Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

and they raised the cry, when the whole con-
gregatlOn rushed to the scene, removed the de-
br1s, and rescued him He was pretty badly
hurt but hopes are entertained of his recov-
cry"
Gainesville Southron: Last Saturday night
about eight O'Clock, one OF the severest storms
We have ever seen in this section struck us
from the east. The rain fell nearly constantly
and the wind increased in fury, until at about
b O'Clock Sunday morning it eliminated in a
perfect gale. unroofng part Of the Arlington
Hotel, damaging it greatly, and blowing down
trees and fences. All day Sunday the rain
came down, whirled into every crevice in the
east side OF all buildings, filling houses. stores
and everything else with water. All in all, it
was the severest rain storm in this country
been done"
The Oconee Monitor has this in reference TO
the late cyclone: THE storm last Saturday
nlght lasted ten hours with great fury. blow
ing Down timber and sweeping corn and cotton
20 the ground. as if a log had rolled over it,
ourylng It IN the mud. The wind was accom-
panied by incessant rain all Saturday night
anu the ram still continued all day Sunday,
0VerloWlng all the bottom lands, and in some
Ioeanues covering the fine corn completely in
water. MeSsrs. Cochran. L. Fambrough Giles
ana many others have lost their entire crops Of
corn and nearly all their cotton. Cotton fields
look like they had been visited by heavy frost
Inc Damage TO OcOnee county alone, will be
perhaps not less than fifty thousand dollars -
The following details we find in the Louisville
AeUs and Farmer of the lynching Of the negro
Knight, who had committed horrible outrage
upon the person OF a respectable married Ia v
IN JeHerson county: "On Monday morning
iasL, few miles beyond the Central Railroad,
~ ~ thls county. a negro boy by the name of Gus
hnlght went up to house in the neighbor-
hoOo, ana seeing the lady with her child in her
arms The husband being absent) he called to
her and told her to come to the gate She at
once became frightened and ran. He pursued
her. and told ner resistance on her mart was
W0uiN AIRY ot1th hfa
xii her. He accomplished his helIish crime,
and went to work at Donovan & Perkins
lnliI iii not Iar on party of justly infuriated
clIizens found him about five O'Clock in the
eVeolng. He confessed everything, giving the
details, and said he did not know what DOS
sessed him to do it. He was carried out the
report OF a number of guns was heard, and it
Is not hkely Gus Knight will appear again in
MS usual avocation and walks of life."
The marble quarry at Long Swamp creek,
Flckens county, Is attracting attention. A re-
cent visitor says of it: 'The quarry is situated
about three miles from one of the depots of
the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. on
Long Swamp creek. We spent day and two
nlgAts with the owner of this quarry who lives
IN slght OF It. He showed us the quarry and
We think with q proper amount Of capital (the
more in the bounds Of reason the better) to
Work It, vast fortune may be realized. The
small mountain or large hill in which the mar
Die IS imbedded is on this creek, and in places
the creek is very near the base. At one point
the marble covers the bottom of the creek
AT this point a. perpendicular measurement -
Judging by the eye-to the top Of the hill would
De one hundred and fifty or TWO hundred feet.
The marble in sight at this point is very inn
posing and abundant. How deep it goes no
one can tell. IL crops out only in places at the
osse and up the sides Of the hill, much Of
which is covered with rich soil, the accumula-
ton OF ages gone by. This marble hill and fifty
acres of land are offered for SALE Twenty or
more acres Of this land (some of it bordering g
the creek IS rich enough for gardens without
fertilizers"
Atlanta Constitution, 18th: Yesterday af-
ternoon the incoming passenger train on the
Western and Atlantic Railroad ran over Mr..
w Il. Meigs, of this city, and inflicted injuries
which caused his death about six 9 CLOCK in the
evening. MIR. Meigs was a printer, and for the
past six years worked for Esas May & Co.
Yesterday his employers suspended busi-
ness on account of it being Jewish
cepted the holiday. a bout ten O'Clock he
left home in fine spirits ana repaired to the
home Of his daughter. in the western portion
OF the city, where he remained until about one
O'Clock, when he started for his home. His
route was shortened by travelling the railroad
track and his journey was half finished when
the accident occurred. just before reaching
the Forsyth street crossing he heard an
engine coming up behind him, and look
ing back saw switch engine approaching
at rapid rate. When this engine was
first seen it was close upon him. and Mr..
Meigs jumped from the track without looking
back, and Ia doing so jumped directly In front
OF the engine drawing the passenger train,
which was on an adjacent track. As his feet
struck the ground sir. Meigs discovered his
new danger, and tried to save himself, but was
not quick enough. The engine struck him
with such force that he was knocked
down, but in falling he managed to
! throw his body clear of the track and
escaped instant death. but the wheels of the
engine passed over both legs crushing them TO
splinteTs The accident was witnessed by many
persons, who to the injured mans assist
ance, and by whom he was placed on a stretch
er and carried to DR.. WeStmoreland's Office
where il was ascertained that both limbs were
so badly mutilatefi that amputatlOn would be
necessary. The left leg was crushed in two about
three inches above the ankle, while the right
foot was crushed and the bones broken about
the ankle joint After the sufferer had been
given an ansesthetic, both limbs were ampu-
tated by DIR. WestmOreland, but his system
was so completely shocked that he continued
to sink gradually until $50 o'clock in the even
ing, when he died. Mr.. Meigs was about fifty
years Of age, and was sober, industrious, and
a Christian. He leaves a wife and several
children. His life was insured in the Knights
Of Honor for 81. .0O0''