The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-06

/ railroad company for thirteen years. lie
was the partner Of one man, john
! H. Earle of New YORK, lu the cotton
( commission business for thirty years.
/ He has occupied one Office, written at
| one desk and used one chair for thirty-Hine
| wears. He has used one gold watch f5r
/ fortv-o1e years; he was SUPERINTENDENT OF
/ one Sabbath 8 nool for forty three years
! The official records Of one church are IN his
| hand writing forty-fve years. be has been
/ a member trustee and stewart or one
: church for forty nine years. De has resided
/ in one dwelling house for fifty years. He
has lived happily with one wife for htty-
two years. de has been a citizen of one
city-TallahGssee- ifty-four years.
A special from Bronson TO the Jackson
Vile Standard says: There was great
gathering of alliaucemen ct Hardee's camp
ground Ia this county Thursday to greet
Hon. A F. Baskin. the secretary of the
state alliance, and Tom Sawyer, the
lecturer. Suddenly, while the vast throng
was listedlng with rapJ attention 10 words
of alliance wisdom, four pisto. shots sounded
IN rapid succession from the edge Of the
crowd and man was seen to stagger and
fall heavily b the earth. A thrill Of horror
swept over the assembly, women screamed
and men shouted, while all rushed
toward the fallen man. inQuiring
Of each other the cause Of the
difficulty. DR.. ClayWell Of LeyYvil.e was
present sad quickly ran to the wounded
man. tut q single glance was sufficient TO as
sure him that it was matter beyond NOR
tai skill, four bullets having passed through
the breast and back of the victim. There
were a few gasps for breath, twitchi.g
of the muscles OF TIE face and one more was
aided to the list Of violent deaths in Flor
iia. The slain man WAS named Locke and
his slayer Kidd. 1t seemed that there had
been bad feeling between the parties for
some time, and Locke came upon the picnic
grounds with the aVoWed intention of kill
ing Kidd, but only succeeded in getting
himself killed. The killing was one of those
very unfortunate affairs whicn it seems i'm
possible 10 prevent, and yet the fair name OF
Florida must suffer. There was no drink
ing on the ground, and both parties seemed
duly sober. 1t was considered an act Of
necessity on the part of Kidd, ard he has
the sympathy OF the entire neighborhood.
Nor was there heard in all that great
crowd one word Of regret at the termina-
ton Of the difficulty. or course all those
good people bewailed the occurrence, and
were sorry that any killing should have
taken place, but they did not seem to con-
slider that Kidd acted other than in self
defense"
Following is a fuller account Of
a tragic occurrence already announced
in special from Fernandina
70 the MORNING NEWS. 1t is
from the Fernandina Mirror: During
the thunder storm yesterday a heavy bolt
of lightning struck rude shanty in which
a dummy engine had been placed, and in
which several persons we're at work. This
shanty is near Reeds mill, where some #
the workmen were watching the yachts
while racing, leaving William Wilson,
Charles Dixon Ia colored man, William
Sharp Jr., ard Aleck Pratt at the engine
house. When the bolt struck with a terri
bic crash, Mr.. P. A. Nichols, who was
looking at it from the Reed mill, saw
a dark object fall to the ground.
He rushed over aud discovered Will
open and clothing on fire. Finding Wilson
dead, he hastily extinguiehed the burning
clothing and went to the assistance of
Dixon, William Sharp and Pratt, all of
whom had been felled to the ground and
rendered insensibe either by the lightning
or the timber which had been hurled upon
them by it. With great presence of mind,
and unassisted, Mr.. Nichols carried the
body of Wilson out into the rain. In the
meantime Capt Sharp had arrived and
taken charge of his son, and Pratt
had recovered from his shock. DR..
Horsey was sent for, and the
injured men soon recovered from the effects
Of the shocks received, although Dixon was
made quite sick at the stomach, and found
relief only after severe vomiting. On care
full examination 1t was found that the bolt,
after striking the building, had descended
upon the head OF Wilson, who was sitting
immediately underneath, the electric fluid
passing through his entire body. Every
stitch in the straw bat and the pants he had
on was ripped out, the latter being perforated
with small holes about the size of an
ordinary pin-head C. B. Nichols. who
was also in tie Reed mill, was thrown across
the building by the shock, but not ipjure l.
DR.. Horsey says it Is almost miraculous that
all the men we're not killed. The force Of
the lightning was such as to hurl pieces OF
timber at least 100 feet. William Wilxon,
the dead man, was about 25 years old and
was carpenter by trade. He had only
been in the city some two months and was
in the employ of Contractor Eastmore."