Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-25
j. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

weather and excessive heat, except in some
few favored spots that had one or two more
rains. Fertihzed cotton was the first checked
IN Its growth, and Is now opening very rapidly.
Corn cIOps are said to be better than last year
fair on uplands where well worked-on the
loose or isiDglass swamp lands near the river
was never better. especially with Messrs. Lati
mer. fuckers, Eunis, Davis, Roberts and
Whitakers. Mr.. J. @. Whitaker says he has
thirty acres that has been estimated by many
to make !. 500 bushels or more Of corn
OglefhOrpe Echo: ''Messrs. Powell & Daven-
port this year cut from three acres Of bottom
land, on Broad river, 1900 pounds of hay. the
market value OF which is S225. They will have
another cutting equally as good. which shows
a clear profit OF $50 per acre on the land. And
this. too. at less than one-fourth the work il
takes to raise cotton"
JOnesborO Netcs: "a COW was driven through
town this week which, il is claim. O. will give
five gallons Of milk per day She was raised
by Elijah Foster, Of Henry county. and sold to
a gentleman in Atlanta for seventy five dol
lars There viii be more such stock in old
Henry, thanks 70 the stock law"
Henry COtfntul Weekly: During the rain
storm last Sunday afternoon lightning struck
a tail poplar near HOsanna Church (cOlOred),
Just across the line in Spalding, completely
demOlishing 1t and killing two mules that were
tied 70 the tree. One OF the mules-a very
vauable animal-beloDged TO Mr.. G. W.
Dupree."
Henry County Weekly: 1T is a noteworthy
kind are in better condition this summer than
has been known since the war at this season of
the year This speaks well for the thrift and pros
perity Of our farmers" The same paper saws:
Mr. Hill Gray, near Sunny Side. is said to
/ have several acres OF bottom corn that will
yield one hundred bushels to the acre"
Lumpkin Independent: During the past
week complaints OF catsrpillars in cotton have
become quite frequent, and it is evident that
/ they are now doing considerable damage in
some sections Of the country. The principal
complaint comes from the Lower Hanna-
hatchee and on the river plantations On Mr..
| John r lrvin's plantation they have been at
work for several days, and are doing much
| damage. Mr. r. W. Rood on the river esti-
mates the damage done his crop at fifty bales
/ OF cotton "
Rome Courier: Yesterday morning. about
| eleven O'Clock, Mr.. James E Meredith, an old
| gentleman, who is about sixty-f1ve years of
age, while unroofDg stable at Printup's
warehouse, had the misfortune to fail head
foremost TO the ground. distance OF nearly
/ twenty feet. When picked up he was uncOn-
scious, rem aiming in that condition for several
hours after he was removed to the residence
OF Mr. J. A ROunsaville. DR. G. ". Holmes
was called in, and he prOnounces the injuries
very serious, the worst being a severe cash
which was cut in the forehead. The skull was
not fractured, but the shock TO the brain was
so great that it may prove fatal"
Griffin NetCs: Yesterday morning between
the two depOts and along the railroad tracks
there occurred a triangular fight between
| three cOlOred Amazons which caused no little
amusement and interest to that neighbOrhoOd
A short, stumpy wencb, as black as the ace of
spades, and another mulattO ditto, tall and
sender did the first of the wool pulling and
finally finished by merely exchanging scratches
and curls- Then another older female Zulu
appeared upon the arena, said something to
the short, stumpy one, aud the conflict opened
again. The twain. made one by reason Of hav-
ing clinched, did the tallest amount of bit
ing ever witnessed. They not only raised
a noise, but also elevated a cloud Of
dust. Finally, however, when exhaus-
tiOn would not end the battle, some one
from the marble yard went over and jerked the
belligerents apart"
Atlanta Post-AppedE: 'sThe telegraph office
is put to its capacity TO transact its regular
business. There are now sent and received
over six hundred messages a day. The trans
actions OF the present summer have been far
greater than the business of the best winter
seasons This is due to two causes-the shoot
ing of the President and the Cotton Exposi-
ton. There IS a scarcity Of operators, and the
increasing traffic over the wires weighs
heavily on the limited force employed. This is
not due to a d sire OF the company to infct
in the number employed. but TO the fact that
the incre zse Of railroads has utilized what is
known as the floating element, or sub labor.
and there are not enough operators TO supply
the demand The receipts at the Atlanta wire
probably reach s1oO per day-S3.C0O per
mOnth-with an expense not more than S1,OU0,
month" "
COvingtOn Enterprise: I'VE learn that about
| sixty Of Mr.. j. w. Lindsly's railroad hands
| discontinued work at the end of last week
| The work was tso hard for them at a dollar a
day, and they demanded twenty five cents ex-
ira, which was refused" !"
COvingtOn Enterprise: ''Mr. W. A. Hawkins,
a veteran Of the war Of 1872. aud grandfather
OF :. W. Hawkins il with his brother in Walton
county. Tie will remain there until about frost
and on his return will stop over to see us. He
| is perhaps one OF the oldest men in the State
being 90 years Of age His eyesight and hear
ing is very poor, but his general health is about
as good as It was when he was fifty years Of
age"
Athens Banner: 'Afhens wi I have a new
candidate for public favor soon. Mr. Larry
! CAN'T has so the OglethOrpe Echo TO Messrs.
| Wiilingham & McWhorter. and will remove to
| this city. where he will become associated with
/ Messrs. Yancey and Crawford in the publica-
/ ton of a paper. The first issue will be about
/ October lst."
| The COlum US Times hits the legislative nail
Il on the head when il proposes short sessions at
/ the capitol Only seven States in the Union
| have annual sessions of their Legislature, and
/ one of them will probably soon move in the
| biennial line. The next reform should be the
| Limitation of every legislative body to a forty
| days session, and no pay to members il they
| stay minute longer.