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

" uIton county, ana Is an atnle'A W.
that effect.
There was a railroad accidet Is miles
north OF Elliiay Tuesday mining, pc
tWeen2 and 3 O'Clock, caused the Train
running over o COW. Thoms hllilan,
OF Ellljay, was instantly kille. he was
brakeman and fell between 1e wheeis'
his body was severed. He isne son Vi
widow lady, and leaves a VIE and one
little boy. j. Rutledge wasnashed by
falling cross ties. He calledor help, put
in fifteen minutes was dead. He lived In
Fannin county. Clayton Fde was Sc
Verely injured, and also mother man
whose name was not learne. Inc acci-
dent occurred at Hogback DIT, just nortn
of Blue Ridge, on the Mariita ana NORTH
Georgia railroad. The trat was running
baek wards, and was loaed Win cross
ties, when the COW camelpon the tracA'
There is a portion of tk suburbs of Ma
con known as "Sandy Bottom" ana
gang has oeen orgarzed among the
toughs oithat section 1at Is antagonlstlc
to the Maeon boys, kown as the "Sandy
Bottom Clippers" IN Sunday night a
party OF young meIfrom Macon accom-
panied dude, who although born and
reared in Macon, ieists that he is from
the North, and staped to attend Jones'
Chapel, out on the suburbs, when they
were met by the Cppers, who asked each
his name ami the requested him to "glt
in short orde," ntil they came 10 the
aforesaid dude, won they collared, and
after driving his friends away they pro-
ceeded to meteat to him SANDY Bottom
Justice" JustThat occurred Will never
be known to thpublic, but his friends
say that he cault up with them about a
mile from theplace they left him with
collar wilted an his affectatiOn gone.
Rome Bulletin Col. j. +. Shankln is
comfortably hoIed in the new Forsyth
building up stat. Mr.. W. c. Wbitmire
is oyerhauling hipresses. Mr., Whitmire,
by the way, wasne pressman of the At
lanta Intelligence when Sherman was
marching throuF Georgia and the lntelli-
gencer was priu,d every day In differ
ent place. Viii Hoods army was in At
lanta 10000 cops of the paper were sold
every day to thsoldiers, beside a regular
circulation of,000. 1t was printed on
drum cylinder1oe press, and it took all
day to print tt inside and all night TO
print the Guide of the paper. 1t was
printed on yobw paper, but 1t was eager
ly read by tbpeople, and especially the
soldiers. Slice the war Mr.. Whitmire
has worked II years as pressman OF the
returned to e farm at Floyd Springs on
account of IS health, which has been
greatly benefited by the change.
Carrolltonis on the biggest boom
ever had, 1t is now definitely set
tied that th Rome and Carrollton rail-
road will beompleted to this point in the
near future,l md everything is buoyant.
Property advancing rapidly and no one
can see tnend. Over $4,000 worth has
changed hnds the past week. l.. C..
Mandevillds building two brick stores
with large hall above. j. N. Pope is
building rick store. W. j. Stewart
is erectjg brick warehouse with
a capacit of 1000 bales. McCord IL Shaw
have puIhased three lots and will tear
away tn old buildings and put up new.
l.. p. Vaudeville has bought his partners
interestn their sash and door factory and
will enlrge the same. Burns, West 81
Bass hve bought the hotel property on
the pulic square and next spring will
put uTan elegant three-story brick MOTEL.
Bulldog lots are very scarce and high.
Altogether, it IS the liveliGst time the best
TOWN. Georgia has had in her history.
Thu Lumpkin Independent says that
the pilroad officials make some greviOus
about the boys around town
six % twelve years of age. When the
tran arrives In the evening it takes the
coEiuctor and four train hands 10 keep
tbm from jumping on the train while in
notion, running the risk of getting
Filled. On Sunday they went to one OF
ne engines and let all of the water out,
o that it could not be steamed up on
ionday until water had been toted and
loured into the boiler. If hand car is
eft on the track they steal 1t and run it
own grade toward Sawyer's mill, and
n nearly every instance throw it off into
ditch. 1t makes no difference whether
he car is loaded with steel rails or cross
les, they unload it all the same, and the
abroad men are troubled TO hunt up the
and cars when they need them, They
re not negroes, but white boys, and some
( them belong to the best families.
At Atlanta Tuesday the United States
i arshal sold nineteen barrels of corn
Whisky under an execution in the United
tates Court against Green S. Dukes ct
a., of Jackson county. The tax Is 60c.
par gallon. The first lot OF one barrel,
with privilege Offive, was started at 22c.
and slowly advanced 1c. at q time until
81 10 per gallon was reached, and DR.. FL.
81 Green & Sons took two barrels at that
price. The next lot was started at 95c.
md five barrels were bid of by Il. G.
Aayson at 81 06 per gallon. The third
OF started at &c., and James D. Collins
nd John Lynd took two barrels at 81 06.
The next started at 92c. and closed at
l OF for one barrel to DR.. II. Fl. Green &
l 06. A barrel five gallons short was
ought by T. G. Mayson at 9Oc. per gal
on. A stamped barrel containing four
cen gallons was bought by Wilson It Os-
urn at 81 33 per gallon. A stamped bar
ell, 46 gallons, was bought by DR.. II. II.
ireen & Sons at 81 OF per gallon.
At Augusta on Tuesday Robert Cum
ming, a colored boy of about IA years,
vas drown in the canal basin. About
. O'Clock he left the home OF hls parents,
t 1898 Piquet avenue, to carry dinner to
is father, Robertson Cumming, a brick
aver, working on the Dartmouth Spin
ing Company's new factory, just above
he canal basin. He took the dinner
o his father and started on his
eturn home. Arriving at the canal basin
e met a party of negro boys and
iris playing in the boats tied at that
lace. They called for him to join them,
which invitation he, of course. accepted,
md proceeded to the bank for the purpose
4 getting into large Petersburg boat
led to the wharf. The stern OF the boat
iad foated a few feet of, and, with a
tick, be was attempting to pull it in,
when his hat fell, and in attempting to
ret 1t he fell headl0ng into the water. At
hat place the water was hardly over his
Iead, but ne could not swim and was SO
,adly frightened that he drowned before
assistance arrived.
FLORIDA.