The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-17

formed NJ. Barnes. He. to investigate it,
went to the out house and found negro
boy, probably about % years of age lying
IN the house dead, aud notified the Coroner
at Marietta by telegraph. The negro from
appearances has been dead several days, as
decomposition has set in. No one knows
anything of him.
gentleman in AtlRta is peculiarly
afflicted. One of his eyt& is dark blue in
color, and the other Is a light gray. In the
daytmc-from sunrise TO sun-et-he cannot
see auythi out of the blue eye, but see
distinctly and well with the gray eye; and
from sunset to sunrise he cannot see any
thing with the gray one. His hearing IS
similarly affected. He can hear only on the
blind side: thus no can hear with one ear
during the daytime, aud with one ear dur
ing the night. He never discovered this
until recently.
A difficulty occurred at Molina, Pike
county, Saturday night last between j. w.
Gordy and John Parks. Both parties
armed themselves with their shot guns and
were proceeding TO do quick work, which
was ayerted by tho prompt intervention Of
several part.e, Being dsarned Of their
guns, they resoTted to the pocket knife.
Mr.. Parks received two gashes in the back
and one in the breast Mr. Gordy received
a cut on he hand. DR. Steadmau, in at
tempting 20 part them received severe
cut on tho hand Mr.. John Howard also
had lis hand badly cut. Mr.. Gordy's l3-
year-old son received n painful cash in the
shoulder No one was mortally wounded.
It will be remembered that a leap year
party by the leading society bellies of Caves
Spring WAS gwen on Friday evening, Feb
B. For joke two young men wrote notes
10 two friends signing the names of young
ladies' The notes were received by the
young men and were answered. Then there
was pickle So outrageously did the vic
Tins Of the joke feel that they had the
iokers arrested, swearing out warrants for
forgery before Justice Burns. The case has
just been settled. Robert lilly and Alb
Dean, the perpetrators of the joke, agreed
to pay the costs of the first trial, which
amounted 10 81. upon the payment Of
which Frank Wright and Albert Tunhn,
the objects of the joke, agreed to stop fur
Their proceedings.
AT Augusta, Tuesday, an aged negro man
came Lear being checked 10 death as n
result of his own foolishness. He was
driving cow down the street. Around the
bovine's leg was tied a strong rope, which
was tied at the other end around the mans
neck with a draw knife, which, he said, be
tied because he could pull the rope back
and promptly stop the animal from run
ming. But it did not stop the COW, for she
ran away and threw the old man to the
ground, and was dragging him along in a
mud puddle and choking him for all she
was worth. The negro was seen by City
Sexton Bryan, who stopped the COW, and
removed the man from his precarious posi-
ton. The old fellow was unconscious, and
was not able to speak for several hours.
At Americas Tuesday evening, after dark,
as the freight from Macon for Americas
was passing the northern crossing
of Lee street, where the Southwestern and
Buena Vista roads run parallel with each
other, Simon Shines and Alec Crittenden
were together talking and looking at the
long string Of cars which the Southwestern
engine was pulling, and standing on the
Buena Vista and Ellaville track. When
the Southwestern train had about half
passed, making a deafening noise, along
came the Buena Vista construction train
backing and ran over the two men. Shines
was killed instantly, not knowing what
struck him. His neck was broken, also both
arms and legs, besides his eptrails protrud-
| ing from one side, aud, in fact, crushed
literally to jelly. Crittenden lived a short
| time after being run over. He was torn all
to pieces on the left side, as this was next tc
the approaching train. All of his ibis were
| broken on this side. He was unconscious
when he died, not knowing anything after
| he was struck. Both were reliable colored
men, and had a number of friends both
white and colored They were plasterers
by trade. Alec lived on the south side OF
the crossing, and Simon lived some distance
up on the north side