The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-20

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Last spring Samps Bell OF Webster
county borrowed breech-loading shotgun
from W. H. Mercer, and had it at A. q.
Bells mill when it washed away during the
heavy storm in March. The gun was big
thing with Bell, and he spent a good deal OF
money in rewards trying to have 1t found.
Last week, as he was standing on the dam
looking over the waters he saw something
| glittering beneath the waves, and getting
into a boat he discovered the gun lying in
the bottom of the creek. He soon got 1t
out, and found it as bright as when new.
There was no rust nor specks to show that
it had lain nearly nine months in the
stream.
A negro man named Jack johnson shot
his wife on Chokee creek in Lee county,
| Thursday evening. johnson had two wives,
and one OF them was in the way. He car
ried the one that he wanted to get rid of to
/ the swamp and shot her with pistol the
/ ball entering her cheek, knocked out two
| teeth and lodged under the womau's tongue.
! johnson then took stick and knocked her
J into the creek, where he attempted to
drown her by throwing chunks of wood on
her head. Failing is this he made her crawl
out of the creek and carried her farther
into the swamp, and pulling out his knife
started 10 cut her throat. when he heard
| some one walking in the bushes and ran off.
The woman ran to the noise and found all
other negro man who assisted her to Sim
mons ore, where medical aid was pro-
cured. johnson escaped.
Marion Patriot: One of the young
ladies of Ellaville who was in the recent
railroad wreck had her dress torn, her
! white felt hat ruined and some other dam
ages 1t SO happened that the adjuster of
claims against the railroad company stop
ped at the same house where the young
lady boarded and the subject of the wreck
aud the amount of damages was brought
up. The young lady jokingly male a de-
mand of S25 on the road for the aforesaid
damages, and the adjuster told her to make
| out a schedule of the damages and he
would foot the bill The young lady made
up the schedule of her claims, and among
the items are included two br ken engage
ments with young men at the fair, whicl
she rated at 1871 cents apiece, or two for
| 25 cents. The adjuster paid over the $25
and received a signed contract from the
young lady, which will obviate any future
trouble SO far as the road is concerned,
if any breach of promise suits are brought.
The Macon Telegraph might convey the
information to the disappointed young
men.
Elliiay Courier: On last Saturday morn
ing about 9 o'clock a sad fatality overlook
mao by the name of James Ballew. He,
u. ID. ONeuDy anu JltIl OIb were CROSSING
the CooSawattee river eleven miles below
Ellijay, at the Goble ferry, in a common
bateau. Ore and Owenby had started to
church, and hallooed to Ballew to set them
across the river, which was swollen consid-
erably by the recent rain. On their way
across the stream the swift water made the
boat unmanageable and the current bore
them down stream. Ore leaped from the
boat toward the bank, and succeeded in
getting out. Owenby jumped out, and
came near drowning, but succeeded in get
ting out by catching to some brash hanging
over the river. Ballew was frightened
badly, and jumped back toward the main
current, where the water was very swift,
the boat, in the meantime, having capsized.
He could not swim, and was not seen any
more by his comrades, His body drifted
ashore on little island nearly mile below,
and was not discovered until Sunday after
| noon. He was a member of the Baptist
church, and belonged to the Flat Creek
Lodge of the Farmers Alliance. He was
25 years old, and leaves a wife and one
child.