Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-01

went Into the engine room and heard
/ cracking noise, and ordered the engineer
20 stop and Oil up. He then went outside
and discovered the flames coming through
the roof Every effort was made to save
the doomed buIldInk, but to no avail, and
everything in the reach of the flames was
consumed. There is some insurance, but
the amount could not be ascertaiued.
Some nineteen years ago company, of
which W. l.. Fulton, of BrunsWic6, is
mem Der, was formed, which purchased
! coat mine in Tuscumbia county, Ala.
fhe mine was remote from any railroad,
| and therefore not considered valuable,
out during the jast year a new railroad
line has been projected through the rich
coal and iron belt OF which this county
forms part, and before the year closes
this property viii he within few miles
OF this new road. Nineteen years seems
long time to wait, but the fruit has come
at last. Mr., Fulton returned this week
from Alabama, whittier be has b. en- to
look after the property and attend meet
ing OF the stockholders.
The gin house on the place Of DR.. Il. II.
Moran, on Gum creek swamp, in Pu-
laski county, tenanted by John Faucet,
was burned Tuesday night about $3.50
| O'Clock. 1t was evidently the work or an
! incendiary. The farm is about ak miles
| from Cochran. Five bales of cotton,
| packed, were burned, and some lint cot
/ ton aud large lot OF cotton seed. The
cotton belonged to Dir. Faucet and some
! patrons of the gin. DR.. MOrgan's loss in
cotton seed, house and gin was $500 or
$500. Mr.. Faucetts loss in cotton, cot
ton seed, engine, gin, betting, etc, was
| bet ween 81 800 and 81, 000. JOnn A. Cole
man, Gabe Phillips and John Rogers each
| lost bale of cotton. There was no in
surance on any OF the property. The en-
tie loss will foot M near 81, 800.
DougIasvlie Star: Dougls sville is over
]. $50 feet higher tnan the level of the sea,
p miles west OF Atlanta, is located on the
old Tallapoosa ridge, which takes It's
name from the Indian. While our town
is located on a high plateau of ground, on
either side OF ii we have the very finest
| section OF country almost in the state,
and every advantage to make Douglas
vile one among the best and incest towns
in Georgia. We now have near 200 popu-
lation. In 1882 we had $50 inside of the
corporations. We Will double this num-
Der in the next five years. We have pure
sir, good water, perfect drainage, and Il
more healthy spot does not exist in the
world. Our people are clever and will
extend hearty welcome for all who Will
come among us, and the town il moving
on and Substauual Improvements are be-
ing made every year.
W. j. Gregory, OF the firm of Everett Il
Gregory, whose store house and stock OF
goods In East Doucherty were destroyed
by nre on the night OF Oct. ~, went before
Judge a. 7. Greer, on Monday night, and
sWore out warrant against Ed Wright
anu Ncelus McLendon for arson. The
warrant was placed in the hands of
sheriff f. g. Edwards, who, with
officer j. W. Cooper, effected the
arrest on the same night ot both suS-
pects. The two are now confined in jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury for
the October term Of the superior Court.
Tue eyideuoo is mainly crcumstantial,
yet it is thought by Mr.. Gregory to estab-
lish strong grounds for just suspicion.
The theory is that the store was robbed
aud fred to cover the robbery. The loss
OF 81 o without insurance fell heavily on
Nessrs. Everett Gregory.
Randall Davis, Il negro man confined IN
toe jail at 5ylVania for burglary, was &C
cidentally shot Tuesday By Willie Mills,
the young son Of the Sheriff The pris-
oncrs had been QUITO their cells in the cor
r!dor for some time, when they were Or
Gered back NY young Mills, who was at
tending to tie Jail. Randall DAVIS
sad: al don't go back,
how Will You make me?' Mills said
ii have pistol, and would shoot you"
The negro then said: II don't believe
your pistol is loaded. Push it through
the crack and let me see." All this was
said in joking manner. Willie then
showed the pistol through the crack, wnen
the hammer caught against the iron bar
of tns cell, aud the weapon was dis
charged, the ball passing through tue ne
gro's wrist and into his stomach. The
Drs. Minis We're Immediately sent for and
attended the wounded man. They pro-
nOunced the wound a dangerous one, and
likely TO prove fatal. The shooting was
purely an accident and is deeply regretted
by the young man who did IL.
Alec Lyle and Armetead Camp we're
two negroes who had been reared in the
same neIghborhCod IN GwinEett county.
ana known each other from bOyhood.
Alec was reared by Dilmus X. Lyle and
Aimstead by Bergman Camp. They
lived but short distance apart, and from !
some cause a gTudgc existed between !
them. On last Wednesday they met in
the road ID front of Camps house, on
Capt. Williams place. Camp had gun |
but had sci IL down in the yard. One asked |
the other about some tales that had been
circulated, and in few minutes there
was hot words between them. Alec man.
~ cd to get around between Camp and |
mis- gun and then the fight began. Lyle
used knife savagely and literally cut
Camp to pieces. Wuen he saw that he
had done ne work of death he walked off
down the road. The wives of both men
were standing near and witnessed the
death struggle. Camp lived until Friday
morning aud died. Lyle was captured
that night while asleep and lodged in Jail.
Both parties were well known in the sur
rounding country, and the murder has
created intense excitement among their
race.
From the presentments of the grand
jury OF McDuffie county, while toe books
of the Ordinary are neatly and correctly
kept, we find that an indiscriminate let.
ting and building OF bridges regardless of
law or order has been carried on detrI-
mental TO the financial interests of the
county. And further lind the same in re-
gard TO the furnishing Of collins for the
burial OF the dead OF the county. and an
extravagant and wastetul expenditure OF
the county funds upon the public roads Of
the county, duty that could be
performed by the overseers OF said
roads. Aud we find from reference To
the presentments OF former grand iuries |
that our Ordinary's attention has been |
called TO these facts, and yet be continues |
20 pay ont excessive amounts over the |
actual costs Of repairing bridges, instead !
OF letting them out 10 the lowest bidder. |
In order to obvlate these indiscrimnate
expenditures of the public funds we re- |
commend that our Representative intro |
duce in the General Assembly and cause |