The morning news., 1889-05-09
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1885,

feet depth of water, and further that the
Old formidable bar adjacent to the fair
| grounds had almost disappeared and that
there was a steady channel through that
/ locality or seven feet depth. the stage of
water at present in the river is
| less than two and a half feet above
! low water in the latter part of the
! summer and carly fall--the season of tho
/ year when tho water is at its lowest mark.
| This shows that there is good channel in
the river, and that the fault of It's not being
utilized for the transportation Of freight is
not in the scarcity Of water. 1t is learned
| that further experiments and surveys will
be made from Macon allthrOugh the chan
mel TO Hawkinsvile in few weeks, when
| the water is even lower than at present.
| Some of tho committee are eIthu5ias ic and
predict that Macon shall SO n be enabled to
give friends and neighbors in Pulaski and
other counties bordering along the DC nul-
gee a pleasant ride over its classic waters
to Macon.
A Jefferson correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle writes asf ]llOws: IAN Old record
that have in hand informs me that Mon
day, May 6, will be the centennial of the
adoption Of GeOrga's first constitution. 1t
was done in your city on May g. 1893, by
convention composed of delegates from the
ten counties then composing the state and
of woich William Gibbons Of Chatham was
president. Benjamin Laner, John Green
and Nathan Browning represented the
county Of Efinghan; David Emanuel,
Hugh Lawson and William Little
the county of Burke; Ahran Marshall,
William F. Booker and Leonard Marburg
the county of Richmond; John Talbot
and Jeremiah Walker tle county of
Wilkes; Lachland McIatosa the county
Of Liberty; Alexander Bissett the county
of Glynn; Jared Irwin, John Watts and
Joshua Williams the county of Washing
ton; M. Woods the county of Franklin;
Joseph Carmichael and Harry Carr the
county of Green, and Asa h manuel, Justus
H. Schenbea and its president the county
Of Chatham; d. LongstreeJ was its secre-
tary. The constitution adopted by this
convention was afterward, viz, in the year
1885, amended and added t. by conven-
ton which assembled at Louisville, and at
which also the latter place was fixed as the
state's permanent seat of government. n
w. Jones of Chatham was president of
this assembly and Thomas Johnson secre-
tary. The state hal increased to and was
represented by eighteel counties in this
convention. The delegates from your
county were John Milton, George Walker
Lnd Philip Clayton"
At Macon Sunday morning about 1880
o'clock, as T c. Parker and his two assist
ants, Messrs. Newton and Christian, were
SlbJlu2 II Jue Ollic6 OF 0lF. L IdfKeF at Lne
Union depot they were startled by a tre-
mendous crash, and scarcely had time to
think before tae whole back end Of a pas
senger car was moving through their office
1t took counters, cash registers, show cases,
soda fouGtains and divers articles along
with it, aud jammed them up in one corner
Of the Office o1o conglomerate mass of
broken glass, splintered boards, crushed
show cases, etc, etc. The train from
Atlanta was backing under the shed,
AMI there were two cars standing on
the track that were to be taken
on to accommodate the drummer
boys that were about TO get Off to Savan-
nan. 7 is made an unusually long train,
50 long that it had to be cut i ID two and the
baggage car brought under the shed on
another track to discharge the baggage.
7 e train had come t. a standstll and Ike
Singleton, the switchman, was under The
car uncoupliug the air brake when 1t
started off again. lie scrambled out and
tried to signal Engineer Tosh Hodges to
sop but the crowd that was in the depot at
the time prevented the engineer from see
ing 1T. Engineer Hodges says he received
the signal 10 back up,n but the only erson
autd orized to givethe signal was Ike Single
ton, and he was under the car at the time.
The damages from the accident will prob
ably run up into the hundreds. The steps
were broken off the car and the partition
was demolished. Mr. Parker estimates his
loss to be between $400 and $500