Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-14

he had taken care of himself there Is no
telling how long he might have lived. AS
1t Is, expect him TO live several months"
At Jackson Wednesday morning about
O'Clock the residence Of j. j. Thornton
came very near being destroyed by fire.
Inc COOK had taken up ashes in box the
DAY before and LETT ii in the dining room.
Scrap Thornton was sleeping IN an adjoin-
ing room, and the door leading to the
olnlng room was open, and he was awak-
eneo by being nearly suffocated by the
dense smoke In his room, and but for his
presence Of mind in arresLing the flames
the building would have burned.
+. w. Williams, of Milton county. went
TO Forsyth and married James Mortain's
daughter, rather against tns old mans
Will, and so he proceeded to Cumming
aud swore out warrant against VIII
Hams Tor bigamy, alleging that ne had a
wife living. Young Williams gave bond
for his appearance and proceeded to Law
renceVille and procured a certified copy
OF the records showing his divorce from
Wife No. l. The last seen OF the parties
they We're all going home together.
j. H. Hall, sheriff OF Coffee county, &C
companied by three deputies, passsd
through Jesup Thursday evening, en-
route for nome, having in charge two me-
groes, Isaac Watson, charged with the
mill in 1879, and Alberson Cray, charged
with attempting to murder a white man
at Okamuiga last April. Watson was cap
tured at Green Cole Springs, 5. c., where
he had been serving sentence for wreck.
Ing freight train. Cray was also
caught in South Carolina, ct Kings Tree.
Wednesday morning as the mail train
was going across Phiniholiway tressel a
rail which was lying at one side OF the
| track jOted of, and one end flew up and
| struck the mail car, cutting q hole about
/ feet long in tine floor, overturned the
stove and damaged some OF the mail very
badly. 1t was lucky escape for Mr..
! Bowen, the postal clerk, who was suffer-
| ing from rheumatism and happened to be
! lying down at the time. The rail broke,
which alone saved the train from being
! thrown from the track and perhaps sew
eral lives lost.
The rope walker, W. l.. Davidson, is
still in trouble at Athens. The lady to
whom he is engaged sent a note to the
| Banner Waterman that she found she had
made mistake. and upon reflection she
had concluded not to take the leap for
life. Davidson has gone TO Watkinsville
| to answer the charges made against him
| for perjury. He says the note written to
the Banner Waterman is put up job by
the parents Of the young lady and that
| she IS stlll true TO MIN, and when the
clouds roll by he will marry her, despite
locks, bolts, bars and parent with a shot
gun.
During the recent deluge in Chattooga
county the ginhouse of the Raccoon
Manufacturing Company was swept from
the pillows and carried some distance
and completely demolished. About 10
bales of cotton was carried several miles
down the stream, but by means OF bat
eax it was recovered. Lamar Knox's
barn was struck by lightning and con-
sumed, together with large quantity OF
hay, grain, etc. While some of the citi-
Zens of Summerville were out viewing
the high water Thursday they discovered
horse that was being borne swiftly down
the current. 1t was doubtless drowned
at some point up the river.