The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-20

it up" said the teacher. 'Where is your
ma una" "Why, she's just under the
groundm said the little infidel, az teacher
and pupils fell back in horror.
C. A. Robbie is laying the pipe sewer on
Campbell street in Augusta. He has en-
couutered all kinds of obstacles in the work.
! Every foot of earth has to be braced with
boards, and these boards standing upright
and driven and well braced. The earth is
! full of quicksand and water, and it is an
| exceedingly delicate job of work. In max
| ing an excavation a few days ago the bed
| of small creek was struck. The course of
this ancient channel could be determined
| by the manner in which the small rocks
a pebbles lay along the bedway. This
creek bed was seven feet below the top level
of the street. The most curious find, how
ever, was grind-stcne. The stone had
never been used, and must have been
washed to its resting place by one of the
great floods of former years. The stone
was found six feet from the surface When
Col. Robbie struck it he thought he had a
mine, but it turned out to be solitary and
alone
AT Newman, Sunday night. at the colored
Baptist church, where large congregation
had assembled to hear Presiding Elder
Watts of the Methodist church preach a
sermon on ''Odd Fellowship" just as the
elder was taking his text one of the sills
near the front entrance gave way, carrying
a large number Of persons down with it,
and causing one Of the widest stampedes
ever witnessed in this city. The church is
brick structure, and the breaking was
heard for over half a mile, and shook the
entire building. The whole congregation
became frantic with terror, making a rush
for the doors, tearing down the shutters,
trampling men, women and children under
foot, and inficting painful injuries on quite
a Windn.ta
through which women were thrown on to
the ground, breaking their arms, cutting
their faces and bruising then up generally.
Physicians were sent for to dress the wounds
of the injured, after which quiet was re-
stored, and about two-thirds of the crowd
returned, and services were continued
About the middle of February W. w.
Thomas eloped with a Miss Talbot of
Blacks, S. c., and went to Augusta
and registered at the Augusta hotel as "W.
w. Thomas and wife" At the hotel was a
Young man who knew Miss Talbot, and
fearing detection, they left the hotel.
Thomas Informed his wife that he was tax
ing her to a private boarding house, but the
young man who had recognized her, and
missed her from the hotel, after insttuting
inquiries found her at we'll known bagnio.
He asked her il she knew where she was,
and she replied that her husband told her it
was private boarding house. He had re-
NAMED here one night with her. but left the
next morning "wednesday, saying he would
be back Friday. Her friend then informed
her of the character of the house she was in,
and that Thomas, who was employed by
the Western . lion Telegraph Company
at Augusta, was known to be a married
man. The young girl was terribly shocked
by the news Of her betrayal, and with a
broken heart accompanied the young man
back to her home in Blacks, s. c. OF
course Thomas did not come back on Friday
to the girl he had SO cruelty wronged and
deserted, but it seems he went to BIrming-
ham. There he committed suicide a few
days ago, as mentioned in a special to the
MORNING NEWS.
Americas Republican: s. Fl. Williams of
the new Twenty-sixth district of old Sum-
ter was in town Saturday. He came in to
consult surgeons as to trepanning of the
right side of his head. S. II. Williams was
a confederate soldier, and at the battle of
the Wilderness commanded the skirmi h
line OF "Tlge" Anderson brigade Early
in the day he was shot in the right shoulder
by shell from the enemy's gun, but he had
grit aud stuck to the fight. All through
that awful day he hung on with his men,
and late IN the afternoon a minnie
struck him on the head, on the left
side. OF course he keeled over,
and Gen. "Tigen went to him
Williams, You are woundedw Eyes; a
little bitr said the brave man. Well, to-
day you can feel a hole half an inch deep
on the left side Of the head, and he suffers
from it. Williams is the man who succored
Gov. Mcdaniel when he had his bowels
nearly torn out of him by yankee shell,
and he is now partially paralyzed in his left
side from his own wounds. He says he is
able to work for a living, and refuses to
ask pension from the county or state, or
from the government, but would bs willing
to go out and fight for the union if
necessary, and give his life for 1t, at any
time. Some time next week he'll be in
town to have an operation performed by
the medical fraternity, whom he has left to
DIR. Bosworth to select assistants for an op-
GRAFTON next week. and he says that he
cares little what the result may be. He was
in the city for the first time in about eigh-
teen months, and says that he has been run
ming farm, and made it pay. He has now
on hand, from his own labors, corn.
meat, syrup, ground peas, and other farm
products to sell. s. II. says he hasn't
any hatred to any man under the sun, but
he loves confederate soldier above all
other people on EARTH and he is willing to
die by them. He has now twenty-five acres
of corn that is up, which he'll replant next,
has 200 gallons Of the finest syrup ever
made, ana if j. W. Harris, of the hard
ware business, won't confirm this he'll give
a man ten gallons. and has more than he
can eat, all made by man whose eyesight
is failing and Is paralyzed from wounds.
Tie Is yet happy, strong and going to get
along the best way he can until he dies.