The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-15

At Acworth, Sunday, Charlie Sorrels, q
| l7-year-old young man, and Miss Della
Saith, the l5-year-old daughter OF DR.. A
Smith, played truant and ran away from
Sunday school aud got married. Charlie
had horse and buggy in waiting. When
the young lady was about to enter the
church, he drove up. She got into the
buggy and they drove away TO where they
soon found Justice T. r. Rutherford, who
securely tied the knot.
At Atlanta, Saturday, Cuban called AT
police headquarters and wanted to know to
whom he must apply for transportation t.
! Jacksonville, Fla. He was direc ed TO DIR.
| Bird, secretary Of the board of health.
| The Cuban gives his name as William Mat
thews, He mas been in Atlanta only two
weeks. Last year he nursed yellow fever
! pstents at Tampa, Fla. He has had the
| fever and thoroughly understands how TO
treat those afflicted with the disease
About 500 dav Is expended for ice in
! Augusta. Ice brings about 40 cents 100,
AMI there are 10000 pounds used daily.
| There is more used on Sundays, when the
amonnt sold Will go up to about $500 OF the
supply received in Augusta, the Augusta
ice company makes about twenty tons, and
tho Arctic ice company supplies thirty tons,
making the total OF fifty tons, or about 100,-
! 100 pounds daily, or more than two pounds
nitv
a gentleman who has turtle basket in
! the ChattBhoochee river, at Browns bridge
drew it out the other day to see his luck.
Nothing was in except the bait, and desir
ing to put resi- DalG In IL, be left 1t on the
bank Of the river and went in search of
bait. During mis- absence his dogship came
Waiting up, and, ramming his head in the
tasket, Became fastened, and in his efforts
to ex;ric. te himself basket and dog rolled
over into the river, and the dog was
drowned.
T. 7. Hudson, a Clark county farmer,
makes q speciality OF raising cultivated
era ses, and his crop nets him on an aver
age nearly 5000 annually. He has be-
tween seventy-five and 100 acres of bottom
land sown III orcha grass, timothy herds
grass, and Virginia clover. About every
seven years he has to reset his grasses. Mr..
Hudson says he would move west if he had
10 depend on corn and cotton for his sup
port. He has 365 acres of land which he
values at So, 900.
Thomas j. Speer, the man who has just
been nominated for the legislature by the
democratic party Of Newton county, is re-
markable for Lis quiet, unobnusive and
retiring manners aud life. He is man
who attends closely TO his own business,
and has never mingled extensively in public
affairs. In fact, it is said there are many
people in Newton county who have never
heard of him, and even one of his neigh
bors, who lives within five or six miles of
him. is said TO have never yet seen him.
At GAINESVILLE, Thursday night from to
10 o'clock, there was one of the heaviest
thunder and rain storms known there At
DR.. Rosslgnol's the lightning struck the rods
anG ran down at the dining ROOM left the
ro1 and struck the table, where the family
and visitors were eating. All were knocked
down, and some of them shocked so severely
as TO make it necessary to have their cloth
ing cut from them in order to apply water
to their almost lifeless bodies Judge
Sutton's kitchen was also struck, but no
serious damage done.
Hazlehurst was visited by an electric
storm Friday, and j. z. Curry's house was
struck by lightning. 1t struck the chimney
and ran down the roof, tea ring off the
shingles and boards from space about 4
feet wide from the top of the house to the
caves, then tearing off weather boards,
buried itself in the ground within or 5
feet of Mrs. Curry, who was sitting in the
back door with her youngest child beside
her. The oldest child was lying on the bed
In the house, and, excepting a slight shock
to Mrs. Curry, no one was injured
About forty negroes mostly from Turkey
NAtth "a VI tiC iiNCi ilAcI db bib COuIb uDuso
at Vienna Thursday, and held a republican
convention in secret session. AS result OF
the deliberations, the following ticket was
put in the field: For senator, Fourteenth
senatorial district, Andrew Mckenzie; for
representative, Dolly county. Charles Cross
Both Mckenzie and Cross are as black as
Blaine's record, and quite illiterate. Some
outside influence is at work among the ne
groes of that section, as they have held
fff1er a
out candidates for the first time in years.
The Empire mills, corporation organ
lied under the laws of the state of New
York. capital 500, 900, is the name of the
new company engaged in building the mills
and docks on the Cane creek site near
Darien. The plan for the mill building
shows thatit.will be of large capacity, fully
100000 feet per day. Cane creek will here
after be known as Empire Mills The
entire product Of this mill has been con-
tracted for by the South Brooklyn saw mill
company, whose large retail business in
New York and Brooklyn requires add
tional facilities for full supply Of yellow
pine timber at all times.
At the democratic mass meeting of Han
cock county Saturday, TO the surprise of
DIR. Cartons friends, a delegation was
chosen to the congressional convention in
structed for Hon. Samuel Barnett for repre-
sentative. This was unexpected, for no OPP
position had been heard Of as far as DR..
Cartons friends knew, and they supposed
tine action Of the meeting would be only
formal, and hence many did not feel 1t
neces AIRY to attend. There were less than
100 votes on tho resolution and flfty-six
voted for il. DR.. Cartoons friends are
annoyed at the result, because they think
it places the county in wrong attitude
toward him.
The republicans of Jefferson county held
mass meeting Saturday. There being
several candidates for legislative honors, a
ballot was taken, which resulted In the
election Of William McCloud and p. F.
Williams as the nominees of the republican
party to represent Jefferson county in the
legislature. McCloud and Williams re-
turned thanks TO their pee pie for the great
honor conferred on them, promising, If
elected, TO do all In their power for the sup
port of their race, pc Pile and party. A
collection was taken up to meet running
expenses, resulting in the collection of So rs
A motion tc pay the secretary Is cents was
carried, and the balance was turned over to
McCloud to pay for printing, etc,
The reunion at Gainesville, Friday, of
the Eighteenth Georgia was q success
Nlnety-nino of the old veterans were pres
eat and about 5000 visitors. An abund-
ance of things good to eat was on hand for
all Conyers was selected as the place fer
the next meeting, and Maj. J. A. Stewart
Of that place was elected PRESIDENT Capt
j. r. Epsy of Jefferson, vice president;
George W. Maddox was reelected secre-