The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-22

renceville with Y. g. Pharr. IL was a cold,
| disagreeable day. and Sandy ulied from
grocery to grocery, until he filed his tank
full of whisky. He was very drunk when
he left town about dark, and started of in
Pharr's wagon. The next morning he was
found dead in the potato patch OF j. b.
Dunnigan. 1t is supposed that he froze to
death while in a drunken stupor.
The run-oR on the Augusta and Knox
| vile road at Augusta Monday night was
| quite damaging in its results. Four freight
boxes jumped trestle while crossing the
canal near the brewery, and all Of them
them tumbied into the water One con-
tanned $1,000 pounds of corn and two
carried cargoes'of miscellaneous merchan-
| disc from the north, which was more or
| less damaged. The fourth contained cross
ties. The loss to the company, it Is esti-
| mated, will amount to about 81 900.
AT a supper given at the late residence Of
| Newton Hood, near Jones' mills, III Newton
| county, Lum Fuller took little too much
| tangle-leg, put on the war paint, and got
into quarrel with colored damsel. He
| got his gun down and threatened to shoot
| her, when his stepson, Coonie Lewis, began
| expostulating with him, whereupon Lum
| emptled the contents of his gun into
| Coonie's head, which killed him instantly.
Lum says it was purely accidental All the
| parties are negroes. No arrest has been
| made.
Teets Bros. show was billed for Delroy, a
small place in Epson county, Monday
Quite crowd had gathered to witness the
performance. Sanford McCard (white) and
San Hoffman (colored) got into an alterca-
ton, when the negro struck McCard over
the head with a stick. Ebin McCard, a
brother of Sanford, attempted to separate
them. Sanford, blinded by the blood from
wound, attempted to cut the negro and
by mistake stabbed his brother Ebin in the
side, inflicting wound that resulted in
death.
Alexander Whitaker, aged GO years, and
native OF Jones county, died at Macon,
Tuesday, from a stroke of apoplexy. Mr.
Whitaker was Confederate veteran, who
saw hard service while in the field. Mon
day night he made application for mem
bership in the Blob Confederate Veterans
| Association. Under the suspension of the
rules, he was elected member Hardly
| had the news been carried to him before he
| commenced to sink, and by morning his
| spirit had taken its flight. This is the first
death IN the ranks Of the association.
Cochran Recorder: Theo Overbey is
responsible for the following: A few days
since as he was vending his way home
| ward presumably from the cotton field, his
attention was drawn to the carcass of a
| COW that had given up the ghost and which
to all appearances was in a toIerable state
| OF preservation. A scratching, scraping,
| bood-curdllng noise seemed to and did pro
| coed from the bowels OF the defunct bovine,
| and investigation revealed the fact that
seven full grown possums were snugly en-
sconced therein and were enjoying a feast of
beef.
| w. M. Scott q Co., real estate firm of
| Atlanta, are searching for the heirs of a
| Georgian named James Tobin, who was
| laH af hn ho;,
are entitled to 4,42S acres of land. DR..
James Damour of Macon may be one Of
| the heirs. and he will, no doubt, communl-
cate with Scott q Co. at once. The grand
| father of Damour was named James Tobin,
| who had nephew named James Tobin
| The nephew disappeared from Macon and
| Damour does not know what became of
| him, He may have been killed at the
| Alamo.
The case of ]. c. Dunlap against the
| Northeastern railroad, which has been on
trial for the past eight days before the
| United States district court at Atlanta, was
| settled Tuesday. After remaining out six
hours, the jury brought in verdict in
Dunlap's favor for $1,000. The case has
become celebrated because of its many
| trials. In 1882 he was an engineer, run
ming from Athens to Tallulah falls. He
was seriously injured in a wreck which
| occurred 10 an excursion train between
| GAINESVILLE and Rayburn Gap junction, and
sued the road for damages
| AT Macon a day or two ago Edward
Wolff bought for $4,000 property at the
corner of Mulberry and Fourth streets,
running along Mulberry from the corner of
Fourth to the Bibb county Jail, and from
| the corner OF Mulberry along Fourth to the
alley which divides it from the Kimball
house or Huff property. This transfer en-
braces the late residence of Michael Lob.
| facing on Mulberry street and running
through to the alley. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Lob received S., 500 for his property
The balance Of the trade embraces the two
| story house on the corner and the land lying
adjacent to it on Fourth street to the alley.
The property was bought of George P.
Swift of Columbus.
A meeting of the Underwriters Mutual
Insurance Company Of Atlanta was held
| Tuesday in the companys office for the
| purpose of considering certain amendments
to the charter. The principal amendment
consisted of changing the name of the COM
| pany to the Omitted Underwriters Insur-
| ance Company" in conformance with a
resolution passed by the Georgia legislature
during the late session. There was a large
majority OF stockholders present. either in
person or by proxy. The amendment was
passed by a unanimous VOTE and the COM
pany will begin business under the new
| ndluea ABOUT tue Dec. i. This
company has the largest capital of any in
surance company ever started in Georgia,
having paid in capital of over $500, 900.
The stabbing affray which occurred in
the cloth room of the Enterprise factory at
Augusta Monday was one of the worst that
has happened in Augusta in months. Gull
pepper, who used the knife, is about IS
years of age, while his victim, A. |. King,
is an old man with wife and family. They
had some words, and the boy drew his knife
and plunged it into Mr.. Kings back. The
knife point entered the backbone. Just here
the frightful part of the affair took
place. King was for the moment
paralyzed by the stab and fell back
ward to the floor. This drove the
knife still further into his back, leav-
ing nothing to be seen but the handle. Peo-
pie at work near by rushed to the assistance
of the PROSTATE man, and an attempt was
made to withdraw the knife, but the COM
bined efforts of three men were of no avail.
Every plan was tried, and it was at last
found necessary to send to blacksmith
shop for pair of iron pinchers with which
to extract the firmly imbedded blade. AS
a matter of course, Kings condition is
very serious, and death may result.
On the morning of October "A, Mr.. Thip-
pen, express agent at Wadley, on the
Central railroad, discovered that package
49,