The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06

On Sunday night Bob Sherman was jailed
/ at Danielsville, and Thursday night Babe
/ Rucker was locked up with him. The two
negro boys, on the night Of Dec. 2j went 70
l Saulter's barroom, and while Babe engaged
/ the clerk, Mr. Brooks, in getting some
| crackers be pretended % buy, Bob grabbed
| the cash box, and ran. The BOYS divided
the booty, and stole a horse, and on their
way TO Athens stopped and broke into Mr..
| Edwards store, three miles from Athens,
and got supply Of cigars, tobacco, etc.
4 gentleman who was in Marietta Friday
reported a muscular feat performed by NJ
L. Fontain. A man from Chattanooga was
| lifting chair by the bottom round TO show
his muscle. That's nothing" said Fontaln;
| Il can lift the chair with you in it." "Fl
bet you $50 you can't )" said the Tennesseean.
"All right: sit down. said Fontain The
man weighed about 1S5 pounds, and when
he seated himself, Fontain pulled up his
sleeve, and, grasplng the round of the chair
firmly, he steadied himself, and with out
stretched arm lifted the chair and the man
several feet from the floor Then lowering
the burden be sat the chair back on the
floor, pocketed the $50. and walked of.
An accident occurred on the East Tonnes
see. Virginia and Georgia railroad at
Philips station, six miles below Dalton, at
$50 o'clock Friday morning. Train No. ,
left Rome at 7 o'clock, and at Philips found
freight train on the main line, just at the
yard limits The passenger train was
brought TO a stop. Before the passengers
could learn the object of the stop the cry
was heard, Everybody jump" and as the
last passenger was stepping to the ground a
freight train crashed into the rear, COM
pletely demolishing the sleeper and wreck
ing the entire train. Mrs. J. P. Moulden of
Strawberry Plains was the last 10 leave the
train She had a baby in her arms. The
conclusion threw her violently to the
ground. She is badly hurt, but the baby is
not injured at all DR.. H. K. Main was in
the toilet room, and was forced through the
window. He was badly bruised.
Last week John Roberts of Atlanta went
to Douglassville on a visit TO his uncle,
Stanley Sheffield A number of men got
on big drunk. and while in that condition
went and arrested Mr.. Roberts, pretending
that they were officers and accused him Of
being an Atlanta horse thief He protested
his innocence, but they would listen TO no
appeal, and dragged him about half a mile
down the public road, beating and bruising
bin IN frightful manner. Ladies begged
for him along the route being aroused by
the tumult and sober citizens in
terceded for him in vain A consta-
Bile met them on the road and told
the mob that they were doing a gre II
wrong. The leader Of the gang replied that
u was none of his business and they picked
Roberts up and threw him in wagon and
sat on him like hog. After they had pun
ished him as much as they desired, they
began to relent little, and, taking al
vantage of the moment, he escaped and
went to his uncle's house, bruised and
bloody from the effects of his rough treat
ment Several arrests were made by the
officers Thursday, at the instance of George
Roberts. The prisoners are George Emery,
Pete Emery. Joe Morris, and Jack Morris
They will have a preliminary nearing this
week Near the same spot few years ago
some drunken rutfians got hold of an Italian
and beat him up in "a shameful manner.
IL cost that crowd over $1,000 apiece to get
out OF the trouble. This affair is said to be
about as bad as was the case of the Italian
Christmas is over in Rabun, and the fol-
lowing is a report Of the casualties of the
week in the county: At Pine Mountain, in
Moecasin district VIII Thomasson and
Grant Burrel fell out about the ownership
OF some still tubs in possession of the former,
and fought with an AK, using the weapon
alternately. Thomasson's turn came first,
and ne threw the at Burrell breaking
the latter's thumb AMI cutting a severe
cash III his left thigh lust above tho knee.
Burrell then seized the weapon in both
hauds, and, with all his might, hurled it at
his antagonist (who had by this time whirled
TO rum, striking him edge foremost in the
back just beneath one of his shoulder blades.
cutting his clothing and severing three of
his ribs, and entered his lungs from the rear.
Thornasson fell mortally wounded, fingered
day or two and died. Burrell, not know
ing whether or not the wound would prove
fatal, fed a mile or two across the state
line into South Carolina. 1t is said that
Burrel raised the difficulty, and public
opiaion is strongly against him. Since
Thomasson's death, Burrell came back on
the Georgia side Of the river to whip his
wife, He has not been arrested A young
man, named Queen, while out serenading
one night during the week, shot a paper
wad through his foot, completely tearing
up both shoe and foot. DR.. Green was
called in 10 auputate the limb. Everret
Earl, boy about 16, in order TO boast o f
having fired the largest Christmas
gun Of the week bored a hole in
log, filled it with powder and stopped
1T up by driving in on top Of the
powder a wooden pin. The powder ex-
ploded prematurely, burning him severely
and badly disfiguring his face. A riot oc-
Cured at Green's store, in Tennessee valley
district, between three North Carolinians
on one side and Noah and Riley Garland on
the other. which resulted in the severe
stabbing with pocket-knives of both the
Garland boys. 1t is thought that one of
them may not recover. One Of the North
Carolina crowd was struck on the sad
with a stone, intiicting a slight wound. Two
| OF the North Carolina boys were arrested,
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