The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rEB news OF TIE TwO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Story Of Frog Eating Chickens IN
the Neighborhood Of LswrenceviIle
The Razor's Work az Americas
Small Cotton Fire at Thomasvule.
GEORGIA.
The prospects for a big season at Thomas
VILE this winter are very promising.
Franklin Nel0s; The muscadine crop hal
about vanished This makes it necessary
for US 70 have money 30 live on. Oar de-
Iinquents will have 10 pay up.
Col. Thurman OF Griffin has a curiosity in
the shape Of chicken which has just been
Matched out, that has q feather an inch
long growing out OF Its back. while the rest
of it's body is simply covered with down.
On last Thursday evening at Edison, while
Ia the field picking cotton little Kitty ,daugh-
ter OF MIR. and Mrs A S. Calhoun, was bitten
by huge rattlesnake, from which shs sut-
fered terribly until that night, when she
died.
Irwinton World: The registration books
are closed, and they show al increase over
the figures two years ago The number Of
whites registered, l,075; oolored e97-totRl,
1,772 Out Of tue whole number there will
hardly be more than 800 legal votes
polled.
Amerious Recorder: Americas is GER
tainly g market for the plebian but tooth
some mullet. Twenty-Five barrels Of these
fish were received here by the morning ex-
press Saturday, besides several barrels
more which came in on she noon trains.
Every country darky carried home a
bunch of the plump swimmers for his
Sunday breakfast
NJ. L. Cason Of Warren county comes to
the front with an ear Of corn that beats the
record. Il measured twelve inches ia length
and weighed one pound and nine ounces
This shows that it would require just a lit
tie over forty-tbree ears Ike that to shell a
bushel Of corn. The Clipper says: Nov
can our farmers contend that it Is cheaper
60 grow scent cotton 20 buy corn, whel
such specimeut can be produced right at
homer
The Lawrenceville Herald comes to the
front with this: Mr. Dolby informs us that
for some time his wife had been missing
chickens and supposed that they were being
caught by snake. A few days since she
found large buil-frog in her garden with
a chicken half swallowed. She called her
hus band. who killed it. Il measured, when
stretched out, Il inches from the head to
the end of its feet. Mr.. Dolby THINKS it had
caught ten or twelve chickens about 4
weeks old. This is something new under
the sun, but the gentleman Is well known
to be truthful man.
Americas Recorder: Dolly Dorsey and
Girls Conner two members OF the cOlored
''four hundred, engaged in cutting affray
early Saturday morning at Harris hall, on
North Lee street, in which the former was
badly hacked with knife or razor in the
hands OF Conner. They fell out and fought
over lot Of peanuts and cakes which
Conner was selling at a colUred fair and
which Dorsey tried to appropriate without
cost to himself. Chief Lamar and Lieut..
Wheeler pulled Conner and lodged him in
Jail to await the result Of Dursey's injuries.
The negro is very badly cut and may not
recover.
Townsville Enterprise; Fl. j. Belts Of
Atlanta, representing the Atlanta Consoli-
dated Street Railway Company, paid the
Times Enterprise a call Saturday after
noon. Mr. Belts comes TO Thonasville for
the purpose Of organizing stock company
TO put IN street railroad In this oty. He
was engaged yesterday afternoon in discuss
ing the business with number OF our lead
ing citizens and looking over the ground. 1t
e impossible TO foreteli what success Mr.
Belts will meet with here, but we believe a
streetrallroad would pay, at least during the
winter season, and we know it would be a
big thing for the town. We hope Mr.. Belts
will be successful in his undertaking.
Thomssville Enterprise: Some little ex.
eitement was caused az the depot Saturday
morning by the discovery of car OF cotton
on IRE. The cotton was loaded in Charles
ton and Savannah car that had just came
IN on No. % over the Alabama Midland
from Dothan. Is was quickly run up Co the
tank and hole cut Ia the top, through
which the great hose was inserted. For
about ten minutes water was allowed to
pour IN. Whom the door WAS finally opened
smoke poured out, but the blaze had been ex-
nagulShed. Nine bales out OF the fOrtY-iVe
were found tohave been burned, four of these
very badly. For two or three hours negroes
worked over the bales. Every few minutes
the bales would begin to get hot, showing
that there was still fire inside. The cotton
had been compressed. Charleston was the
point of consignment 1t is not known how
the fire originated, but the supposition ID
that the car caught from the coal pan of the
engine. The cotton had 60 be worked over
here. The car was sent into the shop fol
repairs