Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-19

the wheel was post. After the young man
had cut sometime, the weight Of ice suddenly
started the wheel, and in his effort to escape
he jumped between the wheel and the post,
and the turning wheel caught him with its
immense weight and crushed the lower part
Of his body in a horrible manner before he
could be extricated: His bowels were literally
crushed, and when he drank water il could be
heard TO rattle with q sort of gurgling sound.
The accident occurred about 10 O'Clock Fri
morning and he fingered until a. m. Satur-
day, when death relieved his suffering. He
leaves widowed mother"
Israel Berlaut, a Russian refugee, has
brought suit against Benjamin Skalowskl and
Simon JosephsOn, OF Macon. From the former
he claims s. 900 damages and $500 from the
latter The suit arises out Of visit made by
the two men to Mr. Berlant's house Sunday.
Mr.. Berlant charges that they went to his
house in his absence. entered it without knock
ing or rapping, and went into the room where
his wife was attending a very sick child,
and then and there did frlghten both
mother and child, whereby the fever
Of the latter was increased. In the same
room was another Russian named Blufstein,
whom SkalOwski claimed owed him 81 90, and
on his refusal TO pay it they said they would
send for an officer, and soon brought in Mr..
Harris, whom they thought was the Sheriff,
all Of which caused great distress and alarm
to his wife and child. He, therefore, claims
the damages as above stated. At the
trial Of the eity's case against Skalowski and
JOsephsOn for disOrCerly conduct, which was
the same transaction. these gentlemen dis
claimed any intention Of frightening Mrs.
Berlant, and claim that it was all joke.
Wednesday night a couple drove up at the
hotel OF J. J. Velvin at Villa Rica in a buggy
and put up for the night. Suspicion soon arose
that the couple was newly married one. and
while at supper the bOarders began to have
their fun al the unfortunate couples expense.
After supper, to increase the fun, a blank
book was sentjn for them to register. which
they did, and registered wood and wife"
They remained together all night and took
breakfast in the morning. After that time the
young man disappeared, ran away towards
Atlanta (a-fOotj and left the lady to take care
Of herself. He has not been heard OF since.
After the lady saw that she had been deserted
by her "lOved one" she took the road (a-fOOt)
for Temple, an opposite direction, crying. She
stated that they had just been married and
that his name was John Wood, from Chatta-
nOOga. Tenn. and she had known him only
SIX weeks, but did not give any reason for his
leaving her. Ii Is supposed they will meet
again. The horse and buggy is supposed to
belong to a livery stable in Birmingham, Ala
They left the horse and buggy at the stable of
Mr.. Nelyin, and he holds them for the hotel
bill, but has telegraphed to Birmingham con-
cerning them.
The Dublin Post says: "Lumbermen are
complaining that the prices paid for lumber
at Darlen at the present time will not COM
pensate man for his labor. The Darien
dealers in lumber are shrewd fellows. " hen
the river is so low that rafting is impossible
they offer fabulous prices for our pine, thus
q
who work night and day to get up a raft to
meet the first swell in the river. The swell
comes, and the river all at once Is covered
with nOatng timber to rake in the spOils be-
low. But when Darien is reached the rafts-
man discovers that timber has suddenly
Hoped downward, and instead of raking in a
gOOdly sum, he receives just what the dealers
are disposed 10 allow him. Storage in the
boom, board. etc, would soon eat up big
raft, and when once in DarIen the tired
wOrnOut raftsman, who has suffered hun
HNaa 4 al taa L.
ket, finds that he has only been made a eats
paw Of. We know many who have been
gulled in this manner. and there are many
more who Will follow in their footsteps. If
you want to follow the timber business con-
tract with some dealer to pay you a certain
amount for your timber when brought to mar
ket. II you cannot make such an arrange
ment 90 to work at something else, and YOU
Will be worth more money at the end of the
year than if you had made yourself a prey
for land sharks"