The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-05


county's best young men,
Baxley Banner: Lee Claxton, a young
man living at the home Of Mrs. Flora
Tuten, about eight miles from Bailey. was
arrested and brought TO town by Marshal
Joe Williams last Thursday morning and
placed in Jail. The crime for which no was
held in custody was administering a blow
With hand-spike on the head OF W. +.
CAuley, the evening before. The time for
the trial was set at ? O'CLOCK Thursday, but
owing TO a failure TO get all the witnesses
together q continuance OF the case was
granted by Justice johnson and Mr.. Claxtou
was released on giving bond OF $500. DR..
j. L. Weaver has been treating Mr.. Cauley
since the blow was given, and does not re-
port his condition very favorable for
recovery. He has been in a state Of uncon-
sciousness at times since he was struck. and
it is believed that should he ever get over 1t
his mind will be impaired for life.
Athens Banner: Another granite COM
pany has been formed, and its object Is the
development of quarries in the vicinity of
Athens. The name Of the company is tbs
0glethorpe and Ebert Blue Granite Conn
pany, aud its headquarters are IN Athens.
The application for a charter has been filed.
The company is now under a temporary or
ganizatien with the following officers:
Z. L. johnson, president; ID. H.
Linton, secretary and treasurer; G..
NJ. Collins, superintendent. and II. Il. Carl
sists of Z. l.. johnson. II. II. Linton, John
Gerdine and L II. Goss. The stockholders
are E. L. johnson, II. II. Linton, John Ger
dine, /. H. Goss, Guy G.. Hamilton, @. nj.
Collins, Z. +. Oates and II. II. Carlton. The
quarries TO be worked are situated in Ogle-
thorpe county, on the Athens branch Of the
Georgia railroad; IN Ebert county, on the
Georgia, Caroliua and Northern road, aud
at jug Tavern, on the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern road.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: The subscribers
to the canning factory met at the council
chamber Monday afternoon and perfected
a temporary organize tion and elected Off
GERS to manage the affairs of the company
until q charter Is obtained. 1t was decided
to call it the Ola Canning Factory, in honor
of Miss Ola Pipkin, daughter OF Judge A.
@. Pipkin, as Judge Pipkin had done so
much toward getting up the enterprise.
The following are the officers who will
control the company until the charter is
granted: President. A. @. Pipkin; vice
president, e. ]. Henry; secretary and
treasurer, T. j. Holder; directors, R. ID.
Brown, j. b. McDuffie, j. b. Willis, J. F.
Mcdonald, j. Jacobus, r. o. Pate and o.
A. Horne; superintendent, j. NJ. Bur-
rows. A committee has been selected to
procure suitable site. and the contract for
the lumber has been let. The building will
be put up at once and the apparatus or
dered. The capital stock Of the company
is 81 900, and 1t may be increased TO IS, 900.
The directors have called for the first as
sessment Of 25 per cent. and the stockhold-
ers will make their payments TO Secretary
and Treasurer Holder by Monday, March 6.
Athens Banner: John G. Pitner, who
works at the Georgia railroad depot, hap
pened to a serious accident late Saturday
night. And he is now lying desperately i'll
at Mrs Olives, on Thomas street. About
1920 o'clock he went TO his boarding house,
and going up TO his room prepared TO take
a bath. While standing near the fire be was
attacked by vertigo. and reeling. fell 10 the
floor. In the fall he struck a table, cutting
cash across the bridge Of his nose. He
bled profusely, and going to the door called
for Mrs. Olive. Some one responded. and
together they tried to stop the bleeding, but
without avail Medical attention was
summoned aud two physicians responded.
They made several unsuccessful at
tempts to stop the bleeding, but Mr.. Pitner
weakened ra pidly under the terrible loss Of
blood. 1t was not until o'clock Sunday
morning that the bleeding was completely
stopped. Mr.. Pitner rested we'll during
Sunday being kept very quiet, but yester-
day morning the bleeding commenced
again. 1t was stopped, however, in short
while. Mr.. Pitner was resting easily last
night, but it is feared that he cannot re-
cover il the bleeding occurs again. He is
being given all medical attention possible.
Columbus En9uirer-Sun: The friends of
Dave Blascoer, who were collected about
Charlie Springer's Office yesterday morning,
were very much alarmed by seeing him rush
from the office, frantically rub himself
against post, and then cast himself on the
ground apparently suffering great torture.
When the gentlemen gathered round Mr..
Blascoer they were surprised to hear him
wall out in heart-rending tones. &c, scratch
Scratch me-for heavens sake, scratch
mem During the early morning large
drove Of pigs had been standing in front OF
Mr.. Springer's store, and at first Mr. Bias
coer's friends thought that he had been out
playing with the animals and had caught a
flea or two. This idea, however, proved
erroneous, and 1t was discovered that the IN
fortunate man was really suffering from
muoura purieus. 1t developed later that
Mr.. Blascoer had secured from q medical
friend a quantity of mucura purieus (which
is vulgarly termed COW ITCH for the pur-
pose of playing few jokes on some Of his
acquaintance. He placed the powder on
the top OF his desk and soon forgot that IL
was there. Every time q breath OF air
came through the Office it blew the powder
right on to Mr.. Blascoer, and he very soon
began 70 feel its effects. Without thinking,
he commenced rubbing his face and hands
and back, and as this had the effect of
driving the powder into his skin be was very
soon nearly crazy. Mr.. Blascoer couldn't
get relief until he was taken to a drug
store aud anointed with an antidote for
mucura purieus.
A peculiar case was tried in the mayors
court at Americas Wednesday, in which a
prominent bank official was fined IS and
costs or ten days on the streets by Mayor
Fielder. The case was appealed, and will be
reviewed by the council. Ii the council
sustains the mayor the case is more than
likely TO go to higher court, as much in-
terest is being taken, and the bank official
feels that he has been badly treated aud is
not expected TO rest his case should the
council find against him. He has employed
some of tho best legal talent in the city to
represent him. The city has an ordinance
which reads; ANY persons assembling and
lettering on the streets in sufficient num-
bers, or in any such manner as to be an
obstruction to free passage on the streets,
sidewalks, or crossings, and failing to dis
perse upon notification of any officer or
member OF the police force, or any citizen.
shall, on conviction, be punished, ETC."
Saturday sign was being painted on the
window Of one of the leading banks by an
expert painter. A number OF persons, white
and black, congregated to view the work,
and just after the bank official stepped out
TO see how the sign looked from the outside,
Lieutenant of Police w. w. Wheeler
passed and ordered the sidewalk cleared &.