Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-29

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give ltup.
/ Wednesday afternoon Prof. Glenn, at
/ Wesleyan College, Macon, was expert
menting with some chemicals, and some
/ young ladies' were looking on. Suddenly
! the glass retort exploded and a fragment
struck Miss jennie Turnbull above the
i left eye, making very painful wound.
/ Or. K. Q. COtter was summoned, but
| found the eye uninlured. Prof. Glenn's
/ finger was pretty badly gashed.
! Wm. W ilder. white, charged with Illicit
! dietlting, WAS arrested in Butts county
/ by Deputy Marshal Ogletree, after being
/ detected In the act by Deputy COllec tors
1 W are and Trammel, of Grifin. He was
/ tried before Commissioner Erwin at Ma
/ con. W sduesday, and his bond was liked
at S2@. The revenue officers appear To
/ have good Job on Wilder, and be will
/ probably be punished according to the
/ law in such cases.
! Augusta ChrOajcle: On Tuesday even
! ing, as the down freight tram from Macon
/ was taking on coal at Camak. serious
accident happened to q. DObbins, the
! fireman. While be was trying to draw
/ mp the coal shute the tram moved of and
caught MIN between the shute and a car,
MASKING him very badly. Toe engineer
seeing his position quickly reversed the
engine. and he fell TO the ground. No
/ bones were broken.
Columbus Enquirer sun: A society
gentleman says; 1.-The organization OF
/ l. AileTo German Club mas done a great
deal to enliyen Columbus society this sea
/ son. We seldom go a week without
german, and they are always well md
ed. Besides those gwen by the club, we
have had many delightful private ger
/ mans, and thaJ to be given by Miss ida
Joseph Thursday night bids fair to be one
of the most enjoyable of the season"
On Wednesday Of last week two c0lOred
/ boys. - aad / : years old. living on MI
/ VILLAIN Martins place, in west Putnam,
/ were playing with an Old pistol winch
/ hOtn considered ullOaded. In the frOHc
the pistol went of, killing the younger in
stanuy, the ball passing through the
/ heart The boy who did The shooting was
| subsequently arrested, and the evidence
/ adduceG at the examination did otjustity
1t as accidental, and he was committed
| for trial.
Americas Republican: Last Monday
1 h. a. Hawkins attempted to get into hi,
wagon, in front OF DR.. Eldridge's drug
store, and met with a serious mishap.
| He put his foot on the step or hub of the
! wheel, gave has hand TO the negro driver,
! expecting his assistance, and pulled up.
/ Being quite a heavy man, Mr.. HaW kIns
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to the ground, the negro across his left
/ leg, breaking it at the knee. He suffered
/ eXcruciatingly, and was carried home.
| The evidence before tue Cor0ner's in
| quest at Marietta over the negro watch
man, who was 80 foully murdered on the
! night of Jan. -. point to a negro named
Joe haywood, who has been arrested.
| Haywood denied the crime stOutly, but
the evidence ie very strong against him.
. i'd .eAg- -
murder until 3 a. m, and can give no ac-
count of his whereabouts. He saws he
went to see H0wArd's sick sister, but
those who We're watching her say ne did
not come there. The evidence Is circun-
stantial, but the negroes say he is guilty.
Commissioner Henderson has still on
hand about 100 packages ol tobacco seed,
but if The demand continues as great as IL
now Is, this supply viii soon be exhaust
! ed. over fifty more applications were Ie-
CeIved on Wednesday. the tenor Of which
show that the farmers Of Georgia are go
! Ing to make vigorous effort this year 10
give tobacco culture in Georgia boom {;
| such a one as will place that crop in the
| front ranks Of the held products Of the
! state. They say that the time has come
| when cotton viii either have to give place
/ to tobacco or divide hOnOrs with it as a
money crop.
| Atlanta Jo8rRd: Yesterday Gov Nc
/ Daniel vas appealed 10 offer rewards
/ for the arrest of two alleged murdefers
! ProClama ions were accordingly issued
/ offering 500 reward for the arrest Of Bill
/ Garyju. who. on the night Of January &,
! escaped from the Burke county iail.
/ where he was confined 80 await trial. A
| re ward of Slj9 is also offered for the ar
/ rest OF Thomas Robinson. who is wanted
/ in BALDWIN county 90 answer to the charge
! of numbering Abraham Putnam on NOV.
I 4, 1889. The Governor has also offered "a
( reward for the capture OF lobe Jackson,
/ the CarCersyille dYnamiter.
| Butler Herald: Parker" a little babe
I 3-years old, son OF Mr.. Henry Snealy, hap
/ pened TO a serious accident, and one that
| would seem a little mysterious. W nile
/ lying before the dre on a rug At play 1t
put, 1t IS supposed. "a cotton seed into its
N 1uth. which lodged i'll It's wina-pipe.
! The little sufferer gasping for breath ran
1 to its grandmother with piutul cries, but
| she WIS unable TO relieve the little suffer
er. Other seed were found upon the rug.
/ which proved the fact that the seed had
I been taken into its lungs. From the
| effects of this it is thought by physicians
| to have taken a severe type OF bronchitis
| All that it is possible has been done. but
I there is thought to be but little hope offs
recovery.
Hawkinsville Ne,gs: Miss Minnie Tur-
! ner, sister Of Mr.. E. L. Turner, OF this
/ place, was the victim Of a shocking acct
! dent on Tuesday night last. Miss Mime
| vas spending the night with the family OF
1 Mr.. Ephraim Mann, and had occasion
| during the night 10 assist in administer
! ing TO the wants Of Mrs. Manu-, who is i'll
and unable TO help herself. W hile stand
ing near the fire Miss Minnie's clothing
caught. and before the fire could be eX-
tinguished she was severely burned on
she left arm and hand, and from the
/ shoulder on her rigat side clear down that
| portion OF her body, except skips Of a few
inches where the folds Of her clotning pro-
tected her body. A physician was sum-
monad and she was doing well at last
/ accounts.
The same Old story, from the Washing.
! ton Chronicle: A negro woman on
Mr.. DuBose Hills plantation,
near Little river, received a
painful wound on Friday night from
pistol shot. The owner OF the weapon
had left it living around loose, aud when
young fellow caught sight Of IL be saw
that he had chance 20 have some I'm.
Taking it IN his hand he comm eneed 81 I'M
ing 1t n different objects, and finally
pointed IL at the negro woman. Like all
other pistols 10 fired M the wrong time,
and the ball entered the wOman's cheek,
Just under the eve. inhicting painful
lgan extracted the bah and reports the