The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-24

Gainesville Vindicator: The heavy rain
| early Monday morning raised the streams
everywhere. Cod Spring creek seems 20
have been Unexpectedly and suddenly
swollen by the mountain torrents that came
| pouring into lis sources. TIE ford on the
Ialbotton road near John Fowler was
swimming 10 distance of thirty yards, the
angry waters surGi &, roaring and spreaI-
ing over space Of nearly one hundred
yards. Two gentlemen coming 70
town struck the creek. The rush.
ing waters began bearing the buggy down
stream, the mule CALAMITY pulling for the
shore, The driver put forth all his energy
In guiding the struggling animal Alright
aud says bis brother turned to praying and
and poured forth one of the most earnest
and feeling petitions ever heard. After
brave effort and a swim OF thirty yards the
mule reached terra firma, hats, overcoats
and hood all safe.
Au accident that ended in the death Of
Conductor Lindley Murray, happened be-
TIVE Fleetwood and Rex, Sunday mora
ing about O'Clock. Conductor Murray's
train became detached over at this place on
the long grade just beyond Mrs. Setzer's
| place about one mile from town and was run
into by another section under Ca t. Snod-
grass his train being so badly disabled it
was placed in the side track until soma re-
pairs could be made on the engine His
cao9ose was being taken on to Atlanta
by Capt. Snodgrass, being placed about
the middle Of his train, it again became de-
tached into sections, and as the engineer
was slowing up for the next station he
could not Tell that anything was wrong.
Meanwhile the first detachment OF the train
had come to staudstll, and the second de-
t7chment came laundering dOw1 the steep
grade on TO thu first and Capt. Murray's
cab pose, being the first one that struck, was
literally torn TO pieces Several of the
crew we're badly hurt, as they were asleep
when the crash came and did not have time
TO escape.
The public would be surprised 30 know
what narrow escape the Capital bank OF
Macon had Of a run" owing to the John
| l.. ADAMS forgery case, but the dep )sItors
| quickly beeaine reassu cd that there was no
| occasion for alarm as regards the s1lidity
OF the institu ion. When 1t became known
| throughout the city that the Capital bank
fhed lost S2l 900, aud perhaps more, some
| OF the depOsitOrs became s aky aud wanted
| to draw out" hut when Cashier Ho igkins
brought cut Of the vaults large piles OF
| greenbacks and great sacks OF silver and
displayed them in full view, and wien the
| largest depo1irors not only did not draw out
| their deposits, but added thereto, reassur-
| anco went all along the line, there was no
run, and tine Capital la k allowed It's
| notice to remain floating to he breeze:
| "Al deposits paid on demand" Cashier
| Hodgblns may become as famous as the re-
| ceiver In theP1oleson bank case with his
10 cents assets. All the available cash
assets that Cashier Hodgkias hollis from
the Adams failure are 2ll 65, mostly in
| counterfei coin, and 81 Of Mexica money,
that wera found In little bag 10 the SAT of
| Adams az Son, which is not much OF a
stand off for an indebtedness Of 600
| Fuller details have been receive Of the
| cyclone Ia Banks county last NJ ,uday. IL
| came from tho southwest and Travelled to
| the northeast. The track of the cyclone
was 100 yards WIDE and utterly destroyed
everything in its path. The house of Will
| lam Meaders, a strong framed building,
was torn to pieces. His wife was blown
| under the house, breaking her shoulder and
| injuring her internally. Shs is rs wears old
and Is not expected TO live. William Mead
| ers was struck on the back of the head. but
not seriously hurt Thomas Stevens lived
within a few hundred yards Of Mead
ers. His house was tOrl up so badly
| that scarcely one piece ofsstimber re-
| mai ms upon another. He was in front Of
his fireplace and was killed instantly by the
| rock from the chin ey. His son, William
Stevens, was blown 100 yards, his Loft thigh
| broken, and he rec aived other bruises He
Is also dead. Father and son were buried
having be IN blown fifty yards. Others of
the family are hurt, but not seriously. II
blew everything in the house away leavi IL
| the remainder of the family without a gar
ment 10 wear. l. killed several hogs and
cattle for the Stevens family, and their
chi kens have not been heard from.
James Wright had quite num-
Der of tenement houses on bis place. They
are all destroyed, but no one was hurt
| except Mrs. Rice. She had her babe four
days old, in her arms She received blow
across her forehead cutting a cash three
lnceeS long. The babe was not hurt. ia mes
Eubanks had fine horse killed. Nume'-
GUS papers, baoss and clothing belonging t
the Stevens amiy were found seven miles
away. The timber in the storms path is
blown in every direction, and in many
instances large trees ara twisted Off several
feet from the ground.
Perry Home journal: As far back as the
oldest inhabitant can remember this part of
Houston county had moral, law-abiding,
and fond OF entertaining citizens. Yet it
lojks odd t1at when they laid out the
village they planned the church and circled
race course adiolnl <. aud thea made the
graveyard ready. The grounds are now
occupied by tho Evergreen cemetery, and
t 20 thoroughbredS are chiefly Of the mule
persuasion. Perry had some rare old times
with horse races, fairs, and general jolhty
The village did not grow rapidly.
but 1t became a right smart
town and a county seat, as it
now is. 1t never became famous as the
center Of any very stirring events, even
d ring the war. Even Sherman on his
march missed it by many mile. In the
fifties the liquids were as numerous as the
solids, and OPT ions were maintained with
tue rigidity Of muscle by the outsiders, Tho
democrats and the wings had frequent rem
counters, and the most memorable was
when Thomas Gilbert, a brawny democrat,
and William Haddock, a stalwart whig,
met TO have 1t out. They hit, wrestled,
rolled over and over. and battered up glori-
ously-they found out hey were too evenly
matched t. ever lick each other. They were
indicted by the grand jury of Houston
county for riot, however, aud
Judge Tracy, in calling the case,
said THE state of Georgia VS.
Thomas Gilbert aud William Haddock and
the balance Of Houston county for riot"
Perry gave the supreme court OF Georgia
its first reporter in James NJ. Kelly. The
major was made squire before he became
legal luminary, and the first case brought
before him was as TO white man stealing
hog The idea that SO lire did not have
full juris iiction in the premises did not APP
pear TO him, 10 he Immediately tried the
case, and as the statutory punishment was
thirty-nine lasheS, he sentenced the poor
accused accordingly, aud the lashes were
applied forthwith. Luckily for the major
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