The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES, TOLD
IN PAR aGRAEHs.

A ing a huse 20 A.ASrA tlA- A-ft--i
Damage Done bs 81 ind, Hail and
Lightning.
GEORGIA
Mrs. NJ J. wing. an ola and wen known
resident Of Atlanta, dropped dead Monday
Jerry G.. Fowler. one Of Baiiwus old
est ana most highly respected citizens.
died Tuesday
JP Ingram. a young man arrested re-
Gently on the complaint OF Eel q CO., a
tobacco firm do.rg business ON Forsyth
street. at Atlanta. ON charge OF ems
bezzlement has been acquitted
Julius a. Dunn, a weu-known farmer
residing near Tweed met with a serious
accident one night this week. he had
been burning lo@S, anl was fou7ii- w
back into hollow stump ana 'lll14 IFS
foot 10 a frigh,tu manner
Richard Flerno. a negro preacher was
killed by lightning Tuesday about siA
miles from Buckhead. on the farm OF Love
Walton. The negro was standing HH q
tree with his horse. which was also XIII
ed. No signs could pe dlscoFetrd " 20. e.
the lightning nit the negro, horse or tree
W. L. Smith. one of Lawrencevilie's
Oldest citizens died Sunday. In his young
6avs Mr.. smith was one Of the wealthiest
n
IL educated and a fine scholar he oltd
In poverty and was buried az The expense
of the county. He was cousin OF blll
Arp.
II has been well known for many years
that on the farm Of A. z. Brooks, six
miles west Of Lawrenceville. there was a
valuable sOap-stOne quarry. Inc gram
of this stone is very fine, and IL can De
worked with ease with a saw or chisel. A
company has been organized TO open lhe
quarry on large scale ana VIII pe5lA
work in a few days
Mrs. william +. Brown is seriously i'll
at her home, Us Academy street. Macon.
She was stricken with paralysis Tuesday
morning Mrs. Brown Is the dauEh1ei-
in-laW of the late =. h. Brown, formerly
proprietor of the Brown house, VINO was
associated with his father In the manage
ment Of the Brown house under the urm
name Of +. +. Brown Son.
About 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning fire
was discovered under the residence of W.
D. striblng at Atlanta, and was quickly
eXtinguished. kiudling wood had been
placed on one of the sills under the house
and lighted and the match with WMch me
work was done was found lying on the
ground directly under the place where the
fire was discovered. Dan Williams,
young negro boy. is locked up at police
headquarters on suspicion.
A destructive rain, hail and electric
storm at Marshanville Saturday night
killed a fine buggy horse belonging TO
y. Nj. Rumph, ana mule belonging 10
Moore and Rumph. The lightning set IRE
TO the barn of NJ. h. Sperry and the
building and contents were consumed.
The Methodist parsonage at jenkins
burg was demolished by lightning Satur-
day night. Miss Saunders, who was In
the parsonage, was stricken unconscious
but has since recovered
Lizzie Bryant. young negro woman.
Is locked up at the station house at At
lanta on the charge of having killed her
own child. The woman lives on Herdues
alley, and close to her home is a very deep
we'll The neighbOrs had noticed for
several days strange odOr emanating
therefrom, and upon investigation 10 was
found that the deep hole contained the
body OF young baby. Clrcumstanual eN-
ldence placed the guilt on the girl and
she was arrested and taken to the sta
tion house.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: Some of the colonists who have ar
rived at Glenmore from Ohio and other
western states with the view of settling
at ElWood Park, two miles east of Glen
more on the Alabama Midland division of
the Plant system have expressed great dis
satisfaction with the place. and are pre-
pairing to return home.-Ihe tseyenty-seV-
enth anniversary Of the Independent or
der of odd Fellows was celebrated sun
DAY night 10y Mayeross lodge, No. 9l.-The
4HtlAiOA AdA tAtIt4oES III N dA NND6S on Aluu-
day were of a military character.
Macon Telegraph: Bud Chapman. ne
gro, came very nearly working a success
full ruse for his escape on the police au-
thOrities and physicians Sunday. The
negro was arrested by Policeman Mack.
who had been looking for him for some
time for an old case of fighting and dis
orderly conduct. When the negro was
placed in the city prison he collapsed iE-
10 state of apparent suspended anima-
uon, and in fact, appeared TO be dying.
City Physician Sullivan was sent for and
worked faithfully to revive the negro, but
could not. Policeman Mack insisted thar
the negro was shamming, and in order
70 make test case pins were stuck in
MS body and he was otherwise tested, but
ne did not vince. This satisfied every
body of the genuineness of the negro S
condition, except Policeman Mack Final
~ the negro was carried to the hosDi-
TAI, where further tests were applied with
out any result Then. in order to fully
satisfy himself, one of the attending ply
siclanS salu IN loud, stern voice: The
only thing left TO do now is TO cut omen
MS stomach ana take off a piece Of his
hNer. Let's get at it," In another mo-
ment the negro jumped up, and said: I'm
De blamed If you do" He had only been
shdmming with the hope of being left
at the hospital, where ne could easily es-
and fined 49,
Dublin correspondence Morning News. A
distressing accident occurred one dav last
week near Dudley, in this county. by
which lady named Thulia Stokes. was
burned to death. Miss Stokes had pre-
pared the week S washing and approached
100 near the pot, to place the garments
IN when suddenly, blaze from around
The receptacle ignited her dress. BEFORE
ANYBODY heard her screams. the flames
Tanned by the wind enveloped her person
she was frightfully burned and died TWEEN.
ty-four hours later.-A valuable pointer
dog, the property Of DR.. r. J. Hightower
Which displayed symptoms of the rabies
was shot last week.-The few survivors q,
the confederate war in this county. held 4
reunion at the pavilion last SATURDAY. III
place Of the regular orator, ex-Judge Rob,
efts, Maj. Tom Smith entertained The
old warriors with "reminiscences Edition
David ThaXton of the Courier is residing
IN the building. in which Hon Jeff Davis
ana MS family We're entertained one might
Mhlle endeaVoring to effect his ESCAPE from
Inc Nankees.-COl. Charles Holliheld ha,
resigned his government position as mai
agent, and viii devote his time practicine
law. A. Stuckey, who killed the negro
Joe Butler last week, was bound over In
The sum Of S2009, on the charge of man.
Slaughter.-Ihe Memorial day exercises %.
Blakely We're held in the Baptist church
the seating capacity of which was taxef
20 ats utmost by the organization of CON
gederate veterans, the pupils Of the Blake
ly institute, and the country and towns