The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-04

my+eu IN Jne matter Yet.
Landrum Ballew, son Of a. K. Ballew,
! aged IL years, who lived five miles east of
! Spring Place, was cutting at some under
growth frori the lower side of log on the
mountain, day or two ago, to amuse him
self by its rolling, thinking that he could
| OUTRAGE the log, when tie log rolled from It's
bed, 1t bounded down the hillside with such
a velocity that Laudrum was overtaken and
| so crushed beneath it that his death followed
soon after.
The City Council Of Townsville has de-
! cided to leave the old water tower standing
at the present height The broken side will
be filed in, then it will be rooted over, and
it will present a handsome and tasteful ap-
pearance marble slab will be fixed in IL
containing the names Of the Mayor ana
other city officers Of last year 1t is sug
! gested by the Times that a memorial tablet
with the names Of the unfortunate men who
lost their lives in the recent accident be
placed on the slab
NJ A. Sweeney a Bro, of Jacksonville,
| Ind, have closed a contract with the rail
road authorities TO build two new boats for
them at Abbeville at an early day. The
! dimensions of each boat will be ll5 feet
! long, "a feet beam and feet guards, and
| feet depth of hold; engines II inches in
| diameter, 30 feet stroke; two boilers 3S
| inches in diameter, II feet long six flues in
each with the latest improved machinery.
| These steamers are TO have carrying capa-
| city of 500 bales of cotton.
| d. G.. Hopps of Jesup, was Is years old
/ last October. He was born in Wayne
county and never was a witness in any
court and was never sued in his life. He
has represented his county in the House
and Senate and in the Constitutional Con
vention. He was married to Miss Frances
Bennett, his present wife, in 1888, and they
have lived happily together for fifty three
years. He has raised ten children, all of
whom are now living, the present Ordinary
of the county being one of them
J. NJ. Steward, one of the lumber inspec-
tors for j. J. McDonough q Co. at Sur
rency, had the misfortune to lose his right
leg and one of the toes on his left foot on
Jan. 80. After the mill had been shut down
for the evening he started home, and as he
emerged from between the high piles of
lumber on the skids, and stepped on the
side track, the tram engine, which he did
not see i'll time to save himself, was running
along at "A slow rate, caught him and
mashed and crushed his right leg from his
ankle half way TO his knee, and also hurt
his left foot to some extent.
Oscar Coulter well known in Walker
county, killed II man named Charles T.
Macy, at Golden City, Ark, on Friday
last. Macy was a Sheriff in Logan county,
Arkansas, and had arrested Coulter ON a
requlsltion from Georgia upon a charge that
he Coulter had burned a church in Nc
IGNORES Cove, III Walker county, Georgia.
This was in 1881, in which year Coulter was
found guilty and sentenced TO a short term
in the State prison. but his father succeeded
IN obtaining his release. Coulter was in
censed at Macy for the arrest and his
anger eliminated in his going to Macey's
place of business on the day above men
toned, calling him TO the door and shooting
HIM down. Coulter made his escape.
The most important business of the meet
ing of Pulaski county Prohibitionists at
HawkmSvile Tuesday was the appointment
OF county executive committee composed
of one member from each district in the
county. The committee was made up as
follows: Hawkinsvlle district, r. W. An
derson; Hartford, f. X. Collins: Cochran,
ID. NJ. Ryle; Salem, James Il. Boothe; Tripp-
vile, j. +. Floyd; Walkers, Homer Walker:
MitChells, Levi III. Harrell Blue Spring, A.
I. Fountain; Whitield's, r. T.. Reynolds;
Dupree's, DIR. w. s. johnson. The meeting
adopted resolution requesting the Execu-
tive Committee to meet at the court house
in Hawkinsville on Tuesday next, Feb z,
for general discussion and the transaction
of important business.
A crowd went out on Saturday night,
Jan. %, to Serenade a newly married couple
living near Vienna. Mr. Broadway the
groom, expecting such thing, was ready
and waiting, intending to surprise them
and have little fun himself. There were
two crowds, one being considerably in adj
vance of the other The front crowd reached
their destination and opened fire. when 10
their great surprise and aStonishment, fire
was opened upon them from the house.
Never expecting or hearing of such thing
before they broke of like herd of STAN
peded cattle, running in every direction for
safety. After Mr.. Broadway had all the
fun he wanted, he called the boys back and
told them he wasn't mad. The boys seeing
what joke was had upon them offered him
a quarter apiece not to tell ON them, but it
was too good to keep.
At Cuthbert last Thursday night a crowd
of ladies and gentlemen dressed and painted
up in gypsy costumes and started up College
street ON "a begging expedition. The first
stop they made was at Capt Kiddoo's,
where they rang the door bell and the ladies
gathered at the door ready to begin their
tale of poverty. But their little speech was
spoiled by the appearance of something that
looked like ghost, judging from its white
apparel They beat "A hasty retreat. They
next stopped at A. j. Moyes where they
put up such a pitiable tale of extreme pow
erty that Mr.. Moye, fearing they would
perish in his yard, gave them something to
relieve them. They then went TO Mr. Beall's
Mr.. Twitty's, Mr.. Davis, Mr. Elders and
Mr.. Sawyer's, where they told their tale of
sorrow and received their gifts They report
having had lots of fun.