The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

form Ter AllleQgeN4ll6 E6lF5 10 the
Fisher Estate-A Tree Under Which
Lorenzo Dow Preached over 100
Years -Ago-Desths from Lightning.
GEORGIA
Twenty-eight thousand acres Of wild lands
are 70 be sold for taxes at Blairs vile, . MON
sounty, the first Tuesday in September
next
The lightning of Saturday tore M the
generator Of the electric street railway at
Macon. and until new arnature could be
sbtained the motive power was mules.
The Baptist church at Miledgeyille has
been furnished with beautiful new seats and
carpeting at a cost Of nearly 5000. a fine
pipe organ will also be put in place in few
weeks.
The Masons Of WaycrOss will dedicate
their new building some time during the
month Of July. The brick work is all COM
pleted, and the timers and carpenters are
now engaged in putting on the roof and the
necessary wood work
a man. supposed to be a. Moe Of Glen
more, mas mysteriousiy disappeared from
Brunswick, and it is feared that be either
met with foul play or fell into the bay and
was drowned. he was supposed 70 be in
town for the purpose Of investing in real
estate.
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TAYLOR county, while on their way TO
picnic in the upper part Of Talbot county
got into fight, and Barker stabbed Cumbie
in several places. DR.. Philpot was called
10 the wounded man, and, while the wound
is dangerous, the doctor says it Is not neces-
sarily fatal.
Hinesville alliance elected the following
officers last week: President, S. d. Brad
well; vice president. Benz. Darsey; secre-
tAry, Geo. N. Mills; treasurer, Joseph B.
Fraser; chaplain, Rev. II. Andrews; ;
lecturer. Rev. W. D. McGregor; assistant
lecturer, DR.. A L Hendry; dOorkeeper,
Arthur Ashmore; assistant dOorkeeper. I.
E. Cosveil delegates 20 the county alliance,
s D. Bradwell and Benz. Darsey.
When the Whitesburg AdcdHce was
found among the state exchanges this week
the compiler Of the state items in the
MORNING NKws thought he had struck one
Of the big papers Of the west by
mistake Il consists Of sixteen pages,
AdUdHcs are bound to keep up with the
procession though the heavens fall in the
attempt People who want 10 learn all
about Carroll county can't do better than
read the last issue Of the Adrdnce.
jerome Tuttle died at the insane asylum
at Milledgeville Sunday. futile has been in
the asylum only a short while, caused by
excessive drinking. He was one Of the
greatest circus men that ever lived, being
champion lumber Of the world for many
years He was the first man that ever
turned double somsrsault and one Of the
only ones 70 turn q triple. He also ranked
very high as a trapeEe actor and bareback
rider. He was a native of Baldwin county,
and had Travelled all over the world with
the finest circuses on the road.
Cartersville CouTdnt-Americdn II is
related as an absolute truth that the other
day q man from near here was dining at
one Of our leading hotels, and the time for
serving ice cream having arrived, q saucer
full was placed near his plate. He took a
good fat biscuit, and, carefully pulling IL
apart, took his knife and pasted a half Of It
with the substance. Taking a vigorous bite
in which he came near getting his thumb
nail, he turned with look of disgust to a
friend next him and said, 81 am swamped,
Bill, if this here amt the coolest butter
ever seedn
The state road examining committee,
consisting Of Col. Screven, DR.. Hillyer and
Col. Clarke, returned to Atlanta Monday
and are now working on the report they
will make to the governor. They have
been over the road and have examined it
very carefully, but their work is not yet
finished. They returned to Atlanta TO put
their preliminary notes in shape, SO that
road will be necessary. They hope that it
will not be, for they think they have ex-
amined every detail provided for in the
lease act. The report will be ready by June
81, the day fixed for its being handed in to
the governor.
Within few feet of the large spring at
Franklin Springs is the stump of what was
once a giant poplar tree. The tree had
three large limbs, which joined together
near the ground. It is said that Lorenzo
Dow, over 100 years ago, preached a sermon
at the foot Of this poplar on the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost" using the three
branches of the tree as an illustration of the
triune God. The story was told Daniels
vile Monitor reporter by Mr.. w. NJ. Webb,
whose grandfather, Andy Mower, heard
the sermon. The sermon was said to be a
powerful one, and was heard by thousands
of people from the counties Of Franklin and
Wilkes, which two counties then embraced
all that part of Georgia.
The same thunderstorm which killed
young Campbell and stunned his compan-
ions at Macon, on Saturday afternoon,
also took the life of an old negro and two
of his mules. Mack Neal was the name of
the negro, and he had been hauling wood
with wagon and two mules when the
storm began. AS he drove by the Jere
Hollis place, on the Houston road, Neal
his nephews, who was standing in q house
near by, saw the old man get out of the
wagon and 20 around in front of the mules.
At about that moment binding and deaf
ening stroke of lightning came
down and struck the tree. At first a
dense smoke arose around the tree.
as though it were on fire, and the boy could
not see what had become of his uncle. As
soon as he dared the boy went to the tree.
and found his uncle and the mule stretched
hfeless on the ground Large patches and
rows Of hair had been burned from the
sides Of the mules, and the old man lay near
them, still holding the reins in his iifeless
fist. The lightning had made fearful signs
On the old Negroes body. His whole face
and his breast down to his waist as well as
his arms, had been scorched and blistered
by the heavy current as though he had been
drawn through furnace, and in many
places the skin and flesh we're burned AWAY
nearly 70 the bone.
D., J. W., William, G. W. and T. A.
Caraker and Samuel Kramer of Milledge-
vile are among the legal heirs to one
twelfth Of the alleged estate of S51, O0O. OOC
left by Baron Fisher and now lying in the
vaults OF the German government. One OF
the Carakers now has in his possession 6
Bible containing the record of births. mar
rlages, deaths, ETC., for over a century il
the handwriting of the Fishers, which il
now a very valuable relic, especially as il
furnishes proof Of the relationship. Judge