The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-01

Returns.
GEORGIA
Last week there were five peach distil-
1eries Hcensed in lroup county, and all OF
them are busy making peach brandy by this
time.
A few people in the eastern part of At
Ianta declare that they felt two distinct
but slight shocks of earthquake Saturday
night
Three brothers met in Brunswick a day
or two ago for the first Ii ne in i've years.
From one Of them the o.her two gained IN
formation that their parents died eight
wears ago. They had runaway from home
an boyhOod.
Ike Watkins Ccolored, was killed by
lightning at Milledgeville last Thursday
afternoon. He was farming on DR.. Halls
Beckham Mount place, and when the rain
came up be sought shelter under tree.
HIS death was instantaneous.
Several days ago a report was put in cir
culation about the finding Of $50, 900 IA cash
by the administrators If the estate OF A ).
White. The find turns out to be $1,000 in
confederate bonds and the balance IN the
same now worthless, money.
A petition is being circulated to the gov
ernor to have John T. Allen appointed
county judge of Baldwin. Judge +. G.
Ramsay has been recommended for reap
pointment by the grand jury, and has sent
his application to the governor.
A few days ago while Gus Mckenzie,
living on the place of Miles B!oodworth,
in the southern part Of Baldwin county,
was going down the steps Of his house they
gave way, causing him to fall backward
and strike his head on the door sill, after
which be was unconscious. Mr.. Mckenzie
lived only twenty-four hours after the acct
dent.
Moses Smith s(colored) living near the
Gross Roads in Washington county went to
b. G. Smiths plantation on Tuesday last,
and stayed all night The next morning
Nose was missing and search was made for
him. On Thursday he was found in an old
clubhouse in a badly beaten condition. The
persons who did the whipping and their
motive are deep mystery.
William Chandler of Waynesboro saws
that some years ago he saw party of
twelve men, living at aud around old Ring
gold, 60 fishing, each one carrying with him
his fishing tackle in the shape of a sledge-
hammer They would strike the lodges of
rock covered in water, and the strong CON
cusson from the heavy blows would stun
the fish, and enable the fishermen to gather
them in.
At Brunswick at 2:l0 o'clock yesterday
morning fire destroyed the large two-stOry
building on the corner of Wolf and Il
streets, occupied by MeSsrs Moody q Lang
as grocery store. The building and its
contents were entirely destroyed. Mr.
Lang had a trunk burned that contained
among other things $40 in cash. The stock
was valued at about $500, and was par
italy insured.
Col. John C. Printup has just returned
to Rome from Chattanooga. Il
succeeded in accomplishing what l went
for said Col. Printup. 81 have the
authority to say that a 100000 enterprise
is TO be located in Rome within thirty or
forty days. However. l don't care Just
now to say what it will be. 1t will furnish
work for over 100 hands, and will be big
thing for Rome.n
A negro man named Van Malone, was
found dead in the woods, not far from the
pubic road in Brewers district, Newton
county, ON Monday. Coroner Nolen was
notified of the fact, and he proceeded at
once TO impannel jury and inquire into
the cause of the Negroes death; but no evil
dence could be obtained to show that he
had not come to death in a right and proper
manner. The verdict of the jury was that
he came to his death by the hands of un-
known parties.
A meeting of the citizens of Augusta was
held Tuesday to protest against the city cOun-
Gil adopting an ordinance now before it pro-
v1diDg for tolls on the new river bridge
Resolutions we're adopted declaring it the
sense Of the meeting that the bridge should
be free, and appointing a committee to can
vass the business interests of the city and
secure the signature of each house. either
for or against free bridge, so that the
council might know what is the popular
will in the matter.
AT Macon, Tuesday, George B. Turpin.
vice president of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad, rendered to A. b. Small
$1,000 in payment for his property on Fifth
street, through which it is desired to run
the road. This amount was fixed by con-
demnation jury, as Mr.. Small had fixed
$4,000 as the value of the property in dis
pute. AS he thought the property was APP
praised at too small a sum, he declined Mr.
Turpin's tender, and VIII carry the case tC
the supreme court
AT Waycross the citizens fled an iniunc-
ton against the town council for giving
Miles AlbertSon contract for lighting the
city with electricity. The case was argued
before Judge Spencer r. Atkinson Of
Brunswick Tuesday; Col J. L. Sweat fol
the city and Leon Wilson and John Nc
Donald for the citizens. The case wa
argued all day. From the speeches made
on both sides Judge Atkinson did not rem
der his decision, but viii send the same il
writing when he returns to Brunswick.
Oneof Ellavilles gallant young disciples O
Blackstone, finding business in the legal pro
fession rather dull at this season, and having
wife and baby TO provide for, laid ava,
his law books, closed his office, dotted hi
standing collar, congress CATERS and cour
s7sase clothes, hauled on his seediest gar
ments, seized trowel, and sailed forth L
earn bread by the sweat of his brow unit
the law business picked up. He had gottel
job of brick laying, and earned over $40
before his friends missed him out of town.
Griffin Sun: The press in the fruit shin
ping districts of this state have been givini
returns of the car of fruit which netted tn
largest amount in their particular terri
tory, the highest of which was about $9OC
A number of cars have been shipped from
here which have turned about that amour
back to the shipper, but the best return o
the season is from car shipped by Judls
j. d. Cunningham from his orchard nea
here which netted 81, 2S6. This beats then
all and puts Griffin way ahead The shin
ment was to Boston.
Sheriff Hartley of Crawford county ha
an experience with a mob last week, whic
he will remember for some time A nerr
living near Knoxville was taken from hi
house Thursday night, and, after bein
whipped by mob Of twelve other nerroe.
was locked up in his house, portion OF tn
crowd in the meantime having robbed tn
little cabin of 80 cents, all the money to b
found Sheriff Hartley got wind of tn
affair, and summoniGg a posse, be CAV
chase and secured the mob without an OK
cceptlon. lie then placed them i'll jai