The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-05

Brunswick ana w eSIeIH rdhIOad
An Historic Race Track in Jackson
County.
GEORGIA.
At Swainsboro Manning Colemans new
hotel is fast approaching completion
Dirt was broken Wednesday for the erec-
tion of the new commercial bank building
for the Commercial Bank Of Albany.
Fortv-one bales of cotton belonging TO
Inman & Co. were set on fire at Royston on
last Sunday by boys playing with matches.
The cotton was not totally destroyed, but
was badly damaged.
CLANCY Parker, colored) who lived on I.
J. Aldred's place near MoXley, Jefferson
county. and who is said TO have been l07
years old died last Sunday. She claimed
10 remember when the capitol Of Georgia
was located at jefferson.
At Milledgeville on Thursday while Jack
Stroberg, a young white man from Macon.
was painting on a scaffold on the Georgia
railroad bridge over the Oconee river, he
lost his balance and fell about forty feet
among the rocks, being killed instantly.
On or about Feb. % a six-column, eight
page paper, to be called the Georgia Farm
ers' Alliance AdUocGte, will make ITS APP
pearance. 1t is to be published monthly
under the editorial control of r. II. Jack
son, President of the Georgia State Al
lance, assisted by the other State officers.
The threatened fight between the mer-
chants Of Augusta and the City Council is
off. At meeting of a committee repre-
senting the former, with full board of the
latter, Thursday half way ground was
occupied and the maximum tax of S125 Yves
agreed upon and accepted as satisfactory
by all parties.
At Hawkinsville few DAYS ago J. w.
Conner bonght out the interest of his part
ners, w. B. Fitzgerald & Co.. essaying TO
assume all liabilities, and w. B. Fitzgerald
established business of his own, but Thurs
day was closed up by his former creditors,
who objected TO his sale TO Conner, hence
both firms are closed.
Before his departure from Brunswick,
ex-Supt. Gaddis, of the Brunswick and
Western railroad, was presented with "A
watch, clock and handsome silver service,
the latter from employees of the road and
the former from citizens and friends. j. n.
Brown Of the same road was presented with
pair of sleeve buttons.
T. NJ. Gammage, Of Stockbridge lost his
dwelling house and barn by fire last Sunday
Just before dawn. There were several fine
horses in the stable, one of which was badly
burned. Mr. Gammages loss is estimated
at something like $1,000. The insurance is
81, 500. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
There is young man in Madison who
built a sleigh at the opening of winter with
the firm determination TO be the first one
out when snow fell, and since then has been
anxiously watching the sky and patiently
awaiting the fall of the flakes. IL is need
less to say that the young man has been
sadly disappointed so far, much to his own
chagrin and the qualification of the poor Of
Madison.
John r. Veasey, who until Wednesday
travelled for L. A. r. Reab's wholesale
liquor house of Augusta, committed suicide
Thursday night by taking an overdose of
laudanum at his room in j. j. Palmer's
boarding house at Augusta. Every means
were tried to recuscitate Mr.. Neasey but
without effect. Mr.. Veasey is from War
renton and once represented Warren county
in the State Legislature. He was widower.
Financial trouble is assigned as the cause of
the rash act.
At Macon, Thursday, Col E. c. Machen,
of the Macon and Covington railroad, was
an elegant diamond pin. The donors were
James II. Campbell, William II. Ross, DR.
J. S. Baxter, S. B. Price, }. F. Hanson, NJ
Nussbaum, Turpin, Ogden & Co, Burden
n. Solomons, S. r. Jacques q Co, Henry
Horne, Dannenburg & Doody, w. B. & O.
G. Sparks, CARING s. Brown, Exchange
Bank. N. E. Harris, johnson 81 Lane and
w D. Palmer.
In jackson county, near where James
Thurmo nd lives, is the celebrated Santa Fe
race track, where thousands have been won
and lost in a single dash of quarter of a
mile. The track was made by Mr. Thur
mond, one of the best quarter-racers in
America. On this track is where the Cele-
brated Austin filly ran quarter in IS sec
onds, without a rider, against an old race
horse, and Wool Winder beat the best time
on record. The race track has grown up in
weeds, and the men who delighted in such
sports are either dead or following other
pursuits.
Wednesday morning a peculiar accident
occurred on Capt. Hutchens' train Just be-
fore 1t reached Winterville. The cotton in
heavily loaded car was by the motion of
the car SO JCstled around as to burst one of
the car doors from its hangings, and it
dropped out on the side of the track. chen
out came bale of cotton bounding along
beside the train at fearful rate. Had the
bale dropped out in cut instead of on an
embankment, an accident would have been
almost sure. As it was it rolled down the
embankment out of the way of the train.
There was something of sensation in
Stranges district, Franklin county, few
DAYS ago. julie Arnold, a Vagabondish
young fellow of that section, disappeared
about Christmas A good deal of shooting
was heard one night which has not yet been
explained and blood was seen along path
leading by an old well. Later on terrible
stencil arose from the old well, and it is be
lieved that large number Of rocks from an
old chimney had recently been thrown into
the well. The inference drawn by some
was that Arnold was murdered and thrown
into the well and the rocks thrown upon his
body. At last accounts crowd was to
meet to search the well.
Capt. G. w Shackeford, of the Georgia
Central agency, looking after the 500 re-
ward offered by the authorities of Laurens
county for the arrest of Henry Burney, ar
rived at Oeonee Thursday and, with j. j.
Dunn, of that place, went out to the home
of Burney, where he was peacefully at work
on the plantation of Judge q. J. Elkins
Mr.. Dunn off red Burney a drink, and
Capt. Shackelford drew bead on Burney,
commanding him not to raise his hands.
Burney. afraid to drink, submitted to being
handcuffed, and was then allowed TO
drink his dram. Burney has been carrying
his double-baIrel gun for several weeks
looking for the officers, while the officers
were carrying more deadly weapon in a
bottle looking for Burney. The bottle won.
Burney will be carried to Dublin before the
grand jury as a witness for the State, to tes-
tify against the parties who robbed him
It is not now believed that Burney is guilty
of robbing Reinhart. Burney will be pro
tected by the authorities from further VIC
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