Savannah morning news., 1886-06-30

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to the eath. Fortunately the train was
not runnig at high rate ot.speed, and
Mr.. Smi1 escaped with a few bruises and
some sli 4B rents in his clothing.
The Isgton coal and iron company
commeusd shipping ores from their
mines agut five miles from Sugar Valley
last wei, aud are averaging about i've
car-loall per day. and expect to increase
20 eigltOr ten. They ship 10 their fur
nacesA Dayton, Tenn, on the Cincinnati
\ Southsn railway. They have a we'll
equiusd branch road, with engine, ETC.,
from ne East Tennessee, Virginia and
Geofga railway out TO the mines, and
havt 'ger 1000 tons of ore on side OF track
if1sealyto ship. The beds are said to be al
mo ineEhaustible, and of the very finest
\ Qulbty.
4ghens Banner Watchmdn: rhe cutting
Il sS<pe that wepublished yesterday MORN
ifhEas at w oodVille instead of at Craw-
4 tesf. and the hight was between two ne
gres.. Mr. Bud Michael saw the one cut,
x AT. sagslt wassa terrible wound. The
Y hSde or a large knife was broken off, after
ling through mis- face near the nose and
(enetrating through the roof of the mouth.
Fr. Durham was trying at the time to get
ne blade out. After breaking the knife
the other negro, with the part of the blade
lett In the handle, also cut him seriously
ting was arrested.
"A thief entered the residence of j. A.
Branner, Of Summerville, sunday night
while he and his family were away, and
carried OFF Yalise containing his note
case, ledger, county treasurer'S books,
etc. He carried his books, notes, etc,
home with him on Saturday night, where
be could quietly look them through, and
when he was ready to retire for the night
o -. hA nv.I unN
out in the hall. Sunday morning he
missed the vallse, and after searching all
day around town some one of the search
ing party found the note case under pile
Of lumber, and some of the books near by.
The treasurer's book with some others
are vet missing, but Mr.. Branner hopes
to find them.
Often some man with fast horse runs
with the train at Tennllle on the Wrights-
vile and Tenuille railroad to test the
speed OF the nag. Night before last engi-
neer Coates saw horse on the track run
nlng ahead of the engine. Mr.. Coates
thought he saw man on the horse, and,
suppOsinG he was racing as usual, ne put
on little more steam. AS he gained on
the horse he saw that it had no man, and
then he began to slacken up. Before he
could do so the horse fell in a trestle and
so fastened that he could not get out. 1t
was then impossible for the train to be
stopped in time, and it ran over the horse,
seVering the head from the body and
throwing the front truck wheels Of the
engine from the track. No serious dam
age resulted, however.
w alter Jones, a convict working in
Garmany's squad on Anderson street, at
Atlanta, came within an ace of losing his
life Wednesday by being buried under a
pile of dirt. The convict SQUAD was work
N a
with others, was digging the dirt away at
the base. The top of the cut Overhung
the bottom, and after the earth became
damp.trOm the rain it gave way. Jones
failed to escape from the falling earth and
was covered completely up. The other
c0nvicts began an effort to lind him by
sticking their spades gently into the
earth. After finding the buried man the
c0uvicts removed the dirt from his face
with their hands, enabling him to breathe.
They then threw the dirt of his body.
When Jones was released from his grave
be found an ankle badly sprained, other
wise he was all right. When the dirt was
fret removed from his face he was almost
suffOcated.
The salary of the Mayor OF Augusta has
been reduced from $4,000 to $500 per
year, and that Of the Recorder from 81, 200
to $500 per year. The Clerk of the Coun-
Gil gets 81, 200 year, and several hun
dred dollars ia perquisites. Among other
changes in salaries the mounted police
were reduced. Formerly they received
S72O and $l44 for their horses. They were
allowed 500 for their horses in future.
The allowance of $144 a year to the
chief and each Of the lieutenants
f0f police for their horses was with
drawn. The salaries of Assistant En-
! gineer and Inspector of Water Works
were raised each from $720 to $500 The
salary of Lamplighter of the Second Divi-
sion was raised from 81 200 to 81 800, and
OF the Third Division from 5000 TO 500
The sa lary of the Market Clerk was fixed
lat $500 and allowed to select his deputy at
$500. The Jailer's salary was raised from
$500 to $1,000. The City Sheriff's salary
was fixed at $1,000, formerly being $500,
with $50 for clerk expenses.
A sensation was created at Acworth
Wednesday by the narrow escape OF two
young ladies from being burned to death
on the streets, and two gentlemen being
seriously burned in extingIishing the fire.
The ladies had met at the hall of the Ac-
worth Amateur Club TO decorate it for an
entertainment. Misses Jennie and Addle
StOkely, sisters, left the hall together to
20 home AS they passed out of the door
they locked arms. At the same time some
one threw a lighted firecracker at them,
which exploded near them, but they gave
itnO thought, and proceeded together to-
wards home. When they had gone some
20 yards, j. J. Northcutt and j. S.
Collins, who were just behind them, dis
covered the ladies' clothing in blaze.
They sprang to them, aud soon succeeded
n tearing away the burning fragments,
and relieving the young ladies from
almost certain death with lew serious
but not dangerous burns. The gentlemen
md their hands very badly burned.