposed by some
to have been the work Of a would-tS In
cendiary
Willie Kersh. Of Fort Valley, who was
stabbed By Dosia Paschal on Saturday hight
last, is reported to be improving rapidly and is
not suffering much from his wounds. 1t is
thought he win be able to be up in few
days.
AS Mr.. A. P. Harrington. OF Albany, was
closing Lewis store Monday night. a lamp in
the front part Of the gtocery store exploded,
throwing the blazing oil in every direction.
After vainly endeavoring to extinguish it with
his hat, he ha pre7ence Of mind TO bring a
blanket from the next room with which he
succeeded in smothering out the gaining blaze.
Forr Valley Mirror: 1--WE learn that the
river is about four miles wide at Everett's
Station, the rise having been caused by the
rain Of sunday night. IL is thought that many
COWS and hogs have been lost Hundreds OF
rabbits have sought refuge on the railroad en-
bankment between Beaver creek trestle and
the river bridge. consequently they are easily
killed. and much amusement is afforded the
people in that section" F"
..-Ty-
ed blacksmith in the employ of Messrs. l.. B.
Wilcox & Co, received a We y painful injury
in one Of his eyes several days ago. He was
engaged in making a plOw, when piece OF
red hot iron about four inches in length flew
on and struck him ia the eye, passing through |
the lid and into the ball very near the pupil. |
He Eas been unable to see ont Of the injured |
eye since the accident. and il is thought he will
lose the sight OF il entirely. He is now in At |
laDta under treatment of DR.. A. w. Calhoun"
Columbus EnQuirer-Sun, 18th: bud Hill, |
Andrew Howard and Bud Payne, three white |
boys, were brought before Judge W. F. Viii |
liams Yesterday, under the charge of having |
stolen jewelry from the establishment OF Mr.. |
7. S. Spear The case was continued until to- |
morrow afternoon at two o'clock, and they |
were placed under bond Of SlOO each for their |
appearance Bud Hill and Andrew Howard |
succeeded,in giving bail, but Bud PAYNE went |
total The jewelry stolen consisted OF four !
gold rings valued at $40 Mr.. Spear has recoy- |
cred one Of the rings
Americus Republican. "a specific for the
chills, as used by negro woman near this
place upon a child Of hers is ahead or any
specific known to the medical fraternity. be
child was rubbed over with pounded cayenne |
pepper. and turpentine poured upon it until It
hlistered and burnt. then a decOction OF the
pulp OF a gOurd was given the child as an
emetic. The remedy was an awful one, but |
II cured the child Anything else but niger
would have gone to the graveyard under such |
a heroic treatment This is a fact and can be |
established by many witnesses. This is q medi- |
cal phase in the life OF the negro unknown to
the whites"
Augusta Nelus: who ever heard OF a dog |
with the tOothachef Well, Augusta can boast |
or the novelty. The poor old fellow has been /
bowling for week with neuralgia OF the jaw, |
and when his master, who is a thoughtful and |
c0nsiderate surgeon well as an artist dis i
covered the cause OF the CANNES grief, he set /
70 work to extract a whole row OF decayed |
teeln IN the dog's mouth. Now this may seem /
ahsuId to some very ignorant people, bat it is |
aI true, and the poor dog held his mouth open |
snd sat perfs city quiet while the teeth were |
being Crawn- And yet some people think |
ucg has no sense or appreciation"
Columbus Eisquirer7Slsn. 18th: "a most hor- |
riole tragedy occurred on the Mobile and |
Girard Railroad yesterday. which caused ne |
efo man 70 lose his life. Yesterday morning |
az O'clOck No. freight train going west left |
this CITY for Montgomery. When it reached a /
point near Suspension. between the fOrty-hfeh /
ana tOrty-sixth mile posts. the engineer saw i
man on the track lying with his head on the /
r4il. The man was asleep, but the train had /
Just climbed a grade, and was 50 near him that |
" was impossible to stop before reaching him. i
4ne train passed over him cutting OF the top Il
ot MS head. His name was Allen Cunningham, |
and yesterday morning be was in Suspension Il
trading. He bought bottle OF whisky, and Il
MS MS was found in his pocket at the time Of the Il
Allng- He sat down on the side of the track Il
and was soon in a drunken stupor. he Was Il
sitting with his head bending forward, and Il
Mtnen he went 10 sleep he fell with his head on /
Aontezuma Weekly: "Gus Blount, a negro |
Sonnned in the Vienna jail for burglary, /
Hl.anaged 70 escape on Tuesday night last, and /
slaeu 70 his other crimes the theft OF a lat. Il
Sa1l1 and two horses. doing aH this on the /
1le night he made his escape. The hat, |
oAnJo and each Of the horses were stolen from i
separate parties. One OF the horses stolen was /
very me animal belonging TO Mr.. John /
SHeus, OF Turkey creek. He telegraphed 70 /
~ elghborinR towns for the criminals arrest. |
elg after considerable expense, he was found /
~ thursday morning at the store Of James & /
oSe9rengin, only few miles from tom The /
SS,ttalnal was carried back to Vienna, lodged in /
~, and viii probably 60 from there TO the Il
- SSSKRii.e1tiary and serve out sentence for each
sIalnnridge correspondent Albany Netrs and i
o,,- user: Quite lively fire broke out In
oS.Io.S9nn .Snn thursday night about halfpast ten Il
destroying four frame store-houses. Il
o, - oeionged to the estate of Stephen Belcher,
GT az % Piety B. Belcher, the other to Mr. /
Sn' II originated in the back room Of the !