Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-01

Montgomery Monitor: One generous
citizen proposes that if we will get lot
ana build on it--residence or office for tbs
Monltor-thus Identifying ourself with
tne town and county, and giving as
surance OF the permaneBcy OF the paper,
mat he Will give us 10000 feet OF lumber
TO build the house. We scceptth propo-
sition. And now comes forward another
generous citizen who agrees to contribute
the lot to build on. We accept that also,
and If it should occur to some other pub
lio spirited gentleman to offer to furnish
carpenter to build the house, we might
! accept that.
The Griffin cotton factory Is in a pros
! porous condition and doing a good busi-
ness. On Friday sale of sheetings was
| made to be sent to China. That Is the
largest business transaction that has
ever occurred in Griffin, the single order
I amounting to1$22,500. Five months time
| Is given to complete the order, although
| during that period. Thirty-twO more
looms and q Thousand accompanying
spindles are now being put in, at cost
of $4,000. The new machinery is adapt
| ed to and will be used in the manufacture
4 OF checks and cottenades.
| Near Macon Monday. two white men.
| one named Robert Brice and one named
Tom Lee, got into quarrel about mis-
| chiet done to ones crop by the other'8
| pigs. There is no fence there, and 1t seems
| Brice went to see about the matter, but
Lee proved uncompromising. and Brice
drove of followed by Lee, who still kept
up the fuss. Brice at last stopped and
said: "Tom, you ought not to follow me
that way. Go away and let me alone"
Lee kept on, when Brice alightedsand ad-
vanced toward him and was received by
fearful blow from a fence rail which
| fractured his skull. DIR. Lancaster says
that he wili'hardly live.
| A drunken negro named Jim Cumming,
| at Capt. Tom Murray's farm, near Au-
gusta, was making terrible noise and
disturbance sunday night, when Charlie
| Dennis, who has charge of the place, or
dered him to keep silent. This incensed
Cumming, and he made for Dennis and
closed in for a fight. Mr.. Dennis picked
up board and knocked the negro man
| down, but not before the fellow had done
some terrible work with a knife. After
he had feled the negro, Denniswent In the
house and then for the first time found
| out that he was cut. He-had not felt the
keen blade, but it had entered his left side
and made two ugly wounds. Beth we're
at the waist, one going straight in the
| length OF the, blade and the other making
a gash nearly around to the front Of the
| waist. Mr.. Dennis vest was cut, and it
showed that the two stabs were made in
nearly the same spot, The work was
| quickly done and evidently with very
sharp knife. Dennis is doing very we'll
and says he will be up In few days. BE
does not fear any serious result, as no ar.
| teries were cut.
On Thursday night Robert Edge, an in.
| telligent negro man, who lived on Horace
! Ayers plantation in the Chulio district Of
Floyd cOuEty, died in great agony, and
| the attending circumstances and the
| symptoms were those of hydrephebia
On July IS Robert was bitten by a dog,
! which was not then known to be mad
The wound healed readily, and little more
was thought OF 1t until a dog and COW,
bitten by the same dog, went mad and
died. On Saturday Robert Edge was in
Rome, and stopped some time at Aver &
McDonald's store. He was apparently
in perfect health. He was a perfectly
black negro, weighing about 100 pounds,
and was more Intelligent than the aver
age. On Monday he was taken with
violent pains in the head, and these con-
tinued. On Tuesday he was apparently
| better, but ON Thursday he grew worse,
and died that night in great agony. He
refused to drink water, shuddered when
| it was brought in his sight and covered
| his face with his hands to keep from see
ing it. He was attended by DR.. T. M.
Holmes, who pronounced it hydrophobia.