The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-20

q strange gibberish. He was taken charge
OF by Mr.. LyInen, the owner Of the pianta-
| tion. Nothing can ! Q ascertained from him
| as TO W here he Is from or his name. He IS
! doubtless insane He is q man of small
! stature, swarthy complexion, and peculiarly
| dressed in a close silk shirt and buckskin
! trousers Every effort will be made 10 dis
cover who he is People from all parts OF
| the country are focking to SEQ him.
! Sam Wheeler Of Boston, while at work a
! few DAYS ago. was struck by lightning. His
wife thought the house has been struck and
ran out to see Finding the house was safe
she hurried on down 10 the field where Mr.
Wheeler and the children were at work.
The children, who were. hoeing a short dis
lance from Mr.. Wheeler. had been knocked
down; the mule with which he had been
blowing was also knocked down, and Mr..
| Wheeler was lying on the ground, apparent
" dead. Neighbors passing, hearing the
cries of The family, came and carried him
TO the house. where he recovered conscious
ness He was unable to move, and had no
idea what was the matter. He says ne
didn't see the fash or hear the thunder.
He is able to be up and about now, but
shows the EFFECTS Of his shock very plainly,
and even at this date h Is 10 use crutches 70
walk.
A lady living in Walton county before
TIE war married a man whose name was
William Sorrells. The couple had one
child, beautiful brown-eye1 baby girl.
Years passed by and the child grew 70
Young womanhood. Her beauty attracted
many suitors and numbers of offers Of
matrimonv; but mono Of them were success
full until there came upon the scene a young
and sturdy farmer named William So rells,
who woOed and won the fair maiden.
Their happiness was destined to be short
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country he promptly enlisted TO fight her
battles in the late war, and went away to
die on a field of battle. The mother and
daughter were again left alone IN the
world-both widows. In the course of
few years the mother again married, and
again was the wife Of William Sorrells.
Thus tie mother was twice Mrs. William
Sorrells and the daughter once Mrs. Will
lam SOIrells.
Fort Valley Mirror: Col. s. E. Austin,
formerly OF our town, has been busily en-
gagged tor several years in perfecting his
very ingenious invention-the adding ma
chine. He is at present in New Haven,
Conn, where he has been watching the
manufacture of the machine, and has at
last gotten it in perfect shape, and is selling
them rapidly to the trade. We have seen
one of the instruments, and find that it
works with great ease, rapidty and &C
curacy. By touching the keys, you may
rapidly add up a long column of figures
without any mental strain. A dial registers
the sum Of the figures, after you have
touched the keys correctly, each figure
from one to nine having its own key. A
little practice makes one perfect so that he
can add with his fingers, by the use of the
machine, much more rapidly and with
more accuracy than by the laborious
mental process. 1t will save many book
keeper hour Of severe mental labor.
Ledry Courier. The Courier learns of the
reunion of negro woman of this county,
ard son, after separation Of thirty-f1ve
years The woman's name is Francis
Brooks, and that of her son John Reed of
Atlanta Thirty-fve years ago, when the
boy was six years old, he was sold by his
master, Captain boxes, famous over
seer Of this section, to a man by the name
of Reel, Of North Georgia The boy re-
manned in the service of Reed until emanci-
patton and adopted his last owners name,
which he still bears. He completely
lost sight of his relatives, but
still remembers his mothers given name,
that her husband, who was not his father,
was named Calvin, and that his first mas
ter's name was Doke. He made one or two
trips from Atlanta to Albany and Dough
erty county in quest of his mother, but
these trips proved fruitless. He did not lose
h pc of finding her, however, and several
months ago his faithfulness was rewarded
by IN etirg in Atlanta a negro from this
county who gave him such information as
led him to make a trip to Calhoun, which
resulted in him finding his old mother and
one or two brothers.