The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-23

GEORGIA
At Macon saturday William Howington.
an emplove OF the Macon Knitting COmpa-
nv. fc.t from ladder while at work MAX
ing a hole in the wall and broke his arm
near the wrist.
The new residence 10 be built by Ed Nc
Rec on his place west Of N5idosta Is 10
be one of the finest in the county. The
plans for il were about finished last week,
and it said that the building viii cost
from 5000 to $4,000
Fruit growers along the line OF the Sa-
Vannah, Americas and Montgomery are
making large shipments OF peaches now.
Recently 100 crates were shipped from
Richland alone and 3oW crates additional
are about ready fer market.
AS an evidence Of the magnitude Of the
fruit business in that section OF Georgia.
il is stated that forty-tour carloads OF
total Of S52 500 were shipped from Fort
Valley one day last week.
The latest industry in Augusta is a can
ming factory. This enterprise has been
started BY Bryan Lawrence at MS pack
ing house just outside Of the city. The
packing plant has been idle in the sum
mer and with the idea 10 its utilization
during this part of the year Mr. Law
renee has gone regularly into the can
ming business.
A meeting Of the confederate veterans
of Fulton county was held last night
10 arrange for the location OF the impor-
tant historical spots around Atlanta. II
is the. purpose OF Gen. Evans 10 get vet
Grams who are familiar with the positions
OF the troops on both sides during the
lighting around Atlanta 10 assist In To-
eating the various places accurately.
Some temporary marks VIII De erected
until permanent marks can be substitu-
ted.
At Macon Saturday Judge Hardeman
granted new trial in the divorce case OF
Culpepper VS.. Culpepper from Houston
court at Perry young Culpepper sued his
young wife for divorce, CLAIMING that Mr..
Newman his father-in-law, had forced
him to marry the girl under threats Of
favor Of plaintiff. Motion for new trial
was argued before Judge Hardeman al
Macon three weeks ago. He decided sat
urday to allow the motion.
'Valdosta Times. A white mani at Nc
Ree's convict camps, who was sent there
from Early county, happened TO very
painful accident Tuesday morning: While
working about planning machine ne
kicked at a piece of timber which had
lodged against the planer and. making
a mis-kick his foot struck the saw, which
cut of nearly a third of the foot Dr.
Burton was summoned and found IL nee
essary TO perform an operation, seNering'
the foot entirely. The mans name was was
Reynolds, and has been a trusty at the
camps, acting as guard since his con-
fnement there.
JEFF Lamb of Atlanta fired a load Of shot
into the body of a fleeing burglar early
Saturday morning. 1t is known THAI the
shot took effect, the trace of the man
being followed for some distance from
the place where he was shot by spots
of blood along the way. Lamb ana
friend saw four men drive up to store
at DR.. Timmon's old drug store, FAR out
on Marietta street, where they stopped
and began trying to break in the house.
When the burglars attempted TO gain
an entrance Lamb fired at the gang. caus-
ing them to fee from the place The
men We're followed by posse, but no
trace of them could be found.
The tax returns for Screven county last
year amounted to 81 5000. For this year
the return show an aggregate Of only
SIS 6S6, showing a slump of Sl73,36. For
Gwinnett the tax returns last year footed
UP S2,953, 7S9. This year the figures tepre-
sent the value of property in the county
TO be only s., 7S7 036 making drop OF $780,
753 About one dozen Georgia counties
have been heard from up 10 date. They
have showed a decrease in tax values
since the year before averaging so5 O0O
in each county. Only one county has
shown an increase in values returned Tor
taxation. The increase aggregated 500.
twill be several weeks before the digest
of Richmond goes to Controller Wight,
and as vet there is no way Of approx
mating the amount. 1t IS said that it
will be short Of last year, however
A day or two ago, while a negro woman
was in bed in her cabin on John b. Hath
away's plantation, near High shoals,
lightning struck the cabin and the Vidid,
brilliant, death-dealing current rat the
negro woman on the head, scattered in an
TINS body for a moment in a dazzling
sheet Of flame, leaving her stunned, skim
less and insensible, but the life pump was
still working away in her bosom, sending
the red fluid into every portion OF her
body; When found, says the Oeonee En-
terprise, she was horrible sight to look
upon with not a particle CT skin on the
trunk of her body and dangling around her
ankles was a mass of scorohed and crisp
strips of skin, the CHASTITY remains OF the
once black, oily covering that nature gave
10 the descendants of Ham. With the aid
of physicians the woman regained con-
sciousn ess, and it is thought will recover.
She is now perfectly white, and if she
lives will be exhibited at the Atlanta eX-
position this fail. This strange freak hap
pened last Saturday, and Is vouched for
by some of the best citizens of High
Shoals.
Macon Telegraph A new feature of
the celebrated Kent case will be heard
by Judge Griggs on Aug. J. The Kent
case is the one in which a Dir. Kent sued
tanned by him in a wreck. The jury on
the first trial awarded the plaintiff about
$l4,0o0 damages Judge Lyon was at the
time counsel for the Central and he APP
pealed the case, arguing that the acct
dent was caused by an act of God, and
that the Central railroad was in nowise
at fault. The supreme court sustained this
position, and ordered a reversal. In the
next trial before the jury a verdict was
obtained for about $4,000 more than on
the first trial. Again the supreme court
reversed the lower court. Another trial
was had, and the jury added 5000 to the
last verdict, making $4,000. This time
the supreme court thought its view of the
case had been made sufficiently clear,
and the remittiur ordered a reversal of the
Judgment and a dismissal of the suit by
the lower court. Messrs. Dessau- g. Bart
lett, attorneys for Kent. claim that the
supreme court had no authority to order
the case thrown out of the lower court,
and for this reason they will ask Judge
Griggs to refuse 10 enter the remittiur.
The constitutionality of the action of the
supreme court will be the issue involved,
and il is likely to 60 TO the supreme court
OF the United States.
s.
FLORIDA.
/. w Mixson & Co. Of Gainesville have
purchased the furniture business of S. H
Hutchinson & Co.
An effort is being made TO organize a
new military company at Jacksonville
to be called the Jacksonville Rifles.
james Myers, the man who was multi
ated on the railroad near Quincy by three
men a few days ago, will recover from
mis- injuries.
T. DENLY of Gainesville received re-