The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Amusing Incident During the Me
mortal Day Exercises at Brunswick.
Cases Tried at the Session of Worth
County Superior Court Just Ad-
journed-An Attempt to Wreck a
Train.
1t is probable thai canning factory VIII
be builb at Townsville
Rev. DR.. Headden, the brilliant Baptist
divine now stationed at Rome, may be
called to the Firso Baptist church of At
lanta The pastorate of DR.. Jetfreys is, as
is well known, only temporary. DIR. Jeffreys
accepting the charge only for few months.
An amusing incident occurred during the
memorial exercises, at Brunswick, Friday
afternoon The soldiers graves at the ceIne-
terry are arranged alongside of the fence.
This fence was lined with 'coons' eagerly
watching the soldiers making ready" to
fire. They fired before the negroes had any
idea they would and a wholesale Scran bling
and falling off of fences ensued. One old
woman concluded she was shot and started
on a run for the doctor, in the mean while
making the wekin ring with her yells.
At Albany a continental shinplaster of
of 1777, was unearthed among the treasures
of James West the other day. Mr.. West
has had it in his possession for forty
years. it was given him by the late Mr..
Boynton, whose grandmother received it in
a package of 500 over 100 years ago, from
Gen. Greene's quartermaster. She was
living in Vermont, and it was received in
payment for commisSary stores, grain, etc,
sold the colonial government. S. B. Brown
purchased it from Mr.. West for $40
Last Tuesday morning Charley Arnold, a
4-year-old colored boy, while playing about
his fathers home, 403 East Fair street, At
lanta, picked up a single nail aud swal-
lowed it. Dr. J. B. Stepp was summoned,
but found it impossible to relieve the child.
Since Tuesday he has not been ale to take
any solid food whatever, and has suffered
exquisite torture. He has high fever and
his moaning is pitiful TO hear. He was too
sore to bear the slightest touch Sunday
night, and his death IS regarded simply as
a question of time. He has lived on eggnog
since last Tuesday.
The term OF the superior court of Worth
county has Just closed. The case of the
state VS. James Haymans, charged with
sheep stealing, was disposed Of. Haymans
was caught in company with two men by
the name of Land, from Florida, with a
large herd of sheep, about 300 head, about
a year ago. in this county, driving them to
Florida. They had gathered all the sheep
in the settlement near Peckville, and had
driven them through the woods about fou'
teen miles, keeping away from the roads
and would have soon got them entirely
out of the settlement, where they would
not have been known, and they expected to
have no trouble there. The two Lands
plead guilty year ago, and Haymans wa,
convicted at this term and sent to the peni-
Tertiary for one year. The case against
james Maund, printer, who was charged
with numbering tramp at Ty Ty, in 1882,
was tlied, and Maund was acquitted on the
ground of self defense. Farmers are COM
planning of scarcity Of cotton seed in that
section. Having got no stand at the first
planting great many are compelled to
plant over, and common cotton seed is
worth 81 per bushel There is more fruit
on the trees this year than for several
years.
An attempt was made to wreck passen-
ger train No. 49, nOrthbOund, on the Cen
trail road three miles below J onesboro, Su =
day night. Three miles below Jonesboro is
a long, deep cut, in which there is a sharp
curve. 1t was In this curve that the muir
derous scheme was laid. But it failed. A
heavy crosstie was placed upon the track
The train was composed of three coaches
besides the baggage car, and in the passenger
coaches were fifty or sixty souls. ssall at ease,
thoroughly confident of a safe arrival in At
lauta. The engineer entered the curving
cut under good speed, and was Just dashing
out Of 1t when he observed an obstruction
upon the track. AT glance he knew that
IT was a. crOsstie. and he knew too that il
did not get there by accident. He applied
bis brakes and reversed his engine, and then
the shock came. The crosstie had been
placed squarely across the track, and
when the mac inc struck 1t the train was
moving at the rate Of twenty-five
miles The pilot did not knock the tie off,
and the front wheels mounted it. Then for
200 yards the engine rolled the tie under
Before going far, however, the wheels of
the engine left the track and for over 100
yards the crossties are marked by the driv-
ing wheels. The engineer and fireman both
jumped from the engine. he fireman
made the jump safely. but Engineer Nc
Alpin became tangled in the machinery and
was slightly hurt. The passengers soon be-
came quiet, and then it was ascertaned
that the engine had been badly crippled.
FLORIDA.