Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-11

mat this decision was come to, feeling very
Ike director and heavy stOckholder who
wanted to see the thing run il il run every
dollar out OF IT," The mill is there, and while
cotton goods are low, it is well to see if some
thing cannot be made out Of il as to let the
capital and machinery stand idle: and it will
only be matter of a few months before the
doubling and hesltating will be converted to
the same opinion. 1t was also decided to put
incandeacent electric lights in the building.
At LaGrange quite a romantic marriage oc-
CURED al 1870 O'Clock Wednesday morning
Ihe contracting parties were MalcOmb Me-
Nelll smith, Of Montgomery, Ala, and Miss
carrie Crenshaw, Of Greenville, Ala. The
| ceremony was performed by Rev. 4. z. Jones'
and the marriage took place at the LaGFange
HOlel. The parties came up on the midnight
train, and left shortly after on the down
train for Montgomery. Miss CrenshaW is a
| niece Of L. Z. Crenshaw, of LaGrange She
1 was TO have been married soon to a Young
| gentleman IN Greenville, and went to Mont
/ gomery 70 procure her wedding outfit, but
/ while there she fell in love with Mr. smith,
| and on his earnest solicitation she married
/ him as above stated. All. Truitt was master
OI ceremonies on the wedding occasion.
The following fuller details of the Alpine
/ tragedy are published: Living in the neigh
/ bOrhOOd Of Alpine is a man and wife by the
name OF Davis. On last Monday evening G.
/ g Jones asked TO spend the night, which re-
quest was granted. just about dusk Mrs
/ Davis and Mr.. Jones were sitting in a room
when some one called at the gate They both
went 10 the door and opened il, and as they
q
/ them with double -barreled shotgun, shoot
| ing both barrels. Mr.. Jones was struck with
| eighteen buckshot. ranging from his hips to
| his shoulders. Mrs. Davis was somewhat he
| hind Mr.. Jones, and was only hit by two shot
| one passing through her heart and the other
| through her head. They both fell dead in
stantly- 1t Is said that man by the name of
fofseY ndu sworn that day that he intended
| 20 Kill Mr.. Davis and his wife, and il is sup
posed that If 1t was he that did the deed
that he mistOOk Mr.. Jones for Mr.. Davis
Cherokee Ad0Ocate: Last week quite a
hurry was caused in town among our mer-
chants and others IN regard to a rumor that
| all freight on the X. & \. Ca. X. r. would be
raised . per cent. on Nov. l next. Accord
ingly ). NJ. McAfee saw the merchants and
agreed 70 haul all their freight for the tari1r
now IN use by the road. He at once placed
three teams on the road, and has made sew
eral trips, being loaded each way. In order to
more perfectly understand this rumOr, we
nave had a talk with the railroad officials, and
hnd that the only thing that NAV be raised
that Will IN the least affect this market, and
very slightly at that, Is flour, meal, grain, hay
coal, salt' bark, lumber, brick and empty bar
reis. Cotton and fertilizers. the two heaviest
and most important articles of shipment have
not, nor viii not be raised. True some arti-
cles seem 10 be rather high and eXorbitant.
yet the road has to comply with the standard
tarln IN use by all roads, and the instructions
OF the Railroad Commission who are sworn
10 see that Justice Is done by the road and the
| people.
Augusta Chronicle: Our friend c. f. Gun
| ther, OF Chicago, whose collection of valuable
manuscripts We have already referred to, and
/ whose scholarly tastes are only equalled by
| ms practical knowledge and kind heart, sends
| us a copy of the following letter from 4 bra
nam Lincoln, the original of which is now in
ms possession: 'WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, lS4S.-
Dear William: l just take up my pen to saw
that Mr.. stephens, of Georgia, a little slim,
paie-Iaced, cOnsumptive man, with voice
IKE LOgan's, has just concluded the very
best speech Of an hours length ever heard.
My old, Wthered. dry eyes are full of tears vet
II ne writes 1t out anything like he delivered it.,
our people shall sec good many copies of it.
Yours truly, a. LINCOLN. To W. H. Hern-
| don. The thousands of admirers of Mr..
stephens, Who never before saw this letter will
| De pleased 10 nave and preserve it now in this
! form. There was always bond of sympathy
between Lincoln and stephens, in spite Of
vide divergence of opinions and habits, be-
fore and after the war. We do not know to
what speech Of Mr.. Stephens the strange
and lateful man who wrote the above letter
referred 10, but some of our elder readers NAV
identity ~. The Logan to whom Mr.. stephens
was com pared V0cdiiy was a Judge Logan. Of
ILLINOIS, pioneer of that State and a local
| celebrity. OF course the letter was written
When both Lincoln and stephens were mem
! bers Of Congress.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: A few davs ago
we made brief notice of a sensation created
IN the neighbOrhoOd of Wammack's Hill bv
the elOpement of a married man with Young
woman. We gave no names at the time, be-
cause we thought things might turn out all
right and We did not care to do the parties in
Justice One week has elapsed. however, and
nothing has been heard from them. and II Is
reasonable To suppose that they have gone to
parts unknown, where they may livefas man
and wife unmOlested. The guilty man Is
Henry Crawford, who drove the car on the
Randolph line Of the street railroad, and the
away by him Is Miss Lizzie Vert, who was
employed In the store of e. BatastiDi. Craw-
ford IS scarcely more than 30 years of age,
yet Miss west Is his third VIC
tim. His first wife lives just across the
| river. IN Alabama, and Is the mother of four
| OF his children. His second wife resides in
/ this city, and has two children. She is not SO
| much To be pitied as the first as we are told
| that she lived with Crawford while knowing
/ that he was the lawful husband of another
woman. Miss Vert had all these facts before
i her, and yet she willingly lefg home and
/ friends with this man for the purpose of form
ing an unlawful alliance with him. She was
an orphan girl, and had been given home
and cared for by Mr. Batastini. who was
| greatly shocked at her ngrautude. Craw-
| ford IS about feet 10 inches high, square
/ built, weighs about 100 pounds, and has dark
/ complexion. He Is not at all prepOssessing in
| appearance. and his strange power over the
/ female sex is ineXDliCable. 1t Is thought that
/ the couple have gone TO Texas.
Augusta Chronicle: 1t is a pity, indeed,
/ that the good work once commenced on the
/ river could not have been pushed on to COM
| pletlOn. IL viii be remembered that a force
| Of government hands, some time back, raised
/ a number of jetties in the river, the first one
| however. continued but a short time, owing
| to the exhaustion of the funds appropriated.
| The river now measures at the bridge about
| AZ feet, and from there down to the first bar,
/ the jetties have formed a channel. which even
/ during the present long drouth would be
| navigabe. But below, for at least hundred
/ miles, the river Is clOgged up with sandbars
| and other impediments, and until sufficient
| rains occur to deepen the river, it is unnavi-
/ gable for the steamers TO Augusta. They
| can thread their way up about half
/ the distance, but no further. With a
| system Of jettIes established between here
| and Savannah the river would be navigable
1 any season of the year, and would be the
| means Of throwing to Augusta large portion
| of the rich river trade, which. as it is now.
| must necessarily DRIFT elsewhere. The fleet
| which viii soon give Augusta an independent
| connection with the sea will as soon as posi-
| ble begin regu ar trips, and every effort
| should be made by our Representatives in
| Congress TO have the river placed in good con
| ditiOn for the commands of commerce. The
| Savannah. as it is now, is for nearly he whole
! distance filed with impediments of various
| kinds, and it is impossible for the steamers 10
/ ply except at certain periods. But with the
/ boats that are soon to be started, the impOr-
| tance Of the river will be at once recognized,
| and il Is 10 be hoped that the efforts to be
| made towards opening il up properly Will be
| favOTably met in Washington.