The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27

A Negroes Peculiar Death-N"luRbIe
Horse Breaks His Neck.

Va.dosta. Ga, Nov. ga negro named
Sam Currency was found dead in a yard
in the southern part Of the city yesterday
morning. Currency was an employe Of
the Valdosta Southern Road and was in
his usual health on the day before his
body was found. He was seen late the
night before, and went 70 house about 9
o'clock TO see some acquaintance. He
knocked on the door and the door opened
but the person that opened the door APP
peared just in time to see the negro fan
off of the porch. Some one in the house
suggested that Sam had a fit and offered
to go to his aid, but the other insisted
that he be left alone, as man with a
At was a dangerous man. The facts We're
brought out in the coroner's inquest, and
a verdict was returned TO the effect that
Sam died from natural causes. 1t is be.
lieved that he either died of heart disease
or that he had a fit and died from The
cold.
W. F. Monroe had a valuable horse to
break its neck in a very peculiar way this
week. Mr. Monroe had saddled the horse
and was preparing to ride IL to his place
of business. Before leaving the pace ne
saw a chicken in his rye patch and turned
to drive the fowl out, leaving the horse
alone. The crisp morning air probably
made the horse playful and it began to
jump and kick. Il made two or three
leaps ard ran into a wire fence, which
was probably not seen by the animal The
horse dropped dead instantly, having
broken it's neck. The accident was a very
peculiar one.
A telephone message from Dasher' sta.
ton this morning stated that Dasher's
store was burglarized last night ana that
a large amount of merchandise was car.
ried away by the robbers. The building
Is also used as the postofice. and that
too, was robbed AL of the 2-cent stamps
in the Office were taken and what money
was loose in the place was also carried
of. The officers have no clue, but they
feel certain that the stamps Will help them
solve the burglary unless they were stolen
by sharper IN the business.
James McKenna, a weli-known contrac-
tor here, met with quite a serious acct
dent Thursday while preparing to move a
part of a house on Central avenue An
old house was being torn away to be re-
placed by new one, though the kitchen
to the house was being moved to another
pace. The pillars had been taken from
under the porch. leaving the roof swinging
out with nothing to support it, This fell
In while Mckenna was under 1t. He ran.
but was caught, and his leg badly broken.
There was an exciting runaway scrape
here Thursday. A double team made a
circuit OF the town a full speed, and
though there were many other vehicles
on the street, there was no collision un-
I'll the team had gotten well beyond the
business portion of the town. Then the
collision occurred with onother team. dis
aiding the horses and breaking the way
ons
There were two interesting weddings in
this county Wednesday. One of them &C.
CURED at the residence Of John Hagan
on Patterson street. The contracting mar
ties were Mss Texas Hagan and w I.
Render, prominent naval stores man of
I'll on. Tho event was attended onlv bv
relatives and few intimate friends. The
ether wedding occurred at the Baptist
Chureh at Ousley station on the same
evening. The parties to that match wore
MISS Fannie Scruggs and George Dun
can. There were large number of at
tendants and the affair was very bril-
liant. After the ceremony the marriage
party was given very elaborate feast AZ
the home of the groom's mother, near
Quitman
The annex to the Valdosta Institute has
been completed and room provided for
about sixty more pupils The school has
oeen crowded above its capacity and the
trustees found it necessary to relieve the
strain upon the building by adding to H.
IL Is understood that the, present grand
Jury viii take strong grounds in favor Of
new court house. The question has been
agitated mere for some time, and the point
has been reached that a new building
must be built or the old one repaired.
Inc movement of sea island cotton has
fallen off a great deal IN the last three
weeks. Up TO that time the receipts here
we're largely in excess of last year The
railing on has been so great in that time
that the receipts now are much lose than
last year 1t is conceded here thar The
bulk of long cotton has been put unon
the market.