Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-13
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

tarv ordered to Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
hoard of trade will be organized at
Augusta
10 400 in subscriptions for their new
church.
ronas at Talbotton on Sept. 90, and will
remain in session three days.
At Rome Saturday the Daily Bulletin
mas sold for $3.50, TO W. G. Cooper, of
Pome, and A. c. Lowry, recently pro-
rretor of the Coweta Advertiser.
negro, lying up in negro house in
1vevcrOss. claims to have been shot by
snoiber negro on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad at Wheaton.
The contractors for building the Ogle-
.borpe Hotel at Brunswick have gone Oft
ofer waiting for the architect for weeks.
Thev will return when the architect gets
limo 10 start the work, and demand pay
for lost time TOO.
As the outgoing night passenger train
ofthe Georgia road from Augusta was
enproaching Wheless station Thursday
nght some unknown parties fired upon
me train. A passenger seated in one of
fbe coaches barely escaped being hit
by bullet.
It ia told OF an East Macon man for
fact that the other night he went home
drunk and, after tying his mule to the
bsnister of the front porch of his house,,
went into the stable, locked 1t, and then
went to sleep in the trough. The next
morning when his wife went to the stable
IN mt ND the mule she found her husband
asleep in the trough.
An attempt was made at Rome Thurs
day night TO arrest negro man in the
Fourth ward, who was suspected OF
being an Alabama murderer. AS the
officers approached the 6Ouse the negro
saw them and ran, the police going in
pursuit. Failing TO keep up with the fu-
gitve, the police set dogs on his track,
but the trail was lost at the river.
Mai. Charles B. Throckmortiu, Second
artillery, commanding at jackson bar
racks. New Orleans, has been directed by
Gen. Schotield to remove his command
temporarily to the camp at Atlanta. The
garrison is composed OF Battery NJ, Capt.
Joseph Gales Ramsey, and Battery L,
Capt. William p. VOse, Second artillery,
The troops will reach Atlanta about the
middle of the week.
At Albany Thursday Charles Paine,
the colOred driver OF James l.. Clarke's
wagon, from Terrell county, went into
the wagon yard of Hall & Fudge to feed
his team. A vicious mule kicked him
just below the pit of the stomach. His
condition is reported by DR.. ?. l.. Bills
man. the attending physician, as being
critical, though not without hope Of his
recovery. lie suffers eXcruciating pain,
and opiates are used to induce quiet and
rest.
The Ada, river boat, owned by
MnSorc NVi1onrt G. Marshall will m
Albany as soon as a rise in the Flint will
justify it. There have been two boats
plying between MOntezuma and War
wick, on the Flint river, and the result IS
fierce war in rates. The Montezuma,
owned by the merchants OF MonteZuma,
and the Ada have been unable to effect an
amicable adjustment of rates and sched-
ules, and the consequence is that the Ada
will go to Albany.
Joe johnson, negro of Fort Gaines,
decided he had lived long enough. and
wanted to commit suicide by taking NOR
phine. After lmbibing quite freely be
went into Spelght's drug store to secure
the poison with which to commit the rash
act. George Speight gave Joe an ounce
bottle of quinine, and he, thinking it was
morphine, took the whole OF it. After
his laying around trying to die for some
time and creating quite disturbance,
be was placed IL the guard house to sober
up.
Wells four feet square are being sunk
10 Stone Mountain. One is four hundred
feet up the side of the mountain, and will
be thirty-fve feet deep. The other is
seventy feet deep and six hundred feet
up the mountain. Into the former twelve
tons OF giant powder and into the la tier
two carloads will be dumped. These
will hp nInWO a Tirln fc
expected tnat the reports Will equal the
earthquake shock. This Is being done by
the granite company who own the noun
tain.
The Atlanta Gun Club has accepted a
challenge from the Rome Gun Club, and
on Tuesday next will 90 up TO the Hill
City and burn powder with that club.
The contest will be a spirited one, as both
clubs have some fine shots. The Atlanta
club will be represented by Messrs. Frank
f. Block, Willis Venable, James Free
man. John Clark, W. A. Hemphill, w. l..
Calhoun, Henry Leonard, W. H. Patter-
son, II. w. Grady, George Hope, Harry
Cottingham and |. 5. Boyd. The contest
Will be for championship medal.
Near Waycross Monday morning last a
young man, aged is, was run over by the
Albany express, on which he was trying
to steal a ride, and his arm was crushed
So that amputation was necessary, and
his foot was also badly mashed. DR..
Frank Folks amputated his arm and while
the fellow is dangerously i'll, he will
probably get over it-with his lite but
minus an arm. He claims to be a son of
Thomas Blackjack, who lives at 1883 Nj
agara street, Buffalo, n. y, and whose
name ne bears. He is in penniless con-
nlllon, but refuses to have his parents no.
uhed OF his misfortune.
The Alapaha Star gives the following
ruler account OF an affair already re-
ported in special dispatch to the NEWS:
Tom Pauik, colored, who lived on Mr..
Jonn tletcher's place, in Irwin county,
ana who owns horse and buggy and is
saia 10 have some money, was missing
iast Wednesday. 1t was soon ascertained
mat Josephine Brown, white. a daughter
., Mr. Brown, who rents land from MIR.
IIetcner, was also missing. Inquiry did
NOT develop the fact that they had left
Wgether, but 1t seems that Tom had re-
marked TO some Of his colored friends that
ae would soon leave Irwin, and he In
Tended TO take white wife with
ulm' This was clue, and late Thursday
evening Nr. Brown arrived in Alapaha
~ pursuit OF the parties. When he ar
rived here be found telegram from Val
uosta inquiring II there was any excite
uent Eere about the absence of a negro
man and white woman. he telegraphed
W arrest the parties, and left Friday
morning, through the country, for Val
SIosIa, which place be reached some time
last nj ght Tom pauIk 10 nno,1v vyhfta and