The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28

expense viii be spared i'm improvements
on ms already beautiful ,r and tnrli,y
VIII erect a large canning factory in time
TO handle the next peach crop.
Young Morris a heavyweight pugilist
of Columbus, and VIII keough of Dem
yer fought "A half-round contest al Spring
er's opera house Columbus, Friday night.
1t was supposed to be a sparring con-
test Of twenty rounds. with hVe-ouncc
groves, Dut IT was quite evident from the
beginning that il would be "a Knockout.
Morris got in the first blow, landing
heavy lefthander on keOughs jaw. The
latter came back at his antagonist strik-
ing him just above the belt. Morris APP
peared grOggy, and keOugh continued to
pound him at viii, and within few see
onds Morris succumbed, Falling on ALI
tours. While Morris was still at the mer-
cy OF his opponent, In a half rising pos
ture, Keough struck him severe blow
on the temple and the local champion fell
PROSTATE on the floor. The crowd began
TO yell foul and for a few moments the
excitement was intense. The referee
stepped 70 the 'front.' OF the stage and de-
clared that keough had fouled his OPP
pOncnt ana that he would decide the
fight in Morris favor. This satisfied Nor
ris' friends to degree and the Disguised
crowd dispersed. Morris soon regained
consciousness and walked away from the
theater severely whipped man. Both OF
the men weigh over $50 pounds. keough
is a professional, while Morris Is a loco
motive fireman
Atlanta Journal: Seeing the picture Of
that unknown dead man i'm Yesterdays
journal reminded me of an experience Of
nay own which 1 will never forget" said
Henry bilups, retired engineer of Dem
YER Col, Friday night at the Kimbai.
w ny il should do so / cannot tell, as
there Is nothing similar in the two cases;
but it does ana 1 viii relate the incident.
IT occurred when 4 was running night
train on the Santa Fe road, back in the
lVs. This particular night had been
stormy and threatening, and the flashes
OF lightning We're frequent and intense.
We We're running ahead OF our schedule
IN order to make a siding in time TO allow
an extra TO pass us, and were travelling,
4 suppose, at the rake of about thirty or
thirty-iiVc miles an hour. j was sittine
with nay face close to the forward VIM
dow of the cab, gazing straight ahead
when in "a brilliant blaze OF electricity e.
mans arm ana head suddenly burst with
great force through the glass and the
open hand struck me sQuarely in the face
/ was dazed for an instant by the blow
and held blindly 10 the side of the cab
My first thought was that some tramp
the passengers, and acting on this idea,
seized my wrench from its place aud dealt
the head Of the intruder q blow with
all my might. The fireman, thinking l
had killed the man, shut off steam ana we,
slowed down and took our lanterns to ex-
anime the strange visitor. L could not de-
scribe the feeling that crept over me
when / climbed upon the engine and look
ed at the man whom l believed had at.
tackled me. His entire body below the
arms was gone. 1t was easy to under
stand what had happened. He had been
struck by the rapidly moving engine ana
his body severed as with a knife, the
lower half falling to one side and the head
and arms flying straight through the cab
window"