Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-28

A . 40 Clip by a WalkersviIle TwO-year-
old HambletOnian-Mario COunty's
New RaiIrOad-Skiajagus Deriva-
tfon-Augusta's- Postmaster on Trial
for Alleged IncOmPeteney.
GEORGIA.
Major II. :. Huges, Of Athens, died Wednes-
dav.
4 I9dgeof the Knights Of Pythias has been
instituted at Columbus.
Columbus capitalists are still working up
their street railroad scheme.
Business on Change at Augusta is badly
crippled by the telegraph strike.
4 l7-year-old girl is the only operator at
,-1rk IN the Western Union Office at Athens
About forty applications have been receiv-
ef for the Presidency Of Butler Female Col
iare and Male Institute.
The discussion Of the question of building
su iron bridge across Big Indian creek, at
Perry. has ceased. and the opinion prevails
t6at & majority of the County commissioners
vii vote M favor OF building wooden bridge.
rs. T. Barron, who a few years ago moved
from Teliair county, Ca, to Seguin. Texas in
almost destitute circumstance, is now worth
g5.oo0.
The Columbus Guards, the Southern Rifles.
of TalbOtton. and few members of the CITY
light Guards, Went into camp at White sui
phur springs Wednesday night.
Jesse Thomas, cOlOred. has been arrested
on suspicion Of having attacked and left for
ed man recently found lying bruised and un-
conscious ON the Mobile and Girard Railroad.
seven miles from Columbus.
a fund Is being raised by subscription to he
ailed to the reward offered for the murderer
Oi cuIth Austin at Columbus. Thomas VII
Iis. who has just returned from q trip through
the southeastern part Of Harris county. is
confident that he saw negro who answers
the description Of the one who was seen with
smith Austin on the night that he was muir
derei.
Tuesday evening, while Sanford Adams. a
UUV employed IN the Athens factory. was at
tempting 10 clean the machinery while in mo-
u0n, his arm was caught between the cards
and terribly lacerated. II was by the merest
chance that his arm was prevented from be
ing crushed. No bones We're broken, however,
and the accident, though painful, Is not ne
cessarIly serious.
Postmaster Holden, Of Augusta, is on trial
Iu that city in accordance with charges pre-
ferred by Alexander Mathews, Rev. W. II.
Clarke aud Peter Craig. The charges recite
briefly. that Mr.. Holden is not directly con-
rerued or occupied IN the conduct of the Office:
That he is not acquainted with the details of
the position; that he does not know the COM
linatiOn of the safe; that he is not a resident
Uf the city, and that the general management
90 the Office Is loose, and the Office and carrier
service are careless and inefficient.
The Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville mar
row gauge railroad has applied for a charter.
The incOrpOratOrs are W. b. Young, L. II.
Howard, \. W. Murphey, W. Il. Gary. RObt
VI. Mitchell. Jas. j. Davis. W. W. Hack. Jas.
~tapletOn and Joshua smith. The line as
projected, Will run from Augusta. by Rich
mOnd factory, Hephzlbah and Bath. i'm Rich
mOnd county. Stellayllle. spreads. Stapletou
and Fenn's bridge, in Jefferson county, and
WartheE's store TO Sandersvlle, ln Washing
ton county, with branches to Louisville and
Gibson
Accepting the correction from a lady. the
Augusta Chr0nicle says that the Indian pro-
file ON the mountain range near ClarkesvilIe
nD
''Sky-Augusta,' as il first printed 10. and
adds; -'Skiajagustah was a famous Cherokee
thIei- who in 1880 went To England with sir
Alexander Cumming. I'm q personal inter
view with the King he formulated a treaty
that was observed for wears afterward. He
was an eloquent savage, and deserved the inn
mortality of fame THAI the late Robert Camp
bell helped bestOw upon him.
The EHqUfrer-SHu SAYS: MIR. c. Horace
Mccall, of Buema Vista, who is in the citv in
forms US that the people Of Marion county are
now confident of "a railroad. lie thinks the
line viii be run to OglCthorpe. As for the
merchants of Columbus, we think they would
much prefer To see the road built to BuStirk
III it goes TO OglethOrpe it may for a time. at
least take portion of the Marion county
trade from Columbus, but we do not think
the larger part Of it can be so easily attracted
ma another direction Columbus is a good
cotton market. and Our'merchants sell goods
as cheap as anybody, and the people of Ma
riOu county know it
T0On Powell. of Walkersvilie has a
thoroughbred Hambletonian which has
trotted mile in 2:40 at two wears old The
steed is called Navigator The Runner
WatchHlN SAYS that Mr.. Powell has made "a
success Of Texas ponies and cOnvIcts. lie has
never lost a prisoner yet and as soon as he
gets them he knocks of the shackles and turns
them loose A guard went to sleep not long
since and the cOnvicts captured his gun.
brought 10 to the house and turned it over 90
Mr.. Powell. IL Is useless To add that the
guard has been reduced tOranks and now han
dies "A handle instead of & gun.