The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24

county.
GEORGIA
The cotton congresses at Covington will
soon be in working order
The congresses at Americas are run day
and night, aud are doing good business.
Alderman D. p. Dozer and Capt. J. j.
Blade are the candidates for the mayoralty
Of Columbus.
The grading of the Alabama Midland
railroad is now completed into Troy, and
trains will be running between that town
and Bainbridge at very early date
Theodore Burnham will be a candidate
for the Columbus postnastership at the ex-
piration of Mr.. Watts term. Mr.. Burnham
Is very confident that he will receive the
appointment.
In Jones county, near Haddock's, Friday
night, the large saw mill of E. 81 r. C.
Lester was destroyed by fire. entailiug a
loss of $1,000, with no insurance. The
cause or the fire is unknown.
There has been laid at Americas up to
date about two and quarter miles OF sew
erage The work is progressing rapidly
although the opening of the cotton season
! has enticed away a number of their hands
At Waycross day or two ago the case
t of James III. and Randall Sweat, charged
with robbing young man by the name Of
Gliding that the evidence was not sufficient
to warrant holding them.
I Griffin Call: J. w. Reid Of Reid's Cross
ing was in the city yesterday and lost 800
He had sos in his pocketbook and let one
I of his hands by the name Of l3urrel Basin
) game have IS, and supposed that he placed
the other 500 securely in his pocket, but in
few moments found it was gone
A colored farmer named J. Evans, living
about eleven miles from Augusta on the
Fury's ferry road, had the misfortune Fri
day to have his barn consumed by fire. In
, il were burned four bales of cotton, fodder
and other storage. The fire originated from
8 match in the gin. Loss about 81 800 No
insurance.
Edger II. Orr. in the Office of State
School Commissioner Hook, in the capitol,
has accepted the position of superintendent
of the Glynn county public schools aud win
20 TO Brunswick early this week. Saturday
his colaborers in the capitol building, de
string to show their appreciation Of him,
presented him with handsome silver tea
set.
The Milledgeville on and Fertilizer Com
pany closed a contract Friday with the
Brush Electric company for the establish
ment of system Of electric lights The
plant viii be put up at the works Of the oil
company and wires run from there over the
city, the entire system being under control
Of the oil mill psople. All Of the stores,
hotels and public buildings will be thus
lighted.
The boat bearing the Ocmulgee survey
ing party arrived at Hawkinsville from
Macon Saturday. They report the channel
in fair condition, and that no great amount
of work will be necessary TO put itiin good
beating order. The services Of an old river
man Of Hawkinsville, George w. Budd,
have been secured there, and he will accom-
pany them on their further explorations 60
Darien.
Parties who were digging into an old In
dian mound at Southerand's bluff, twelve
miles from Darien, Wednesday, discovered
an old earthen pot which contained petrltled
human bones and skull. The teeth were
still in place and were in good condition,
not being decayed In the least. The bones
are supposed to be those of some Indian
warrior, who was buried there when he
madehis trip TO the happy hunting grounds.
Gwinnett Herald: Uncle Henry Strick-
land has shown our correspondent a queer
coin that he values highly. Its California
gold piece of 1857, and is octagon In shape.
On the face it bears the inscription: gu
s. assayer of gold for California; SS7 thou
sand" Uncle Henry says it was gotten
out at time when United States coin was
scarce, and only /. 900 were cut aud stamped
Its value in quantity of gold is $50; as a
relic 1t is worth much more.
Miss Mollle Satchell and viii Martin, a
young married man, are supposed to have
eloped from Columbus. According to Mrs.
Satchell's story the Satchell family and the
Martin family lived at cambridge Young
Martin and Miss Mollie used to be sweet
hearts They quarreled and Martin mar
ried another girl. The Satchell family
moved TO Columbus a short time ago and
was followed there by Martin, who was
taken into the family as boarder. Mrs.
Satchell says she did not suspect that the
pair had renewed their vows Of love until
they left her home together Saturday.
About o'clock Friday morning Bridge
Waterman Waddail fouBd an unknown
white man lying across the track near the
center Of the Mobile and Girard railroad
bridge across the Chattahoochee river at
Columbus. The man was In a state of in
toxication, and it was with great difficulty
that he was aroused from his stupor and
removed from his perilous position. Watch
man Waddail was crossing the bridge,
making his usual inspection, Just before the
arrival of the through freight for Macon
Had he been few minutes later, the I'M
known man would have met a most horri-
BILE death.
John Williams (colored) was lodged in
jail at Abbeville, Friday night for the at
tempted murder of Enooh Ben jamin (col-
ored). 1t is thought that the victim will
die If he be not already dead. John slipped
up behind Enoch and struck him with the
eye of an axe just above the right ear, tax
ing Off little Of the top part of the ear
and crushing the skull. There was somA
thing about a woman in it. There are two
John Williams, both colored, to be tried at
court this week. The other TO be tried is
the slayer of young Wigham. The above
difficulty occurred near Seville. John and
Enoch had not quarreled. 1t was unpro-
voked.
Newman Herald: Rev. w. w. Kelly came
near being drowned in attempting to cross
Snake creek, near Whitesburg, on Tuesday
afternoon last. The creek was very much
swollen by the heavy rain of few hours
previous. Mr. Kelly crossed the bridge.
but channel had been washed out across
the road on the opposite side, in which the
water was running swift aud deep. When
Mr. Kelly entered this his horse and buggy
resimmediateiy swept of bv the forcs of
the current After being carried some dis
lance down the stream, Mr.. Kelly caught
to limb and thus saved himself, but al
last accounts the horse and buggy had not
been found.
Miiledgeylle is now on the verge OF
the most important ENTERPRISE she
has ever tackled. 1t is move on tax
part of the citizens to convey the water
power from tue falls above the CITY by
means of alectricitv into the hoo RI ~ Al