The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-31

the heavy losses paid during the year, the
{ co upany is in excellent ,ndiuon. and
| begins another wear uCder most favorable
| co iditi Dns Only a few weeks ago the
directors invested 81. 900 Ia a permanent
| homs for the company. which il now
! ccc1 pies. The Old officers aud directors
were reelected as follows: Presi lent, r.
| J. Lowry: secretary, Joel Hurt: dirsc ors,
! NJ. c. Kiser, :. ". Inman, R. J. Lowry, T.
L. Langsto1, George Winship, Henry Jack
son, Joel Hurt, T. g. Hsaly, J. II. Porter.
| In speaking Of the narrow escape from
| the gallOws made by z TX Newton, the
negro murdsrer who would have bee
| hanged az No gan Tuesday but for the
| governors respite, Executive Secretary J..
| w. Warren, VINO has seen moro governors
| in and out of the executive Office than any
| man who has been connected with the de
partment since the war, said this morning
that he had never known a respite applied
| for till this last moment Though the
| friends of condemned men know for DAYS
| that they are going TO make an effort in
| their behalf, appare tly it never occurs 70
them 10 act till the last minute. The
prisoner always has TO undergo the mental
suffering attached to the pr lspect Of ha lg-
ing, and in 50 re cases after respite has
been granted 1t Is a question whether the
order can reach the sheriff in time TO be Of
avail.
G. z. Ryckman of Brocton. y. Y, who
enjoys the reputation Of being the largest
Individual wins producer IN " estern New
York, is in Macon examining the soil aud
making investigations in regard TO the
eli late Of that part Of Georgia. He will
also visit Florida He has become con-
WINGED that the south is the best place for
producing early table grapes, and, with
almost unlimited means at his command, he
has come down to look up locations for
vineyards of colossal proportions. He has
come south with the intention Of planting
at least 800 acres in grapes in the south.
These vineyards will be located in different
parts of the country. 1t is possible that he
viii plant $40 acres near Macon, aud that
most of the vines viii be of the Della ware
vriety, which is a most elegant table
grape. He is going to make a specially of
wine-making, aud the prevailing varieties
in his vineyards will be the Rstivalls varie-
ties, such as the Cynthisaa, Bacchus, Ives
and Norton's Virginia. BY blending the
juice Of these different varieties, a port
wine is made which is unexcelled. The
Niagara white grape is not only fine table
variety, but makes magnificent wine
Athens Banner: DR.. E. S. Lyndon gives
us the following cases of suffering from a
stroke Of lightning which occurred during
the war, and they go to show that even
lightning is not always sure death: In the
summer Of ga two soldiers were lying on
the ground in their tent, near Petersburg,
Va. They were facing each other-one
resting on his right side the other on his
left. They were both struck on the head
by lightning. The current ran across the
face and breast, and out where the hips
rested on the ground, leaving a burn from
one TO six inches WIDE aud tearing the flesh
fearfully whe g it escaped. The wou ids
were precisely alike--o ily in one it went
from right to left, and in the other
from left 70 right. One man had on a
thick, old fashioned homemade wool hat.
The lightning cut a smooth, round hole the
size Of buckshot through it, Both men
were brought to the 5. c. hospital, Peters
burg, Va, in an unconscious condition. and
remained so for ten or twelve days. When
consciousness was restored, they said the
last thing they remembered was lying in
their teut talking during the rain. There
was partial paralysis in the lower extremi-
ties. Both men recovered sufficiently to
trave! and were furloughed and went home
They were from South Carolina, and should
either Of them sss this the writer would be
glad to hear from them.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun has just
sold to Dodson of Atlanta, au old drum
cyli lder Hoe press, which has history.
The press was first purchased by Capt.
Hanleiter of Atlanta and was used for
evening paper in that city. At the out
break OF the war George w. Adair and J.
Henley Smith purchased is press from
either Hanleiter or j. J. Toon, and escab.
lished daily paper called the Southern
ConfederGcy. The paper published morn
ing, evening and weekly editions, and
its publication continued uninter-
rupted until Sherman invaded
Atlanta. After the war, the press
was moved to Macon ami used in JOB
Office for short ii ne. In August, 1865,
it was purchased by Thomas Gilbert & Co.
propretors of the old Columbus Sun, and
used in printing that paper until 1878, when
it was sold, with the paper, TO the Enquirer
The press was used in printing the Enquirer
Sun until year or two ago The old
press was sold few weeks ago, and w. s.
d. Wilke is now in Colu bus boxing il up
to be shipped to Atlanta. This gentleman
was pressmsn for Smith & Adair, and used
the old press in printing the Southern
COnfedrdcy during the war. Mr.. Wllks
says that 1t is the first power press he ever
handled, and that in 1868, when feeder
was needed Mr.. Adair went to negro mart
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