The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-12

| colsi cradle speed, a man was discovered
| living on the track BY the fireman, but too
near to stop. He was knocked off and in
stantly killed. Capt. Robert Wylie stopped
his train, picked up the lifeless body and
brought 1t to Kingston, where Re was iden-
titled as Thomas kenney, who resided at
Towards mill, ore and a half miles above
| Kingston, with Lewis Coker, his father-in-
law He was about 90 years Of age and
leaves a wife ard two children. The de-
| ceased had a blacksmith shop at Halls
| Station, and was coming home after his
| days work, and as he has been affected with
| spells OF stupor since severe spell of brain
| fever over year ago, his friends think he
! had one of the attacks and fell on the track
| Athens Chronicle: From gentleman
| in this city who has a brother living in
| Washington county, we CLEAN the follow
| ing interesting but singular fact from a
| let .er received by him ~ or two ago:
| Il seems thai two married couples were
! living only a short distance apart, and by
neighborly intercourse each man became
enamored of the others wife, while the
! ladies' soon learned to love the others hus-
band, and thus became estrange1 from
their first love. When matters took this
shape, it came to be noticeable by all con-
| cerned, and many evenings passed
others house pouring out his
tale Of love and fidelity into the willing
ears OF the listeners. Finally, one of the
husbands, a little holder than the other,
proposed an exchange. This was met with
gladness by all the parties interested, and
the proposing party consented to the trade
on condition that the other would allow him
SIS in cash and seven bushels of Quaker
peas. This was readily consented to and
the trade was made, each wife going to the
others home, carrying with her the
children, and are now living in the sweetest
domestic felicity. They will try to have
the courts make the trade legal.
The citizens of Oconee county were hor-
fied by the brutal deed OF negro last week
Much excitement prevails, and If the negro
is caught his neck will be likely to stretch
rope. The par icularS are as follows: Last
Wednesday morning about sunrise, Benja-
min Johns and his wife were out in the
back lot. Mrs. Johns was milking, and her
husband was about 30 feet from her. A
hundred yards distant George Hardeman
(colored, who is employed by Mr.. Johns,
was standing. He was called to by Mr..
Johns and directed to go with him and per-
form some work on the plantation, and he
went over to where the negro was standing,
and they walked off together. After they
had gone few steps, the wife glanced to-
ward where the two were standing and was
Mortified TO see the negro, with a seasoned
pine stick about yards long and inches
thick, pounding her husband until he
dropped to the earth. She at once made
for the scene, but, as the distance was great
between them, the negro continued to beat
her husband until she came very near, when
he took to his heels and fled. Mr.. johns
was removed to the house in an insensible
condition. The hope of his recovery is very
meager. His head was considerably bunged
up, blow struck in the face knocked out
several teeth aud probably broke his nose,
w III in arHI off no
was badly mangled. No one knows why
the negro made the assault.
DIR. II. d. Mccoy, who lived at the home
OF his parents in Jones county, nine miles
from Macon, on the Clinton road, died
Sunday afternoon about o'clock, from the
effects of morphine administered by mis-
take for quinine by j. I. Funderburk. The
doctor had been suffering all Saturday
night with an aching tooth. About 3
o'clock Sunday morning, having suffered
so much that he though relief could only be
had by other remedies than those he had
been trying, he aroused Mr.. Funderburk and
requested him to go to the office, which was
on the premises, and make up some capsules
of quinine. The young man did as requested,
filling six capsules with five grains each of
what he supposed was quinine, but which
was afterward found to be morphine. Re-
turning to the room he gave DR.. Mccoy
four of them. Mr. Funderburk remarked
that as he had cold he would take some
quinine also, and then swallowed the re-
remaining capsules. He then went to bed,
but shortly after ward found himself quite
sick with nausea. Dr. Mccoy also COM
planned of the nausea Mr.. Funderburk
went into the kitchen and procured some
hot water which be drank to produce
vomiting. Becoming relieved, he went to
the room and found that the doctor was
still sick and complaining of peculiar sem
sations. He asked his friend where he OBJ
tanned the quinine, and was told that it was
ia ken from box in the office. "Then you
have fixed us both," said the doctor. Mr..
Funderburk thought the doctor was only
joking, and went TO his bed and went to
sleep, but not until he saw that the doctor
had fallen asleep The doctor never rallied.
Mr.. Funderburk is young man about %
years of age, and had been with DIR. Mccoy
for four years past The two were great
friends and constant companions When
he discovered his mistake he was crazed
with grief, and it is thought by some that
he will lose his mind