The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
RE NEws OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

tally Injured at Teanule-An Amert-
Gus Mans New Car Coupler-Rev.
Rushin Resigns His Passionate at
Boston.
DR.. G.. A. Mitchell OF Flowery branch
died Monday night.
The ste lOg raplers oil brunswick nave or
ganized an asSocla ION.
Cooper Lodge, Knights Of Pythlas, has
been organized at Americas.
Camilla will place city clock II the
steeple of her new court house.
Prof. I. G. simmons, a professor In the
Durham N. c. public school, has been
elected superintendent Of the public schools
of Athens.
j. Van of Macon offers big prize Of
$4,000 TO the hOmeliest woman IN Georgia 10
ride on his float during the trades display
parade at the state fair.
R. P. Trippe Of Atlanta has been sent to
The state insane asylum. de IS a son OF
Judge Trippe, and his mind was affected by
protracted spell of Ill health.
Lisron Cooper, who for the past two years
has been agent OF the Southern Express
Company at Americas, has become head
bookkeeper of the Bank OF Americas
Rev j. NJ RushiD has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist church at Boston. 1t
will be remembered that he was mentioned
in connection with the cong eSslonal nomt-
nation.
George Sheridan, son of Gen. George
Sheridan, orator, soldier and man of the
world, is printer on tie Amerlcus Re
oorder His sister il an actress, who is just
now all the rage in Boston, Mass.
Blue and gold will be the uniform Of the
officers of the Fourth Georgia Battalion
1t will be the regulation uniform of the
United States army, and will be made of
the handsomest material Drocurable.
A thief entered the commissary of Moore
& Spring, contractors, on tue Georgia,
Carolina and Northern railroad, near Elber-
ton, last week, and stole sack containing
800 in silver and made mis- escape No
clue has yet been found as to who the guilty
party is.
Saturday evening Coroner Britt was
called to hold an inquest in the western
part OF Monroe county. The subiec5 was
an infant. The facts developed led the
jury to pronounce it case Of murder. The
mother Of the infant, Lou Baggett, was
committed under the verdict. as was her
mother, Fannie Baggett, as accessory.
The 4-months- old infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. j. Wiliford OF Americas has been suffer-
ing with a sore mouth for some time past.
The physicians made up wash which was
to be used on the little one Tuesday. Mrs.
Williford went to apply some of the wash,
when by mistake she got a bottle OF car
bolic acid. Some of this was put on the
babys re mouth. The pain that the child
suffered was intense.
Calvin Whitfield, a colored man en-
ployed as a track hand on the Sandersville
and Tennille railroad, was seriously aud
probably fatally injured Sunday
near Tennille. He was sitting on
the floor of pole car, which
WAC in rafaff rxFhn 1rNF1 uharr fail
off. One end of the bar went into the
ground. while the other and sharper end
stuck into and through a hole in that part
of the floor Of the car where Calvin was
sitting 1t pierced the unlucky negro on
the thigh, almost going through the limb.
John w. FARRELL, in Oglethorpe county,
tells OF the sagacity of a shepherd dog. The
dog had been missed for two days, and at
last some negroes discovered that the ami
mai had fallen int dry well, about twenty
feet deep. MIR. Martin, young man living
on Mr.. Jarrells place. went to the rescue Of
the imprisoned dog, and as soon as the ami
NAL heard his voice il went into raptures of
delight. Mr.. Martin procured a rope long
enough to reach the bottom of the we'll and
lowering it was surprised to see the dog
grasp the emo firmly in his mouth and hold
on until he was drawn to the top. The dog
had received no serious injuries, and, being
given hearty meal, was as frisky as ever.
Page Jessup was killed Friday in a well
be was digging for Mr.. Sturgis in Morgan
county. Two holes were bored into the
rock in the well and one blast fired. After
waiting some minutes for the other to ex-
plode, and thinking the fuse had had time
to burn out, Jessup descended into the
well. Soon after he was let down q fearful
explosion was heard. An immense piece of
rock was blown from the well, but the
body Of Jessup lay at the bottom. When
taken out it was found that his eyes had
been put out and one arrs terribly torn.
besides bad cash in his head Hezekiah
Burton was the only man who had the
courage 70 get the body out, the negroes
refusing to 60 into the well.
E II. Blackshear is a citizen of Pulaski
county. During the late unpleasantness he
went from Laurens county in the Black
shear Guards of the Fourteenth Georgia
regiment of the confederate army. In 1854
he was wounded by federal bullet, which
entered his breast, passed through his body
and lodged in his back. On June 49, 1890.
just twenty-six years after the wound was
received, the bullet worked it's way
out of his back near the spine
1t was round, weighed exactly
one ounce, and was Of the variety
known among confederates as "buck and
ball" Before coming out the bullet irri-
tated and kept an abscess constantly run
ming pus. While still in his BODY he had
three separate examinations and operations
made to remove the bullet, but without
success. couple of the surgeons en-
ployed told him that il was impossible to
locate or remove the bullet by probing, and
that In course of time the bullet would be
encysted and the wound be cured by alb
sorption. But nature did its own surgery
and the bullet removed itself
d. Altman Of Americas has patented a
new car coupler. Toe device is self-acting.
When the cars are pushed back the coupling
is done automatically. 1t consists of q
bumper on the same plan as the one ordi-
narily used, but OF a different pate n. The
entrance TO the throat is wedge-shaped and
very large 50 as to admit the pin from a
car of any hight. The pin works in lift,
to which it is made fast by a chain-like ar.
rangement When the link touches this
pin the pin is partially tilted backward
in the throat till it is automatically
lifted far enough to drop safely and
securely into the link, thus making
sure, solid coupling, which cannot break
A long lever under the head of the pin, and
extending both sides flush with the outside
of the car needs only push downward K
lift the pin and release the link, thus uu-
coupling the car The pin is fast TO the lif
or lever and cannot be lost There is also
an attachment for holding the pin up wher
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