The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-19
GEORGIA AID FLORIDA,
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

ALady Who Cannot Lick a Columbus
stamp-Gewginn, Who Left Thirty
six Great-Graudchildren -Caterpil-
lar Getting in HIS Work on Cotton.
A Woman on for Colorado OF the
Pinions Of Love-The Pig as a Pet.
Examples of Laziness.
GEORGIA.
Americas Times Recorder. Farmers In the
city Yesterday bring alarming reports or the
destruction 10 cotton uT the caterpillar.
Within the past rew days the worms made
Their appearance Us millions IN some sections
OF the county. ami their "a wages. IL is feared,
will greatly curtail the crop in this section.
Athens Banner. Brown Vaudeville capt
uEeC poor l.--le grasshoppcr yesterday anu
had him under glass vessel. The gIas>hop-
per voluntarily hoped into Brown place OF
business. not realizing its danger. II Brown
can get Two or thee more Of the insects he
will have Erasshopper soup. He cannot ar
ford canary bird pie these hard times.
Macon News. The news comes 70 Macon
that ROnt Harris OF Brunswick. a cousin OF
Rr. r.. vs.. JemIson. Of this city IL quite sick
at Decatur where he went from Brunswick
about fifteen DAYS ago. IL IS not known IN
Macon whether or not {, IS yellow lever.
Young Harris brother was the first citizen OF
Brunswick 10 die Of yellow fever ms year.
MARY in Columbus sunday Herald: /
shall certainly be glad when the Columbus
stamps have been displaced 10y the yenera-
bic old red stamps with the well -snowL heads
OF our forefathers. For while am credited
with a long tongue and broad one II do not
believe nv enemies would even hint that
had a bitter or biting one must confess
that II is not equal TO the licking Of the Co
lumbar stamps.
Albany Advertiser: Albany % a great fish
market and consumes several carloads each
week. Friday night a carload was received,
and by l. o clock last night the supply was
nearly exhausted. u was he same way last
week. The question naturally arises who
consumes so many fish: The negroes. OF
course. Very few OF them leave the city
without a string OF mullet, and when they get
home with them. If they are a little tainted,
they don I seem to mind 10. The surrounding
towns are supplied from Albany with fish. hut
the greater part Of three carloads are con-
stunned here.
Carroll County Times: MI John McGar-
fly better known IS Uncle John, died at his
home in the Eleventh district Monday, the
18th INST. al I clock a. II. Had he lived
until November. next. he would have been Sc
years Of age. He leaves seven children, all
OF whom. except a daughter living In Arlkau-
sas, saw him laid away in his last resting
place on earth By the side Of his wife In the
cemetery at Bethesda church. He lived 10
see all his children married. and. besides the
eleven children, he leaves 100 grandchildren
and So great-grand children. he had been a
resident Of this county nearly forty years.
and was beloved by all who knew him. he
was the father OF Hon J. c. Mccarthy, our
present representative. Uncle John had
nCFer attached himself 70 any church, but
was Of the primitive Baptist persuasion.
Faldosta Telescope; That is the saluta-
ton that fell 20 the hai1ng crowd as the
west-bOund train left sunday evening Il
was from the lips Of Mrs. Amanda Duggan a
woman that has perambulated the streets
and avenues OF Naldosta for many years.
she was Vender OF needles ana such articles.
In this manner she provided herself with the
stan Of life. Several months ago she found
the name Of Mr.. jim Roberts IN a matri-
mOnial paper published at Chicago
IL al he
TO MIN. A correspondence was the sequel:
and that resulted in her bidding farewell to
Georgia friends and going TO her lover. Her |
two trunks were marked with heart shaped !
labels. On one side was: Mr.. Jim Roberts
Barr City. Col Don't break the heart" on |
the other side was the inscription: From A. |
NJ Z. Duggan, Lowndes county, Valdosta, |
Ga"
Atlanta Constitution: Jack Avery, a we'll
known blacksmith, will wear for the balance
Of his life a souvenir Of an ARRAY at the kim
ball house last night, He had dropped into !
the billiard room, and at about 9 O'Clock was
engaged in game Of pool with Wylie John
son, well-known character about town /
Presently an alteration arose over the pOtk
from words 10 blows, They had barely made |
q ass at one another when Johnson drew !
IA or and cutchlng his an yOnist. made |
N uTderous blow at the throat. The blade /
struck Avery Just below the crown and pass /
ing downward cut deep cash through the /
scalp and across the throat Blood gushed |
from tne wound. ana TOT "A moment the scared |
spec alors thought the man had received his |
death sroke The llgular vein had not been
reached however, ana while painful the in
jury will result in nothing more than an ugly
sore. Meanwhile Johnson had rushed 10 one
OF the rear windows, still holding the bloody
razor and warning everybody 10 stand back
At that instant Sergeant Ozburn who was
passing and saw the difficulty, ran in and
made for him. Johnson turned and, without
waiting t. raise the window. leaped through
the sash II was fail of fully eight feet. but
the man was evidently uninjured, for he made
good his escape.