Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-09
i. E. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

wOuTdeo. Tie child is but two years old, and
had strayeu from the residence OF its parents,
which is situated about one hundred yards
from the track, and had taken a seat on one OF
the cross ties The train came laundering by.
and Notwithstanding every effort made, the
locomotive struck the infant and hurled it
down a twenty foot embankment. Its father,
who was near AZ hand. rushed and took up his
injured infant 1t was found fearfuIly cut and
bruised about the head and face, the right
thigh broken IN the upper third. and it is fear
fully injured al over. AT last accounts it was
still alive
The grand jury, at the recent term of Camp
bell Superior Court, took a vote on the stock
law, and there was only one member opposed
to the no fence system.
THERE'S great deal of sickness reported in
Lincoln county, and the doctors are generally
busy,
The people Of Morgan county have sub
scriOed S45.OOO towards the Athens and Madi-
son Railroad. Oconee is fully aroused TO the
Importance Of the road, and will do her full
share towards the grand enterprise
The election in Lincoln county on last Mon
Gay Tor fence" or no fence" resulted in the
defeat Of no fence by forty-five votes There
was large vote pOlled. and everything passed
on quietly.
An aged German and his wife, both uu-
known, while riding in a wagon across the Cen
tral Railroad track, near West Albany n ODdav
evening, were instantly killed by the train due
at 4;5O O'Clock. Their bodies were horribly
mangied- Their horses escaped Without a
scratch.
Dalton North Georota Citizen. ,sCronz ara
about laid by IN this neck Of the woods, and
they are all as hne as the most avaricious tilIer
or the soil could wisb-especially corn which
Is SIMPLY immense in quantity and fine in
quality"
Judge Whitfield leased the PULASKI county
chaln-gang on Tuesday 10 Mr.. VIM. NJ Ander-
son Tor 3 30 per month for each convict.
1ne lease runs until the first OF January
mere are at present only six convicts, but Mr.
Anderson agreed to take ali tn NAV be con
Victed during his lease.
Mr.. Daniel Campbell, aged ss years. q native
q q scotland, but for many years a resident of
IelIair county, that portion of which is now
DoOge county, died at his home one day last
week Mr.. q. was one of the first settlers OF
mat portion OF the State. and knew more about
IT'S early history than perhaps any living man
he was universally esteemed by all who knew
The OOltewan aud Red Clay Railroad was to
have been completed by the first OF the pres
ent month, but heavy slide, which occurred a
rev days ago in one OF the deepest cuts on the
line, has delayed the work several weeks. The
recent rains had so thoroughly saturated tho
earth that the sides Of the mountain crumbled
and gave way, and fully 10000 yards Of earth
slid intO-the cut, which will require the hands
several weeks to remove
Mrs. Mary Anderson, an aged lady, living in
the neighb0ring county of Walker. lost her
way while on the mountain last July, and for
eight days wandered aimIessly around, ex-
posed to the wind and the rain which fell
almost constantly. WBen at last discovered
by her anxious friends she was covering in a
small cave near the banks of Little river
Although at the venerable age OF seventy-nine
years, Mrs AndefsOH has about recovered
from her exposure while lost amid the wids
of Lookout.
Columbus Times: ~ he management of the
Columbus and Rome Railway have decided 10
construct a telegraph line along their road
from Columbus to Chipley. and as the first
ling or the heart is the firstling of 1.-THE hand
with Superintendent Gray, iU will not be many
days before we can hold telegTaphic cOnversa-
tiOn with our ffiends in Chipley The wire has
already been ordered. and to put il up will be
the work OF only few days. The advantages
TO be derived from telegraphjc communication
by Columbus, the merchants Of Chipley Ham
ilton and stations along the line are incalcula-
BILE, and we shall hail its completion with de-
light"
The Tenth Senatorial Democratic Convention
met at Albany on the 9Th instant, and after
several unsuccessful ballots for Senator ad-
jOUrned sine die. After Adjournment the Lee
and Worth county delegations met and passed
the following recommendation: "TO the People
Of the Tenth Senatorial District: The conven-
ton to nominate a candidate to represent the
Tenth Senatorial district in the State Senate
having met and failed to make a nomination
We, the delegates of Lee and Worth counties
do hereby recOmmen5 Capt. J. NJ Rouse of
Worth, to the people Of the district as suit
able person to represent us in the State Senate
and call upon all good citizens to give him their
hearty support"
Athens Banner WdtchR0n: About four
O'Clock Wednesday evening. as some hands
were at work blasting out a foundation for an
extension Of the Athens foundry, an explosion
threw a large stone, weighing fully seventy
five pounds. through the upper windows OF
the buildinzg, where Mr. W. a Balm. pattern
maker, was 4 work. the boulder striking him
on the head, causing instantaneous death
Afterwards it struck q tool chest near by
crushing in its side. It seems that the blast
ers announced Look Outn which Mr. Balm
accepted in its literal meaning. The news of
the terrible catastrophe soon spread over the
city, and hundreds OF our citizens rushed to
the scene. The deceased had been laid out
upon his workbench, his head deluged in
blood There were two other workmen in the
room at the time. who instantly rushed to Mr.
Bain's as distance. bot he was dead before they
could reach him" "