The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29


verSIty-LightninE Kills Man
Near DawsOn-A Negro Burns Him
self to Death in the Guard House
at Eastman.
GEORGIA.
The Augusta district conference opens
at Warrenton July l6 The opening ser
mon will be preached by Rev. J. S. Bry-
an.
j. L. c. Kerr Of Decatur has brought suit
against Judge W. 4. Hammond Of Atlanta
for a half interest in a $1,000 lot down on
the Central road
The work Of putting Camp Northen into
shape for the encampment has been fin
ished and the grounds are now in ex-
cellent condition.
The Ryals orchard Company near Ty Ty
lost their house by fire Tuesday. The fire
caught from defective fue. The house
was occupied by w. Willis, the manager
Of the place.
Mrs ". r. Hammond. wife Of Judge
Hammond Of Atlanta, is seriously III in
Philadelphia. She has been sick for some
time but her condition has suddenly be-
come considerably worse.
The residence Of Col. r. NJ. W. Glenn Of
Lafayette was destroyed by fire Tuesday
night, between z and / o'clock. The fire
tive scuttle. The loss is $500, with no in
surance.
On a tombstone In a Walton county bur
dal ground is the following inscription:
Mrs. Susanah Malcolm Her children, a.;
grandchildren l54; great gTandac 9ilq 1,,I
makes a total of asa at her death.
The peach crop will be very light
throughout Southwest Georgia. Where
only very few are lett on the trees. The
watermelon crop Is fine and shipments
viii be made from Ty Ty about June Is.
The engagement Of Miss Corinne Stock
er and Thaddeus T. Horton has just been
announced at Atlanta. Mr. Horton is the
managing editor Of the Atlanta Journal
and Miss Stocker Is one Of the cleVerest
of the southern young women who write
for the press.
Sam Peake and Bird Jones. brothers-in-
law, had an alteration on the Peake plan
tation. five miles east of Cuthbert. We'd
nesday. Jones shot Peake the ball enter
ing the forehead near the center and COM
ing out near the temple. The wound is
dangerous, though not necessarily fatal.
Lightning struck the residence of VIII
liam Livingston, who resides a few miles
north OF Dawson. Saturday, and killed his
son, Albert, aged Is years. Mr.. Living
ston, who was in the house at the time
and did not regain consciousness until "a
late hour that night, but he is now out
OF danger. A young man nan, Homer HAYS lays
was also badly shocked. No other dam
age was done.
Macon Telegraph; The man who did the
first stroke of work on the first house ever
built in Macon is alive, and proposition
has been made to city council to go into
partnership with a man who knows him
in a scheme to bring him here and ex-
htbit him. The proposition was regretully
rejected on two grounds. Under her char
ter Macon cannot go into the dime museum
business, and if she could, so eminent is
the danger of the show being enjoined that
such action would not be justified.
Nose Mccormick, colored, an escaped
convict. burned himself to death in the
guard house at Eastman Tuesday night
about u O'Clock. Mccormick had escaped
from the Anderson camp near Hawkins
vile and was caught at Eastman Tuesday
night at II o'clock and Jailed; on the way
10 the guard house he remarked that they
would never see him again to put the
bracelets on him. 1t IS supposed that he
set the house on fire with the intention
Of escaping, but was overcome by the
smoke and flames.
The rain that fell Saturday afternoon In
that portion of the country north of Daw-
son almost equaled water spout in its de-
sTuctlVeneSs. The dam of Nathan Boil
tons grist mill was swept away and fences
around the growing crops of the farmers
were fioated off In some fields a path was
made by the water from twenty to thirty
feet wide. The rain played havoc with the
growing crops in that section of the coun-
". So much so as TO almost destroy the
present cat crop. In bottom lands the
water was waist deep.
Two negroes, Bud Posey and Eli John
son, left Adairsville last Sunday morning
for Pine Log to attend church. Near Fol.
som they saw negro girl, Laura John.
son, 16 years old, at home and alone. They
n ore
IN the buggy with them but she would
not. They then put her in by force and
carried her to n secluded wood where they
assaulted her; The negroes We're arrested
Wednesday. They were tried by the JUS
tice of the peace at Folsom and found
guilty Their bonds were fixed at 800.
Atlanta university is inauguratlng Sc
ries Of conferences to discuss the condi
ton of negroes living. in cities There ar,
about 10000 Of such negroes, or one
sixth of the entire negro population of tn
country. Their condition differs widell
from Ihat OF the plantation negroes ant
gives rise to set of problems of great in
terest and Importance, not only to them
selves but to the white race as well Thes
problems have already received cOnsid
cradle investigation under the direction o
the university with promise Of furthe
study. II IS the intention of the graduate
70 continue these Investigations and t
meet each year during commencement
week for the discussion of them.
A tragic and romantic marriage too
place at Antioch church in Whitfield coun
ty Sunday night. Squire A. J. Longle
was called out there to marry Henry Yves
ana MISS Millte King While the ceremC
ny was being performed. the brides nom
about two miles away was being destroye
by fire. After the ceremony the newl
married couple went TO view the ruins a
the brides late home. She had an he
furniture, clothes, household effects an
seventyrflNe dollars b. money BURNED
These things were intended to adorn
new home as the parents We're opposed t
the match though the brides mother wa
present 70 witness the ceremony TIL
mouse belonged TO George King. connecte
Win the W. and A. railroad in Chattanoc
"a; There was no insurance About s9
Delohslhg 10 Mr.. King was also destroyed
FLORIDA
Inc OViedo Gazette reports that Fulto
and George Canaaa hrnuaht IN, ~ -