The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-18

southwest and demolish two shanties, tear
up trees and jerk out the columns Of the
negro church, that were in its track. The
track WAS about fifty yards WIDE and for
a short distance its path was marked by
destruction, giving evidence of its terrible
force. There has been no report of damage
on either side of Oak Lawn, and we believe
that the storm dipped down for a short
distance and passed up again beyond the
surface OF the earth and spent its fury IN
mid-air. Fortunately no one was injured
aud the damage was not much, and can be
replaced at small cost"
The Macon dummy line is in troubled
waters. Complaints are being made
against it because its engines make too
much noise and emit too much smoke and
too many sparks. The matter eliminated
Tuesday by two suits being filed against the
company, aggregating $55, 900. w. A.
Huff, as trustee for his wife, Mrs. Matte
Huff, brings suit for $4,000 damages. The
bill is quite lengthy, and among other
things alleges that the dummy line has
ruined Vinevile as a pleasure drive, put
ting the roadway in front Of his house into
bitches, gullies and ruts. and making the
road well nigh impossible; formerly con-
denSers were used on the engines when
coke was burnt, but the condensers have
been removed, and great noise goes forth,
frightening horses, and making driving,
especially for ladies, very unsafe; great
volumes of smoke are emitted, filling
houses with dirt and filth, and i'm
mense sparks are belched forth,
constantly endangering property by fire
Sleep is also broken by the loud roaring
noise of the engine. Mrs. Valeria Clay,
who lives on Spring street, opposite whose
residence the dummy passes, also brings
suit for s., 900 damages against the dummy,
alleging that the smoke from the dummy is
so great and unbearable that she and family
cannot sit out on the front porch in COM
fort, and are frequently driven into the
house and have to shut doors and windows
to keep out the smoke. 1t is almost impos-
sible at times to sleep at night because of
the great noise of the dummy.
Covington Star: The unknown man W no
was killed at Stone Mountain some three
weeks ago, is now thought to have been
named Neal Thomas. He is also thought
by some to have been the prepetrator of the
Pitts house tragedy in Covington. He and
REVERE, the man who is now in jail at
Decatur, charged with his murder, are
both known to have been at the Pitts house
in CoviDgtOn, in company. with Thomas
and Cohen, about two weeks before the Pitts
| house tradgedy occurred. This fact seerns
| TO be proof that the four men we're friends,
and the murdered man and REVERE must
| have known the habits and character of
Thomas and Cohen, and knew they were in
the habit OF carrying large sums of money
upon their persons when they
were travelling about the country.
While it is true that neither the muir
dered man nor REVERE, are positively known
| to have been here on the night of the Pitts
house tragedy, still it is quite possible for
the murdered man to haXe been here on
that fatal night, without attracting the
special notice of any one, although hs5was
| a stranger here. A. D. REVERE, who is
now in Jail at Decatur. is known to have
been at the Pitts house only three or four
| days before the murder of Thomas, when
he skipped" bis board bill. 1t is not
definitely known, however, whether the
murdered man at Stone Mountain was with
| him on that occasion or not. Both the
murdered man and REVERE were in Gov
| ington during the last week of our superior
| court, and appeared to be deeply interested
| in the trial OF Charlie Echols. Wers they
anxious he should be convicted? Who
| knows! Their presence here during the
trial was at least sifinifcant of that fact.