The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-24
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MARRrED HIS OWN NIECE.

Augusta Herald: Augusta was treat
ed last night to something out OF the
ordinary in the way of a marriage,
when the first event of the kind took
place in Miller Walker Hall at $50
o'clock. The contracting couple were
Miss Rachel Lichenstein and MI. Sol
ONION Lichenstein, both of Augusta,
on the stage in the presence of some
200 Jews the ceremony was performed
by Rabbi A. l. Pohkoff. The feature
of the marriage is in the fact that
through it the relationship, of the con-
tracing parties is rather peculiar. Mr.
H. Lichenstein is the father of the
bride and Mr.. Lichenstein, the groom.
is his brother; hence. Miss Lichenstein
has married her own uncle and be-
comes her aunt and viii be the first
cousin and great-aunt of her own
children.
Gainesville Eagle: Lightning struck
a sycamore tree in the yard of Col.
w. F. Findley last Friday night. No
damage resulted, with the exception of
a quantity of bark peeled from the
tree, and the trunk slightly burned.
Last year lightning struck the same
tree on the opposite side, but did not
kill it, AT that time Mr.. Findley was
severely shocked while in the yard
near the tree, and the bolt went
through the house and considerably
scared his wife. The old story that
lightning never strikes twice in the
same place seems to be a delusion, and
the idea that safety in a thunder storm
can always be found under a sycamore
or a beech tree has been set aside as
false. This was q sycamore tree, and
the tree under which three men were
killed by lightning near the river sew
eral years ago was a beech.
SOLDIERS HOME COMPLETED.
Atlanta News: The new Soldiers
Home will be finished Tuesday and
will be turned over to the Building
Committee on that day. The building
is so nearly completed that the furni-
ture is being placed in the rooms and
all will be ready for the reception of
the veterans next week. The work Of
arranging the furniture will be finished
by Monday and the soldiers win be
moved out to their new quarters at
once, and as soon as they are all trans
ferred the formal dedicatory exercises
will be held. The programme for the
dedicatory exercises to be held early
in September have not been completed
yet, but it is proposed to make a gala
occasion of it. Gen. John 3. Gordon
Will be invited to make the dedicatory
speech, and it is believed that he will
accept. The chapel will be dedicated
the following Sunday by the chaplain,
Rev. Mr.. Holderby. There are quite
a number of applicants for admission
to the home, and it is believed that
all can be accommodated There are
now sixty-five veterans to enter the
home and there is room for $50.
TELEPHONES FOR FARMERS.
Carroll Free Press: The next pro-
gressive step to be taken in Brooks
county is the establishment of a rural
telephone system. The citizens of
Hickory Head, who are ever on the
alert in keeping up with the march of
progress, have been discussing a rural
telephone system for that district and
Mr.. A. A. Duggar was appointed a
committee of one to look into the cost
of erecting the same. They propose
to put in a party line of about Is or
20 miles and a phone to about every
mile. The wire for this will cost about
80 to the mile, insulators and brack-
cts about 81 to the mile the phone
to be used-which will be a Bridging
phone, the best made-will cost S12. so,
making a cost of SIS so per mile, pro-
vided there is phone to every mile.
As the system viii be put in and run
on the cooperative plan, they propose
TO get out and erect their own poles.
The only other cost will be putting in
the system, which will have to be
done by an electrician and will cost
~ to 50 per mile. making a cost of not
more than S22 or $23 to each member
for the system complete. This is very
cheap when it is considered that there
is not any further expense attached
to running the system than keeping up
the line.