The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-02


Sc-aPe.
Baldwin coanty vc,e. on the no fence
oussaou yesterday.
TIE government stssnev Tstila is lying
81 tie Absevl.s wharf sad resolving her
machinery.
: N Goodwin. enc = the largest and
most prosperous farmers + Taylor county,
died usar Reynolds day or two sso CD bis
fsTm
Russell & Browns single mill st Able
vile Is turning Ont q daily sve- age f
5000 cypress shingles. The mills cap clty
Is -. 0lo shingles per day.
John Clark. a reckless regro 4 ABB
vile, VsUtol,y anG without prOvocauon
sho: sn -the- I'll ~ il TIE back last Satur-
day and made 900 BIS escape
The mayor aai counsel q LAG-arge have
entered into . g -tracs with the LaGralgs
mills 70 Iizh, tbs city f-r Eve wears, every
night and 81 night long. Water works will
be the next improvement coctEacted for.
Andrew Tr71,uau col red, aged u
years, living near Reynolds, staohei his Is
year-old b-1tber. Elclsrd. II tLe heart
Sunday. killing him instantly. The trouble
originated on accouu; OF bltl boys wanting
70 ride s mule % town.
a new two-st7ry brick bu ding viii soon
be erected on Main strR. Abbavllle, on the
site of M. Reds store. which was con-
sumed by fire several months ago The
first floor will be uulized as 8 store, aoG the
second will probably be devoted to Offices
and Masonic lodge.
Controller Wright and Joel Hurt have
agreed upon returns for taxation OF the
consolidated street railway lines Of Atlanta.
They are returned for $525, 600 The returns
are divided as follows: Fulton county line
$l40, 700; Atlanta street railway, 1901 .0iO:
West Eud and Atlanta, $33 0J0. Gate City,
SIS 900; Atlanta and Edyewood, 900.
The Allan a branch OF the Iadependeat
Order Binai Birth held a semi-annual cleo.
tion of officers Monday. The officers elected
were: President, l. H. Haas; vice uresi-
dent, Il. CrOnheim: secretary, a. Dittler 4:
treasurer, NJ. Tltlebaum; inside guardian
h. H. hIeferstein, outside guardian, :. l..
-SolomOnsOn. 4 commit &c, with Isaac
Guthmau, chairman, was appointed TO
select new quarters.
The 9-year old son Of Tom Burnham, an
industrious ard prosperous negro farmer
living five miles from Ahbevine was kicked
in the stomach AS. week by horse The
boys life for two days was despaired Of,
when, almost without hope. his father
brought him 10 town for medical treatment.
Under the care Of Or. Robertson for two
days the oy rallied, aud has since entirely
recovered. His escape was a narrow one.
Phillips legion will have a reunion at
Gainesville on Aug. Il, and large at
tendance is expected. Gen. William
Phillips the old commander, Will be present.
md in recalling events and reciting Incl
dents of the war the survivors Of the legion
anticipate pleasant time. No special pro-
gramme has been provided, but all the
veterans, officers, and men will be expected
~ Fo F, sba ,y.ee ~
by recOantIng his individual war ex-
perieuces. The legion met last year at
Marietta.
John Smith was arrested few miles
above Adairavil.e Wednesday at the iu-
stance OF Lieu. Taylor, who claimed Smith
as deserter from the Mcpherson barracks
OF Atlanta. While gentleman Of Adairs-
vile was walking around his farm a man
was discovered in hiding, and upon ap-
preaching him in conversation he acknowl-
edged that he was deserter from the
United States army ana wanted work,
After serving the gentleman in the capacity
of lsborer be suddenly fled and was capt
ured few hours afterward. Smith had
letters on his person that showed he was
wanted for stealing money in New York
large mining company was organizing
at Cedartown last week, known as the An
gusta Mining Company, with capital
stock OF million and a quarter dollars.
Inc company has bought the celebrated
Blgeiow and Barton mines and the Wood
mine. They have been running washes
and are mining about 200 tons per day.
Their paw roll will amount to about 81. 500
per month. One Of the company has lust
returned from New York, and has nego.
tiated with the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia road to extend branch road
from Cave Springs to Cedartown This
riryae NoI. -
makes her railroad center of importance
William Meyer, one of the Oldest mer.
chants OF Columbus died at HAMBURG
Germany, Saturday. He was a native OF
Hamburg, but emigrated TO this country in
1887, aud located at Ta.bottop. At the
commencement of the civil war he entered
the confederate army and served to the
close, when he went Columbus and estab-
Iished himself in the shoe business, and had
built up a fine trade, acquiring quite a com.
potency. Last winter he had severe ettecl,
Of grip, and in May ne determined mon .
visit to the old country, with the hope OF
being benefited. but be grew worse. and
died Saturday. He was unmarried and
about s. years Of age. He was a prominent
Odd Fellow.
AT Athens Monday night, two negro men
named Bob jackson and Jordan Jackson
visited the house Of Carrie Harris. who thew
claimed stole some .es from them. and
calling her out, bsat her terribly and shot
four times at her without effect. The polica
were notified of the occurrence. and this
morning entrapped both OF the black brutes
While bringing them back Bob jackson
made desperate lurch and slipped thropgh
the hands Of the officers He was Shot at
seven times with pistol and Winchester
rifle, but without any apparent effect. The
chief of police was mistaken for a negro and
shot at twice by Sheriff Wei-. but was not
hit Bloodhounds are now on the track of
the culprit and he will be caught. The
woman may die.
During the prevalence of a thunderstorm
at Macon Monday afternoon. lightning
struck the trolley wire of the street railway
and, running along it, entered the power
house and burned out an armature there.
The electric current brought in bv the trolley
wire was so great that it could not run
through all the little fine insulator copper
wires Of the dynamo, but flashed from one
to the other, melting them all In
a mass and burning a hole com
pletely through the armature. This
accident caused all the cars on the
line to stop running at 1890 O'Clock D. m.
Receiver Winters Immediately hurried tc
the power house and personally assisted tc
remove the LOO pound armature, which
required the united efforts of ten strong
men to lift. BY energetic effort the new
armature was put in place and the car.
again running at $3.50 o'clock D. M, after G
delay of Just three hours The same stroke
of lightning that burnt out the armature al
the power house also burnt out an armature
on car No. 2S of the belt line The car wa.
90 la off tho limo apd l.