The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30

Lnshes-A BOY killed by lightning
While Standing Under a Tree.
Emanuel COunty's New Court
House.
GEORGIA.
The Toccoa house. at Mineral Bluff, was
burned Thursday night with all its con-
tents.
Mrs. J. J. Black, vie - Tax Collector
Black, died suddenly az her home near
Rome Thursday. Her husband ana three
children survive her.
The largest peach orchard in the world
Is in Houston county II contains over
10000 trees now four years old, and this
year is bearing a heavy crop.
Daniel Clements of Alpha shipped the
first car of melons of the season ON last
Monday Twenty cars were shipped from
Alpha and Ty Ty during the week
Judge George Gober of Marietta is max
ing success Of grape culture. lie mas
an acre Of vines heavily laden with fruit
His vineyard is splendidly kept. He has
fOrty-fiVe varieties.
The Twentieth District Sunday School
Association, comprising Carroll, Doug
las HARRISON, Paulding and Polk coun-
ties, will hold its twelfth annual conVen-
tion at Tallapoosa July ], and 3.
Thursday night about o'clock, during
a tremendous rain storm, the wife of Ed
ward Stephens of Inman was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. she was
standing in the door at the time she was
struck watching the approach Of the
storm.
Uncle Floyd Cogburn. who lives three
niles north Of Alpharetta, is a remarkable
man. He is in his seventy-fifth year and
has cultivated a crop of eight acres this
year. He plows all day without being
greatly fatigued, and says he rests well
at night.
The keystone Fruit Company of Poulan
made a large shipment of fine plums to
Philadelphia on last Monday. They were
Of the wild goose variety. Melons are
large, field crops are In good condition and
fruit and vegetables are the finest seen
for years.
Last Tuesday night five persons in dis
guise entered the house Of Sam Chand-
Ter, colored. who lives near Monroe, and,
after putting a sack over his head, ad-
wagon standard. tied him and left. NO
warrants have been sworn out
The county commissioners Of Emanuel
county let the contract Thursday for their
new court house and Jail to Atlanta con-
tractors. The cornerstone is to be lai1
with Masonic ceremonies July 25. SWANS
boro gives a barbecue on that day invit-
ing all the citizens of Emanuel and every
body who has ever lived there.
During a heavy rain and thunder storm
at Georgetown Thursday afternoon ne
gro, Green Lawson, and the horse he had
been blowing, were killed by lightning.
1T was nearly night when the rain came
up, and he was in the act of hitching his
horse to a tree when the tree was struck,
killing both himself and horse.
Willie Medlin, the 19-year-old son OF
Warren Medlin, a prosperous farmer who
lives about half mile west of Smyrna,
Thursday afternoon. He had started to
the field to work and a sudden thunder |
storm came, up; He stopped under small
black gum bush, and the lightning struck
the bush, killing him instantly.
The Garden Avenue Company of Gin |
cinnau, very strong corporation the |
business OF which Is the manufacturing |
of alcohol from wood, is preparing to open |
business at Round Mountain, in Floyd |
county. A large force of hands is en- |
gagged in clearing Off the ground for tho |
erection of the plant which will cost some |
$4,000, and will open early in the fall and |
employ large force of hands.
In August last the old water
was sold for taxes and was bought in |
by the city. II was the property of the |
New York Water supply, Company, ana
unless they redeem IL by the first Tuesday
tn August it becomes the property of the |
city and will be taken down and solo |
Abbeville, 5. C., wishes TO buy it. The |
pie.
The store of George Porter a merchant |
and postmaster at Silver Creek Floyd |
county, was entered about . O'Clock |
Thursday morning. The heavy Mosler safe |
was blown open with nitro glycerine ana |
robbed of $S5 and two valuable watches |
Mrs. Porter heard the explosion, but |
thought it was blasting at the Massachu- |
sets mill site. The thieves left SOL IN |
postage stamps and a lot of checks. They |
belonged TO the pOstoftice. Just a year
ago Porters store was burglariZed in a /
similar manner.
At Atlanta Friday morning Judge New |
man issued an order to compel J. NJ Ma |
lone, e. Forrest Simmons and A. ]. Rob |
inson to show cause before him why they |
Ssnouiu not De attached Tor contempt |
some time ago Judge Newman appointed
a. p. Hull receiver of the Piedmont Mar
BILE Company on the application of A J. |
Robinson. Mr.. Hull went to Tate to take
charge of the prOperty and fOilnd I NJ |
Malone in possession. He refused to let |
MI Hull take charge, and the order for |
heard at the next session of the court.
Cordele Sentinel: Nelson Leonard. col
ored, and his four daughters were arrest |
ed FRIDAY morning for having beaten
Two grandsons of j. j. George. The chill
dren were terribly beaten, one of them re-
ceiving serious injuries. He is now in bed
unable to wear his clothes and scarcely
able TO move. The hogging was admins
tered Wednesday afternoon. The negroes
claim that the boys were taking water
melons from their patch few miles in the
country. This the boys deny,,but say they
were simply passing through the field
The negroes were each placed under a
pond OF $40 for their appearance before
the justice court.
Thursday afternoon Messrs Frank A.
Arnold and p. +. Smith, representing
Richard A. Johnson, filed suit in the Uni
ted states court at Atlanta against the
southern agricultural works, Of Atlanta
for alleged infringements on patent The
petitioners allege tnat MT. johnson secured
patent in 1887 on a patent scraper to be
attached TO ordinary plows used in the
cultivation of cotton, and that since that
time the Southern agricultural works
have been manufacturing the scrapers IL
legally and selling them as the johnson
Scraper He asks to be allowed such
damages as the court thinks proper, and
also asks that the defendants be restrained
from further use of the patent
At Macon Friday, Joe Rubin a cousin
of the late Joe Starr, swore out warrant
before Justice Gerdine against Mr.. Henry
Kessler and his wife, Mrs. Sophie Kessler
charging them with the murder of Joe
Starr. At last accounts the warrant had
not been served. Starr recently died i'm
the kessler's house on Pine street from a
pistol shot wound in the right breast
which the coroner's jury said was inflicted
by the hand of some unknown person.
There has not been any evidence to prove
that Starr did not shoot himself either
accidentally or with suicidal intent. Jus-
tlce Gerdine has directed Baiiff Hender-
son to notify Mr.. Rubin to return the
state warrant, which he swore out vester-
day and pay costs on same, if he does
not intend to have it executed. The pub
nc Is confident that the parties named in
the warrant are innocent of the crime
charged.
Atlanta Journal: Clifford Roe. a Is