The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


County-Ex-Co nfederates to Have a
Big Reunion at Fort vaIley-Com-
mencement at the archaeological
School.
Darien was completely out Of Ice on
Tuesday.
The Seventh Georgia regiment win have
a reunion at Decatur. July 81.
At Americas. Saturday, a boy ate over
twenty bananas at a single sitting.
Gov. Gordon has appointed Col. B. W.
Wrenn of the East Tennessee q member of
his staff.
The Rainbow NO II Fire Company Of
Rome will go on an excursion to St Simon's
island on June %. They will remain sew
eral days.
George Scherer, a young German Of Ma
con, has disappeared. Mr.. Brauss, his en-
pleyer, is said to be something out of pocket
as 3result.
Chairman Walker has been empowered
to dispose of the Mcintosh county convicts
so that they will not be such heavy ex-
pense on the county.
Robert Gaskins, wealthy merchant Of
Alapaha, and member Of the firm of
Paulk, Gasl1ins & Co., died at Albany Of
typhoid fever Friday.
The Rome and Decatur depot in Forrest
vile will be done away with, and hereafter
all passenger business will be done from the
East Rome depot for the Rome aud Decatur.
Walter Hart. a young man about II years
of age, was badly hurt by falling through
a treStle ON the Georgia Southern railroad
near Stratton's brickyard at Macon Satur-
day.
Ex-Presldent Cleveland, President Harri-
Rlaina nd Low hall
of Ohio have written letters expressing a
desire to visit the Piedmont exposition at
Atlanta, this fall, If they can arrange their
affairs so as 70 be able to take the trip. The
exposition management also hopes to secure
the attendance OF the president of Mexico.
The ex-confederates of Houston, Macon
and adjacent counties are arranging pro-
gramme for huge reunion at Fort Valley
beginning July 81 They propose to carry
their tents and camp equipage and spend
two or three days in camp. A barbecue
will be spread and distinguished orators
from various sections Of the state will be
present and address the veterans.
at Athens Saturday Hezekiah Crawford
quarreled with his mother and sister, who
are washerwomen, and proceeded to cut
down their clothes-line. His sister drew
razor from her bosom to attack him with.
When he grasped it the mother sailed in
they were all Severely cut up in the hands
and wrists. Crawford was jailed.
The work in three or four of the census
districts at Macon is as yet unfinished, and
additional time has been granted in order
that no one can complain Of being over
looked. Immediately behind the census
men A. E. Sholes has had corps going over
the same ground for new city directory.
To q certain degree the census men and the
diraCtOrV q a
and wherever report was made to Mr..
Sholes that name had been overlooked he
Immediately notified the census takers, and
in this way the census has been materially
enlarged.
AT Pomona Saturday, noon, according to a
special to the Griffin CaU, the north bound
way freight had stopped on the main line
and was discharging freight when a second
section came UP at full speed, having failed
to recognize the flagman who was sent to
the rear. Seeing that it would be impossi-
bic to avert a collision Engineer Walls
reversed his engine and Jumped. Fire
man Creeny, Conductor Tim O'Connell and
fiagman, all of whom were aboard the
engine, jumped just before the collision.
The fireman and fiagman escaped without
serious injury, but Walls and O'Connell re-
ceived serious though not fatal injuries.
After the men jumped the engine crashed
into the cab of the first section and literally
ran through it, wrecking it completely
The engine was badly broken up.
The first class graduated from the Georgia
School of Technology steps down and out
Tomorrow. There are only two graduates,
g. G. Crawford of Atlanta and H. L. Smith
of Conyers, both of whom have passed
through all the courses, and will be eligible
to any position to which they may be
called in the way of experimenting factor
Of hot
hundred and sixty students have been
attending the various departments during
the year. At the next commencement
1o9l-there will be nine graduates, and at
the exercises at the end of the term of 1891
there will by thirty. The plan of the
school is to allow one appointment of a
scholarship for every representative of
every county in the state. A great many
of the representatives have neglected to
make any appointment, and for that reason
the school has not been crowded.
Friday afternoon about o'clock ter
rifle hailstOrm visited portions of west
Dougherty county, almost destroying crops
on several farms. On the place known as
the Keaton place, six miles from Albany,
now farmed by Otis Coker, the cotton, corn
and pea crops are q total loss. Mr. Cocker
says it would be impossible to imagine the
fury of the storm. The din made
by the hail stones on the house and
outhouses was simply deafening, and sew
eral hailstones as large as bis fist came
plunging through the roof and fell into the
room in which he was sitting. The storm
also visited the Porter place, about two
miles beyond Mr.. Coker's, and the Mohon
place, doing considerable damage along the
line Of its route, but nowhere else was it Sc
severe as at Mr.. Cokers. 1t passed over
into Lee county. and is reported as having
damaged crops to considerable extent over
there.
Macon Telegraph: The Hawkins district
of Jones county was devastated Friday
afternoon at O'Clock by terrible storm.
The hideous cloud appeared about half
mile wide. and as it came on the people fed
IN every direction. For a moment there
twas dead stiffness in the air, only broken
by the thunder, and then the storm broke
with terrific violence The wind rushed
out of the cloud with mighty force, which
swept everything before it. Trees, houses
and fences appeared like shadows through
mist for moment and then disappeared.
The wind evidently exhausted itself with its
first furious burst, and as its strength les
sened white sheet Of hail descended from
the cloud. As suddenly as it came up the
black terror disappeared to the south ward,
and then the people rushed to the devastated
region to see what damage had been done.
1t was discovered that the farms of Messrs