Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-28
GATE CITY GOSSIP,
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
PlTHILY PUT.
Weather-Sanitary Nealect-COlonel
Coles OPeratiOHs-PersOn and
General News Ttems-rafnOr Topics
Columbus versus Montgomery
ChrIstianIziDG the Indians-FinaI
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and ra her pleasant days, but are greatly in
need of rain to lay the dust wash of the dust
from the shrubbery and revive the gardens
! The dry and dusty condition OF the city COM
bined with filthy sanitary state of affairs, has
caused much sickness, although no epidemic
has yet prevailed. Cases of scarlet fever and
diphtheria have occurred in different portions
| Of the city.
| OF the filthy condition Of the city have the
best of proof as l write this letter from sick
bed, where am suffering from the ill effects
| Of miserably inefficient system of sanitary
inspection. Going to and from my Office am
compelled to pass dozen nuisances that would
not be tolerated IN any well regulated city.
! The Citizens Bank failure turns out to be
complete smash" The State may possibly
| save herself in the end as preferred creditor,
| but the deposito's have little hope of getting
ANYTHING If it was not an out an out sEiadle,
| as some publicly assert it was the worst con-
| Quoted banking business ever developed in this
| city. A more worthless lot of assets could
| hardly be gathered together.
No better evidence is needed of the rapid in
| c ease in the use of commercial fertiize than
| the establishment of SO many factories in this
| State, not to speak of the extensive works in
! South Carolina. Augusta has large and
| Il furnishing fertilizer factory Savannah is pre-.
| pairing to establish one, and Atlanta is having
| her second factory erected. If our farmers
will purchase fertilizers it is better that Geor-
| gia should get whatever profit there may be in
/ the manufacture of them
There is nothing new in railroad circles Col
! Cole IS here completing bis already well. known
| plans to extend the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad and open line to Rome. AS I wrote
| In my last letter, he is behind Gen. Gordon in
the purchase of the Georgia Western Railroad
charter and will probably use that route from
Atlanta In the meantime If there is any ri
valry In this business you will see the Central
Railroad extend it's Carrollton branch on to
Rome in double quick time. Self preservation
| will compel the Central to make some such
move.
PERSONAL AND NEWS ITEM.
Sam. Small's Southern Dramatic Critic has
come forth from its long retirement as The
Moon. which Is considered much more appro-
| pirate name.
Colonel "A. L. Harris has again resumed his
| old position as editor and is in charge of the
editorial work of the Cvtton Erpositor, pub
| lished by G. II. Eddleman-in the interest Of the
great Cotton Exposition.
| The main building of the Exposition is to be
a model cotton factory, and sold for that pur-
| pose when the exhibition Closes and yet it is
| advertised as 'one of the handsomest, grand
| est, most elaborately ornamented aud attrac-
tive structures ever erected in this country"
Manufacturers notified that the Cotton
Exposition will take in anything usually found
| at State fair or industrial exhibition South
| Georgia and Florida can send fruits flowers
| agricultural products. live stock or manufac
tured articles of all kinds. The display will be
! large and varied.
| ". NJ. Is. n, d.,
| who has been appointed by President Garfield
Consul at Sonneberg, is a Virginian. He has
| preached at Augusta, at Eufaula, Ala, and
| Louisville, Nv. He was egeDt for Mercer Uni
versity and the Southern Theological Seminary
| both Baptist institutions. A Consulship will be
| much more agreeable to him
| Whisky sellers and gamblers are having
| little shake up here by the grand jury, but il
won't result in any permanent reform. The
leading saloons and gambling houses keep
| open all the same. except the once famous AL
hambra." in the Kimball House, which closed
soon after its last manager died. The leading
! gamblers are political power in Atlanta and
| cannot be suppressed.
A colored woman in the neighborhood in
which live recently locked her two little chill
| dren in the house and went away for an hour
| On her return the neighb 3rs had broken in the
| door and saved the children from being burned
| to DEATH the clothes of one taking fire and
| communicating to the other. The inhuman
mother seemed sorry that they were saved.
! Are not many of these cases the result of de-
| sire to destroy useless children?
| The Appling County Lumber COMPANY who
| recently established an extensive lumber ward
near the Central Railroad depot, have already
| developed lively and profitable business
| here. In addition to their lumber yard they
! are building dwelling houses for the laboring
| classes, for which there is quite demand.
Mr. Martin Amorous, formerly of savannah.
| and who has had a successful experience here
! in the lumber business, is with this company.
which has given them fine start
| In your Florida news column, few days
| ago, noticed this item: 1.-THE finest residence
| in the State Is being erected at Lawtey." II l
! remember correctly, this lace, five years ago.
was a barren and uninvitng pot. Two years
! ago found there handsomer houses neater
fences and prettier front yards than in any netc
| town in Florida. Western energy and money
has made this dreary desert spot to bud and
| blossom as the rose. There is more in the
| people who settle town than there is in the
land selected.
| MINOR To:ICs.
| Rafora Madison he vic noe ann
| tor of the port Of Atlanta he was negro hut
| since his confirmation he is said to be so light
in color as to be taken for white man. His
| appointment seems to have thrown this port
somewhat into the shade.
The female book agents and newspaper can
| vaSSers are no longer to monopoliza the travel.
ing business. columbus recently sent out
| female drummer for a dry goods house and At
| lanta has followed suit. They will DON be-
come as numerous as female book agents.
The Northern papers are publishing sensa-
| tlonal story about negro in the Atlanta Uni
| versitY and his white wife, There is no truth
| In 1t, SO far as her being white is Concerned
| She is much lighter in color than her husband.
| is we'll educated and ambitious to get ont of
''colored society,"
Messrs j. p Harrison & Co., of the Franklin
! Printing House, have laid on my table a very
neat little volume entitled, Essays In The
ology and Philosophy" by Rev. w. B. Carson.
d D., of South Carolina. a Baptist divine and
a writer of considerable reputation throughout
| the Southern States.
like her previous stories, is attracting muc h
attention and calling forth many compliments
to her ability as writer of pure fiction The
''MoREING NEWS SERIALS" have steadily grown
In popularity, and the prudent selection of
suitable stories for publication has had no
| little to do with making the enterprise grand
success for Southern literature.
Although favored with an invitation. I did
not attend the banquet given by Coeur de Lion
Commandery to visiting Knights on Friday
night, but hear it spoken OF in terms OF high
a lU nd epofH TO-
not be said OF the generous hospitality be-
slowed upon their guests by the Atlanta
knights, who were only disappointed in not
Grand Commander w. D. Lucke, OF this citv
may well feel proud Of the happy auspices
under which he retired from that high office.
COLUMBUS VERSUS MONTGOMERY.
Having frequently alluded to the proposed
narrow gauge railroad from Montgomery to
Troy, Ala, and suggested that whenever it
became fixed fact Col Wadley would extend
the Mobile and Girard Railroad to such point
below Troy SIS might be selected for a termi-
nus, am glad to confirm my suggestions
with fixed facts. The Montgomery road is to
run to Elba some thirty mites below Troy and
through section OF country that trades ex-
tensively with the latter city Thousands of
bales of cotton could be turned away from
Columbus and Savannah by this new road
But the Mobile and Girard Railroad extension.
or narrow gauge feeder. viii te pushed
ahead as fast and az far as the MONTGOMERY
road may 60 Should the latter enterprise be
abandoned, as it may, the former will also be
laid upon the shelf Columbus and the Cen
tral Railroad spent large sums of money and
performed great deal of hard work to COM
plete the Mobile and Girard Railroad, and they
propose to reap the good results thereof.
CHRIsTIANIzING INDIAN CApTIvEs.
1t will be long time before many of the
readers of the MORNING NEWS forget the In
dian captives that were confined in old Fort
Marion at st. Augustine, Florida, a few years
ago.
Some Of these Indians have been taken in
charge by Bishop f. d. Huntington, of Syria.
cuse, N Y, and educated by the Episcopal
Church. while others have been sent to the
Hampton, Va, Institute, or the Indian School
at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Four of the Florida captives, who represent
ed the KiowaS, the Comanches and the Chey.
ennes. have made fine progress in their
studies and industries, and Bishop Huntington
and his assistants are justly proud Of the re-
suits Of their labors to educate, christianize
and elevate these rude sons of the forest.
One OF them Tanwayite, now called Henry
Pratt Tanwaylte, has spent the past year at
Carlisle, where he has supplemented his intel
with thorough knowledge of carriage max
ing and hlacksmithing. He will go back to
his tribe Christian man. well educated and a |
good mechanic.
Two others, Oakeshaster and Zotom, have
spent three years in patient and earnest study, |
aud VIII soon be ready for ordination as dea- |
cons in the ministry of the Episcopal Church, |
the one as Dav PendletonOakeshaste 81, and the |
other as Paul Caryl Zotom. Then, with happy |
hearts, full of zeal and earnest piety, they viii
return as missionaries to their own people.