Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-26

I unable to perfect his machinery He could
/ get no assistance from mOnied men, who con-
| sldered him demented for attempting wild
/ an lmpOssibihty. He applied 10 Governor
/ Ielfalr Tor aid, but the Governor was of the
| same opinion. General Longstreet, grandson
I OF the INVENTOR, says that this letter to Gov
/ ernOr Ielfalr II, or ought 10 be, on file in the
/ Executive Department Of the state now.
/ On the morning Of the 2lst inst, Mr.. New
I ton Mckinney, of Fannin county, was acci-
T dentally killed at camp IS Of the VI. & y G..
I X. L., two miles from Ellijay. On the morn
ing Of his death he was preparing his wagon
I and team to return home. The ground was
rolling and rather steep. and in an effort to
/ place the wagon by hand in a desired position
/ he was forced by its weight and the dcclivity
/ OF the hill against large sapling. and losing
MS hold upon the tongue the left front corner
\ OF the wagon came upon him, and before he
1 could eXtricate himself the vehicle crushed
I his head and neck against the tree, killing
I him instantly.
The ThOmasville Building and Loan Asso-
citation has been organized with \. p. Wright
as President and :. l.. Hayes, NJ. Isaac. y. Il.
I Taylor. +. NJ. smith, :. q. Nc LendOn and +.
/ VI. Mallette as Directors, with the President
/ as eX-OficiO Chairman. Capt. W. @. Waller
was elected Secretary. The election Of Treas
Urer Was referred to, and made part of the
duty Of the Board of Directors. The board
was requested 10 take immediate steps for
procuring charter. One hundrei and thirty
shares OF stock have been taken. Captain
Walters indcfatigable efforts in organizing
I the association We're acknowledged in a COM
{ plImentary resolution.
On Friday last the MOneu's MISSIONARY o.
! clcty, IN session at IhOmaSYillc. elected the
I following officers: President, Mrs. Cobb:
I Corresponding Secretary. Miss Carter; Re
cordlng Secretary, Mrs. Vaughn; Treasurer,
Mrs. q. G.. y. Mcdonnell: Vice Presidents.
Savannah district, Mrs. X. ID. Walker; Macon
district, Mrs. :. Il. Burr; WaycrOss district,
/ Mrs. '. +. Bcsscnt; Eastman district, Mrs.
/ Rcdiing; Columbus district, Miss ). T.. Schley;
ThOmasville district, Mrs. y. B. Ousley;
I Americus district, Mrs. ID. IIardwick. III e
/ Office of auditor was dispensed with. Mrs.
+ Cobb was elected delegate to attend the
/ Woman's Executive Board to meet in Kansas
4 City. and Savannah was selected as the place
1 for the next meeting.
/ The McDuflie journal says; considerable
I excitement was created about y o'clock on
Friday last by an alarm Of fire. BY some
meaus-prObably the explosion of a match
carelessly dropped on the depot platform
fire was communicated 10 a bale of fCOttOn, and
instantly flashed over and ignited "a number
/ of others. Every thing was so extremely dry
/ that "A serious cOnflagratiOn was with difficulty
prevented. But the burning bales were rolled
/ Of and eNtinguished. Five bales were con-
siderably damaged, four of which had been
I received for shipment by the railrOad-twO
/ OF them from Shields X BOatWrlght to ii. Il.
/ Richardson. Savannah; one from StOvall \
+ Boyd 10 j. NJ. Anderson. Augusta, and one
{ from \. North To Sibley X Oliver, Augusta.
I The fifth bale belonged to Mr.. c. y. Usry, Of
{ this county.
I The Gainesville Eagls SAYS: son last Satur-
I 9ay night Capt. j. NJ. Austin attempted to
! juInp from the Belle at his residence about
( four miles below the city. His left foot was
caught under the car and crushed into
shapeless mass, just above the ankle. He was
I taken on the Belle again and brought to the
+ Richmond House IN our city. where his leg
/ was successfully amputated by Drs. Bailey,
I Long and Rogers. The old gentleman OF so
I years was getting along very well at last ac-
counts. He seems to have been a child Of
I misfortune. several years ago he was blown
/ up in a boiler explosion, horribly mangled and
I rendered almost signifies Last spring a
/ large steam mill belonging to him. his only
I means Of support, was destroyed by fire. Not
/ long since he was gwen good position as
I section boss on the Air Line. which position
I he was holding at the time of the above acci-
! dent"
+ \ correspondent of the ThOmasville Enter
+ prise furnished the following particulars of
( wife murder i'm Thomas county: ION Friday
Z night. about y O'Clock. a scream was heard To
/ issue Uum the secOnd-stOsy of the Old Mansion
/ House. uu the Ponder place, temporarily &C
cupin'l by James Pishet and wife, both color
i ed. Fannie Ponder and Joe Graham being
+ near, rushed upstairs To find the woman
/ stretched upon the floor IN the agOnies of
F death and unable to give them anV infurma-
I tiOn in regar,i to the affair while her husband
I was standing near and denied knowing what
was the matter. The circumstances look
+ ing suspicious. the matter was reported to
the nearest Magistrate. Major Combs. who
Proceeded at once 10 investigate. \ cOrOnCr's
jury was summoned, and DR.. Snipcs, who at
/ tended as examiner. decided that death was
/ caused by strangulatiOn. The unnatural hus-
/ band was sent to jail TO await his trial before
/ the Circuit Court. The festival the night fol-
. lowing went ON the same"
The State licenses OF the following insurance
/ companies have been revoked: The star of
/ New York; the Columbus Insurance and
I Banking Company. of Mississippi; the West
/ ern Assurance Company, of Canada; the City
/ OF London Insurance Company, of England;
/ the New England Mutual, of Massachusetts;
f the Penn Mutual, OF Pennsylvania; the Hart
/ ford Annuity. of Connecticut. The right to
! dO business in the State Is denied these COM
panies because they failed to make to the
/ Governor the scmI-annual return of their
-fraua~
/ should have been made the LIST Of
I July. The Governor, SAYS the Atlanta
! Constitution, under the advice of the
! Attorney General, delayed action until yes
terday in order to get the returns of some of
I the companies corrected, they having mani
/ Tested "a disposition To comply with the law.
/ Yesterday he furnished To Comptroller Gen
I eral Wright list Of the defaultlng companies.
/ and the order revOking their licenses was at
I once passed and an advertisement 10 that ef
/ feet was sent out TO the prominent papers IN
I the State. The star, the Columbus Insurance
and Banking Company. and the City Of Lon
4 don will probably Withdraw from the state.
-Four of the companies have deposits Of $25.-
l GOO each with the State Treasurer, and they
will not he permitted TO move il until they
have satisfied the Treasurer that they have
cancelled all outstanding policies.
FLORIDA.
John ID. Brasnahar, OF Pensacola. died
Tuesday.
Sweet Potatoes are selling at 20 cents per
peck in Palatka.
New Smyrna's honey crop for the past sea-
son was $50 barrels.
No less than IS .OS6 homesteads have been en-
tered in Florida during the year.
\ wagon load of oranges recently retailed
in Monticello al 81 cents apiece.
The rainfall in p hours in Fernandina, last
week, amounted To l7-l00 inches.
Bee" Carryman, one of the oldest women
OF the Florida SeminOies, has had thirteen
children.
Large quantities of LeCOnte pear trees will
be planted in Columbia and Suwannee cOun-
ties this winter.
Ex-Governor Broome arrived at DeLand
last Saturday to spend the winter with his
son, Col. j. ID. Brcome.
CLAYTON x. Denmark. of Brooks county.
was not expected to live at last accounts. He
is highly esteemed citizen.
The ground was broken for the Episcopal
Church at DeLand last Monday and the cor
ner stone will be laid Nov. lst.
Oranges are reported in Marion county of
/ which 90 VIII fill crate. The number usu-
I ally required Is from $50 to l10.
! 1t is reported that the managers Of the Lou
/ isville Exposition say that Florida has been
/ the best represented of any Southern state.
The lumber stevedores of Pensacola have
been in caucus several nights recently. de-
/ batting on the present cut in wages.
/ A. G.. kingsbury, of Greenville, y. H. pur-
/ chased the Starke property at DeLand and
I will shortly erect an ice factory on the place.
! Subscribers TO the Ocala Baaner will be the
/ per ON an excursion 70 Lake Weir November 5.
/ \ few days ago street urchn at Gaines
/ vile charged a lady from the country 81 80
/ for showing her where the Land Office was
I He said that was the regular fee.
Orange City has voted to Issue bonds for
I s, 500 to build a school house. DaytOna has
I voted $1,000 for the same purpose and Gaines
/ vile $4,000 for educational purposes.
The young gentlemen OF PalatSa are max
/ ing arrangements to give grand reception
/ ball to the steamship City of Palatka on her
I arrival at that place. She Is expected to
I leave New York November Il.
At jacksonville, Justice J. c. Marcy, Jr.,
/ has committed the negro, George Overton,
I who set fire to the stanton Institute on last
Friday night, TO jail in default OF $500 bail, to
I appear at the Circuit Court.
Gen. J. J. Finley has appointed the follow
ing committee 10 raise funds for monument
I to FlOrida's dead. who fell in defense of the
/ Lost Cause VIZ: Mrs. Gen, J.. \. Perry.
/ Capt. J. +. Tucker, Capt. K. e. Parkhill.
The fall term of jefferson Circuit Court
VIII commence on the fourth Monday of next
/ month. There are several important cases
on the dockets 30 be disposed Of but the most
I interesting of all will be the contest in the
/ county bond suit.
/ As an explanation of the smoke or mist
/ which has caused the reports that a volcano
I Is active a few miles from st. Marks hun
I ter SAYS that three rivers. two of which are
/ small lake, and the mixing OF the waters
gives rise to the YapOr- Other authorities on
! the subject sav the supposed smoke is fog
/ which arises from a marsh under the influence
| of the sun.
] In the Lake Region Fruit and VeoetaI,In