The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15

the stations as the tram - oNAANuAue anu AAA-
loading freight one OF these cars passed up
the Athens branch Saturday morning last
supplying consi mers and dealers along the
line, They say ii is a money making scheme
early IN The season.
By order Of the county commissioners an
election was held in Pike county Wednesday
to determine whether or not bonds should he
issued.to build new court house. The vote
was small and when consolidated showed l34
for bonds and "45 against ouds. me OppO-
/ sitiOn 20 bonds however. does not ueteat
new courthouse Pike needs it; the people
want u and two or three sessions OF grand
Jurors have recommended il, and the com
nissioners will very likely proceed 10 build 1t
by direct taXatiOn.
Considerable DOublin real estate changed
hands last week. Messr. Stubs 81 Leitch Of
Eastman purchased the burnt district. corner
OF jackson and Jefferson streets and will soon
begin the erection Of a handsome building
thereou-stOres on the ground floor and otlces
and CommOdlous hall on the second hoor.
j. ID. Smith, who owned half interest in said
property. purchased the Hughes property
south of the court house square. l. b La
ner bought lot next to his store on Tues
day Of last week. and on Monday morning last
began excavations preparatory TO putting up
another store.
LAFAYETTE Messenger: F. L. McGinnis had
a narrow escape from death Sunday He had
gone down the road with his wife to visit some
friends. In the afternoon as he returned 10
the station TO take the train, he saw that II
was ABOUT ready pull out. Jumping out of
the back, ne started to run ac@)ss the track
TO ask the conductor to wait for his wife. AS
he did 50 the train started. Unluckily for
HIM, he struck his toe against surveyors
stOb. That threw him fiat across the track
and knO, Eed the breath out OF him. The en-
giueer promptly stopped the engine, but when
IL came 10 a stand stlll McGinnis could have
put his hand on the cowcatcher.
Lexington Echo The Quarries Of the Lex
ingtOn Blue Granite Company, on the out
skirts Of Lexington, are again being operated
very much to the qualification Of every l. ody.
Through the efforts Of A. s. seals, the gen
eral manager. the company some two weeks
since secured a contract for part Of the stone
for a government building which is to be
erected in Savannah. A force Of hands was
at once organized and put TO work In our
quarrles, and il has been busy scene there
abouts for the past ten days. We understand
that It will take In the neighborhood of 200
cars to I'LL this contract which viii employ
considerable force of hands for several
months. There are now about twenty five
qua ymen at work. This number Will be in
creased by force Of stone-cutters.
The democratic convention of Scrcyen
county met in Sylvaula pursuant to call OF u.
p. Wade, chairman, on Wednesday, July il.
Upon motion OF Col 7. w. Oliver j. Fl. Evans
was elected chairman OF the meeting; j. W.
Overstreet secretary. Col Il. w. Oliver nom
mated Causey Oyerstreet, the present repre-
sentative from Screven, for re ele ;tiOn. Mr.
OYerstreet was unanimously nominated. Col.
L. p. Wade was nominated for the state
Senate. The following delegates were Sc
lected to represent ScreVen county in
the congressional co lVeullOD winch meets III
Savannah on July II. Judge Ii. Q. klttleS,
V. ii. Burns Col. I. w. oliver, Jr., w. M.
Brinson, IA. c. Evans and Dr.. w. X. Lovett,
The following are the delegates to the sena-
tOrial convention which meets in Mlllen:
h. G.. Daniel Il. w. Parker, r. Gross, Jr., 7.
F.. Lee and J. w. Overstreet. Col T. W. Oil
yer was elected chairman Of the democratic
executive committee, and W. V. Tyler and j.
w. Overstreet were elected secretaries.
Grimm News: A negro man was shot Thurs
day in front Of the Grantland place near the
cotton mills under very peculiar circum-
stances. thursday two white men came TO
this city from JOnesbOro, one of them being
Prince Archer the jailer of Clayton county.
The name OF the other man could not be
learned. as they both left Immediately after
the shooting took place. These men were
here looking after a gang Of thieves who have
been plying their vocation for some time, ana
yesterday afternoon about o'clock they
came up with two negro men who
they thought answered to the de-
scriptiOu of those they were hunting. They
were ordered to halt, and pistol thrown in
their faces One Of them broke and ran, when
the man who was with the laller shot him in
the back, inAicting a dangerous wound, and
finding, after the shooting, that they had
made a mistake, Mr.. Archer and his friend
left going back toward Jonestoro. q he affair
will be thoroughly investigated Oy the city
oncials, and the party doing the shooting
will be arrested, II possible. Sam Bowers,
the negro who was shot. and James More
land, his companion, hail from Heard county.
rome Tribune. ttuReT george the lO-year-
old son OF j. \. George, was badly burned
Wednesday Mr.. Georges foundry is stu
ated at the foot OF Sixth avenue, and Ruger is
| one OF those at work there. Yesterday he
| was standing by barrel of asphaltum, which
| contained some benzine to thin 1t. The bung
was out, and Ruger struck match, holding
| II not far from the bung hole. In an instant
| the gas from the benZine caught fire, and a
| loud explosion followed. One head OF the
| barrel smashed a pig oil can and the other
struck wall with great force. A great
stream of fire surrounded the boy, and
! with a cry OF pain he rushed for the
! door. just as he reached 1t his
father came running N, Seeing his
| sons clothing on FIRE, he paid no attention
! to the other blaze until he had extinguished
! the clothing, and had the boy carried home.
! In the meastime all the part OF the room
| seemed to be burning, aud, right in the edge
| of the b-a axe. was another barrel of aSphaltum
| and benzlne Mr.. George keeps a fire appa-
| ratus for Just such emergencies, and in few
| minutes had the fire totally extingushed
| with slight damages Ruger was suffering
| from his burns, and DR.. Hammond quickly
| came to attend to him He found that he was
not seriously hurt, but his shoulders, neck
and breast were painfully scorched. AT last
| reports he was resting we'll and he will be
| out in few days.
Albany Herald; The readers OF the Herald
viii remember the drowning of the 10 year-old
| colored boy, Josie Sneed, in Flint river last
| Saturday morning and the subsequent reports
| about the recovery OF bodies at Newton anC
| at the Wilson place. At first it was thought
that the body taken from the river at Newton
! Monday afternoon was that of Sneed, but il
now transpires that the body was that of q
| white Toy and that the burial took place
| without Identification of the remains. Then
came the report about the finding of another
body at the Wilson place on Flint river Tom
jackson, cOlOred, was fishing in the river IL
a boat when he ran across the body of young
negro boy being devoured by an
alligator Jackson took charge Of
the decomposed and lacerated remains
and landed them ashore, where he heaped
brushes upon them. He then left to send
word to Joe Sneed OF this city father of the
drowned boy. Sneed left at once for the vii
son place, arriving there at 9:30 O'Clock
| Wednesday night. In company with Jack
son, Sneed went to the spot where the body
OF his boy had been tied with a strong string
by Jackson. But the body was gone That
is, all except part OF the left arm to which
the string was tied. was gone AS a natural
consequence. II is supposed that the same al
ligator from which jackson took the body
followed jackson and devoured the body after
It was left on the bank Of the river.
FLORIDA.
L. w. Plank Of DeFuniak Springs is spoken
of for representative.