The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-13
NEWS FROM VALD0sTA.
Harm Burning-Heavy RainfaII-A
RafIrOnd Incident

Naldosta, Ga, March News has been
received here of the burning of a barn
belonging to Mr.. Israel Folsom. of Brooks
county, in which the loss will amount to
probably several thousand dollars. Mr.
FOLSOM is prominent citizen of the coun-
~, and lives just beyond the line. His
barn was a large one, and, besides hav-
ing seven hundred bushels of corn in it.
there was a great deal of forage of other
kinds, four or five fine mules, cattle
hoSs and horse, all Of which were burn
ca with the barn. Last year some one
stole mule from Mr. Folsom, and since
then he mas arranged his barn so that
all OF the place would be under one roof
and in one inclosure When he aWoke
from MS SAUNDERS an hour or so after
going to bed, he found the flames had
covered the entire place. The gate was
saturated with oil, and it is known that
the IRE was OF incendiary origin. The ne
gro who stole his mule last year was
convicted of the crime and sent to the
chaingang. 1t Is said that he swore ven-
geance against Folsom, and it is believed
that he or his friends fred the place.
There was no insurance.
The hardest rain that has fallen here
IN many months came down last night.
The streets were flooded, and in some of
the low places the water to depth of a
foot or more In the streets, the drains
not being large enough to carry It off
as it fell. In several places the drainage
pipes were choked with trash and drift
and they had to be taken up and cleaned
One night this week an engine ON the
Plant system reached here with the shat
tered fragments of a track velocipede
hanging on the COW catcher. The train
had struck the vehicle on the road some
where and tore it to pieces. The engineer
remembered seeing 1t on the track, but
as no damage was done beyond smashing
it up, he did not stop his train The rider
probably slid down an embankment when
the train hove in sight,
A telegram to-day states that Mr.. Frank
Patten of this county had been arrested
at Tampa on warrant sworn out by a
livery stable man at Jasper, charging him
with theft. 1t is stated that Patten hired
horse and buggy from the livery man
turnout somewhere in Coffee county and
pocketed the money. Patten studied law
here for a while, and was making efforts
to become a lawyer His friends hope that
| he can prove himself clear of crime,
| though at present he is probably on his
| way to Jasper for trial.
Several of the Macon jurists came down
| this week and spent several days hunt
| ing. There were eight of them in the
party and they killed 700 doves in a
! day and a half After that they moved
to another section and spent day or so
hunting doves.
| Echols county superior court was in
| session yesterday, and a dozen lawyers
| from this and other counties were on
| hand, but there We're no trials. None of
| the cases on the docket were ready for
| trial. Statewide, the county site, is TWEEN
! ty-one miles from here, and this distance
! has to be covered in buggies. Court sell
| dom ever lasts over a day so EcholS is
a good big thorn in the flesh of the law
| yers and those who attend court there.
| The question of dissolving the county and
dividing it between Clinch and Lowndes
has been seriously discussed, and 1t will
not be surprising If a bill to that effect
is introduced in the next Legislature