Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-14

ne remembered where he found the piils
and said: GOOD heavens! l swallowed
tnem buttons"
saturday morning last a negro woman
living on r. J. Morgan's plantation. seven
miles east Of Americas. was found dead
IN bed. 1t seems that she was alone with
/ the exception OF two small children, who,
in the morning, reported their mother
dead, but knew nothing as to the cause
OF her death. Coroner Speight was noti-
tied and proceeded TO hold an inquest.
/ The jury rendered a verdict that she
came TO her death from chronic intermit-
tent fever and for want of proper nutri-
ton and attention.
A lot of Arabs reached Washington
tuesday and gave an exhibition on the
public square. Their menagerie con-
sisted OF five dancing bears, performing
monkey and panther. The receipts
were In the shape of voluntary contribu-
lions and consisted mainly of nickels. A
| performance which is not given every
day was shown free. One Of the bears
grabbed a small child that belonged with
the crowd, and started off TO make meal
of IL. The mother gave piercing scream
and rescued 1t from its danger.
! Monday the gin house of George Nc.
| Neil, who lives about six miles from
Americus, was destroyed by fire. The fire
originated from spark from his engine.
and the large building was soon enveloped
/ in flames, which quickly communicated
themselves with the mill house, screw and
| press. all Of which, including the engine,
were consumed. In the GIN house were
eight bales of cotton, all the cotton seed
! from mis- crop, and two fine gins, all OF
which were burned. The loss is put at
between $4,000 and $4,000, with no insur-
| ance.
On Sunday afternoon as w. Il. Barker,
who lives on Col. Tits Love place, in
East Dougherty, was on his way home
! from Albany, driving a mule, the animal
! took fright at a cOlored woman with an
umbrella and became unmanageble. Max
! ing a sudden turn to one side. the fright
ened animal upset the buggy and threw
Mr.. Barker ana his niece, who was in the
buggy with him, to the ground. Mr.. Bar
ker struck stump and fractured his hip.
| The young lady escaped with slight
! bruises, but Mr.. Barker's wound is a
serious one, though not dangerous.
Il. w. Marsh & Co., of Salt Springs, are
preparing to build a lake adjacent to
their hotel. The lake will be on top Of the
high, elevated TallapoOsa ridge. 1t will
be about 800 feet square, aud will be ten
| feet deep. The bottom Will be carefully
LAID with flint rocks aud the banks will be
beauJifed with fine shade trees and
| grasses, and boats for the guests Of the
hotel will be run all through the day aud
night. il required. The hotel will have
| PIC rooms and cover over one acre of
ground. They will build a park, to be
beautifed, OF thirty or forty acres of land.
On the night of the great earthquake
and the wreck of the South Carolina rail-
road at Langley, near Augusta, a mule
that was on board OF a stock car was set
at liberty. The brute wandered away,
and his whereabouts was mystery until
| Monday. An old darkywas going through
a swamp cutting wood, and he noticed a
mule mired several feet In the swamp,
alive aud healthy. Doubtless the mule
had been in the swamp and had main
tanned himself bY eating leaves and
swamp grass. He is now out of danger
of another. earthquake, and walks again
on terra hrma. test.
Quincy, the 14-year-old son OF T. J. Fer
guson, who lives just over the line OF Lee
and sumter, saddled a young horse Sun
day morning for the purpose of taking a
| rl0e. From some cause the horse became
| frightened and began running away, de-
| spite Quincy's efforts to hold him. He
soon became entirely unmanageable, and
threw his rider violently to the ground,
rendering him for the time unconscious.
He was takenup and carried to the house,
where every assistance possible was rem
dered, but bis injuries were so severe that
he died in three quarters of an hour at
terward. trE aE
Dan Davis. Sheriff Of Webster county,
on Monday brought to Americas a negro
named Trice, or Pearson, who was sent
from sumter county about eight months
ago to the chain gang for burglary, but
who escaped in short time and for whom
| reward has been offered. He was cap
tured on the Smith Davenport place. in
Webster county. Trice is shrewd and
| daring fellow. and has committed thefts
and burglaries without number. He had
upon his person thirty-5even keys, OF all
varieties, which would open almost any
door. A number of stolen articles were
found in the cabin where he was STOP
ping.
The Wilkinson county grand jury say
"Our jail is safe, aud in as good condition
as the present structure of the building
will warrant, but in our judgment there
| should be other and better arrangements
made for the omfort OF prisoners, especial.
/ ly for the winter months, and we earnestly
| suggest TO our County Commissioners the
| pTOpriety Of devising some means by
which the prisoners may be kept warm
| during the cold months without being
forced to hover together under blankets
| waiting for sunshine and warm weather
TO permit them to move about and take the
I
! health"
Col. Bose Hill and Capt. Whit johnson
says that Col. Joseph 5. Baughn, of Ogle.
thorpe, who is perhaps the LATEST man in
| Georgia, the other day started to cut
| down large oak that stood on tho road
side near his home, but after striking two
or three licks laid aside his AK and getting
chunk of tire and some brush, deliber.
ately set to work to burn down the tree
1t took over week TO thus fell the tree,
but Col. Baughn patiently sat on the
fence all that time and kept the fire going
Joe says it takes longer time To burn
down a tree than fell IL with an AK, but
then he saves the wear and tear of his
| grlndstone.
Rome Bulletin: Rome's mortuary sta.
tistics tor a number of years have aver.
aged less per thousand than almost any
city of her size in the country, but the
first nine and n third months of 1886 show
up better than any similar period, the
statistics OF which have come to our no.
tce. The interments for 1885, including
non residents, were 1873, or II y per month.
The inierments this month up to the close
OF Oct. 10 were 50, making for nine and a
third months an average OF o i5.2S per
month with probably the worst season
over. The non residents, il deducted,
would take oil 20 to % per cont. from
these figures.