The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

1OL1AS ~ L AA~~
A Bank Cashier at Columbus Has an
Exciting Encounter With Crank
Armed With a Razor-Ihs Ocmulgee
River on the R.se-Two Colored
Boys Drowned.
GEORGIA
The Ocmulgee river is about to get on a
boom at Macon. All the visible sand bars
have been covered and the river seems 70
be rising still more.
One hundred thousand dollars Is what the
Thomson Houston company propose to ex-
pend in improvements on Macon's street
railway systems, recently purchased by that
company.
]. J. Leob Of Florence. s. C., is in Rome.
He is looking over the old Cohen mill prop
erty on Silver creek, and it is the intention
of Leob and his associates TO erect a large
factory for the manufacture Of cotton ropes,
twines and bBttiDgs Tine company will he
capitalized at $4,000, and will embrace
such men as will guarantee success.
At Eatonton, Monday morning as Mrs
G. NJ. Davis entered her magnificent parlor
she was very astonished to find big negro
ourled up on velvet-cushioned dlvan fast
asleep On being awakened be took near
cut for the front door and has never been
since He could have no good intentions in
diligently searching for him.
Washington Chronicle: We learn that
two nearly grown colored boys were
drowned IN Little river Sunday morning.
They were children Of Henry Reed, who
lives on Thomas Fortson's plantation. They
went down to the river on Saturday to fish
and remained over and went bathing Sun
day Another boy who was with them
tried to save them and came very near be-
ing drowned himself
Washington Chronicle: The other day
Lauren Foreman, prowling about the gar
ret. brought out an old deed 10 tract of
land in Lee county. The deed was made in
1887, but the most interesting thing was the
old wax seal of the state fastened to 1t. 1t
has on it the distinct figures 1899. which
must, we think, be the date when the first
seal was made. We do not think those
figures are on the present seal. 1t is other
wise like our present seal.
Vans Valley, about six miles from Rome,
down the East Tennessee railroad, was WIS.,
tied Tuesday by q terrific rain storm re-
sembling a cloudburst or water spout
Things were fearfully washed in the
vicinity of Six Mile Station, and at one
place the railroad track was covered with
water for considerable distance, and the
train was stopped for short time TO allow
the water to subsde. Reports OF considera-
BILE damage come from all parts Of that
section.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Capt. West
Murphey, a stranger, a razor and a bottle
of catsup were the actors in a sensational
scene in the Third National Bank Tuesday.
Capt. Murphey was seated at his desk in the
front of the bank, when a well-dressed man
carrying a small box in his hand entered
The stranger looked around for a moment,
and seeing Capt. Murphey took a step in his
direction. A few minutes before his arrival
Capt Murphey had received as a present a
large bottle Of catsup, and at the moment
he was reading the label and picturing TO
himself the pleasures he would have In con-
Stunning piquant sauce. Seeing the stranger,
Capt Murphey placed the bottle in his desk
and rose to meet him. The man said
he wished to see the cashier
as be had some business TO trans
act. Capt. Murphey then told him that he
need seek no further, as he was the official
wanted. Immediately a strange look came
over the mans face, and, speaking rapidly,
he said he was from Washington Territory
and that he had been in the railroad bust
ness. Although Capt. Murphey had never
seen the man before, he was about to ask
him inside the railing when he realized
that something was wrong. With sudden
twist Of his body the stranger started for
ward, and when he was within a foot or
two Of the railing he openedIthe box he
turn Of his wrist he threw the blade open
and then commenced waving the instru-
ment around in very unpleasant
way. This razor he cried, "has
a record. Ten brakemen have fallen
by it and twelve bank cashiers have per-
ished by its blade" Then the stranger gazed
at Capt. Murphey as IL he was choosing the
best spot to strike at The second he lost in
making selection was fatal Co his plans.
Capt. Murphey was unRrmed, but he sud-
denly thought of the catsup bottle. He
reached around his desk and seized the bottle
by the neck and Immediately carried the
war into the enemy's ranks. Before the
stranger could use his razor with a record
Capt. Murphey sprang at him and was about
to beat his brains out with the bottle. The
move was so unexpected that the bad man
from Washington Territory Immediately
changed his ideas, and when Capt. Murphey
remarked to him that he had
found one cashier that did not
propose TO be carved, the terror from
the west believed him and threw up
his hands and begged for mercy. Not car
ing TO waste his bottle of catsup, Capt.
Murphey told the stranger to get out OF the
bank, but this he declined to do. He said
he had business to transact, and his playful
conduct with the razor was only an unusual
way Of introducing himself which he had
adopted Capt. Murphey declined TO have
any conversation with q man with such
CORY past and insisted on his departure.
When the stranger saw that IL he did not
go the catsup bottle was liable to come to
the front again he took his leave. Capt.
Murphey was unable to decide whether his
visitor was crazy or not.