The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


GEORGIA.
The Georgia Baptist Association will NEE;
this year with the Lincolnton CHURCH.
There is talk of making the price OF
liquor licenses in McIntosh county 1000.
1t has been just seventy-six years since a
hanging took place in Glynn county
Rev. S. S. Sweet delivered the second of
his series of lectures on Europe at the Null
berry street Methodist church at Macon
Sunday night.
Dahlonega Signal: VIII Cook. the son OF
W. H. Cook of Lumpkin county, whom We
mentioned last week as having killed a man
in tine state of Washington, is out on a $500
bond, and will likely come clear when the
final trial is had
J. NJ. Gibbs of Rochelle has several red
pepper stalks Of last years growth. The
stalks bore pepper last year, and, owing TO
the warm winter, were preserved. They
bore oil through the winter and are still
bearing, and If nothing happens b. them
they will be bearing TINS time next year.
The population of Georgia in 1880 was
1,154, $50 and the increase for 1890 is nearly
800, 900. The present basis of representation
is Isl, 600 and TIE proposition is TO increase
it to 10000. II this is done Georgia will
retain her ten members. If the ratio Is left
as it stands the state Will gain a member.
At Knoxville night or two ago burglars
entered the store of J. W. Blasingame,
blew open his new safe and escaped with
its contents, consisting of $40 in money, be-
longing TO Mr.. Blasingame, and also con-
siderable amount belonging to DR.. W. +.
Blasingame, which he had deposited there
from time to time for safe keeping.
A negro woman went down the river
from Albany on the steamer Montezuma
Monday who carried in her arms baby Of
such diminitive proportions that it at
tracted the attention and excited the won
der of all who saw it. II was, however,
full of life, and laughed and crowed while
the crowd looked on in wonderment.
A special meeting of the colored farmers
state alliance was held at Macon, Monday.
Nearly fifty counties were represented.
The meeting was called to decide where the
state exchange will be established. The
majority of the delegates favor Macon as
the place for the exchange, and it will be
established there if q place can be given or
purchased.
Charlie Lane of Milledgeville was feed
ing frog to the pet alligator in the flower
garden of the asylum. The alligator was
so anxious for its dinner that it jumped up
and seized his hand, frog and all, inAicsing
a painful wound on the wrist and arm. The
bite proved to be more serious than was at
first thought and rendered Mr.. Lanes
hand useless for several days. He is i'm
proving however.
j. T. Dixon, a successful farmer living in
the forks of the Ochlockonee, has left at the
Townsville Times Enterprise Office a new
species of cucumber. 1t is called the 'long
green slick" The seed was sent to Mr..
Dixon last year from the agricultural de
partment in Washington. The specimen is
fWa,t NJ
conference. Mr.. Dixon made from five
vines last year an ample supply for every
day use and for picking.
At Macon Sunday white man named
Jim Ross and negro named Lewis Wilson
were driving in buggy near Mercer uni
versity. The white man was drunk. and
kept hitting the horse with his hat. Wilson
cautioned him, and said the horse would
run away. Finally the animal became
frightened and did run. Both men were
thrown out Of tue buggy. The negro fell
on his back across a ditch, was knocked
insensible, and it is said his back was
broken.
Americas Recorder: One day last week
a large hawk invaded the premises of
Thomas Morgan, seven miles east of town,
and carried off a frying-sized chicken. He
ate all be could of it and left the remainder
for another meal The chicken had been
poisoned for the purpose Of finding out who
had been stealing them from Mr.. Morgan.
Next morning Nh. Morgan went out where
the chicken had been left by the hawk and
found nine dead possums that had been
eating it.
The quickest work yet done in the line of
building at WaycrOss has just been com
pleted on the brick warehouse of Cason a.
Miller. Messrs. Rosebotham & Murphy
baCau the bnildiuty last Tuacdav
and Friday night laid the last brick, thus
practically completing the building in four
days. The dimensions of the building are
27x60 feet and twelve feet high. The car
penters and timers were to have their work
done in a couple of days, thus making the
building ready for occupancy in one weeks
time
On Western and Atlantic train that
pulled out of Atlanta Monday, was q
negro woman who had paid her fare to
Chattanooga. When on the outskirts of
the city her 25-cent straw hat was blown
through window. She jumped up and
pulled the bell cord. The train stopped
and when the conductor rushed into the
coach he saw the woman disappearing
through the opposite door. While the
woman was chasing her straw hat over the
meadows the train pulled out and left her
behind.
Oap@ W II. Ildluey O1 brunswick mas III
bis poss ession watch that has a peculiar
history Ii ked with 1t. A few days ago a
MIR. Croley met j. l.. Martin, and during
the conversation the fact developed itself
that both gentlemen had fought on the
confederate side during the days that tried
mems souls. Mr.. Croly gave Mr.. Martin "a
watch which he claimed had kept time in
his boots in three different northern prisons
Mr.. Martin turned the watch over to Mr.
halnev as a link of the past, and the latter
gentleman says the watch keeps excellent
time for a war relic. The watch is of a
very peculiar make, and it is said there is
not another like it to be found IN Bruins
wick. Mr. Croley was a private in the
Twenty-sixth Georgia during the war.
Smithville Nel0S: Col. Warwick of
Smlthvllle missed a fee yesterday on &C
count OF being out in the country. Mr.
Lud Evans, VINO, by the way, is one of the
best men In Lee county, rushed into the
office with $40 bill in his hand, saying
that he wanted a lawyer Immediately. We
asked him for what purpose he wanted a
lawyer, and he said: "Well, bud, I'll tell
you, if you won't say anything about it.
My crops grow faster on Sundays than on
any other days, and ! wanted to know
whether it was violating the state laws Oh
not" We told him we attended to tbs
colonies business during his absence. but il
this case we were not prepared to act al
counsel. So friend Ludwel went off anC
got another lawyer, and the colonel missed
a nice fee.
A Carrollton paper says: "Everybod,
living out east Of Carrollton knows old Aun
l.