Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21
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a. second Class Matter.
Georgia Affairs.

Georgia Affairs.
-.r--.i 6iI not come to an end on the
Mother Shipton predicted, so We
sur spectacles once more and see
~ .....--s4 exchanges say about it.
gr. HuUetfn notes a great deal OF
-r.nalt going ON ia and around that city
e-na Netrs reports the death in Atlanta
-.s4v last 81 Mr. ". L. McEnnery. of
s-,-, coueussion Of the brain, aged
.s-..v wears. He was an old and respecta-
--,.r NJ Griffin. He had gone to Atlanta
..-.. work. when he received a fall on
..-rav df his boarding house
ICON l1ad Of fodder, says the Albany
--...f 4icsrtiser. attracted considerable
-,r On tb. streets Of that town few
-.s.7 The same paper is gratified at the
.-s.- ~ the immediate establishment Of a
-,lHr-h school in that city
n. 5-r-,.able bachelor Of the Thomasville
--ss-ss lust succeeded in vaiiantly break
...--- IF His office by a colored brigade Of
a.r-v .Iers. He was evidently wrought
,,. tf-h pitch 81 evaporation, profound
,r.-el aui generally di gruntled. But
-st-ei tla f-Id, covered himself with
srf risss his own blackberries.
saws never in the history Of Thorn
tl--- been so much building going
. as uew
A.. l.t.rDlise is afraid Covington will not
-.r--.-r-ei at the grand temperance rally
Toronto. Canada in July. But it is con
r.fIrt tie report Of a good average wheat
.-1r5x being threshed-
-..- Ware and Jeannie Wright, two eOlored
.-,--s II bad character. says the Rome
-r-.- were tried in that city for vagrancy
b.. ,---. and sentenced each TO six months in
..- and twelve mouths on the ehain-gang.
The Columbus Daily Times announces the
s-s-s .7 Girard Of NJ N A. Pearce, aged
..r-r Years. He was for years conductor on
IT, Mobile and Girard Railroad. and stood
LIB aS citizen.
Tre ca-v Council Of Griffin has adopted a
,4,-r...au t5 abolish the Office of Judge OF the
y.r Court aud devo,ve his duties upon the
Mayor The yeJrs thinks the measure unwise.
E-t why burden a small town with Mayor
l-y aud City Judge boths
Jadzs Underwood, in Rome Superior Court,
! aL
y-srs iu the penitentiary,
The Gainesville Edgle OF the 18th excluded
5.5.r matter to give special prominence to the
um--lus places Of resort by health and pleas
ne seekers in that vicinity.
Acarl1ad Of 10000 pounds of Western hay
vas burned, car and all, between Hawkinsvillt
s1iCoehran. last week. sold to Messrs. POwe
kEiaeh-u. near Eastman. The car was mex
tie engine and probably fred from that source
Conductor Allen, seeing no chance to extln
zlsh tie flames, uncoupIed and saved th'
ether cars. $500
LaGrange has repealed her S15CoO hquo
ls,use law, and reduced the license to S5a0
Tie Exporter says nobody has yet appieu 10
license under the new law.
The Chronicle and CORstitutiOndlist say
Aug-a1a is certainly on the high road to pros
p-r.tv. aud its future assured. The John
King Factory IS on boom, the stock rapidly
being taken up. and s C0.GO0 OF the money is Il
oe employed IN the purchase of grounds
buildings aEld machinery
The Mayor OF tbs city Of Augusta advocate
tl4 isslipg of $4,000 la city bonds for i'm
Drevemeut Of the sewerage ana 20 make TIA
city healthy. The Chronicle and Constitution
list takes issue with him on both subjects, de
ends the healthiness of the city. and thinks it
55nded debt OF S2,C00 Ol0, with aosting deb
ot S125. 900, at 6 per cent. interest, taxing vd
,ers $50 per head, is qilite as much as August'
should take on aC this time.
The Conyers ErdmiRer ENDS that the corr
.si cotton crops Of that section are very gooC
uy Is this time, and viii turn OUT a good aver
AZ Il the season continues. The same pape
announces the death Of Mr.. Basil WCOlly, o.
hat county, about eighty years Of age.
The storytelling editor Of the Hawkins
r1e 5ispatch says he has been trying to re
ssu his re.,usation for veracify lost a few
years ago. But ns - not yet ''out of the CIV
soods."
A s5rrespondent at Carterss.Tis gFitas
Crop prospects are good in this section
VLes- acreage saall. but the yield is better
uau last year Corn aEd cotton growing
srl-u1IdIy. as We haze nos sussred for rain a
single day"
EizLt or nine counties we're represented Ia a
seuuz ar Aulsricus last week to consider the
mro--. noe Of a railroad extension from Haw
d5syira ,- II etnsn t6 Als3ericus. The meet
r, vas r,-,sI,, otto. -ded, says the Recorder, by
representative men. harm "ious and enthpsi-
a.e. Appropriate committees " ere appoint
% 20 work up the matter.
HHegrass U-dtchmdB: "a valued local cor
'SfJnIrut writing US says: While SOjouTning
---y iu Teifair county we were glad to OBJ
er'r Tie advanced state Of the crops, especi-
ty Tie corn crop, which appears to be equGl.
not superior, to anything we have seen in
several adjoining counties Farmers, as
i-.e. are pretty ready to gTumble, and Occa-
Ia-y without cause. but at pre- sent the
laj1-ty appear to be satisfied with the pros
sttis and are looking forward 70 rich har-
~, Nhich viii in a manner compensate them
Z Their heavy losses in stock during the late
F'ere winter"
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: "Negotia
W. a-e pen ing between the Laboratory
..IQany and certain gentlemen in this city
.e-a.ve % the purchase OF the laboratory
ending for a cotton mill. Ii was thought
l0,efday that everything had been arranged,
y -ler- Is a hitch in the proceedings which
~ delay the trade " he Telegraph adds
% view of the probable purchase Of the
-.5fal'ry building for milling purposes, the
--oNifE sketch Of this property VIII be IN
-esl1g The building, which stands Just
~ li Niueyille only a few feet from the
---k % the Macon and Western Railroad. was
57l.rd during the war y the Confederate
i s,eiHnent. Its object will be seen IN the
--'e eilE extract from Jefferson Davis Rise
- ral u the Confederate Government:
--llS the obvious requirements or q
~ tsitsted service was one central laooFa~
~t p sufficient capacity to prepare all am
----.-9n. and thus to secure the vital adVan-
II qf absolute uniformity. Authority was
17tlre granted to concentrate this spe<sles
aots < AZ Macon, Ga. Plans OF the buildings
y " the machinery required were submitted
~ approved. and the work was begun with
sy The pile of buildings hal facade or
--rt. was Designed with taste and compre-
$50 every possible appl y ce for good ana
Y organized work The buildings were near
s-a-J for occupation at the close of the war,
81 some of the machinery had arrived at
.--'-l t The project preceded that OF a gen.
r A.W9ry for the Confederacy. and was
49, ~ nearer com pieCiOn. These. with the SdIlll-
49, po" der mills at Augusta, would have been
F-p-t,td aud with them the government
49, ~ have been 10 9 condition to supply arms
- az -nunitiOn to three hundred thousand
- 10 these would have been added
- OF Brierfield Ala, where
-Fongest cast iron in the country hss been
- Several Of the smaller buildings have
49, ~ u u E-Inolished. but the main structure,
--Il specimen Of work. stands sound TO-
~, ouf Few minor repairs being necessary.
- T rtF' perty, in 1883. was purchaeed from
- -L.led states Government by company,
a ~ principal members Of which now are
4 F..al@ SchOfeld, H. J. Lamar, w. ii.
s.a...l- J. T. FELTON,. D. F. Gum, John Green
~ q ana J. Wimberly. The price paid
= We learn. Sz4,0-0.''
Florida Affairs.
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