The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-27

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sure, aud left his remains in a broken,
mangled mass. The fall was something near
230 feet, a ID the accident was caused by the
puly slipping out OF its place and throwing
! Williams from the bucket in which he was
being drawn up.
The engine at George Lsvender's mill,
ear McCieskey's bridge, jefferson county,
/ exploded last THURSDAY, with fatal results.
! There is no one who can give any cause for
! tue bursting Of the engine, as there was
| only a small head of steam on, and all at
| once it was lifted from the earth and blown
! fifty yards, the engine going one way,
d the )Ors to the eIgine and irons
| going 100 yards in an opposite di-
| rection. The report made by the
explosion was heard for ma V niles around,
and as the engine went whizzng through
the woods it tore wn a large tree that it
came In cont ct with. I ere were several
of workmen, who were standing near,
badly scalded, among them DALI Lavender.
A negro was blown up among the tree tops
and landed in the creek Jne distance from
the mill, some Of his clothes being left hang
ing upon the limbs of the trees. He died
Friday night.
A lady living in the country near Jack
son places a very high estimate on then
fruit" o Q day last week, while doing
some cooking, she found that it was ueces-
,
has for some time past been in the habit Of
saving copper cents as they came into her
possession. Her husband recently gave her
two 5-dollar gold pieces with the remark:
place these coppers in your bank" and
she, not notici & tBe money, did as
requested. 50 she went to tae bank to get
two copper cents to pay for the eggs, and
as misfortune had it the 5dollar gold pieces
came out first, and, without inspection, were
given in payment for the eggs, and tie
error was not noticed until the husband
inquired of her what she did With the $40
he gave her. After searching the bank
in ide out it was found that she had paid
$40 for two eggs, and run chances on them
being over-ripe to boot!
On May Capl Moses H. Bentley fcol-
oredl lost a Texas mare from his stable IN
Atlanta. The animal was taken away dur
ing the night. The fact sas duly published
q the officers were put on notice, but iuspite
Of all their efforts no clew was discovered
as 20 the whereabouts of the mare. Bentley
went t. work to ii her, and put q man on
the horse to SC our the country. His wife
took another horse and set out on a similar
mission. W nile passing a farm about six
teen miles from the city, on the Fiat Shoals
road, the horse SIC was riding stopped and
Weighed. An answering neigh came from
tue horse lot, and, giving the horse she was
riding free reiI be went ST al ght up to the
gate and there YVES the little Texas mare,
easily identified by the brand on her
shoulder and other marks. Bentley be-
eves that somebody stole the mare, rode
her that far and turned her loose. She had
been taken up as an estray, but not re-
ported
In the weston part of Putnam county
lives a Wel.-UO-dO farmer who has q certain
white tenant This tenant, one day while
4 al
field, found a chain several inches belor
the surface OF the grou d with a S APPLE at
TAG ed When he went to the house he told
toe la dlord at he lad found, and
claimed to have found a silver liar which
lie exhibited and said he felt con-
id Mt therg had been buried near
that spo. a box If silver, and per-
haps gold, too. The landlord rec .llecs ing
that Du led treasures hal been reported
as found since the close of the ear,
became 50 excited over the prospects
Of find that he resolved
to make search for one. SO he spent
a halt day riding over the country hiring
abeb died men al 80 cents q day t. dig
for the supposed hidden treasures. 1t is re-
ported that a half acre Of land was dug up
to depth Of three or four fest But the
treasure was never found. nor did the ten
ant lind the dollar he claimed to have
found.
About a month ago Mack H. Young. liv-
ing in Bowling Green district, Ogle horpe
count had some difficulty vita Zach Huff
(colored), ne of his hands. That night the
negro left for parts u known and nothing
more was heard of MIN. One night about
a week later, while the familyof Mr. Y ung
were sitting on tho porch # their residence,
pistol shot from the road near by startled
them, the ball striking the house near where
they were sitting, and missing one of Mr..
NOung's da ghters oaly few inches After
the shot was fred a man was saen
running from the place where the pis-
to. was fired, but owing 70 the dark
ness the party could not be recOguizsI.
Re -enJer.Lg the difficulty with the negro
a week previous, md kuo wing INN to be Of
bad character, NJ Yorng natural sus-
pected that he was the woud-be aSsassia.
While keeping the matter as quiet as gos.i-
BILE, Mr.. Young set about to ind the sup
posed fend. Toe sherlffs were notified aud
they went to work 10 bring the scouudveI t.
justice. Alter some trouble he was traced
70 Madison coun y, where, on Monday last,
Sheriff VIM succeed d in arresting him.
After he was arrested the negro confessed
to the shooting, but claimed that he did not
intend to shoot any one.
Elberton Star; 1t is not generally known
that Gen. Robert ToOmbs joined The M
sonic fraternity Il ElDerC IN, aud tlat the
initiation took place shortly after tle sur
render, wnen this great soldier and states
man was hiding from the yankees to escape
capture Bands of Federal troops were
seattle ed all over Ebert and Wilkes cOun-
ties, searching every nook and corner for
Gen. ToOmbs, but he succaei led at last in
escaping 10 Cuba and afterward to + z
Ia d. Mai John II. Jones was at that
time master Of the + berton lodge, and
information reached him chat Gen. Toombs.
who was concealed at Col. 5Iarti IS, was
anxious to join the order Mai. Jones I'M
parted this informant IA to a few members
Of the lodge, and one dark night everything
was gotten in READINGS r. the initiation.
In Disguise Gen. To)ubs came into Elber-
ton, having succeeded in escaping the
yankee pickets that guarded every road.
lie as carried by n back way into tue
lodge room, where few members awaited
him, and by the dim light Of a single
candle the three degrees that nst.-
tutel hi % a Master Mason were admins
tered. Those who were present say tina SO
remag kable was Gen. Ioombs' memory that
La went through the ordeal it'll lut single
mistake, aud ia . short time became one OF
the brig test NasJns in the United States.
Af.e- the Initiation Gen. Toom was taken
IN hand by tho MasYns, passed from one
brother to another until he was Il ally safely
gotten out of the country. Every person
in Ebert county was his friend, aud he had
no fear Of betrayal Occasionally the
general would sleep in house. The greater
part Of the time he lay concealed II the
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