The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Boy Eats Forty-eight Bananas in
an Hour-A Boy Of Monroe Nearly
Killed by Spiders Bite-A Walton
County Ledy's Matrimonial Expert
ence-women Have to Dig Grave.
FLORIDA.
Carroll county boasts duck with four
feet.
A lady of Lexington has ITO different
varieties of roses in her flower yard.
Brunswick's volunteer fire department
demands that the city organize paid one.
A Gainesville boy, 17syears old, ate forty
eight bananas in an hour on a wager, and
then wanted more.
Col. J. J. Howard Of Gainesville has
been a subscriber to the New York Journal
of Commerce hfty-five years.
W. l. Welch, fireman on the Savannah
and Western division of the Central, died
suddenly at Columbus Thursday.
The Royal Arcanum has paid paid Mrs.
Charles j. Wise of Columbus IS, 000 the
amount of insurance on her husbands life.
Mrs. Scruggs, wife of the American min
lister to Venezuela, has returned TO Atlanta
from years residence in Caracas, the capt.
tai of the republic Of Venezuela, and tells
some very interesting things about that city
and the people.
The lightning struck and killed an oak
tree in front of DIR. Curry's residence at
cambridge one day last week. The trunk
of the tree was completely denuded Of bark,
aud people for hundred yards around felt
the electric shock.
]. p. Shannon of Elberton was elected
supreme guardian at the meeting OF the
supreme lodge of the Knights of Honor at
Detroit last week. While he was away his
wife gave birth to a son. The grand lodge
sent the boy cup.
Two negro women had to dig grave and
bury a negro child that died at Crawford
vile a day or two ago, none of the negro
men being willing to perform the service
The two women carried the coffin contain
ing the corpse in their arms to tho place of
burial.
The William I'll. Sims, the engine on the
Terminal, must be turned. Nearly all the
curves Of the road are one way, and have
so worn the fianges Of the wheels on one
side of the machine as to materially injure
them. To turn the engine it will be neces-
sary to run to Union Point or Athens to a
turntable.
The Watkinsville Enterprise says an old
man from Athens came tottering into the
Office Of the ordinary one day last week
dusty and tired. He came to prove some
notes before this official. Although well off
in this worlds goods with one foot in the
grave, he walked over seven miles from
Athens rather than pay 20 cents to ride over
on the railroad.
Judge Hansell convened the spring term
of Lowndes superior court at Valdosta on
Monday last, charged the grand jury and
then adjourned it over until next Monday
The down for no fircrx will
be expected to serve next week. The judge
celebrated his golden wedding on Tues
day last 1t was proposed at first to ad-
journ one day only, but after consultation
with lawyers and people it was agreed to
adjourn over until tomorrow.
Monroe Nel0s: Last Sunday morning
about o'clock Ganaway burden, one of
Walton county's most respected citizens.
was Joined in wedlock to Mrs Ephraim
Braswell, a charming and sprightly widow
of Loganville. Mrs. Burden, the bride.
bore the maiden name of Moore. FIRST, the
wife of Jasper Smith, then resigning her
widowhood to marry Ephraim Braswell,
she became the second time bereft, and has
now welded Mr.. Burden. Three times has
she been wife and twice a widow in seven
years, each time marrying wealthy widow
ers. and giving TO her former husbands no
children.
40OufN0 4tCtOSs ldSb thursday JOGn
Blasingame, the young son of c. T. Blasin-
game, went SEEMING. As he left home he
picked up from about the premises a dis
carded pair of his old shoes, which had done
their full service in the furrow, and took
them along to use in the water. Arrived at
the creek, his last preparation to enter the
water was to slip on his old Shoes As he
did so he felt what he thought was the prick
of tack or briar three times In succession
Drawing his foot out he saw clinging
to his second toe medium-size black spider,
with that certain mark of poison on it. a
red center in its back. The bite was con
sidered 6rifling matter, and, at the in
stance of his companions, John placed
some damp tobacco on the bitten places aud
soon went on into the water. In about an
hour he was fearfully sick, and Marsh
Marable, who was along. decided he ought
to have immediate medical attention, and
drove him as hurriedly as possible into town.
But they were at Jacks creek, some
miles distant, and by the time John
was gotten to town the poison had been in
his system about three hours He was
taken TO the office of Drs. Poore 81 George.
who administered the most powerful anti
dotes known to the profession. As soon as
possible the young fellow was driven to his
home, but in a dangerous condition Sew
eral times between Thursday aud Tuesday
his life seemed to hang by thread, but, to
the great relief of all, his physicians pulled
him through the crisis and he is now well
apparently.