Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-21

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a Train ON the Epson County Road
Storms Sweeping Through the
Counties-A Successful Farmer of
RIOntezunEa-
GEORGIA.
Te,lie Montgomery, of Butler, has lost
mis- residence and all its contents by fire.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church in Rome are being attended by
immense congregations.
An executive warrant was drawn on
the Treasury Wednesday Tor 500, 200 to
aoyer that amount OF Cancelled bonds.
There was hail and high wind in some
oarts of Docly county Saturday evening,
Soinp considerable damage to about 100
acres of rye on Bohn Byrom's Flint river
plantation.
A severe storm passed over the Butler
section Saturday evening, doing cOusid-
cradle damage to fencing, trees, etc. No
lie was lost nor was there any one Sc
riously hurt.
Capt. John H. Burrel, Of Darien, the
aid gentleman who, previous to a long
spell Of sickness, made his own coffin last
spring, walked across the street Tor the
Srst time in a year Tuesday.
The Bethune place on the western sub
urbs OF Griffin, containing 30 acres, has
been sold for $4,000. For rea sons best
known to the parties the name of the pur-
chaser is suppressed fer the present.
The rains of Tuesday caused consider
able rise IN the rivers, and Wednesday
morning the pOntoon bridge at the foot of
Howard street and part OF military bridge
ut the foot of Broad street, both in Rome,
were swept away.
During the thunder storm at Atlanta
Tuesday the residence of Mr.. Purcell, on
Gilmer street, was struck by lightning,
and the roof was torn almost completely
off. The lightning struck the house cross
wise and scattered shingles considerably.
The following Notaries Public were
commissioned Wednesday: For Randolph
county-D. l.. Ferguson, G334th district;
ID. R. Kitchener, 954th district; j. NJ. Full
ton, 99Sth district. For Montgomery
John w. Clements, 39Sd district; 6. NJ. c.
Clements, 394th district.
Judge Newman having applied to the
Executive department for a new district
formed out of the Ninety-tirst district of
Washington county has been informed
that the new district will be allowed, and
Will be known as the l399th district G.. NJ.
Tennille will be the precinct.
Gov. Mcdaniel has offered reward of
500 for the capture of Houston Sermons,
colored. Sermons was convicted of bur-
gIsry in the Superior Court of Brooks
county and sentenced to fifteen years in
The penitentiary. He escaped before his
time of Imprisonment was well begun.
Eastman Lodge, Free and Accepted
MasOns, are pertecting all arrangements
necessary to celebrating on June "A.
Grand Master John S. Davidson is ex-
pected to enliVen the occasion with his
presence and an address. An important
eature OF the days programme Is bar
oecue.
Willis Owens, an East Tennessee yard
conductor, lost three fingers off the left
hand Wednesday. Conductor Owens was
trying to make coupling and, by not
watching carefully, allowed the two
bumpers to come together with his fn-
gers between them. The fingers were
mashed of.
Rev. Crawford jackson, pastor of the
Florence Methodist church, was united in
marriage to Miss Hettie Sherman, OF CGth-
bert, last week, the ceremony being per-
formed by Kew. j. ). Key. Miss Sherman
is a daughter of Henry I. Sherman, who
was for many years principal of the Lump
kin male academy.
At T0ccOa Tuesday Jesse Beck, white
man working on Captain Cooks section,
met with very painful accident. He,
with crowd OF other hands, was loading
a large piece of tim Der when his hold gave
way, striking his hand against a tie,
breaking the third and fourth fingers and
MASKING his hand considerably.
At ConYers Tuesday DR.. BOrcheim, of
Atlanta, assisted by Drs. Rosser and
Travis, removed a cancerous tumor from
the breast OF Mrs. ). j. COwan. Nearly all
one side of the breast was taken away.
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tumOr for the last twenty years. she is
dong as well as could be expected under
the circumstances.
In June last a tramp named William
knight went to Columbus and stopped at
a private boarding house. lie staid there
month, and lett without paying his
board bill, and the surprise of the prOprie-
tor may be imagined when he found at
the express office for him a day or two
ago SIS in full payment of Knights
board. The money had been sent from
Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Margaret Dasher, OF Valdosta,
died very suddenly Friday night of heart
disease, in the Christian Church at that
place. A continued meeting had been in
progress for several days, and she attend
ed them regularly. Friday night she was
at the services as usual. After the SER
mon, and while the last hymn was being
sung, she was taken i'll and died in less
than five minutes.
Lee Reedy, young man about 20 years
old, was drowned in the Etowah river at
Rome Tuesday. He was in a boat near
the pontoOn bridge, and, becoming
alarmed at the swIttless Of the current,
he hoped from the boat, intending to
Jump on the pOntOon. He missed the
bridge and plunged into the river. There
were number of people on either bank,
out they were powerless to save him.
A. Ansel, Of New Orleans, La, has
been IN Athens for the last two or three
days selling diamonds. MIR. Rush pur-
chased set of earrings, and not being
satlsteddemanded his money back, which
was refused. He followed Mr.. Ansel to
Union Point and had his trunks attached
as they were being transferred from the
Athens 20 the fast train. Mr.. Ansel has
threatened TO have the case Investigated
by law. The amount was only $50.
The contested prohibition case in Bald.
win county is slowly dragging along be-
lore the Justices. The JOB of recounting
the vote is very slow and tedious one
only 30 being counted Tuesday. A regu.
lar picnic OF lawyers is engaged on the
lob-all the home lawyers, three from
EatontOn, and one OF two from Macon.
Inc ant's are contestants, and, as the
costs will likely be heavy, probably sew
eralthOusand dollars, 1t is rather serious
thing for them 10 undertake this matter.
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