The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14

a contradiction of the old adage that light
ming never strikes twice in the same place, "
as this is the third time the same tree has
been struck by lightning The next day,
in the same neighbOrhood, at Phil Wade's.
lightning struck and killed hne Jersey
bull, a mich cow and steer.
The members Of Washington lodge No.
2S, A. O. {. W. OF Macon, wish to buy
lot and build hall for meetings, etc For
this purpose contributions Of &c IS from
each person are being solicited. FIVE cents
seems to be a mere Dlttance, an insignificant
sum TO subscribe toward erecting hand
some building but let it be considered that
there are 2lO, 900 members of the A o. Z. w.
in the United States and if eaHh one would
give cents a fund Of $4,000 would be
raised.
A citizen of Eastman just from Telfeir
county. brings the following horrible re-
port A little boy about years Of age, of a
family by the name Of Huetts, in that
county, was left in charge of a smaller
child about year old, with instructions TO
take in some hides that were left in the
yard to sun, in case of rain. A rain came
up. and the boy put the hides under shed,
tied rope around the child's neck and
hoisted it up to the rafters When the par
ents returned they found its lifeless body
swinging as described
W. G. Jones, formerly of Americas, who
was drowned at st. Augustine few days
ago fell among sharks. The corpse was
terribly mutilated. The entrnils were
torn away, and both arms were gone, as
if a sharp saw had severed them at the
shoulder. The legs remained, but almost
all flesh from them was gone. The face
was somewhat swollen, but little changed
except by the action of the water. 1t is
believed that he was either taken under by
q huge shark or drowned and then cut to
pieces by sharks, and they must have been
immense ones that did the work, consider
ing that the arms were taken Off whole.
The people of Berlin, in Banks county,
have for the last few days been enjoying a
sensation that is not very wholesome. J,
II. Standridge, n Baptist preacher and
schoolteicher, has left the country, He is
about s. years Old, with blue eyes, black
hair and nearly feet tall He became too
intimate with young lady in the country
and one Of his pupils. She is a beautiful
girl aged about Is and of a respectable
family, but he has caused her ruin. He
acknowledged to the intimacy before he
left. Before he left he was drinking freely
and cursed the bible aud denounced the be-
lief of heaven or hell. He leaves wife
and five little children.
Next month Baruesville will again vote
on the issue of barrooms or no larrooms.
In 1884 this issue was squarely made, and
the town, after most heated contest voted
no barrOOms by a vote of 200 to $40.
For four years GAINESVILLE has been a dry
town. The coming contest will be formally
opened on Tuesday night, July II, with a
speech by Hon. Walter b. Hin of Macon,
when regular anti-barroom club will be
organized for the campaign Of one month.
The present city council stands three for
no barrooms and three for barrooms, with
the mayor against barrooms. The mayor
and seven anti-barroom, and two barroOm
aldermen hold over, and three short-term
aldermen are TO be elected.
The citizens reform association Of Macon
met Thursday night at the academy Of
music. There are over TOO members banded
together to support only those legislative
candidates who favor registration law for
Bib county, police and cemetery com
mission. The letter of Charles L. Bartlett
candidate for the senate, was regarded as
evaslve, and slap in theface, and resolu-
ton was adopted that the association at
tend the democratic convention called for
Saturday at the court house to nominate
and elect uninstructed delegates to
the district senatorial convention. One
important feature was Judge Emory Speer
rising and asking that his name be recorded
as a member of the association.
Two young ladies of Americas, Misses
Annie Matthews and Alice We'll had a ter
ri lie fright while picking berries in a small
swamp near the home of Mrs Tharpe. q
mile or two from the city Tuesday after
noon. A ferocious catamount sprang sud
denly and without warning from the swamp
and attacked them savagely, tearing their
dresses and biting at them with all the
ferocity of its species. The young ladies
tor fxf,xh
stout club each, they managed to beat the
animal from them, they retreating toward
the house. 1t is supposed that the cata-
mount had litter of young ones in the
swamp close by, and the too near approach
of the girls to the den is what provoked the
attack.
A young man and lady living in Dooly
we're engaged, but the girls mother OBJ ected
to the prospective son-in-law. They made
up plan by which they expected to evade
the old lady and elope The old woman
dropped on TO the racket and kept low until
the night of the enterprise, and by some
means kept the girl out of the way until
she played her trick She dressed herself
out, took the stand that the girl was to fill,
and awaited results. The young fellow and
companion drove up. The young chap
jumped out, threw shawl over the girls
head, put her in the buggy, jumped in, and
away they went. The old lady scuffied
until she got the shawl off and then went to
work. She shrieked murder help! and
tore that fellows head and face until he
found out that the old lady was mistress Of
the situation, when he jumped from the
buggy aud has "gone west" The old lady
made the other chap take her back home,
and threatened to have him arrested for
trying TO kidnap, if he didn't behave and
promise not to try TO steal her girl again.
He made the promise.
A few months ago story was published
about lonely confederate soldiers grave
near the water works at Atlanta. II. II.
Owens, proprietor of the marble works at
Toccoa, heard OF the grave and wrote let
ter to j. b. Travis, the water works en-
gineer, stating that he would contribute a
marble slab for the grave, if Mr.. Travis
would pay the expense of transportation
This was agreed 10, and the monument
was shipped and erected over the lonely
grave. 1t was plain slab, and on it was
this inscriptions: Unknown to fame, died
for his country, all the samen Las
week Mr. Owens was arrested for
selling whisky in Habersham county and
sent TO Fulton county jail last Saturday.
Thursday morning of this week he gave a
bond of $500 and was released. Mr.. Owens
noble act in memory of a dead soldier en-
deared him 10 MIR. Travis, and he lacked no
attention while in prison. Mr.. Travis on
Thursday met Mr. Owens. who, he thought,
was a stranger, and discovered to his sur
prise. that they were old friends in the
army. Mr.. Travis invited his old chum
out TO his home near the water works,
where they spent the day in talking over