Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-14

-Four carpenters, one white and three colored
r-rs seriously hurt at Dalton while working
90 t1e colored Methodist Church on THURSDAY
.s.- Tie breaking Of q jOisC precipitated them
r5rhe ground, and ali four Of the men we're
ss-Jusly injured.
part of the county line between Jackson
and Banks county has never been run or
marked aud as the same is needed, the grand
fl-4 Of Jackson county viii recommend sur
yey OK the same.
General 1oOm0s has expressed himself
strongly in favor of the Augusta and EIberton
Railroad, ana believes tnat iU will be built
Ia- Gainesville aud Dalton short CUT Rail
r5ai has secured tine interest Of ali the people
6a it's contemplated line who are willing to
-e the right Of way, depot sites or anything
f.- the advancement Of the enterprise The
ryad runs, or is 20 De run, via Jacksonville, the
u.lp.s Of the Town ana county being Tally
aaxlous for its completion.
Dsrins the recent negro riot at Eastman
r4.-r9 named Jordan Smith clung with mis-
arms around the unf0rJunate young man Har-
vs-i who was so brutal murdered, begging
f1r his life. Al a puOlic meeting OF the citizens
of Eastman this noble deel Of smiths was
t-7usht To pubic notice, and resolution OF
thanks Co him aud ali the cOIored citizens who
scrsa So no0ly amidst the infurate1 mob on
-fst un-moIaole cay was unanimously passed.
Ou Monday night last Jhe prisoners confined
iu isiI al Canton, Cherokee county, made a
bold dash for liberty. The iailer had entered
the jall TO give them supper, when three ne
gr5ss ran over him and made their escape. In
few moments the citizens Of canton were out
up7u the chase, and in a snort while two of the
rod 4 Ic.tlr in ill
The third was captured the next morning
Tie chain-sang of FLOYD county was rein
forced on Thursday last by the addition of
eighteen recruits who will serve for twelve
months. The gang now numbers hfty-four in
ALL and are engaged one mile from Rome con
slructing a macadamized road from Rome to
summerville.
The first bale Of the cotton crop for
Early county was marketed at Blakely on
Wednesday last. 1t was produced by Mr.. Pat
Gay, classed as low middling, weighed sol
pounds, ami sold for eleven cents per pound.
The Town Council of Blakely, Early county,
have been peutioned by a number Of citizens
of the county to levy tax upon the purchase
Of seed cotton, and they will take action on the
same at a meeting to be held to day.
Johnston county, in her primary meeting on
last Tuesday, instructed her delegates to vote
forJ. G. c. Black for Congress from the Eighth
district.
The Thomas County Stock Breeders Asso-
citation announce the holding of fair, a gen.
eraI exhibition of stock. etc, on the 4th Of No
vember at ThOmasviue.
Boston. Wayne county, received her 10 first
bales of new cotton on Tuesday last They
were brought in by Jessie Lsugis and Mike
Horn, the latter being one of the most success
ful colored farmers in the county. Both
bales were bought by MIR o. P Bennett at
121ac.
The temperance movement is taking a strong
hold ia Floyd county, and the Romans espe.
ciaIy are being educated to the Importance of
the subject in its relations to politics and So
cial life. A large temperance meeting was
held at the Opera House at Rome on Friday
last Speeches were made on the following
phases of the subject: 'The Temperance Move
ment in its Relation to the Deaer''' Moral
suasiou as a Motor" The Power OF Legisla-
ton;' The Importance of Organization"
Three negro prisoners broke from the jail at
Brunswick on Wednesday night last. There
we're four in the cell, two of whom were chain
ed to a bolt. By some means they obtained
file and the chains we're severed. The lock of
the cell was picked and three Of them took
leave. Their names are John Williams, James
Burroughs and Warren Thorpe, and are all
three OF them extremely hard cases to catch
and harder still TO hold.
Last Saturday night thief entered the post
office at Isabella by breaking open the window,
and succeeded in carrying OF Is cents.
A Clay county negro the other day was en-
ployed TO kill dog. which he did, but going
l. s-r-s.- a.
animal he had killed, believing it to be nicer
meat than venisOn-
The residence OF Wiley Pearce, Esq, was de-
strOyed bY fire last sunday sht. This is the
only fire which has Occurred in Cairo for many
years. Very little was saved from the burning
building.
Lorentz Rothback is the modern Samson,
who laOOrs in the iron works at CedartOWn.
and amuses himself and delights the natives
by carryi g a pair of 900 pound car wheels, at
tached TO the axle, around the yard with per
feet ease.
The BullOch Banner announces that BullOch
county IS In more prosperous condition at
present thar i5 mas been fer many years, and
the causes are very obvious. First. the whisky
traffic is done away with, and second, the peo-
pie are making % big debts.
A new company has bought twenty-nine lots
OF land in Lumpkin county for min ng pur-
poses. All the lots show ich gold bearing
quartz. Another company IS working very
rich vein, four feet " de- All tn VEINS which
hundred feet wide.
A horrible accident occurred at Aeworth
Wednesday morning, whereby Mr.. Arch Pin
kersOn met his death. About O'Clock Mr.. PIN
kersOn wa walking along the side track. near
WhitlOck, Cheek & Co S mills when the south
hound way freight on the Western and Atlantic
Railroad approached As usual, the whistle
blew, and II IS supposed Mr.. r, thinking he
was on the main track, stepped OF of the side
to the main track and was run over by the en-
gine ana fearfully mutilated. causing death
Immediately.
West Point EnterpTlse: AS the up Dassen
ger train passed OUT of town on Saturday night,
and lust before entering the bridge over the
ChaftahOochee, it was fired into by some one
concealed in the darkness. The bridge watch
man Mr. r. Z. Horton, suppOSes the ball 70
have been fired at him. The engineer was
talking to Mr.. Horton when the shot was fired,
The ball passed through glass WlnuoW, ane
very near Conductor Dunlap, who stopped the
train. The miscreant, however, had made
good his escape.
General Phil Cook has in his p session
muster roll Of Company II, Thirty Ilfth GeOrg a
Regiment thar w.s picked up on the battle
held Of Williamsburg in May, 1902, by Lieuten-
ant ". $. Tay lOr, aid-de-cGmp 20 General Joe
Hooker. IL was given 70 General COOK oy
Captain John Hancock. OF washington. Inc
roll shows that 5 H. Richardson was Captain,
@. n Tuggle First Lieutenant, James NJ
Roberts second, Ezekiel Roberts Third Eltner
Of these parties can have the roll by app ylng
20 General Cook.
Griffin DaiIy NeI0s: Monday evening as
AlgeFuOn ami .tiiiam Miles. and a third person
were driving out Of town in buggy, wnen
about two and a ha miles west OF town they
we're fired into from the road side Algernon
received most or the load, which proved 70 oe
shot. in his BAT k while his brother was sllght-
ly wounded in the hand. About forty snot
we're picked out Of the back Of the principal
sufferer. who is now slowly recovering. NOM
ing definite is known to the identity or the
assailant, although the parties have their sus-
piCiOus centered on certain negro known 70
cherish unfriendly feelings"
The Albany Nel5s and Advertiser publishes
the following snake story which was given IT'S
reCOrter by a negro named Deaf jackson, q
cOl0red man well known in the community as
a ipan Of veracity: "He said that on the Gilbert
place six miles from Albany, in Lee county
on We. .Gesday night, a negro woman named
Emma Ken Tedy was lying asleep Win a tWO
weeks old I'M eqnt by her side, when she was
awakened nv an unusual motion beside her
Her screams broueSt her husband to the bed
side. ami turning down the covers, there was
the hideous slght OF a ratt3esnake coiled ABOUT
MS baby The snakz quickly uncolte1 HilllsSl- ,s ~
anc dropped uDJn the hOOr. he was NJ leu ~
The darkeys who had gathered TO see WhAt Gc-
casiOued the commoIiOn, and thirteen fattISs
counted upon his tail. The frightened PSoPie
SlreW him into the fire as soon as ne was oeAu-
4ne baby was unharmed"
brunswick has a negro named Fluker, whose
foractOus appetite cannot be satisfied Inc
Advertiser and appeal relates the following
Experiment MADE few nights ago upon thls
healthy subject: MIR Albert Wenz, merchant
"a Bay street. undertook the job Of SATISFYING
I'm Few nights ago. Mr.. Nenz informs as
s4At be ate in his presence thirteen pounds OF