Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-02

Alanta fOSL-Appe0t: The Southern Far
mes Monthly for July is out. and is one Of the
yer best numbers yet issued Col Esfill has
mJe 1t the leading as wen as the handsomest
agricultural monthly in the South. Send for a
specimen copy, to j. H. Estill Savannah, Ga"
lflauta Post -ADpedI: "The Rev DR. H a.
Ticker. editor Of the Christian IadsS Of this
ciF, assures the public that Senator Joseph E.
BDWn has paid over every dollar OF his gen
epus gift OF $4,000 to the Southern Baptist
TeO ogical Seminary. The condition OF its
r,turn to him is based upon the permanent
suspension OF the institution, which this grand
Onation makes quite an improbable event in
be near future"
Marietta Journal: "Mr. Joseph Lacy. who
lives near Kennesaw, was struck by lightning
last Friday He was out in his yard standing
against tree, with his hand resting on a wire
clothes line, when bolt Of lightoing struck
tree in the opposite direction, shattered the
tree and the wire conducted the electricity to
Mr.. Lacy striking him on the head aud run
ming down his left side, scorning it to crisp.
Mr.. Lacy was picked no insensible and never
recovered consciousness until forty eight hours
had elapsed. One eve was destroyed COM
pletely. Mr.. Lscy's mind seems to have been
affected. but lucid intervals indicate that he is
recovering"
Columbus Enquirer-Sin: Among the most
valuable arteries to the business of Columbus
the ChattaboOchee river stands prominent In
connection with the ApalAchieola it passes
through about four hundred miles OF fertile
country and the trade is worth contending for.
10 our local columns we have, during the past
few days. shown the amount OF appropriations
made by the government for improvements on
the river and also the progress of the work
That this work has been very
beneficial to the whole territory
along the course of the river none who read
the figures will question. The steamboats,
have been able to ply the stream the entire
year round"
Dawson Journal: From an examination
OF the neatly prepared tax digests for this year.
which have just been written up and finished
interesting statistics. The tax books show
that. in the matter Of professions, Terrell
county has within her limits artists. den
fists, 10 lawyers and II doctors. The whole
number of polls aggregate 1853. being SOP
white and SS1 colored. The total value OF city
property is S1329s5. Number of acres OF
land given in for taxation in the county, 200 920
valued at S576,14 The total taxable property
OF the county is 81, ,2S4 543 which is an increase
Of S1l4,656 over last years figures. The col
ored citizens Of the county give in property
for taxes this year to the amount of S5i.7s4,
being an increase Of S7,41l over the amount
returned by them for last year"
Macon Telegraph: Probably many of our
citizens would be surprised at the Dumher OF
young ladies employed in Macon. That they
are far superior to boys can be atteSted by anV
employer who has ever given both a trial
They are more deft with their fingers, keep
better hours, and are less liable to grOwl than
boys besides no instance OF fight between
them has ever been reported. Without going
into figures of those at work at differ ent places
in the city, we are confident that no less than
six hundred find daily employment in Macon
The factories. OF course. nave majority, but
there are numbers of millinery girls, sales
la1ies, taller girls girls wrapping medicine for
the drug houses, and other emplOyments. The
Orphans Home and AppletOns Home furnish
a number of young ladies who find homes in
families to do cooking. sewing and general
work; but in work away from home Macon
gives employment to as many as any city in
the State, and we are proud TO note the fact"
Sandersville Herald: In company with a
party OF gentlemen, we enjoyed recently a
ramble over the lands of Mr.. G. A. Wall, near
Sandersville. We confess to great surprise at
seeing such large and valuable beds of mari
and lime near our city. The novelty and
beauty OF the woodland streams. meandering
through channels worn in beds of solid mari,
often as If cut by art, revealing fossils of
marine animals teeth, fragments of ribs, oys-
ter shells and other mollusks in great variety,
cannot fail to interest the lover of nature, and
to rivet the attention of the devotee of science.
From Whites tstiStics OF Georgia, published
in fS49 we read the following in relation to this
locality: Near Sandersville are five or
six lime sinks, or caves. as many
Of them may be properly called,
in which fossil teeth, ribs and shells
Of endless variety are gathered in
almost any quantity. Cypleasters. silicifed
oyster shells. and copro ties are also abundant.
Recently opal has been discovered in this neigh
bOrhoOd; also hornstOne, jasper, chai"edony,
agate. etc The compiler Of this work has fire.
quently visited the neighborhOod of Sanders
vile, aud can safely say that, in his Judgment
more interesting geological locality is not to be
found in our country. It is very strange that
so little should be known Of these medals of
creSton Persons have resided near the SPOT
for years, aud yet have not had the curiosity to
visit these caves The friends of science have
reasons to regret that Sir Charles Lyell, when
in Georgia. and who passed within three miles
of Sandersville, did not visit this interesting
locality It is certainly marvellous that these
valuable deposits have not arrested The prac
ticed eve of the capitalist and doubtless but
for the general stsgnation OF enterprise in he
South resulting from the war, would long ere
this have been utilized. Why should Sanders
Vile sell 1,040 tons of guanO made mainly in
distant states. a. an expense Of $50 per ton,
when better ferti izeTs can be made within two
miles Of her depot, and at less than half that
amount"