The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-31
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uand ear. The boy felt across the track
and having got the car going 1t ran over
one OF his legs, cutting htlf OF the can on 70
breaking the small bone and cutting or
mashing open the flesh 10 the bone, AT last
accounts he was getting on as well as couId
De expected.
Robert White thinks that he has struck a
fine gold mine on his farm near Poplar
! Springs Mr. White has been prospecting
! for fine gold for some time, but only last
week found what must prove very valuable
Mr.. W mite and another gentleman on look
! tfg al tue rocks where dlrt had been aug up
70 pan Tor god, discovered several me mug
| GetS' lie VIII have 1T thoroughly tested
ana reels confident that ne mas aEood UhlhS'
At Macon Saturday night an old Colored
woman named Silver Franklin attempted TO
climb upon a locomotive at the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad pas
senger depot to get some coal, when in some
| way her foot slipped from the step and she
was thrown under the engine, which had
! Just started off. Her leg was ground 81 a
| Jelly Just above the ankle. II was found
necessary to amputate the limb just at the
cali.
! The firm OF w. r. Morris & Co., proml-
nent merchants Of Baldwin county, has
| failed. Mr.. Morris has given deeds to all OF
! his personal property, amounting TO about
! 5000, and all Of the firms possessions,
notes, accounts, etc, representing several
! thousand to Cranston q Alexander, OF Au-
! gtlsta. Walker q Allen, of Milledgeville,
! hold mortgage notes of previous date against
/ the firm for considerable amount Their
share Will be the first paid. The entire la
bllities. as reported, are above $4,000, and
| assets, according t. recent statement of Mr.
! Morris, about 1000. The cause Of the
failure was bad collections and the pressure
of creditors
| Among the gentlemen proposed for
! Chancellor Of the State University to sue
| coed DIR. Nell are the following: Benjamin
| Iaimer, OF New Orleans, an alumnus OF
| the unlVerSlty-One OF the most celebrated
| preachers OF his day; John LeCOnte, of Cal
! l1ornla, another distinguished graduate Of
| the university; DIR. Geradeon, Of South Caro-
lima; {. G. Jones, of Augusta; DR.. A. G.
| Haygood and Gen. Hill, OF Mllledgeville;
! William Leroy Brown, former professor;
Judge W. X. Hammond, of Atlanta; Prof.
h. {. White, now State Chemist and Pro
| lessor of Chemistry in the university, who
has accepted the Presidency OF the State
archaeological School.
The Swift Manufacturing Connanv of
| Columbus is now receiving a portion of the
new machinery which the company decided
to add to their new plant last summer, and
! for which purpose the capital stock was in
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crease consists of 5000 spindles and all nee
essary machinery for supplying the same,
! consisting of thirty of Howard a. Bulfough's
| large and most highly improved carding
engines, 40x5O inches in diameter revolving
and self-settng top flats capable of carding
| $50 lbs. of cotton per day to each card
making an aggregate production of T. 800
| lbs. per day of net work, which will be
about ten bales Of gross weight Of cotton per
day.
About G o'clocl, Sunday morning a yvhita
yaif n how ahout a week old was found
lviny in a basket covered With y-orstad
shawls, at the front door of J. +. Buffers
residence, on Mercer street in Hamburg,
just across the river from Augusta. The
| founding was placed at the door after mid
night, and when found was alive but only
! lived an hour afterward. The night was
! intensely cold, and it is thought the infant
was frozen to death There was no clew TO
| lead to the heartless mother. Justice
! Getzen held an inquest over the waif Sun
| day afternoon, and the verdict of the Jury
was death caused by exposure. The com
! munity is highly incensed, and will make
every effort 10 ferret the case out and bring
the brute to trial
| Atlanto's traffic in n,,,Iee &c oe+;n,a+od o+
| 81 509 600 peI. year Anaveraoe If tyvent,,e
| two mules to the carload is estimated The
season heoins in November and ends Anil
| /. although there is n small trade MI through
! the year 1t is estimated that the receipts
| during the five months of this busy season
| will average eight car loads per daV. which
is equivalent to over p 600 mules. The
mules come principally from Kentucky and
Tennessee, but some come from Texas. st.
Louis, Indiana, and other points. Atlanta
is a supply depot for North Carolina. South
Carolina, Virginia. Alabama. Florida and
| Georgia. The mules are brought in train
loads and are carried to the union stock
ward. from which place they are distributed
to the various stables. The bills for feed for
the mules amount to So 200 Der week
last Tbursdav,s issua of +ba Arc,,,s+o .
| Cr1yoJte contained n card FROM W %
Seahrool, ,ybosfatod +bot no baI"irotasl5
the naI,ar from Wess,s Josiah ana iar|,,
Miller Everything Went ON all rigbt unti1
Saturday night, when Mr.. Seabrook failed
to pay the printers and other workmen off
who refused to continue work until they re
ceived their pay. The Messrs, Miller Il Co..
pay the employees for five days work, and
MIR. Seabrook was expected to pay the bal
ance The printers aud other worbmeu
were on a strike for awhile and did not re
turn to work until MesSrs. Josiah and Leroy
Miller assumed the debt and promised tc
pay the employees Off on Monday. Mr. Sea
brook has turned over the legal document,
making the sale binding to the Messrs. Mil
Ter, who will run the paper in future.
On Saturday night as the Marshal of Bar