Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-26

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Monday morning last, losing the thumb
ard index finger his right hand. Loch-
near was standing near the depot, where
some empty car boxes were being coupled
to Ii freight train, and an employe or the
road asked him 10 assist, and in doing so
he got his hand caught between the
"bumpers, p with tue above result.
Charles +. Taylor, whose death is re-
ported. was one of the Oldest citizens OF
Pulaski county, being about 70 years oil
age, and before the war he was the veal
thiest man in the county. He owned
aD0ut 300 slaves, and mddo annually from
400 TO 500 bales Of cotton. He mad lived
1 on LOngstreet over sixty years; in fact he
! lived there al his life, except about four
/ years since the war, when he moved to
! oxford for the purpose of educating lis
children. He leaves six sons and two
/ daughters.
The Muscogee county registration
/ books We're closed Wednesday afternoon
at o O'Clock. In the up town district the
| total registration was 433, Of which "a
were negroes. In the lower town district
/ the total was 564, OF which 1873 were
! negroes. In Nance's district the total
/ was 345, OF which 1872 were negroes.
! There are four country precincts wnlcn
! have not yet been reported, but 1t is likely
! that the registration for the county Will
| be in the neighborhood OF 1,S00. AS far
as heard from the total registration is
| 1872, of which ga are colored.
! Danielsvile Monitor: The negro Jack
/ Powers, who was sentenced to twelve
months in the county chain gang at the
last term OF court for stealing sheep,
| wishes to have a new trial. and protests
his innocence of the charge brought
against him. He further states that he
can bring up satisfactory evidence to con-
Vict the guilty party, and that he was 80
bothered at court that he did not have
sense enough to bring the guilty party
| into court. We are In favor of Jack hav-
| ing justice meted out to him, and II he is
not guilty and can prove his innocence he
should be released.
W. L. Buzbee filed a suit in the clerks
! Office of the Superior Court OF Fulton
county on Friday against the city of At
lanta for $500. Mr.. Buz0ee claims that
the city Of Atlanta, through Its
sanitary inspectors, Willis A. King
and Thomas K. Veal, condemned
and had hauled out of the city
several thousand watermelons, the prop
erty of the plaintiff. Mr.. BuZbee states
in his suit that the melons were in good
and merchantable order, and that the Of
! Ulcers in cOndemning and taking posses
| sion OF them injured him to the extent OF
the damages asked for.
Three miles north OF Conyers Friday
! William Il. Preston, while in the act of
! lifting the breast of a sin, had his left
| hand and arm drawn into the saws and
! terribly mangled. The sleeve OF his shirt
was caught by the saws, and in an instant
| his hand and arm to the elbow was sawn
into shreds. By an extraordinary effort
| he Withdrew the limb while the gin con-
! tinued to run. Lifting the dangling bones,
skin and flesh up with his right hand, he
walked coOlly quarter OF a mile to a
house, and when begged to lie down on a
| bed, declined to do so until his shoes were
united and taken OF. DR.. Rosser and DR..
Travis, OF C0nyers, amputBted the arm
! above the elbow, performing the opera
tion most skilltully and successfully.
The centre span of the bridge across
Little river at Lumber City fell through
last Sunday, precipitating sixteen head
of mules and boy into the middle of the
river below, distance of about thirty
feet. The mules belonged to William
| Prltchett, naval stores manufacturer OF
| Montgomery county, and he came near
| gong down with them. MIR. Pritchett
was just in front of the mules
In his buggy and had just
driven off the span when it went
down. The boy and mules fell in the
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none were killed or drowned, though sew
eral or the mules were badly crippled.
some Of the mules became fastened in the
| fallen timbers, and it required several
| hours, with the aid of everybody in the
neIghborhood, to get them out.
| A gentleman well known at Atlanta,
| who has a mechanical turn of mind. and
! who is the father of a number of valuable
! inventions, says that he has perfected an
| invention for increasing the speed of
| railroad engines, which would enable
| them to draw train of oars easily and
! safely, at speed of 100 miles an hour,
and that this speed could be increased to
100 miles an hour. He has laid the mat
ter before a number of gentlemen of prac.
/ teal railroad experience in an effort to
get them interested IN it. They express
ed themselves very much impressed with
the plans, but desire the invention put "a
practical test before investing any
money IN it. This will probably be at.
tempted at no distant day, although the
| inventor has not now sufficient means al
command 10 put the experiment under
way.
Last spring the grand jury OF DeKalt
county indicted George Vaughn. janitoI
of the Atlanta Medical College, anC
Joseph Smith, sexton of the cemetery a
Decatur, Tor grave robbng. The case,
! created considerable excitement at thi
time. Both defendants were placed un
der bond, and the cases were set for tria
at the term of DeKalb Superior Cour
now In session. Friday Vaughn anC
Smith entered pleas OF guilty. Vaughn
was Hned 81, 200 and costs and Smith $40
and costs. The fine on Vaughn is the ex
IRENE penalty for the otfense In the wa,
of fine, though it might have beer
coupled with a sentence of twelve month";
in the chain gang and ak months in tn
county Jail. The fines OF both Vaughn ant
Smith were paid. DR.. L. ID. Miller, wht
was indicted at the same time for tn
same oiiense, was acquitted.
Harmony Grove Signal: Quite al
amusing tussle occurred between tn
baIhff OF Harmony Grove district AM
William II. Simpkins, Esq. 1t seems tina
Slmpkins has housed in his barn som
corn. The bailiff CLAIMED that said corr
is subject to an execution he holds a gaips
one W. q. Green, from whom Simpkin
purchased the corn. The bailiff secreteC
himself close to the said barn Monda'
morning, and when the Colonel opene,
out to feed, the said bailiff made desper
ate attempt to enter the barn. in order I,
get formal possession, when the Colone
caught him, aud, by dint of sheer muscu
lar power, neld him out till one of his EN-
Dloyes arrived aud locked the door
through urgent appeals of the employer
The Colonel says he would have famed
4 a.. 4 Ia L.