The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-17

The shad season will open next month.

has been slated by Buck and his crowd for
the postmastership at Hogansville.
J. d. PARROT, q Pulaski farmer, has sold
this season $500 pounds Of pork, and has
enough left for home consumption. lie
sells meat every year.
A raft of square timber sold at Darien on
Thursday for 81 IS on the average. This Is
the highest price paid for timber in the
Darien market in several years. Timber IS
ON boom.
Collector Deveaux arrived in Darien on
Thursday, and visited the custom house.
IDENTITY Collector Grubb's resignation has
not been accepted yet, but the new col
lector has promised TO relieve HIM in q few
days.
The men who will rule Brunswick for the
next year are: Mayor, J. J. Spears; alder
men. J. NJ. Madden, Thomas O'Connor, Jr. );
NJ. Ullman, G. l.. Parker, j. 5. THOMAS,
John R. Cook, II. n. Gam and F. Joseph
Doerfinger.
Atlanta has never enjoyed a more pros
porous year than this that will soon be
past More buildings are going up, more
new enterprises have been established, and
more money put in the various branches of
trade than in any previous year.
The fastest run ever made on the Wrights-
vile and Tennille railroad was accomplished
last Tuesday morning by Engineer Z. f.
Tennille. When it arrived at Wrightsville
the train had twenty-five minutes to run to
Tennille in time to connect with passenger
train No. on the Central. Engineer Lanier
pulled the throttle open and ran to Tennille
in Just nineteen minutes, besides making a
stop at Harrison on the way.
T. ]. NJ >rrison, who keeps a store on up
per First avenue, Columbus, was run over
and seriously jured by a witch engine in
Hha trolr rail 70 Eafn Ia
had been to dance and was returning
when the accident occurred But for the
cross beam Of the engine striking him he
would have been horribly lnangled, and as
it is he is cut, mashed aud badly bruised.
He is unable to give any account as to how
the accident occurred, and when found was
in the middle of the track under the engine.
J. w. Price, depot agent at Rochelle, was
called to the bedside of his sister, in Sumner,
last week. He procured w. H. Reed to act
in his absence, leaving everything in his
charge. On Sunday morning Mr.. Reed
left town. Not returning at the time he
appointed, the citizens began to grow
suspicious. On Monday night, when Mr..
Stone, one of the officers of the road,
arrived to investigate matters, 1t was soon
discovered that Mr. Reed had taken every
thing valuable that be could conceal on his
person, including several watches and other
express packages of importance, to the
amount OF about $50.
At Cuthbert, last Saturday night, Henry
Kaigler was stabbed by Newton Ellsworth.
The would-be murderer made an effort TO
escape, but was soon captured and is now in
Jail. Kaigler received an ugly wound in
the left breast, near the heart, and had also
a bad cut in one of his hands. Some weeks
ago Mr.. Kaigler engaged Ellsworth to make
him pair of shoes, the latter agreeing to
accept as pay for them an overcoat,
which was at once delivered to him.
Ellsworth was in no hurry to make the
shoes although he had been paid for them,
and sought by unsatisfactory promises &c
stave off the job. MIR. Kaigler waited until
he became convinced that he was being i'm.
posed upon, and on Saturd ~ went to Els
worth's house and asked for his coat, which
was returned to him by Mrs Ellsworth.
This filed the shoemakers heart with
wrath, and led to the stabbing.
For some time a spectacle vender, J. s.
Rosenbloom, has been stopping at the Ken
nesaw house, at Marietta, and hiring from
II. Meinert's livery stable a horse and
buggy. As he left part of his baggage al
the stable Mr.. Meinert felt safe about his
bill A few days ago Rosenbloom called
for his rig as usual, and was soon in the
buggy and out of town. He drove Il
Smyrna, tied the horse to a tree, but bar
gained with a negro boy to drive it back L
Marietta, but not to start until night, which
he did. Rosenbloom hi nself took the train
for other fields. Then Mr.. Menerr disc "
cred that Rosenbloom's baggage was gone
and that he had been bea5 to the tune OF
SIS. 1t was found that he also jumped hi,
hotel bill. Mr.. Meinert learned that Rosen
bloom was at Madison, swore out warrant
and Sheriff McLan broug t back the gen.
tleman and allowed him the hospitality O.
cell.
A fearful collision occurred Friday nigh
Mt the thirty-four mile post, on the Bruins
wick and Western road, between loca
and through freight, resulting in tn
death of one man and the almost total de
molishment of six cars. The accident oc
Cured just five miles beyond Lulaton
Both trains were going toward Waycross
The train in advance was the loca
freight, the one in the rear was
through freight When the local freigb
left Lulaton negro fagman wa
put of to flag the through freight. TIL
negro did not obey orders, however, as wa
afterward ascertained, bat boarded tb
local freight as it was pulling out of tn
station. The through freight, having n
notice that the local was so little in advance
continued its schedule and soon overtoo
the local, completely shivering six cars q
that train and instantly killing a tram
who was riding between the tender and tn
first car.
Rome Tribune: Wednesday. ]. G
Rodgers, young man and q citizen c
White Plains, Ala, came to the Tribun
Office and told of a very mysterious mur
der, which he says was committed Tuesda
night. Mr.. Rodgers story was to the effec
that he (Rodgers) went out to the Rom
and Decatur depot yesterday morning t
transact business, and on his return he me
Pig Combs, an old acquaintance of hi
whose home is at AdairsvIlle, Ga, and
was through Combs that Rodgers got til
murder story. Combs told Rodgers tina
on Tuesday evening he was walking dow
the Bluff road near the Narrows, a fe
miles from this city, when he saw two mer
james Gaddis who has relatives living nes
Casville and Ball Play, Ala, and a negr
named Bowman walking in advance
him. When near the ferry, where the Blu
road crosses the Co0sa river, he heard Bow
man remark to Gaddis: "You owe me
q cents tor a deck of cards" The two me
walked on to the ferry, where they got I'M
canoe and showed out into the rive
Combs says when the boat was half aero
the river, Bowman repeated the remar
that Gaddis owed him 80 cents for a dee
of playing cards. This time Gaddis calls
him liar, at which B )wman raised the OF
that he was using and brought it down c
Gaddis, knocking him from the boat I'M
the river. Bowman then guided to t,
bank, several hundred yards below, whe