The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-22

widower living In this county married
handsome widow resident 10 Atlanta
After a wedding tour, and a brief sojourn
at our popular hotel here, the couple took
up their abode in the Gate city. 1t was 10
derstood that all the worldly possessions Of
to the widow. The aged gentleman's
dream of happiness was brief Soon he
sickened and died. There was funeral at
Oakland cemetery. and the grave
wss in the lot owned by the twice
widowed wife. The former husband
slept his last sleep in one corner Of the
lot, and the man OF her later choice was
laid to rest in the far corner opposite. So
slept they for awhile. Two years brought
a change in the cemetery lot. the second
husband now lies close TO the dust OF his
predecessor. The widow OF the two owns
but half Of the lot first mentioned That
half OF it which contained the grave OF the
old man. whose feet often pressed the soil OF
this good county, had been cut of and sold
to some stranger who desired the privilege
Of sepulture. What irony does fate main
tainl The sordid money which the second
bridal brought the woman was increased
when the bones of her decrepit spouse rat
tied into his second grave.
The storm at Macon Tuesday night was
terrific one and did an incalculable amount
Of damage to property all over Macon. The
uOOu-kAbe8 Oh bne u6AVeub were Opeusu duu
the Streets were converted into channels for
the surging waters. The stress of the storm
was particularly severe in East Macon, and
the streets were cut and gouged until in
places they are impossible. A sewer near
Frank Tharp's became choked and the water
broke bounds and went under mis- ice house
into his store. flooding such goods as we're
standing on the floor. The damage will foot
up over 500. A sewer broke near Henry
Jones' and flooded mis- garden and house,
In Macon proper the sewers were
almost all too limited in their
capacity to carry off the volume
of water and as a consequence the unbridled
waters dashed over the sidewalks and burst
into the cellars and ell the lower floors on
Fourth, Cherry. Second aad Third streets
doing immense damage. In the barber
shops on Fourth street the tonsorial para
phernalia was floating on the surface Of two
and three inches of water and in many sa-
looms the water gathered in a regular pond
The depressed nature of the grounds at the
Central depot made it the receptacle Of
several converging streams of water, and
the platforms and tracks we're in many
places submerged. The lines of railroads
entering Macon bear also distressing symp-
toms of the storm. and along the lines OF
the Central and the East Tennessee the
floods swept the earth from around the
crossties and did other damage that
necsssitated pressing into service large
bodies of track hands. The Ocmulgee Ia on
boom, aud IL the rains continue above
Macon it ia not at all improbable that the
alluvial country trenching on its banks
will be devastated and great damage done
to the large fields of corn. The storm last
night spent its fury on many fine vegetable
gardens Ia Macon, materially injuring their
condition and doing tremendous damage
1t will be several dsys before the water in
the cellars around Macon can be pumped
out and the damage done even partially re-
paired. The storm seemed to be an electric
one and the dense banks Of clouds were
fairly scanned with cesseless displays of
was struck and hole vas torn in the door
and window.