The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-20
ET0UClA And FLORIDA.
d, News Of The Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

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seventeen Smaller Ones the
- Dav-More Trouble Reported
s., Rust Than From Caterpillars.
GEORGIA
.,,.,v Herald Farmers report that they
Aoans -iencing more trouble from rust than
Ut 5nars They say that the rust IS APP
trent and very damaging III INC "ly anu "eV
.-ios Of land alike.
'..,.F...-5s. Herald: So far as we have been
WY ascertain there was no rain IN Way
s.ss Yesterday, not even sprinkle. rms ex-
4 Gi8ss the theory, that II II rams the nrst DAY
0 ttCr5avs IL viii rain for forty cons ecutive
4 o. uoH tI5,ysver we are Of Opininion that ii
eea{sd somewhere near the city
''par,a 'Trjbune The first frost this year will
hO'' an sent i6 There will be at least
Il tVI- ~ SHOWS the coming winter. But in
N.Y. N.Y. NJ mis- the winter will be exceedingly
u sP} That's the information the Tribune
ll. . and the source SIS one OF our oldtime
s,1srs who lives, according to himself,
. sabout a day from honhe'
Il Srr,oria Telephone: A bale of cotton Is
, SJl5 70 command its market value in money
d p5eneyer il is giHned and packed and put up
a w. sale II this country couldn I supply the
ob necessary for its purchase Liverpool
Ca9h 5 rsadv TO do it. There is no danger of
s'u not nefng bought. It is kingly still in It's
q n W. and marches into the chambers OF com
a erse it'll the same royal tread.
a nuhlin Post: A negro was arrested and
N ,o.gsd nm Monday for shooting into crowd
~ tba turDentine still OF Powell a B1ZZell
n ee,otber negro was also run in for harboring
4 H. aforesaid character. They have compan-
A ion in the county jail in the person OF another
sC1 nj Ham who IS charged with larceny
a AN, me house The jail was clear OF priS
4 ors o1,lv two or three days ItSeemS to be
a a yery popular summer home.
Fort valley Leader: good alhanceman
soid Il don't care much whether congress
adopts gold OF silver standard so they don
Ia 80 M n Il "a
9rIoers can circulate $500 worth of mortgages
On a SIS mule we've got pretty good basis
anyway. and if England and other foreign ma
lions want EN- redeemed let en- come and
Il in the mules like you merchants nave been
doing for the last ten years
Eastman Times Journal; One of Rev. G. w.
Pharr's little boys was bitten last Monday by
snake known as the rHttlesnake pilot. 1t
happened that he was only snort distance
rom the house when he was bitten, so he
hurried to the house where his brothers were,
who killed chicken as soon as possible, cut
# omen and applied it to the bite, which was
on his instep. The chicken TOOK up all the
poson and In a short while the boy was all
right.
Cochran telegram There was an old ne
gro on our streets last week that is getting
pretty far advanced in years. ''Old Drum
mer as he Is called by everybody, will soon
see his llSth birthday. He was old enough to
drive cows to the pasture when the reVOlu-
tonary war broke out, which was ] II years
ago The old man was gray at 30 and was
bought by citizen Of this county as slave.
He is very active and lively. He walked from
his home on the river to this place, distance
Of eight miles, after some provisions.
Athens Banner: Thursday afternoon about
dark there was a vivid flash of lightning, fol-
lowed hy a very heavy clap of thunder, from
which several persons in the city were percep
tibly shocked. Over in Newtown a negro
suburb Just beyond Cleveland avenue, three
little negroes were playing and swinging I'M
tfv.NN r
Homer Billups. aged 4 years, was sitting in
the swing, and the bolt struck him, killing
him instantly There was no wound on his
body, except an ugly bruised place on his
right gnke and it is supposed that the bolt
entered his body at the ankle. Strange to
say the bark OF the tree was not scratched,
and II is supposed that the lightning struck
the little boy Homer Billups with full force.
Dahlonega Signal: People should be very
careful while handling firearms, and more
especially in leaving them in the reach of
children Two accidents occurred in our
neighbor county Han, last week, in which a
little child was killed and a young lady seri-
0usly injured BY being shot through one
shoulder On last SATURDAY. while a Mr.
Jarrett who resides in the country was visit
Ing his daughter in the city of Gainesville, he
picked up loaded pistol and was examining
it, when 1t went of and the ball entered the
forehead of his little 6-year-old grandson
standing near. and the little fellow died In
about four hours. And on the Thursday pre-
gun lying across a loom, at Mr.. Quilli3n's, In
the upper portion of Hall county, and il went
of, with results as before stated.
Atlanta Herald: Jack McAndrews and
Charley Britt men who have been employed
on the new Silvey building, opposite the Kim
ball on Decatur street, had a serious fight at
O'Clock this afternoon. MCAndrews was at
work in the building when Britt, who has
been off for several days, came in the place.
Britt claims that McAndrews used him
roughly when he worked al the building and
discussion took place between them.
McAndrews suddenly grabbed a brick and
struck Britt terrible lick on the side of the.
head, Just back of the left ear. Britt then
opened his big pocket knife and stabbed him
in the side. McAndrews fell with Britt ON
top OF him and the knife at his throat Britt
suddenly jumped up and McAndrews ran
from the building. " cOuldn't kill him said
Britt II thought Of my wife and children just
a started to cut his throat" Britt's 7-year-
old son was a Mortified witness to the fight.
Both men were painfully hurt. Cases were
made against them