Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-09
che Mgurning Aews.
WoNDAY. MAY 8. 1881.
Ceorgia Affairs.

u
e-4-S --sr writes US what he believes Is
aui'-s s--,snt discovery. It is aremedy topre
81 ~ ,ox. While in charge Of the labora-
sf,rssaid there were line OF shanties, In
w 80 we're ouartered from two to four hun
VI rsrrces, employed by the Macon and
o.. .-..-n Railroad, on one side Of him and the
80 hospital on the other. The negroes,
bsf linen. stole some sheets belonging
-. 5,sp.tal. which had been placed on GER
s,-,b oaks adjacent to dry. In conse-
in a short time he found himself sand
$50 between two smallpox hospitals. one
.---ti-as and one for negroes. Yet, though
'' number of men working for him, and
,trs situated for three or four months.
" ors case OF smallpox was developed at
-. 1=boratory. The remedy against the dis
Fas drinking tar water, nothing else. His
- force drank this water with the excep-
-, If one man "a Mr. Farmer, Of Social Cir
- He mad no faith in the antidote, and re-
I'm drink the water, and he was the only
IN q-15 fell a victim to the disease.
.,,ori-ng to the Dalton Citizen the farmers
.,-...h,uts say that the wheat prospect was
--.s- finer at this season Of the year. The
Id without some unforeseen accident, will be
IN average one. There was large acre
sys s5wn last fal.
Tho HswkinsyiIe Dispatch reports terrible
.-.Tlspt ia which Miss Jimmie Ann Sangster,
Inter of Mr.. Wash Sangster, living about
mics east Of Vienna, Dooly county, was
80 r, death Ga Thursday of last week
81. was ia tile field assisting her father and
L-,,tsr Ia their farm work, when her clothing
chit fire. Her screams brought them
---,,r-lv TO her assistance. Mr. z. Green.
was engaged in teaching school a short
,-...r.a also fastened to the aid of The unfor-
s,.,.a woman. and found that her clothing had
IN entirely burned of. The accident occur
-.s about one o'clock p. m, aud, after about
&C. hours Of the most ag0nizinS pain, she ez.
pirsi.
s,-i-y time has come at last up at Cedar
.,r., and the -4dUerttser says: On the hill
4s.- beneath the deal leaves OF winter, nes-
..I ,l,sely in the little punches of moss. the
-. ~ mink and white blossoms Of the arbutus
s-s 71-ain5 from the bud, fading the air with
..-f.m.. an earnest Of the redolent, fiowery
GUNNER days that are sure to follow, etc, etc,
st"
7t+-sv.5ze divorce cases at this time cuEber
,ta Superior Court docket Of Fulton county.
win its last issue. the Thomasville Post
..=..es 10 exist. Cause-Iack Of patronage. Its
s,i--r. N-. f. J. Wind, thanks his friends for
.s5-- s,7u79rt. but announces that he must
t,,stoothsr fields and lines Of business for a
livelihood.
The Marietta Journal reports one Of those
strange lacnstrosit.es which surprise and battle
f---sf neck and 10 head Three ears pro
--1l.,l from the lower side Of the necE, near
i-.sh5uld-rs. It had an under lip like that of
sd7g Two ceuIIs appendsges were in the
u.gsf PLACE. Tie calf and its mother are both
deal
TIE augusta NsJrs says The COW question S a
serious dilemma to ths City Council Of that
civ. They DO not know which horn to take
h0II Of
Tee lh1masv.Ue Times. IN q long article, de-
flies is position on the Railroad Commission
sl-.toa. It sums up the whole matter, how
sve-. as follows. It favors: list. The con
t1u4n.e OF the Commis-ion-for the pu pose
81 7-sven.ius unjust and unfair discrimi1a-
u5-s g. Tnatsaid Commission Shouldn't the
discharge OF this duty-give to each road a
schedule Of rates which would insure to their
owners a fair interest on their invest nent.
81 II the law ig defecjive-not Just 10
either reads or people, that it is the duty of
tie legislature as we have no doubt it would
IAtts 5 easure Of that boiy) to remedy TIE
defect"
Tie Bullock Bonner hears Of a man who is
stalking his al on cotton. He has waived tbs
homestead. and is giving mortgages on all that
be has and on the incoming crop, in order to
get gualo, corn and meat The Bonner peril
nstyasks: Suppose the cotton crop this year
Eash9rt one, or that it is large one, but the
pri.es low aud the mortgage and homestead
waving notes cannot be paid, what will be
elr- o. his home and farns He who buys up
0u org credit at a Ioag price, should expect
sooner or later to be homeless and penniless. -
Tie Brunswick 4dUsFtjser-ADpedl is in favor
ola Commission, but it considers some modi
fcaE5u Il the present law necessary. For in
stance. 1t is o. the opinion that ''the Commits
s1usrs should have some restrictions thrown
around them, for we may not always have as
CONSCIENTIOUS THO as at present"
Tie Darien Gazette says; Rice is locking
splendid"
D tatur County Fair Association, to be held in
Blin5riigs on the 18th aud 18th insts. 1t will
iolbtlzss be q fine exhibition, and Decatur
county viii, we hops, do herself great credit
on the occasion.
Ehs Louisville Netrs and Fdrmer reports that
tie fruit IN Jefferson county is not more than
half killed. Nothing from this cut preventing,
there will be an abundance OF plums. The
blackberry crop is all right, while apple trees
1--we enough fruit on them if it don't fan off,
and peach trees will produce about one third
ofacrop.
The North Georgia Times states that cotton
painting has been going on at a rapid rate
among the farmers Of that section for the past
tFo wesss, aud an enormous crop is icing
Fanted
The Wafrentoa Clipper prOnounces the
SEEs "a grand and pepulaF" paper. 1t is es-
pecllly complimentary too to this column, for
+, SAYS: "Oue Of the features Of the News is
that IL shows such al amount OF industry in
culing news from the local papers. Other pa
sass may find nothing in a local paper that
rasezes;le.. items, but whea they pass the
savannah CEvs those Items are apt to lodge
ths-e''
Tie Uarieh I,mjer Gazette says the prices
for tlaser still hold thei- o IN in that market.
sd there has been but little change in several
seeks ani the large number of vessels nov in
port loading VIII make a large size hole in the
looms around the city The following are the
Ga-s.ts's quotations for Iszt week:
"S4lare-5l1 average. s. 50G7; 200 average.
S5llss ; sd average, s. p 90 ; go average,
sa5!c: 1909 average, S931l; 1.t91 average,
S15,2; 19ll average. S1 O00ls. Seao-3O
average. S527 co; 40 average, SSG9 50; 200
sTerage, SioGl1 81; CO average. S129f3"
kE-:.e man hailiug fr3m Barlow county fell
ia ea- clz5ehss CT tao duslSy sirens of Rome
lisw DAYS ago, ana tl.eg r3hhed HIN Of eighty
Dollars They were arrested aid SS,s.42' tied to
.aliu defdul- Of two hundred and nifty dollars
5l1
haNkiasville D:syItck. 1--WE are informed
"a. Dir. @. W. Wade OF this county, planted
tl5ty acres OF cotton in two and a half days,
-.- $50 mules. The rows are three feet
~ AM ociy two burrows we're run IN plant
~ the cotton"
says the Townsville Pos: las rule our
--l-e7s are behind with their crops. The late
spliag anu On e recent dry weather constitute
~ reason. Cotton could not be planted safely
{. a4eiFY date and that recently planted could
- - -V-le up TOR iGcs o. moisture. Some OF
- Itls however, have not suffered, and
II" var raiR has come. ali will grow Oft rapid
?. JAS s-e l1Osiag well. AID the yield, II the
-1i-s Sll-. VIII be- fully up 10 al average
gainesville S91tkr0a: Our Clarksvi le ard
- an ais frients are greatly elated at the
aspect or al early completion OF the North
E-"SIn ESl-TO3d % these points We don
&c $50 ti4ela; sc are glad of it ourself. Ic viii