The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

by a Dummy Train.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Rebecoa Ball died at Macon Sun
day.
A. Nurnberger died at Hamburg, near
Augusta Sunday.
Northerners talk Of starting q boot and
shoe factory at Augusta with a capital
stock of $500, 600.
DR.. e. W. Warren, the venerable pastor
of the First Baptist church OF Macon, has,
at the unanimous request OF his congrega-
ton, consented to withdraw his resignation
recently rendered.
Conductor Gerry R. Shocksy Of the Cen
trail railroad was fired on by a negro as be
was running bis train Into Atlanta suns
day The bullet struck the conductors
ticket punch and fell to the floor fattened.
The negro escaped.
The work of tulding the electric plant
for the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
psuy a. Macon was begun Monday. The
plant will be located between St. PauPs
church and the Vineville station, but some
what nearer the station.
Associate Justice L. Q. c. Lamar of the
United States supreme court, has advised
Judge Newman that be will be ct Atlanta
Oct l. While there be will render decisions
in some important cases that he heard
when last there, the most important of
which is the case of Gam & Reeves against
the Northeastern railroad.
Marion County Patriot. One day last
week while Messrs Wood and Dan Fouche
were returning from a cat hunt with a
pack Of dogs they came upon q very large
hawk eating a rabbit. The hawk flew away
very near the ground and the dogs fol-
lowed in pursuit and caught and killed it
after very hard fight with the immense
bird.
At Columbus Sunday night John Martin,
nephew OF Hon. j. II. Martin, Judge of
the Chattahoochee circuit had the misfort-
une to get his right leg badly crashed by a
dummy car. He was standing on q bank Of
sand. waiting for the dummy; the sand
gave way and his feet slipped under the
moving cars. Doctors found it necessary
to amputate the leg between the knee and
ankle.
Madison Nadisonian: In the Nddf-
sonfdn Office can be seen a pair Of pants
which were made IN the latter part Of the
eighteenth century They were worn
by Arthur Foster. grandfather Of
Wat Foster and F. c. and L. II. Eos
ter. on his wedding day. They were made
OF cotton "homespun, :" and are Of the style
worn a hundred years ago. At one time
the pants we're adorned with silver buckles,
but they have disappeared. Arthur Foster
was an intense wing, and is said to have
fought in the war of the revolution.
Brunswick Advertiser Mr. Brantley of
Jointer's Island, showed the Advertiser this
morning the remains OF an odd weapon OF
the pattern of Aud Lang Syne." 1t is a
brass barrel, about nine inches long and
nearly an inch bore, with the remains Of the
tube protruding from the side The breech
was Of steel or iron, and is almost entirely
rusted away, while the barrel shows no
signs OF rust whatever, being only slightly
dlscolol ed. 1t is probably tue barrel OF an
ancient gan Of some kind. Mr.. Brantley
picked it up in the water on the edge of the
river.
Albany NetCs and Adusrtiser: DR.. w.
l.. Davis was called on Sunday morning
70 see negro who works on Capt j. +.
Grantham's place, in Mitchell county, and
found him suffering from pistol shot
wound IL the left side, in the region Of the
heart. The negro, who's name Is unknown,
attended festival on Saturday night last,
at y. B. Williams, place in Mitchell.
While at this festival he became
involved in difficulty. the trouble
had with another negro, their wives
being the subject under discussion. The
result OF the difficulty was that the negro
who lives on the Grentham place recei we'd q
wound from pistol fred by his antagonist,
and 1t is almost miracle that he was not
killed. When DR.. Davis reached him Sun
day morning he found that the ball had
passed just an inch and quarter to the
left of his heart. He probed for 1t and
found. that it had gone entirely through
MS body, lodging under the skin right near
the spinal column. The ball was cut out,
the wound was dressed, and on yesterday
the dsrkey was doing remarkably well.
Calhoun Courier: Quite an amusing
incident occurred on the road between here
and Button one day last week. Two very
inoffensive and usually harmless gentlemen
were on their way 20 town when a negro
drove up behind them, and tapping up his
balaam and .elevaIing his CHA to about
As he drove round them. The nonchalant
impudeDce of the act was a little too much
for the aforesaid harmless gentlemen, aud
one proposed to treat the other if he would
undertake to teach the negro a lesson.
The proposition was no sooner made
than accepted, and alighting from
his buggy he sprang upon the
back of the Negroes vehicle He reached
over and secured his whip and proceeded to
carry out his part of the contract Balaam
got frightened and ran away. and the negro
escaped further punishment by the white
gen'man" losing his balance and falling
from the buggy with the whip in his hand.
All three came on to town, and on arriving
here the gentleman who proposed treats
was approached by the negro, who, doing
his hat with studied Difference, requested
the return of the whip, at the same time
apologizng for the part he played in the
incident on the road.
The steamer Louisa and the contracts of
her owners with the Central and Wrights
vile and Tennille railroads was sold on
Monday last. The purchasers were William
and Tom Pritchett, Frank Powell, G. A.
Powell, w. L. Powell and J. w. Woodland
all turpentine men living along tbs Oconeg
below Dublin. The Dublin Ne,0 Era saws,
only a short time ago Capt. J. d. Robson
and several North Carolinians purchased the
Louisa from Capt r. c. Henry, and the
owners OF the Louisa having a monopoly
of the river freight, were coming money
When, however, the Macon and Dublin
road was completed TO the river
complications at once arose. The
Macon and Dublin road re-
quested the steamer Louisa to take their
river freight The Macon and Dublin were
giving much lower rate to Dublin and
points on the river than the Wrigh.svilie
and Tennille. Capt. Robson of the Louisa
consulted the Wrightsville and Tennille
authorities, with which road he had con-
tract to receive and deliver freight only tx
them and they refused to allow Capt. Robe,
son to receive freight from the Macon aUC
Dublin road Capt. Robson then refused &c
take freight from the Macon and Dublir
road The Macon and Dublin road at once tel
egraphed for steamer to run on the Oconee
IN connection with the road, ami on Satur-
day afternoon last one Of Capt. Days
steamers, the Lumber City arrived IN Dub
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