The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWs OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Storms In Georgia-Atlanta WIN
Have Her Notwithstanding the
Okefinokee-Last Of the Balancing
Rock at Madison.
It is estimated that the population or La
Grange will be about 1900.
A lady OF Madison has copies of Rich
mond papers published during the war.
The Rev. H. B. Bartlett, tax assessor Of
Carroll county, died at his home in Kansas
district Wednesday evening.
Joe Appling thinks he has discovered the
grave of an Indian chief on his place near
Lexington. His find so far consists of three
arrow heads
The 500 needed to purchase lion for
Grant park at Atlanta has been raised by
the Journal, and the king of beasts will be
purchased at once.
Macon is threatened with an ice famine.
Thirty tons day is all that is available to
supply A, 900 people. All the cities within
200 miles of Macon are suffering in the
same way.
Lightning struck the telegraph wire at
the depot at La Grange Saturday, and ran
down to the operators instrument, where it
exploded like the report from heavily
charged gun.
The Peabody Institute will begin at the
Piedmont Chatauqua grounds, near At
lanta, Tuesday, next week. Prof. Z. E.
Sheib Of the University of South Carolina
will act as conductor.
A young man named Helton, fiagman
on the Midland railroad near cambridge,
had an arm so. badly injured on Monday,
near the Chattahoochee river, by a train,
that amputation had to be resorted to.
The latest thing at Amoskeag is to go to
the Hot Springs and Quaff the water, spark
ling pure and scalding hot, pure distilled
water, as it flows from the pipe from the
dry kiln. The water is said to be a panacea
for all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Lightning struck Capt Boyd's residence
at Leary Sunday evening, but did no
damage, owing to the conductors, further
than tearing off considerable papering from
the walls of one room and administering a
severe shock to the inmates of the house.
During a heavy rain storm at Madison
last Wednesday lightning struck the colored
Baptist church in that city, tearing off a
plank from the steeple. The building suf-
fered but little damage. A tree in front of
Mrs. Dennis Robertson's residence was also
struck and shattered by the shock.
John Witt (colored) was killed by mule
at Jefferson last Sunday. He had gone to
church at Poplar Springs, and was walking
around where the mules were hitched, when
one of them kicked him in the side with the
force Of battering ram, and killed him
instantly.
While Col. J. T. Lane was engaged with
his team on plantation near Bailey's mill,
on the Columbus road, near Macon, Thurs
day, stroke Of lightning killed three of
his mules, and the rim OF his hat was de-
stroyed by being set on fire by the same
stroke. His wife and four negroes were
standing within forty feet of the spot where
the lightning struck.
The MORNING NEWS is indebted to the
Eastman Times for several interesting news
items this week. The Times is very strong
IN its local and, in fact, every department.
1t is also worthy of compliment for the
neatness of its typographical work. If
every town in Georgia had as good paper
as the Times they would have reason to
congratulate themselves.
John Campbell had a very narrow escape
IN the wagon yard back of the alliance
store at Carrollton last Monday evening.
While fixing the gear to put on his mule to
hitch to his buggy his feet got caught in the
lines, and the mule, becoming frightened,
ran across the yard, some fifty or sixty
yards, dragging him. Finally the lines
pulled his shoe off, and thus he was released.
AS John Gay. a colored laborer on the
Adams place, was taking nap on the rail-
road near his work few days ago, so re-
lates the Schley County NeaUs, he was
aroused by something moving around him.
On opening his eyes he discovered huge
rattlesnake stretched out by his side. John
rolled down the embankment like turtle
off log, and got away from there in short
order.
Friday evening last about dark one of the
most destructive rain storms ever known in
that section visited the upper portion of
Oglethorpe county, going from northeast to
southwest. 1t did not cover a very wide
strip of territory, but spread destruction in
the narrow path IL traversed Lands were
terribly washed and untold damage done to
crops. In places it was accompanied with
some wind and hail.
Last Sunday evening as John r. Gibbons
of Dodge county was driving along the road
near Gum swamp, a little gale sprang I'D.
and there being number of dead trees
standing alongside of the road, one of them
was blown down and fell directly across the
back of the mule which he was driving.
Fortunately the tree was very much de-
cayed, and on striking the mule few into
fragments without doing any serious in
jury.
An employe of the Amoskeag Lumber
Company has quite history. He is a
colored man, who was born, reared and
educated in the state of Maine. Entering
the army he went west under Gen. Clusters
command, as orderly sergeant, and tells of
many thrilling adventures, being one of the
survivors of the terrible Custer massacre.
He has drifted down to the land that he
would seem to belong to, and quietly at
tends to his work as those to the mannor
born.
Eastman Times: Mr.. Reuben Brown of
MitchelPs district, eight miles west of East
man, reports that on Thursday last terri
BILE cyclone passed within fifty yards of his
house, and did great damage to his grow
ing crops. He says the cyclone was not
over 300 yards wide and did not ex-
tend over half mile, but that it WAS ter
riffc and destroyed everything in its wake
uprooting trees by the thousands. He
estimates his damage at about $500. None
of his neighbors report any damage from
it, and no sign of it issvisible outside of the
half mile track near his residence.
Madison MddiSonidn: The famous "bal-
anced rock" is no more. The stone cutters
who have been getting granite near Hard
Labor creek to ship to Macon have blasted
the old balanced rock into many pieces. It
was a pity that this renowned natural curl
osity should have been destroyed by the
hand of man when there is so much gran
lite in the world. The old rock has been
famous landmark for generations past. land
people from far and near have visited il
and rested against its messy sides. Bal
anced upon natural pivot, it could be
easily shaken bllt never movad out ~ ;+s