Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-14
BAINBRIDGE NOTES.
Public BOOn-BusfBess-A Pleas
ant GatberIng-The Weekly News.

BAIxBRIDGE, GA, October 11.-Editor Morn
ing NeIUS: 1t again becomes my pleasant duty
to send you a few items Of news and interest
from this section Of the State. Summer is
still lingering upon us, and on every hand can
be heard the warble OF the sweet songsters.
and the melody OF the mosquito still rings in
our ears Our citizens are ecstatic and our
husbandmen are contented over the fact that
both sides Of our county are now connected
by a handsome iron bridge that spans our
beautiful Thronetuska This structure was
completed last week, and is an ornament to
our city and county. That public nuisance
known as the free ferry has been abolished
The large saw mill Of A. Cohen & Co., that
spoke of in my last letter, is now in full blast.
It is under the skillful management Of Mr..
LaFrauche, Of Brunswick. Ga master ma
chinist
Our Chief Executive, Ben E Russell, accom-
panied by Mr. ]. d. Harrel, left for Atlanta
last Friday. They have gone thither to do the
Exposition We learn that Decatur county is
well represented. hundreds Of articles having
already been shipped, and more yet to go. DIR.
J. A Butts is the man that is doing all this.
Mr.. J D. Ponder. one OF the best local editors
in the State will entertain the readers of the
Democrat with locals and editorial sduring the
absence Of the editor. Our society has recent
Iv suffered severe loss. Education has in
vaded our city and carried away to those far
distant collegiate halls ten Of our fairest
daughters Some have gone to Macon, some
to Athens and to StauntOn. Va.
Business is brisk in our city, and we predict
a continuation of the same throughout the fall
and winter season. Our merchants are brigh-
and cheerful and our farmers seem all of them
to have their couRtenances wreathed with
smiles. Cotton continues to roll in from all
PARTS even from Florida. cambridge is the
hest cotton market in Southwest Georgia; our
merchants, alive to their interest, pay the
highest market price.
The health of our county is generally good.
there being very little sickness Of any kind.
This has bee1 a very dry fall and we are need
ing rain badly.
Il was the pleasure Of your correspondent TO
be present at Mt. Pleasant Church on last Sun
dav Mt Pleasant Church is about fifteen
miles above Bainbridge, in Mitchell county. It
was the cOnvOcatiOn OF the Bowen AS
SOciatiOn the pride of all the good Baptists
in this section. There must have teen between
eight hundred and one thousand people pres
emf among them gOOdly number from our
CITY. DR. Landrum. well known in your city,
preached an excellent sermon in the morning.
which was well received Dinner was served
on the grounds and not one-nO. not even to
the smallest urchin-left unsatisted. It was
our good fortune 10 fall into the hands Of that
good and whole-sOuled lady, Mrs Cleft, for our
dinner cannot say too much for. her. Suffice
il to say, her charity. her duty and hospitality
knows no bounds. Altogether. the association
was a grand religious success.
The WEEKLY NEWS continues TO invade everv
household H. the land, and its visits are hailed
with delight by everyone There has been
80 much said in commendatiOn Of the NESs
that praise from me is unnecessary Suffice 1t
TO saw as a news medium aud entertaining
family journal, it has no superior