Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-06

eraI-RailrOad Matters-Immigra-
tiOn Movements An Ancient
SchOOI-A Well Drawn Picture
Final Paragraphs.
ATLANTA, April 4.-The cold wave struck
us Thursday night rather heavily, but Friday
night it came again with greatly renewed
force. and whatever escaped the night pre-
vious was ''wilted'' most effectually. The en-
tire fruit crop has bean destroyed or badly
damaged This viii result in a loss of over a
million of dollars to Georgia alone.
Yesterday we had a soft, hazy atmosphere,
with signs of rain, and the whole city seemed
to be out enjoying the benefits of mild Sun
day. But this morning real blizzard" has
suddenly struck us. The air is full of dark
snow clouds, which seem ready to let drop a
fleecy burden at any moment, while sharp.
heavy wind chills everybody out of doors. 1t
is most disagreeable day.
Our merchants begin to feel the bad effects
of the severe winter. Farmers have suffered
greatly in the matter of feeding and shelter
ing stock, and are. therefore, obliged to seek
early advances for the coming season in the
way of hay and corn. Not few country
merchants are finding themselves in close
quarters, which compels them to look to our
wholesale houses for early extensions or other
needed help. In no sense is the farming out
look favorable. The loss Of the fruit crop in
wolves additional calls upon the merchant for
family supplies.
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
The Rev. R. @. Foute, of st. Phillips Church,
formerly of Savannah, will soon have the
handsomest church ediflce in this diocese. The
work is being pushed ahead rapidly.
Fulton county Superior Court commenced
its regular session this morning, Judge George
Hillyer presiding, with a large attendance.
There is much important business to be trans
acted and the session will be a busy one.
The fifty thousand dollars donated by Mr..
George l. Seney, of New York, to Wesleyan
Female College at Macon, was most timely
gift, as this venerable institution was sorely in
need OF just such pecuniary help. Emory Col
lege was in a better condition. but her fifty
thousand dollars will do much good.
A grim joke is being told on Police Commits
sioner Dodd who addressed the newly elected
police force, and among other things told them
to go for" the gamblers and lottery dealers.
On one eide of him sat the Mayor, who has
been running lottery in Alabama, ana on the
other side Police Comm1ss oner who is agent
for Louisiana lottery. The police are puzzled.
am sorry to be obliged to report that At
lanta is fast becoming headquarters in the
South for Northern and Western swindlers who
mail and express. One Of these sWindlers has
gone to Savannah for a new field to operate in.
People cannot be too careful in watching out
for these humbugS.
The Appling County Lumber Company has
invaded the Gate City, and established a
Timber yard near the Central Railroad depot,
where they propose to do as good a business
as any similar establishment in Atlanta. Mr..
Martin Amorous, formerly of Savannah, who
has been in the business here for some time,
VIII be their right bower" and secure for
them lively trade.
DeGive's Opera House, although recently en-
larged and improved at great expense, is to be
still further improved. New and handSomer
chairs are to replace the present ones, new
mating is to be laid all over the house. and
other matters changed for the better The pro-
prietor, l.. Deceive, ESQ.,, is gentleman CT rare
culture, and seems to consider his opera house
more as public benefactor than a piece of
property held for speculation.
MINOR TOPICS.
The suicidal mania still prevails here, and a
very desperate case was disposed of last week
by the police and friends Of the inebriated
young man. Whisky seems to be at the bot
tom OF six out OF every eight attempts at sui
eide in this section Intemperance and loss of
Georgia.
Burglary appears to be epidemic just now in
Montgomery, Eufaula, Columbus, Macon, Au-
gusta and Atlanta, as well as in Savannah
Occasionally a white thief is caught, but the
majority OF the burglaries are committed BY
negroes. Atlanta is overrun with thieving col
ored men and women, and hardly any one
feels safe to trust their hired help unless they
are old and well known servants.
have no desire to be considered rich y..H,
nor do wish to be thought as poor sy az
Georgia News item about the bura.sss,,;yoa%r' a.
The burglar did not ht "a lol lIa Lle Ios SHs ia
fail to find anything valuable mt ne wa was he.
long time cutting fe Tlndc% open, a,er anu o3t
rGre ne could ed diam@nSs, .G Gs" jowelry and
,nial mniou ,Urth nearly five hundred dollars, my
LIZ suddenly returned in the heavy rain thsn
prevailing, which frightened 1he thleI aWay
with only ou0 pair Of sleeve buttons, notln INT
Additional interest is given to the great Ma ]
onal Teachers Association meeting in Atlanta, !
which commences July 19, by the assembling Of
he Georgia Teachers Association at the same
lime, instead of two months earlier. This will
save much expense and trouble to the teach !
erS of Georgia WHO desire to attend the Ma |
,ional Convention, but have neither the time
nor the money to spare for two visits to At
anita. Our State Superintendent of Educa- |
ion, the Hon q. j.. Orr is satisfied that the
July convention will be largely attended by |
5he most distinguished educators in America,
and the proceedings be unusually interesting.
General Joseph E. Johnston. who has been |
affairs of his insurance Office here, was given |
an elegant dinner at the stately mansion of |
Captain Harry jackson, on City Hall square, |
ast Saturday afternoon 1t was a very select |
AFFAIR. lnClQ01nR congressman N. u. hammond. |
Major Livingston Minis, Captain John Mil |
edge, and two or three other army friends. |
Captain Jackson has one of the most attrac- /
i've homes in Atlanta, and lives like prince, !
which is sufficient guarantee that General |
Johnston was most handsomely entertained, |
and that he will long remember this social |
event as one Of the pleasantest in his long and |
eventful life General Johnston is making a |
quiet business visit to Atlanta, and Captain |
Jackson simply desired to meet his old COM |
mander, with a few army friends, at his own
board in social manner.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
President Charles H. Phinizy, of the Georgia
Railroad, was at the Markham House this
morning, and never saw him in better spirits.
It is great thing for young man to be Presi
lent of an old railroad. whose stock is gone up
20 S130 per share, and feel that he has a share
Z? in its prosperity.
Railway transfer. The Pennsylvania Railroad
will not stop with this victory over the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, and their next move
will be to gobble the Georgia Railroad. This
accomplished and they would control. all the
direct lines from Atlanta to the North Atlantic
Capt W. G. Raoul. the energetic Vice Presi-
dent of the Central Railroad addressed the
Railroad Commission on Thursday last, and
hear his argument highly complimented by
men who know what sound logic and practical
railroad sense are. That young man''-point-
ing to Captain Raoul-'is the best posted rail-
road manager in Georgia to-day His views
are clearer, more practical and far reaching,
and presented with greater conciSeness and
force than those of any man who has yet writ
ten or spoken on the subject of railroad legis-
lation" Thus said one of the Oldest, ablest
and most honest railroad men in Georgia, to
me, a few days ago. He is not in any way in
terested in the Central Railroad or its branches,
but is honest enough to give Captain Raoul the
credit that is due him.
IMMIGRATION MOVEMENTS
F4oJ7 hoe of
full efforts of the Air Line Railway to promote
to points on that road. The
change in the management will not interfere
with a continuance of Major HoustonS plans,
as Mr.. Pope who succeeds him, is engaged in
a similar WORK for the other lines under his
control.
Col. George w. Adair, the livest and most
successful real estate agent in Georgia, has
just opened department for immigrants and
settlers who wish to secure homes anywhere
in Georgia. He proposes TO keep a land regis
ter, and to advertise extensively the ad-
vantages of Georgia for farming and manu-
featuring, and the class OF property put in his
hands for sale.
Another movement is headed by Gen. VIM.
T. Wofford, Of Barlow county, who is Presi-
dent Of new Land and immigration Com
many which proposes to publish newspaper
and do lively business during the holding of
the International Cotton Exposition in Allan
ta Gen. Wofford has the means and the
ability to make a great success out of this
movement, and will no doubt accomplish
ments in full operation it win not be necessary
for the Legislature TO appropriate money to
promote immigration. We shall have ali we
want without public expense.
AN ANCIENT SCHOOL,
Savannah, ancient herself, always takes an
interest in old and well sustained institutions
Such is 1.-THE Bingham School" of Mebane-
n fol fY11