Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-10

en- O@mDatant BADLY Cut-Death In the
Planes at Waynesboro.
GEORGIA.
columbus = 10 have q shoe factory.
brunswick is to build a new market house
Capt. Cade has decided not to build a -four
mill az LinCOlnton.
Crops iu some parts Of Burke s.1untv are
suueriuE Tor want Of rain.
Albany Is % De interested by six hour 90
as-y0u-please on the 10Th instant
Madison cOunty's Democrats advocate the
omlnatIon Of Hon. SeabOru Reese
Capt Thomas g. scott j. strongly iudorsed
% represent Burke county Iu the next Legis-
lature.
WaynesDoro's artesIau well is gOingdoyyD at
moderate rate- being. up TO this writing. B3l
Leet 9etp- Ihe town started boring for wa
~ alout tWo years ago, having in that time
abandoned two wells.
Mrs. sarah D. TIguer, relict Of the late Rev.
Young f. TIEuer, died at the home OF her SON
II. n. llgners ~ Columbus, Friday morn
Ah-s lh the eeNenty-htth year of her age She
was born in COiumhia county. Ga. on tie
luth OF November. 1909. and was married 10
heV. A. r Ilgner in ls27. Her maiden name
was sarah Tinslcy.
Ihe competitive examination for the ap-
polniment % be made To the Naval Academy
az Annapolis by Hon H. g. Turner will L.
TglA Is i1 Albany on FRIDAY, the l3th instant.
The ioliowlng gentlemen have been appointed
as the board OF examiner: Mr.. J. T. scaife
OF Iamlllas sir. a. b. Befhea. of Early
T'Lhtk. Ar. g.. W. CheYes. Of Dawson; DR.
r. L. Hllamau, Of Albany.
Dawson correspondence NEWS. June7. We
heii our Democratic county meeting to-day.
anu the following named persons were elected
lelesates 10 the state Convention 90 De held
20 Atlanta on the 18th inst. r. Il. Simmons.
Col j. II. Guerry. q. w. Chcvez. editor OF the
Dawson Jgurulf. and Capt. IS. D. Murray " M
power % select our own aiIematcs. ETC..
passed resolutions ind0rsiuE tbc action of our
members iu Congress on the tariff question
also resolution tHat DO was the sense OF the
meeting thrt the old ticket 81 lS7G-Hou.
Samuel J. Tlden aud Thomas A. Hendricks
--was the most available.
Barlow correspondence NEWS: Constable
NIXON arrested q person of color on Saturday
night who answers % the description of
party who committed a rape i'm IS ashiu Zton
county ON q ID or II year-0'u negro girl some
time past,tor W hum The Governor offered s. re-
WaFd--on Sunday Constable Nixon arrested
Peter Jackson, col0red. Peter went home
on Saturday night intoxicated and bis
stomach revolving at the overdose, he
y0mlted, FOR which his wife 5colded him.
He became euraEed and shot her. the ball
taking effect just In fr5ut Of the left arm
below the collar bone and lodged iu the lungs.
Ihe ball could not be found The woman is
still living. but Ir is DOUBTFUL as 20 her re-
coFery. After commitment trial Peter was
sent 90 Jail 90 await further investigation.
WaynesbOr0 True Citizen: ON last Monday
evening two hours gO-as-y please walk
ing match came or between AIR. 4. W. Hurst
and John Mccullough, s. q side. The walk
began at $3.50 o'clock %. III. and ended az 7:l9
O'Clock B.. ID. The laps were $50 yards iu
length. During the first hour Hurst made
6s laps and Mccullough o., Hurst making
run and gaining one lap. Hurst withdrew
about lu minutes before the time was up.
having made l35 laps, while Mccullough
walked the time out, making JAG laps, or 10
S-ll miles. The walk was very exciting, and
several cigars changed hands on the result.
During the first part of the walk Hurst was
the fayOrite, but as DO progressed II became
evident that Mccullough would De the
winner, and when 20 last Hurst abanrOned
the field. with Mccullough far in the lead. the
crowd greeted McL LullOugh by shouts OF APP
plause.
Mnedgevrle chronicle: Il is expected that
Gen. IOOmbs viii hc at commencement. and
will make an address. To see him will revive
IN the minds or those who lived in ante
bellum days thoughts Of the good old times Of
the past, but To see him here in Minedgevil,e
viii be double reminder. and will kindle
again for the time the patriotic fire in the
breasts of citizens whose hearts swelled with
eloquent emotions at the sight Of him and his
then contemporaries and co'abOrers. who
figured so COnspiCuOUsiy upon the political
arena, but who have passed or the stage OF
notion. We welcome the General. He viii
nud the MulcdEcVllle Of to-day not the citv Of
the past; yet in It much % love and admire
and To hope for. Its future prospects are
Frightening, and there is no reason why the
old capital may not be a centre Of industry
and mandatory, as it is the centre Of tie
State.
Columbus Enquirer sun: a difficulty oc-
CURED Saturday night on the other side of the
river. near the west end Of the Eagle and Phe-
nix dam, between George Powell aud viii. or
Bud fIill, i'm which the former WAS killed
and the latter badly cut. POwcll's throat was
cut, severiug the jugular vein. and be died al
most Instantly. Hill received an ugly cut on
the LETT arm and over the eyes After the diff
hcuity Hill either walked or was brought to
this side Of the river, and was found lying on
the sidewalk az the intersections of Broad and
Franklin streets about lO;5O o'clock. DR.. Os-
lin was summoned. and dressed the wounds
which were bleeding prOfusely. Hill was too
drunk to give any account Of the affair, and
Dc was difficult 10 find any one who knew any
thing about it, One young man said he was
attracted by screams of women, and reached
the scene about the time Powell was breathing
his last. lt is supposed that the two were
drunk and whisky was the cause Of the fatal
quarrel It was whispered around last night
that there was third party in the difficulty.
but we were unable TO ascertain the truth of
the report.
WavnesborO T-us citizen: Last Monday
evening most terrible accident occurred in
the SINty-sINth district, on Mr.. Green B.
Lively's place. The parents, cOlored, having
gone To the field % work. left three children at
their cabin. one baby, the other two girls
and years old. 10 Is supposed that the eldest
girl procured some fire preparatory 10 cook
ing DINNER, ana dropped "a coat under the
house, which. being old and dry. was very
cOmbustihe, and s'on caught fire. The pa
rents. working close hv. discovering the fire.
ran to the house. but found the door barred
on the inside, which had Co be broken down
TO get 10 the children. the eldest
Eirl having toltett tut uoof. ll Is supposed,
from being scared. BY the time the door was
opened the house was IN Gght blaze. and no
time could be lost. The baby was asleep ON
the bed and burned To a crisp. After the house
had been consumed, Mr.. J. K. Thomas foand
portion OF ITS remains and had them placed
in box and buried. The other child. a girl
years old. was saved ln horribly burned
condition, her knee caps. the skin on her arms
and body were burned or and her face in
solid blister. The eldest girl was saved. hav-
ing escaped the terrible fate Of her little sis
ter =if
discovered running from bed TO hed and max
ing no effort to get out. she hcng so badly