Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-30

GcucEAt NEWS 6AA1FOa0 Sensa-
tiOns-The Atlanta Cotton Factory
Final Paragraphs-Miss Selma
Fetter.
ATLANTA, March 2S-Pleasant days and cool
nights are now with us, but we look forward
with fear to the first week in April, as Gather
predicts heavy frosts about that time.
Bridges are being rebuilt on many of the
country dirt roads leading into the city, the
railroad trains are again all right, and our
streets have resumed their usual lively appear
ance
We are never without sensations and excite
ments, no matter how bad the weather is, and
our local newspaper reporters seldom have a
very long rest from an active pursuit of full
particulars Of some suicide, accident or sensa-
tion.
And sometimes, just for the fun of the thing,
they are compelled to trot mile away in
search of a reported suicide, only to find that
it was joke One of these jokes was perpe-
trated on Decatur street last night, and two
weary and excited reporters are just now
promising to make the fellow wish he had
su1ciced in earnest. and not attempted so seri-
GUS a joke.
Yesterday an immense crowd gathered
Peachtree streets, where q negro had fallen
down the basement stairway and broken his
neck, causing instant death He was drunk
and tumbled down there some time during the
night His name was Bill Yancey, son of old
Bob Yancey (who claimed to be Daniel Web
sterS SOM, a notorious negro who died here
some months ago.
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
Newspapers that are mentioning Judge
George Hillyer for United States Senator, to
succeed senator Hfl dO that Qautlnman iniIIS-
tice. He is not candidate for any political
office
Reports from the farming sections of the
State are rather discoursging, and show that
our farmers are not in the best possible condi-
ton for the opening season. Unless the credit
system is kept up there viii be a marked de-
cline In farming operations.
Several efforts have been made to inaugu-
rate an eHectual war upon the gambling
houses of Atlanta, but to no purpose. The pro-
prietors are men of wealth and social stand
ing and great political influence. Their gilded
saloons occupy conspicuous places on the most
public streets, and are run day aud night and
Sundays without fear of police invasion
Mayor English proposes to tackle the question,
but don't think much will be accomplished.
MINOR TOPICS.
There is great activity here in real estate
circles, and much property is daily changing
hands, Atlanta is a place where men sell out
as well as buy in, and new comers can always
find stores, houses and shops for sale. Judge
William B. Woods, who, with Judge o. A.
Lochrane, is to make Washington his future
home, offers for sale his elegant residence,
opposite Major Livingston Minis, on Peachtree
street.
Judge R. A Hill, of Mississippi, is holding
the United States Circuit and District Courts
for Judge Erskine, and is crowded with bust
ness l never before saw such rush of noun
talneerS around the court room, and it is the
firm conviction of officials, who ought to know,
that there is need Of another division Of the
State, with an additional Judge and United
States Marshal. The work at present is too
heavy for the officials.
There has been great rush of travel during
the past week. Our hotels have been filed to
overtiowing, many guests being compelled to
go to private boarding houses. Many lawyers
are in attendance upon the Supreme Court,
ardthe insurance men were in convention
here for several days. This latter was the
cause of the great overflow. New rooms will
be finished off in the Kimball House, and large
additions and improvements are to be made at
the Markham House for the rush of cotton ex-
position visitors.
Although the air is full of railroad talk
nothing new falls upon the ear. The extension
of the Columbus and Western Railroad (for-
merly the Savannah and Memphis) is an old
story, and so is the building of the Georgia
Western. The meeting in Savannah to-day is
to arrange an cid matter, the division of the
western Railroad of Alabama, which is owned
by the Central Railroad and the Georgia Rail
road. There are no new developments in any
thing that 1 can see in the newspapers. A
prominent railroad man told me this morning
that in few years hence Col VIM. NJ Wadley
would be the greatest railroad manager in the
South. Well, even this is old news. or rather
no news at all, for Col Wadley's pet schemes,
when completed, are bound to put him in that
high position. have long known this fact, but
Col Wadley's modesty kept me from publish
ing it before.
THE ATLANTA COTTON FACTORY
was present when, with grand flourish Of
trumpets, Mr.. H. 1. Kimball ''broke ground"
for the Atlanta Steam Cotton Factory, and
helped on the enterprise from that day with
all my journalistic influence.
But when discovered, as / did in the trial of
the suit of the Lowell Machine Shop, that foul
play" was the policy of the "Great Developer
who was at its head, 1 changed my views and
declined longer to advocate its claims
have always written frankly and honestly
in regard to it, and when Mayor English told II,
l. klmball to bis face, in meeting of the stock
holders that he (KimbalD would yet ''steal the
factory" rather took sizes with the accused.
Time, however, has somewhat indicated Mayor
English jn his rash charge.
Kimball has not stolen the factory in a direct
manner, but he and his friends have gobbled it
up, hook and line and bob and sinker," and
the original Southern stockholders now hold
the empty bag, while few Northern capital
lists walk of with the pig under their arms OF
course. Kimball and Bullock have done nothing
wrong, the factory goes on, the poor have en-
ployment, and everything is lovely. 1t is simply
a sudden and sharp change of ownership
through receiver. Only this and nothing
more.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Democratic banner has gone back to
Texas and now the Young Mems Library has
room for something freSher and more useful. |
Rev. L. ]. Davies, Methodist preacher of |
GAINESVILLE, cautions the people of Georgia |
against an impoStor named E. A. Smith, who |
is using a letter signed by Davies to swindle |
the brethren.
Bishop Henry w. Warren, of the Northern |
Methodist Church, filed the pulpit of Trinity |
Methodist Church yesterday in a most able /
manner, as the pastor, Rev. John w. Heidi. |
has been i'll for the past week, and was unable |
to off1ciate.
quite fiutter in our financial circles and many
predict that it will be followed by similar fail
ures elsewhere. Politicians say it will lead to |
a repeal of the law creating these branch de- |
positories, as few bonds of the kind given are |
worth halt their value in case of default. Treas
urer Speer is in Rome seeking to save the State /
from loss in its fifty thousand dollars deposit |
Miss Selma Fetter, the new star that Louis /
vile, KY, has sent forth, and who Is niece of /
Hon. Henry Watterson, of the Courier. Journal, /
played here on Friday and Saturday, and made /
most favorable impression. Although suf- /
fering severely from a cold which had settled |
in her face and eyes, she managed to get |
through her parts quite successfully Having
a fine stage presence and easy and graceful /
gesticulation, she seemed very unlike one who
had been only three weeks on the stage. Her
elocution is excellent, and no young woman |
ever started out with better elements of sue
cess Modest, meritorious and studioIs she
seeks to win applause through her fidelity to |
the characters assumed, and not by a dis /
play OF fine dresses. pretty face stage tricks I
or great family name. / consider her the
most promising and meritorious debutanIe
now on the stage. as well as the most unassum-
ing and modest CHATHAM.
Death of a NOb1eman I'm New York.
NEW YORK, March 20 The death of |
James Sinclair, Earl of Caithnees, at the
age OF %, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, was
reported tod Y. His death resulted yester-
day from paralysis Of the heart. He had
been an invalid for years. On April 18th