Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-09
j. Fl. ESTILL. PROPRIETOR.

the check The matter will be taken to the
courts Tor adjustment. Mr.. Rouse is a gentle
man OF unexceptional character and high
standing and his bondsmen, Messrs Jas. M.
Rouse, s. NJ Hunt, Thomas Harris, and John
d. odom, viii contest the matter to the
end.
The AmericuS Recorder reports that while
returning from Americus, Mr. j. B. Rouse and
his daughter. Miss Maggie. met with serious
accident One side OF the buggy body gave
way, preeipitating both to the ground. the
wheel running over aR1 badly bruising Mr..
Rouse. and the fau dis!ocating the left arm
and shoulder Of the lady. Mr. Monroe Hardin
found the horse mile distant; went in search
and found both lying upon the ground. DR..
Westerbrook was called in, and the patients
are doing well.
Speaking of the consolidation of the Georgia
western and the Atlanta and Alabama rail-
roads, under the title of the Georgia Pacific in
| the interest Of the Richmond and Danville the
Constitution remarks: while General
Gordoa's original stockholders were strong
enough 70 push this road through of them
i selves, while the Richmond and DanviIle was
/ strong enough to have built an individual line
| Ior ltself, and while Atlanta would have liked
| 10 nave had two roads to the coal fields and
| both would probably have been dividend
| payers. we can best think that the combine
tion OF these two forces is a good thing for all
| concerned. Atlanta will get well built and
finely equipped road to the coal fields and be-
| yonds as fast as money can build it,"
The Atlanta Constitution rep lrts that on
| one OF its repreS Sentatives asking President
Berry, Of the Atlanta and West Point Road
whether there was any water in the stock of
| that corporation. which recently declared
scrip dividend of 100 per cent. that gentleman
replied, mo. sir There is no water in it. Itis
the best Jersey milk and with plenty of butter
IN 1t. We simply wanted to let the holders ef
the stock know what il is really worth SO that
none of them could sell under misapprehen-
| sion of the value of their stock We have not
placed any fictitious value on the stock. We
are supposed to be well acquainted with the
| condition OF the road, and it is nothing but
right that we should give the benefit of that
knowledge to the stockholders. In issuing the
debenture certificates to the amount of the
original value Of the stock we simply express
its value and will continue in future TO pay our
re- ular semiaunual per cent dividend in ad-
ditiOn to the per cent, which these bonds
will bear for the stockholders. There is no
water IN 1t. 10u see the road has earned this
money. and the increased value of its stock
belongs to the stOckh 1lders. There is no rea-
son v by we shoul1 not tell them Of it and give
it to them"
Dublin Gazette: Last Thursday morning
We saw in front of this Office and surrounding
the store Of Jones & Co., nineteen wagons and
carts We paid close attention to this, and
saw the nineteen wagons carry on western
corn bought on a credit. The Coiviile arrived
the previous evening, with nearly its entire
cargo composed Of corn Such was never seen
in this county before, and it must surely lead 10
something bad. There will be more broken
farmers in this county this fall than she has
ever witnessed"
Cuthbert correspondence Atlanta Constitu-
tion: AT the public discussion or the fence
no fen. e. question, quite a number of the
best farmers aud most substantial men of the
county were present, and the discussion was
| entered into by several OF them. Most of the
speakers, in fact all except enc, favored no
| fence, and many good arguments were brought
forward to subStantiate thsir position. 1t was
shown that there was enough fencing in Ran
dolph county 70 fence in and connect the capi
tai at Washington with Randolph county, and
that there was enough rails in this county to
build fence from Savannah to San Francisco
and back; that the aggregate value of the
fencing was worth 500 600. and that it cost
S75000 annually to keep the fences in repair.
When this amount is contrasted with the aggre-
gate value OF stock in the county which is
estimated at Ss50,OGO. it will be readily seen
that it will be true economy to abolish the
fences and sdopta better method of providing
I for the stock The question v i'll doubtless be-
fore long be submitted ID a vote of the county,
and from the present indications the fences
will be abolished.
: Noticing the June number of the Southern
, Farmers MOnthly the Montezuma Weekla
says: This magazine has grown to be one of
the most popular in the Southern States. and
; IS before US. containing ITS usual amount OF
interesting residing matter u direct the poor
farmer The current number contains an in
terestIng History of the Georgia State Agri
cultural Society, by Malcolm johnson. 1he
| Farmers Monthly will be sent to any address
for two dollars a year. postage paid Addre IS
| ]. II. EStill- Savannah, Ga"
q An ex-soldier, writing from Macon. Ga tC
2 1 the Chicago Tribune of An6ersonville prison
/ says: The former strong walls of upright pine
posts are Tauid!y decaying. and in most places
l. | a ridge of rotten wood is the only sign remain
{ | ing of the once formidable barricades. YOUNG
| oaks ami pines have sprung up rapidly Eincs
| the war. and many of them have attained q
: | height Of fifteen or twenty feet. The numerou;
| wells dug oy the prisoners for water still exist
. | The caves and burroughs which they dug fol
shelter have mostly been changed into slight
| burrows or ridges by the wear anC
tear OF time The memorable 'PTovi
| deuce spring. at the foot Of the hill
which suddenly burst out one night in tn,
( midst Of a very dry time. when the prisoner
= / were praying for water. still ex SITS: its cool
clear waters are the sweetest and freshest Il
be found in all that region. 1t is a matter o.
8 romance that the main part Of this histori'
) ground Is now owned by a colored man whC
was a former save in that vicinity. He is
very intelligent and industrious mulatto
named q. W. Kennedy. He bought four hun
n dred and fifty acres, including about twO-third
OF the stockade, for twelve hundred dollars
When I was there, a few days ago he hsC
. cleared up ten or twelve acres of the under
4 growth, and was about to pillow it up for a CO.
ton field. There were two car loads OF WOO
cut of that ground sold for 81 50 per cord