The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-01

TreasureTship.
GEORGIA
A young man hy the name q Hornsby
ana a number Of friends who i've near
Parkersville. in Worth county went our
hunting Friday afternoon, ana HoI hsDy
was the victim Of an accidental discharge
Of a shot gun. the load taking euect IN
the right leg just above the knee, shat-
terlng the bone. DIT. w. W. bacon OF
Albany responded 20 a summons 10 at
tend HOrnsby. leaving about O'Clock
Friday night and riding seventeen miles
He found HOrnsby ia AN almost dying con-
dition from the loss OF blood. but Went 10
work at once and amp3iatea me ll.l-
tured member about the middle or me
thigh. DR. Bacon returned 90 lhe cily
about Z O'Clock Saturday morning, ana
reports that Hornsby's condition IS eA-
tremcly critical
A large range IN the kitchen Of the resi-
dence OF Frank Lanier of Amcricus eN-
ploded Saturday. sending scaldng water
and bits OF iron in every direction. Early
in the morning The cOiUrcG COOK started
10 get breakfast. but found the water
pipes in the range frozen quick hre
OF fat liehtwood was klndlcd, the result
being that tho stove was blown INTO a
thousand fragments. a dynamite car
fridge would rot have made more COM
plcte wreck OF 90. Every window in the
south side Of the house was shattered ny
the conclusion, while the dwelling shooh
with the force of the explosion. Mr.. La
nier's little child had just been taken 10
the kitchen by the nurse and was pam
fully injured. boiler Of scalding hom-
my and water was poured over the enid
by the explosion. burning 1t quite Sc
verey The negro cook was palniully
scalded and was also struck by hylns
fragments Of the range, as was also the
colored nurse.
c. r. Massenburg announces himself a
candidate for treasurer Of Bibb county
This IS an unknown Office in Bib. The
county has been without treas ure =.
twenty-five years, although, according 10
Mr.. Massenburg, It is entitled TO one
Speaking Of the matter Saturday, he saiI;
About twenty years ago the legislature,
in creating the board Of county commits
sioners abolished the Office Of tres
and made the commissioners treasuf r.
This was clearly unconstitutional, as the
legislature had no more right to abolish
the Office % treasurer than u has TO
abolish the office Of governor. 7 have con-
suited with two OF the best law ers in tho
city, and they say there Is no possible
doubt abo1t the unconstitutional Of the
act Of the legislature In a1Olls rg the Of
fee. Further conversation with Mr. Mas
senburg brought out the fact that he
intended 10 run or treasurer two Years
age but decided to wait until this year.
He said that the county was clearly en-
titled to such an office, and he might as
we'll I'll II as anybody. The Office is one
OF fees. and the treasurer Is compelled TO
give bond. The duties Of the treasurer
are to pay out all county moneys on or
ders from the commissioners, or, in other
words, TO act as cashier Of the county.
The last Incumbent Of the Office was A.
the county commissioners took charge
and since then have acted as treasurer.
surrender the Office TO Mr.. Massenburg
n he Is elected Is not yet known and a
complicated legal fight may grow out of
Macon Telegraph: The cold wave Sat
urday caused a number of explosions in
stoves and ranges in Macon. That an
ordinary cooking stove or range
eneine has not been known
20 everybody In fact, comparatively few
people would think IL necessary to guard
are at least 1--WE or six families in Macon
who viii hereafter take pains TO find out
how much water is in the heaters of
their stoves whom the thermometer is be-
low freezing point. Saturday the range in
the kitchen of Sol WaXelhaUm exploded.
completely dcmolshing the stove and up
setting almost everything In the kitchen.
The glass IN the three kitchen Window
was shattered. ana the report was heard
for block AROUND. A tie time Of The e.;-
piosion, Mrs. WaNolbaum and Miss Ber-
tina WaXeibaum were Just entering the
kitchen, where the cook and butler were
engaged in a religious controversy. The Ia
dies had hardly entered when the stove
flew into a hundred pieces and the butler
and cook fell to the floor and began veil
lng, Mrs; NaTelhaum ana her daughter
were unhurt, but the butler received
wound on the right arm, while a nync
piece of the stove struck the cook on the
thigh. The cause Of tho explosion wae
vented the water from flowing into the
heater. At about the same time of day,
the large cooking stove I'm Mrs. Christians
home on Plum street blew up from the
same cause At the time Of this eXplo-
sion there was no one in the kitchen, ex-
cept the cook. who escaped unhurt, but
was frightened almost to death. The win
dows We're smashed and the stove torn
20 pieces and the fire scattered over the
floor n. C. Balkcom's range is also a
complete wreck. Mrs. Balkcom and her
two little children were the only occu-
pants of the kitchen at the time of the
elbow up" This was probably the most
terrific of all the explosions. The large
range was literally blown into fragments.
The window panes, sash and blinds, were
completely out of their places. and every
thing in the kitchen that could be dam
aged by the earthquake suffered. The two
little children fortunately escaped nm
hurt, but Mrs. BalScom was badly scalded
on the breast, arms and hands by water
from a kettle which sat on the front of
the stove. The fire from the stove was
scattered over the kitchen, and but for
the prompt work and coolheadedness of a
boarder who happened TO be in the house
the dwelling would have been burned.
FLORIDA
Rev. ]. c. Massee has been unanimously
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