Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28

ne describes the insect as being some
lnlng over quarter Of an inch in Length
anu Oh dark brown color, and Is annre
hehslve that in a few years 1t will swes
the potato crop just as the caterpilr
now sweeps, the cotton crop. We hpe
| fear. ~
Inc three negroes who were ucere-
monlously ejectet from the first-clss car
AZ Geneva got nto trouble againChurs-
| oay. They werf from Tuskegee, md one
Oh them was mirrsT in Macon. At Ma
con tney DoT9t first-olass ti&ets, and
insisted on riding in first-cAss coach.
Capt Kline hid a first-closecoach sub
stltuted for ne second-c.as car, and
tney boarded 1t. When tie train ar
rived at Opelka they BOARDED the passen-
ger Train for montgomery and marched
into the tirs-class car. The young men
OF Opellka, however, were equal to the
emergency, and promptly kicked them
out. One oithe negroes named Brown,
who had jus married, became very in-
sultlng andabusive, using profane and
obscene language in the presence OF
ladies'. He vas promptly arrested, and
the Train roHd of with his wife, leaving
MIN behind. He was carried before the
Commissions and heavily fined for dis
orderly conuct and using obscene Ian
guage In thQresence of ladies'.
Lawrenceille Herald: In the early
settlement Lawrenceville one of the
leadlng citizens and prominent mer-
chants In tbs section was John NJ.
thompson. lie built the residence in
which Mrs. Smith now lives and the store
house adjoining. Forty-fve years ago he
moved away md years afterward he re-
turned here Of visit and died and was
buried at the emetary. One Of his daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Calwell, lives in Atlanta, and
another one, those name we did not learn,
at Kingston. On yesterday these two Sis
tiers made Isit to our town to see the
home of theiyouth and the grave of their
father. The stated that this was the first
time they hal been here since their father
removed. hey were almost strangers in
the town. They could find but one
or two leople who remembered
them OF krhw anything OF the family,
1t 10 an illustration OF how soon we are
forgotten, evan in community In which
we were knevn so we'll. Forty years ago
probably every man, woman and child
in town knewthis family; now these two
ladies walk the streets perfect strangers
to the hundreds of faces they meet, but
on every side the natural objects,
treasured In memory as associated with
childhood's happy life, remain.
j. ". Clayton, OF Atlanta, an ex.whole-
sale whisky dealer, wrote the following
facts In q private letter to friend in the
North, who had 1t published. More un-
blushing exaggeration would be hard to
imagine; "Prohl bition is working ruin to
Atlanta, while Macon, Savannah, Angus
ia, Columbus, Montgomery, Rome, Bir-
mingham area moving forward. the last
two named experiencing big boom. We
here are occupying our time In bitter
strife over prohibition and its results.
Business here in ali lines is at a standstill,
nearly 5000 houses vacant, real estate de-
preciated, assessments OF real estate in
creased to raise revenue, taxes increased
wherever the charter will permit it; city
can't meet her. engagements with con-
tractors for street work, etc., etc. Allan
ia may be put down as finished city.
While we are cutting each others thrOats
our neighbors will gobble up Atlanta's
trade, which has1aIready been done to a
large extent, WIN eh she will never regain
for the reason thatnwhf4e. Atlanta grows
weaker neighboring cities are growing
stronger. Birmingham has gained over
900 in population, and Chattanooga
nearly as much, in the last twelve months,
from Atlanta, and it is estimated that our
last six or eight months"
A few days ago young man named
Henry Wood, who was digging well for
Mr.. Morton, near Cover Springs, Hall
county, fell from the bucket by which he
was being lowered into the well, and was
killed. The we'll had reached depth of
about 30 feet, when rock was struck. On
the evening before charge OF dynamite
had been fired 10 IL, and considerable loose
rock taken out. The nextsmorning one OF
Hoods assistants was 4et' down part of
the way, but discoyered Ia AT gas had &C.
cumulated in the we'll, and asked to be
drawn up, which was Immediately done.
Some water was thrown in, and supposing
that the dangerous gas had been driven
out, Hood himself attempted to go down.
When some thirty feet from the bottom
he also called out to be drawn up.
Scarcely had the MINDLESS been re-
versed ere he dropped from the bucket,
and with heavy thud struck head fore
most on the rocks below. His body re-
manned In the well several hours before
any one would venture to go down after
1t. Vinegar, water and other things were
thrown In freely for some time, and finally
John Early, the Cleveland hack driver.
had the nerve to venture in and succeeded
in attaching a rope to the body, by which
it was drawn to the surface. 1t was
found that 1t was considerably. bruised
and the neck bones broken. Hood hailed
from Lumpkin county, was about 20 years
old and leaves a wife and one child.
His body was taken TO his home tor
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