The morning news., 1894-11-22

At Auburn last Saturday night at an
entertainment given by negroes a dispute
arose between the whites present and
some of the negroes. Unexpectedly James
Rivers, colored, hit c. NJ Manghon on the
head with a heavy stick. Manghon fell
to the floor, but rose with his knife open
ready for his antagonist. BY this time
several white men We're after Rivers try
ing TO kin him. The negro, knowing that
mis- life was at stake, sprang through
glass window into the street fourteen
feet below. He hit the ground rdnnuS,
and was followed for about a mile by
fourteen or fifteen white men. The nesro
escaped, and has not been heard from
since. A dilgent search is being made
for him, and if he is caught speedy pun
ishment may be meted out to him.
4 pitiful procession passed through
Valdosta recently consisting Of an old
man, hi& wife and four children. The
old man was a paralytic, and was pulled
along in a little wagon by a lO-year-Old
boy. A bundle of clothing in a baby car
riage was pushed along by the mother,
and years of age, tugged be-
hind. The family was burned out of
house and home in North Carolina. and
went to Savannah under promise of em-
plowment but were disappointed in not
getting. From there they We're sent from
OAlt pAdGb " dLAOAHtis ullNll AllG9 lEclNAlti
Naldosta from Albany. The womau's
name is Mrs. Mary Newsome, and she
bears letters from people in North Caro-
lima, tesufying as to her worthiness.
Americus Times Recorder: When Gen.
Toombs was a member of the last consu-
tutional convention he tried to have en-
grated in the constitution a paragraph
similar to the insurance bill introduced in
the House by Mr.. Dodson OF Sumter
" a few a on
Toombs went farther and proposed a pen
atty of % per cent. for failure to pay all
policies in full at maturity. Mr.. Dodsons
bin will probably bring on a heated fight.
It provides that all insurance companies
issuing policies on property i'm this state
shall pay to their policy-holders the fun
amount of loss sustained upon the prop
erty insured by them; provided the amount
Of loss does not exceed the amount of
Insurance expressed in the policy, and
that all stipulatons in such policies to
the contrary shall be null and void.
Americas Times Recorder: ]. N. Bird
is lying in a critical condition at his
home several miles west Of Americus,
the result of a savage attack made upon
him by an enraged horse a. night or two
ago. His injuries are of a very serious
nature and will keep him confined to his
bed for a long time at the best One side
Of his face was beaten to pulp, his jaw
broken at the chin as well as disocated,
one arm badly bitten by the infuriated
animal, and other injuries Of a serious ma
ture inflicted. 1t seems that the horse
while being driven home from the city
became unruly, whereupou Mr. Bird uu-
hooked him from the buggy and proceeded
to give him a thrashing. AT this the
/ horse charged savagely upon him, paw,
/ ing him in the face, knocking him down
/ and stamping him nearly to death be-
I fore friends could come to the ra4Cua
! One of Mr. Birds neighbors. who came
! to his assistance, was likewise charged
/ upon by the maddened animal and was
/ forced TO retreat Several people came
up in a wagon about this time and Mr.
! Bird was placed therein and carried to
/ his home. DR.. Wise attended his iniu-
ries, and pronounced them quite serious
/ His entire left side was badly bruised
and where the jaw was broken the
bones protruded through the skin, max
ing a terrible wound. The bite upon the
/ arm was also very severe.