The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14

came near losing his life near Williamson
Saturday, by jumping from a trestle on
the Atlanta and Fl lrida railroad. WI
hanson and two friends we're walking dow II
the track, and while on the trestle that
spans a small stream not far from this sta
ton, heard the train coming. He became
| frightened at the near approach Of the
I train and jumped from the trestle TO the
ground, nearly 40 feet below. He was not
seriously hurt, although badly shook up.
de was able TO walk TO the station, but was
! afterwards forced TO 90 to bed.
There is a movement on foot to convert
! about 3 900 acres of land in TwggS county
| belonging 70 the Iarver estate into ma
tonal hunting ground. Gov. Gordon and
| other ell-known men are Interested IN the
scheme. II is proposed to enclose this large
tract Of land with suitable fencing and
stock it with all KINDS Of game, like deer,
| turkeys, partridges, rabbits, etc, and
! make it the great hunting ground OF the
| United States, TO which spOrtsmen viii re-
! pair from ali sections of the country. 1t is
proposed to build a hotel, club houses, etc,
and make it place of national reputation.
| Lieut. O. T. Kenan, of the Second Geor-
gla Battalion, proposes that military
! cOuncl' Of the volunteer troops of Georgia
! be held, for the purpose of cOnSld5 ring the
better organization Of the State forces; that
this council he composed Of one commits
stoned officer from every duly organized
company in the State. together with all
duly commissioned field officers and the
members of the general staff that the time
and place for the meeting or assembly Of
the proposed council be decided by the
advisory board Of the State, and the
purpose of the council be the consideration
and adoption of measures most likely 10 adj
vance the tate of organization and general
welfare of the force.
The first message received at the Southern
Telegraph Company's Macon Office was
congratulatOry one sent 10y the General
Manager at Richmond to Manager Ernest,
and 1t was a coincidence that after the
eapse Of nearly five years the last message
sent over the Southern's lines from Macon
was telegraphed by Mr. Ernest to Hubbard,
Price q Co., of New York, thus fulfilling
the biblical declaration that "the first shall
be last and the last shall be first" Ex-
Manager Ernest, of the Southern, is now
the representative of Hubbard Price q Co :;
ex Manager Smith is the Memphis repre-
sentative of the same firm; ex-Manager
Himnant holds a position at the Macon
office of the Western Union.
At Monticello some little interest has
been created by the claim of Dick bunker
to the authorship of the poem. MY Wife
and Child In letter to the Monticello
says: The rains of the past week have
kept us indoors, until we have read and re-
read all that is in the Times, Hawkinsvile
NelCs, Constitution and Gospel Messenger,
and having nothing else fresh to read,
called on Mrs bunker for her batch of war
letters, most Of which ] wrote to her during
the late war, while | was in the Confederate
army. 1t is a source of joy for me to look
over these old letters occasionally, as / was
a vCn tla,, with y1nvr onI c,a
child at home. We have unanimously
voted TO send one of these letters to you i'll
full, as it was written by your humble cor
respondent while on guard duty below Sa-
vannah i'll the winter of lS62-63." The poem
then follows.
Monday morning as the passenger train
on the Savannah Florida and Western
railroad, bound for Jacksonville, was leav-
ing Waycross, it was boarded by eight
tramps, who climbed upon the platforms of
the ''blind" baggage cars, and there re-
Folkston, at 6:45 a. m. The "blindn bag
gage cars have their doors upon the sides,
but no doors leading out upon the plat
forms, which are attached front and rear
as upon other cars. These platforms form
an excellant hiding place. especially be-
tween cars. At Folkston Conductor w. 4.
LloA d discovered the passengers, and at
showed fight, but after a hard struggle,
they were finally gotten off, = when they
poured forth volley of abuse and invective
upon The conductor. As the train was about
leaving, they seized upon the conductor and
attempted to hold him, and it was with
much difficulty that he succeeded in freeing
himself from them.
A Macon special says: "Much comment
has been made here on the woful mistake
made by the Washington correspondent of
the Macon Telegraph in a recent letter,
wherein he stated that only five members
Of the Georgia delegation in Congress were
Confederate soldiers. The well informed
correspondent assumes TO give the names of
these gallant officers. They were Congress
men Crisp, Barnes, Gambler, Stewart and
Grimes. These gentlemen sought the bub-
Die reputation at the lannon's mouth it is
true, but what of the gallant
Carlton, the Captain Of the famous
Troup Artillery; Lieut. Col. Blount, who
has never yet surrendered; Capt. Norwood,
who organized and commanded more than
one fine companys Capt Turner was also
in the army, and won much renown. The
truth is, every Georgia Congressman was a
Confederate soldier. Carlton was noby
conspicuous for his reckless courage, and
with two pieces of artillery, unsupported
by infantry, fought a desperate battery
fredericksburg, when Lee was engaged
fighting at Charlottesville This battery
fired the first gun in the great artillery duel
that opened the fatal day at Fredericks-
burg.