The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
TIE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Wreck q Train-Run over Dy q
Freight Cara Prominent Burke
County Allianceman Stabbed An
Arm Torn Of
GEORGIA.
Mrs. W. B. Bonnell. a missionary to
China, has returned 20 Georgia on visit.
Thursday night the best horse of the
Brunswick street railway was mysteriously
shot.
George Sheridan. son of the orator OF
the same name, is a printer in Georgia
newspaper Office.
Little Allie Elder, while playing at school
Monday at Madison, fell from a see-ssw
board and broke her leg.
Barlow county decided against the issue
of bonds for building new court house by
q vote Of more than four TO one.
John Dukes, a well-to-do farmer of
Brooks county, took mis- first ride on the
train this week when he went to Naldosta-
He is So years old.
A negro named Clemens was arrested at
Brunswick Friday morning for stealing
timber on the Altamaha river, and carried
TO Crawford county.
The little girl of Mrs. John Albums fell
and broke her arm while playing at the
home of her grandmother. Mrs Hughes, at
Columbus, Thursday.
Cases were made against thlrty-five of the
road commissioners of Dekalb county at
the last ter of the superior court for not
saving the roads in good order.
Jim Brown tcolored) was waylaid in War
rem county last week and cut up badly by
three other parties-two men and one
woman named Haufmans (colored). An old
grudge was the cause.
Columbus ladies have of late been very
much annoyed by flower thieves. Not con-
tent with plucking the flowers alone. these
night providers pull up the bushes by the
roots and take them away.
The case OF the state against Henry Cook,
charged with wife murder, is set for trial
in Chattahoochee superior court Monday.
Cook is prominent far er and bore good
character among his neighbors.
At Atlanta Thursday J. r. Callahan of
Charlotte, N. c., fell over dead while eat
ing dinner at the Central hotel Heart
eating liquors and other drugs, is supposed
to have caused his sudden death. Callahan
was stranger in Atlanta.
An attempt to wreck train on the Chat
tanooga Southern was made last Monday
evening. just north of Lisbon, Walker
county, some six miles from Chattanooga.
Some one had placed lot of crossties on
the track, but luckily, the engineer saw
them in time to stop the train.
At Macon Thursday Henry Woodward
stabbed another negro named Tom Knott
Knott is a drayman. Woodward is an
employe at the box factory, and drives a
delivery wagon. They had quarrel about
masking room for wagons at the factory.
Knott was stabbed below the ribs.
w. Fl. Chaffin of Chattooga county
hal fonf hanlV Vrhila tunrkipcy in
saw-mill While the saw was in motion he
undertook to remove the sawdust that had
accumulated around the saw, and from
some cause his foot came in contact with
the machinery, throwing him against the
saw.
Canton Advance: "Stonewall the
faithful old family horse Of Judge Brown.
died of old age on Thursday OF last week
He was in his 2Sth year, and had been in
Judge Browns family since colt. He was
good, faithful, gentle horse, and Judge
Brown had him appropriately buried on the
place.
Two Augusta ladies have been thrown
into commissions by the bite Of the buffalo
worm, an insect which, viewed through
microscope, resembles a buffalo, being
heavy, and in color having much the APP
pearance of that animal, It's bite is inflicted
by pair of muscular incisors, and the
poison injected is of extreme virulence.
AT the meeting of the Burke county alli-
ance at Munuerlyn Thursday, quite seri-
GUS difficulty occurred between DR.. William
Chandler, the vice president of the county
alliance, and Westly Bell, the president Of
tie Alexander suballiance. Mr.. Bell was
dangerously cut about the neck and face.
Serious doubts are entertained as to his re-
covery.
John Vincent, an employee in the picking
room of Eagle and Phenix mill No. 8.
Columbus, had his arm torn off near the
elbow Thursday. Mr.. Vincent's duty was
to run machine called an opener, a ID, in
some way, his arm became entangled in the
rollers and cylinder. He was taken In a
hack to DR.. Walkers office, where his
wounds were dressed.
Oliver Jordan, negro employee of the
Central railroad, belonging to the iron gang
at Albany. sustained a painful accident late
Friday afternoon by having a heavy piece
of iron fall upon the toes of his right foot.
The ball of the first toe was mashed off and
two others were more or less injured. He
was carried to DR.. Hilsman's office, where
his wounds were dressed.
Eastman Times-JournaL. D. C. Will
Jams brought to the Times-JoufnaJ Office
last Saturday afternoon one of the largest
hawks we ever saw. The bird measured 5
feet, inch from tip to tip, and from the
looks OF his powerful talons could have
easily carried off full grown turkey Mr..
Williams shot the hawk with Winchester
rifle, near Graham's mill, this comfy.
w. W. Matthews. Waterman at the
Central yard at Columbus had a narrow
escape from a horrible death "Wednesday
night Mr.. Matthews was standing on one
Of the tracks counting the cars of a freigh,
train as it passed through the yard. While
his attention was thus engaged switch en-
CINE backed a freight car against him
knocking him down across the track, The
car wheels passed over his right leg, crush
ing 1t SO badly that amputation was neces-
sary.
Rev. ]. w. Burke, who has just returnet
to Macon from northern trip, was seriousl,
hurt in New York. While standing On tn
dock in New York to take a steamer To-
Norfolk, Mr.. Burke was struck on tn
shoulder and knocked down by heav,
loaded freight truck and narrowly escaped
being run over. He Immediately sailed TO
Norfolk without having his injuries at
tended to and came direct to Macon. Will
the injuries we're painful they were no
serious.
Fort Valley Enterprise: The condition
of the Perry railroad is such that it endane
ers life AID property. Only last week tn
train on this road was delayed because th
timbers at one of the trestles had absolutel,
rotted away. The schedule is very SLOW
otherwise the train would never be able t
stay on the track. The iron is worn SO 10,