The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-26
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. MARCH &c. 1889.


1t matters not what be their position or
personal popularity This case in question
was sent down to the county court for trial,
and will be heard by Judge Roebuck at his
next term. There have been threats of
carrying this case to the United States
court, but well posted lawyers say it can'C
be do e, as no obstruction was placed in
the way Of the party voting, and it was
simply a personal difficulty.
Two heavy suits were filed Saturday by
Joseph G. Blount against the N con Agl i
cultural Works as attorney for w. S.
SILVER and Thomas SILVER. Thomas Shi-
yer sues for $4,000, and the declaration
sets forth that he was without fault on his
part and owing to the negligence of the
defendants, struck in the face by a piece OF
iron which few out from portion Of the
machinery, and that his nose was cut off
almost entirely; that the accident has
affected his mind, his memory seems to
have gone, hisseves are affected, his hear
ing and his general health; he cannot
sleep, suffers great pain and agony, both of
mind and body, and will never
again be able to labor; that he suf-
fers with catarrh of the head, and, he
ing unable to breathe save thr )ugh his
mouth, his lungs are constantly exposed to
the atmosphere. He SIZES for his pain and
suffering his physical disability and the loss
OF his SERVICES 10 himself from the Time OF
his majority up to a time that he might
reasonably be expected to live. He is Is
years old and brings suit by his father as
mort friend. Mr.. Blount also filed suit for
$4,000 in the fathers behalf for the loss of
his sons services from the time Of his disa-
bility, brought about by the accident, up
to the date Of his majority, which will be
March "a, 1894, and also for the punitive
damages.
w. D. Lopez, Sumter county farmer,
was in Americus Saturday. He has a
finger off of his left hand, and this led us t.
ask about it. He says he lost it at the
Battle of the Wilderness. In that battle he
received twenty-one yankee bullets into his
anatomy, and is still alive and up. He be-
longed to Kings company, Tige Anders ms
brigade, Fields division of Longstreet's
corps. he says the yankees were rushing
back Hills corps and when L0ngstreet came
up, whom they thought in Tennessee, his
regiment fired asd stopped the enemy
One of them asked What troops
are those 2" He yelled back, Long
Streets" and then the yanks took to
their heels. They ch ased them a mile,
VIII n they were reinforc vi and then the
fun begun. Rice Bass had his leg broken
there by Loper's side. After he received
all of his wounds he was unfit for duty.
He says that later at Plttsburg, "Old
s-uly aud one of the soldiers asked hi if
he was trying to get up fight. mo, 81
replied the general, II am trying to steal
some beef" The soldier told him he would
help hin. "Old Tige," selected his men,
went down on the river and captured nine
yankee soldiers with thirty }ne fat beeves
that had been landed for Grant the night
D fore. They got Off with the cattle aud
fed his brigade.
n,it,oon IT,,
morning messages were flashed over the
Savannah, Florida and Western railroad to
clear the track for special that was to
leave brownsville at 9 o'clock. This special
was train u hich had been chartered by a
Mrs, Il. l.. Stewa~ It Of New York, who had
been IN Thomasville for some time in the
last stages Of consumption. Realizing that
her end was fast approaching, she was anx-
i)us to Q at ler homsiu New York when
the final end did COM. For this purpose
she chartered the tram, paying for it 81 800,
the contract being thai sac was to be
carried to New York at the rate of so miles
an hour, which would cover the distance of
1,00O miles in 20 hours The train left
Townsville at 8 O'Clock, and passed q lit
man at 9:23 O'clock % miles in % minute .
TO make this run in the time allowed the
train would, while running, have to make
% miles al hour to make up for tina lost
IN stops 1t was given the right of way
over everything on the road, aud the best
engineer on the road put on the
engine with the promise of hand
some reward if the run was made
on time. OF course to make 50 long a
run engines a"d engineers would have to be
changed occasionally. and whenever this
was to be done everything was in readiness
a fresh engine ali fired up was at once
hitched on, and away the train sped like
lightning. The train arrived in Savannah
IN just four hours from the time it left
Thomasville, and in New York on schedule
time exactly. 1t is doubtful if such run
was ever made before in the history of any
railroad, and much credit is due the efficient
management Of the Savannah, Florida and
Western in accomplishing this feat 80 sue,
ceSsfully.