The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-24

and shot him twice, hitting him In each
breast.
! Cuthbert Leader man was shown by sid
! Hays OF the Fourth district (the nrst bale
man OF Sheilmanl- a spec linen Of a Curl
Gus kind Of corn which IS something new
I 70 this country. Ia length and size Il re-
sembles an ordinary ear Of corn, but in
stead OF the shuck being put on in the
! usual way. each grain iii encased in a
I shuck separate to itself slnd We imagine
/ 70 shuck IL would require a different
I machine from any we kn oW Of at pres
/ ent- Mr. HAYS informed US that IL Is
/ known as the Texas stock corn" and Is
J very prolific. even the tasstI having q con-
siderable quantity OF corn clnging 70 IL,
but without the shuck surrounding the
grains.
/ Courant-American: on Atug. Alexander
/ Bowling and Clip Woods attempted TO pass
/ four counterfeit dollars az the store OF
] Butler & Arm strong Of a llatOona. Mr.
Armstrong reported the fact on the next
! DAY TO Aaron Collins, United states com
/ missioner, who issued war; ants for them
and Deputy Marshals Henderson ana
! Duke arrested the parties without assist
1 ance Of any kind from T. p. Trammen
| In searching the house Of William WOOD
/ these officers found a numb or Of counter
Ieit coins and the mOlds IN which they
were made. They then arr ested William
/ Woods Tor having these things in his pos
/ entitled 70 in the transaction is due 70
/ Luther Armstrong, who brought the facts
before the United States courts, and J.
/ A Henderson and ". j. Duke, the depJtS
/ ties who made the arrests.
Courier; On Friday might at Dublin
| DOsh Sergeant, cOlOred train hand on
road was severely crushed between the
cars while attempting to make a coupling.
By some means a large rod was driven
into his right thigh near the body in two
places, crushing the hone IN a fearful
manner. He was carried 10 DR.. Hightow-
er sanitarun. where phS sicians relieved
Gibson. the company's sur geon in Macon,
could arrive, who had be en- sent for by
special train. Dr. Gibson arrived AZ !
O'Clock when the wounds we're partially
dressed. At Z o'clock SAT urday morning
Dr. Gibson left the wount led man In DIR.
Hightower's care, who drei ssed the wounds
in the latest and most ap proved manner.
and, while the man is in critical condl-
ton, he IS doing as well or better than
ever do. He IS yet in I)r. Hightower's
sanitar1um and viii rem ain for several
weeks before he can be n loved.
Democrat: Bainbridge has a colored
genius in the person OF Ebert Wilson.
porter and general factotum at the Flint
River Store. Purposing recently to or
ganize and equip colol-ed brass band,
and having no drums, Ebert obtained
the raw veal skins, dressed them. and
from an old lard can ma de first-class
snare drum that can be distinctly heard
three miles, and with as full round tone
as a SIS instrument He next procured a
piece Of zinc, from which he made the
rim of a two-fOot bass dram, which has
been heard distinctly seven miles. He
made every portion Of both drums him
Tightening and slaekening The heads, and
these he ordered and attached to the
rims himself. He nicely gilded both. and
they cannot be distinguished from for
eign importations, except that the snare
drum has Fairbanks Leaf Lard"
stamped in the tin rim. The heads Of
both drums are so nicely dressed they
are almost transparent and as thin as
parchment. The drums, with other spec
linens of Elberts tanning and skin dress
ing, will be sent to the international ex-
position for exhibition.
The Sandersville Herald and Georgian:
We learn from j. II. Roberts, section mas
ter on the Augusta Southern road that
about / o'clock Wednesday cyclone
struck John Vests home on Georgia War
thens place, about four miles from town,
completely demolishing his stables and
tenant house, tearing down fences, trees
etc. Mr.. Roberts had taken shelter in
small outhouse from the fury Of the wind
and rain, but seeing the stables crushed
as a mere toy, he decided il was best for
him TO make his way to the dwelling.
which was but a short distance away
Upon leaving shelter he was lifted from
the ground and borne abont ten PAGES
and dashed against the fence. He man.
aged to reach the yard gate by holding to
the fence, but was again lifted from his
feet and blown past the door of the house
against an 0ut5uilding, where he remained
few moments until there was a lull in
the wind, when he made his way with
difficulty to the house. wading nearly knee
the stables we're blown several hundred
yards and rails from the fences scattered \
All ADOuL the lDlace and over the track
of the Augusta Southern.
Engineer John II. WEIGH of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad. and a mem
Der of the Atlanta city council had
in railroad collision at CarteEsville
wednesday morning. He. was thrown
from his engine and injured about the
hips and leg. He was thrown to the
ground with such violence that he was
made unconscious and for several min
utes it was thought that he was fatal
IN injured. The collision rcd a
hundred yards beyond the Western and
Atlantic depot at Gainesville at sos
southbound passenger engine and his en-
CINE ran into the rear end of a freight
train which was left standing on the
main line track. His engine struck the
freight caboose with terrific force and
made kindling wood of it. The engine was
saw that his engine must strike the ca
bose, and after having reversed his en-
CINE and put on back steam and did all
he prepared to jump for his life. He
was standing on the engine tender box
and was leaning out to lower himself
the crash came. The collision was a ter
rible one. Mr.. WEIGH was thrown from
| his foot and hand hold on his engine,
and after being smashed against the
engine tenders side, he fell to the ground
unconscious. His fall was a severe one
/ and he sustained injuries the extent of
which may prove more serious than first
expected. His body about the hips seems
1 TO De IN q pafaiytlC cOnQiJlOn ana his
| left leg is badly bruised and injured.
FLORIDA. ~,
| Lakeland rejoioes over the prospect of
| having a Chinese laundry opened there
c. b. Macclenny of Baker county has
| gone out west on hunt for immigrants.
The retail butchers of Key West pay an
annual revenue to the city of $4,000 in
cash.
Mrs. w. H. Sharpe of Arcadia came
/ near dying a few days ago by taking an
| overdose of morphine.
d. II. Mays of Jefferson county sent the
! first bale of new cotton this season 10
| Savannah on Saturday last
| Several phosphate mines near Gaines
| vile, Fla, have resumed operations and
| several more viii begin to dig rock next
/ week.