The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

A Woman Drops Dead On Seeing
Another Woman Beaten-An Atlanta
Negroes Fearful Fall-Augusta
Graves the Name of the Convention
City'-A New Soap Factory for Au-
Eusta.
GEORGIA.
cucumber measuring three feet, five
inches in length is the one OF curiosities OF
Jasper.
F. l.. Crowley OF Roswell has a hen which
has been setting since March. She comes of
at regular intervals for food and then returns
to her nest.
Madison Advertiser: Some of our young
men ride bicycles and play ball for exercising
their legs and arms, and neglect their brains
by non-exercise.
There is a tomato plant in Perry that is now
twelve feet high and still growing Twenty
eight ripe tomatoes of large size have been
gathered from the plant and six or eight are
now on 10.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: Harry Cor
rel, the only blind man who did service in the
confederate army, Will give concert Of vocal
and instrumental music in Swalnsboro Fri
day evening next.
Gainesville Eagle: Uncle Jesse Cook made
another brilliant conquest the latter part of
last week, This time he slew a rattle-snake
four and half feet in length, with diameter
IN proportion, sporting only eighteen rattles,
ub ubAt ou6 Will NC uhb Size lar CT
mule and a keg OF liquor which were
seized short time ago from J. 2. Redmond,
we're sold by the revenue oficials in the city
OF Gainesville last week for very small
amount, and the money went for the purpose
OF helping to keep up Uncle Sans govern
ment.
The Dahlonega Signal: Samuel Gaddis. re.
siding near the foot Of the Blue Ridge who
was woke up not many nights ago by a neigh
Dor, spent one-haf an hour trying to put on
his pants. when, To- he had been all the time
trying to put his legs through his wife's dress
sleeves.
ladies was seated at her piano the other night
playing when a toad hoped up the steps,
came came INTO the parlor and sat motionless until
turned around and hoped away Can il be
that the frogs love music?
jackson Argus: John McCallum and Joe
Wright are thinking of having q laughing
match at jackson institute some time soon
for the benefit Of widows and orphans OF sol
dlers who served in the ~ aycross war" 1t
viii be great event, as these are two Of the
greatest laugherS in the state Of o eorgia.
Augusta is gaining the reputation of being
the convention city, for many organizations
and associations are selecting this city for
the holding OF their annual conventions In
1875. Another big convention that Augusta
has already secured for next year is that OF
the International Fire Chiefs Association.
A colored man named WIN DeFrazier had
his hand and arm badly mashed in a railroad
accident on saturday at Waycross. IL was
amputated by DR.. Goodrich and Dr. Wash
ington, colored physician. About six inches
OF the arm was taken of with the hand. The
operation was successful and the man is
doing well
An old gentleman who was an inmate Of
the Lumpkln county poor house, was dis
missed some days ago on account or bringing
liquor and selling il in Dahlonega When we
asked him II he wasn't afraid the revenue
oficers would catch him his reply was that he
f'ulfnn u ia lstaf ha
poor house.
If any one wishes TO hear the music of
poison reptiles they can call on Milton Hite
at Gaddistown He has two live rattlesnakes
Tor sale which he caught some six weeks ago
one measures four feet and the other four
and one half feet. Ones tail is ornamented
with eleven rattles and button and the
other nine and button. They eat nothing
ana never have drank any water since their
imprisonment in a box
Dr. Moss and William Moore of Lancashire.
England, are in Augusta and have launched
In business here. They are looking for a To-
cation. They will start up in as short time as
possible soap factory. To this they add
facilities for the output OF sizing material
used on yarn precedent to its being woven
into cloth. This latter industry especially
viii be of incalculabe benefit to this section
Of the country. While the gentlemen are to
start business on small scale, the initial
work IS experimental and success win TO fol-
lowed by large investments, as there is plenty
OF capital at their command
Horace II. Nerdery, the delegate Of the To-
cal branch No. 263, left Augusta Monday
morning for Cleveland o., to attend the
convention OF the National Association of
Letter Carriers. He carried with him an invi.
tation for the association to hold its session
Tor 1870 IN Augusta, amongst the pines and the
cotton nelds, IN one of the most beautiful cit
les Of the south famed for its wonderfully
beautiful streets picturesque buildings.
parks and surroundings, the chief winter re.
sort OF the south the principal cotton manu-.
featuring M fna r,F fl.a
largest cotton markets Of this section: famed
for It's hospitality and abundant attractions.
be carriers VIII be most heartily and sin.
cerely invited. and II they conclude TO come
me visitors will be given most hospitahe
welcome
At Hawknsville Judge A. A. Lowe has a
gourd vine that Is a whopper II grows from
seed sent him from Texas and planted last
spring. One branch OF the vine chambers over
grape arbor and then runs up tree about
forty feet from where il started, Another
branch travels some distance and gets over
into the adjoining lot Of Mr.. Dixon. From
there II goes through the gate and is making
Hs way toward the court house. II will proc
aoly ne on hand 20 hear Judge Smith charge
the grand jury on the third Monday in No
Nember This branch is about seventv-fye
ieet long aud gets longer every day. Mr.
Dixon claims the gOurds on his side Of the
fence and says he viii have them If he has ID
60 70 law about them. As the case will be
lrleo before Judge Lowe, IL Is easy TO foretell
what the vordlCbwill be-
An Atlanta negro. whose name lis given as
Henry Jones, fell between two cars on an out
gong Atlanta and West Point train saturday
ulght ana was very dangorOusly injured by q
piece OIL the brake piercing his body Tho ac
tiQent occurred near East Point on an excur
SION Train. The excursion was 90 Montgorn
tty ron Atlanta, and was run Jy Capt. Frank
Dean. The train pulled out OF the union he.
l'ot very heavily loaded with people Excur.
hlons are us lally very wen patr0nized by Inc
tsopie % This city; and this one was no oxceD
Won " we rule. Jones was on top OF "a coacb
anu vas stealing ride. When the train had
nearly reached EAST Point the negro sudden.
leu between the cars Iu falling he struck
Tue automatic brake, the lever Of which