Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-06


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Senator Joseph e. Brown for
PresIdent-TrIbute so Ihs Late
Commodore Josiah Tattnal.
ATLANTA, April Ave are having genuine
Indian summer, some days being oppressively
hot. Yesterday was extremely sultry until
about five o'clock, when a most refreshing
thunder shower revived the wilted gardens
and cooled the heated atmosphere.
April Fool Day. passed of very quietly and
had few victims. The Post-AppeaI announced
that wonderful aerial ship would sail from
the Custom House % in the afternoon, but the
| failure Of the editor to get his commission as
Surveyor of the port prevented the sailing of
the ship.
Atlanta is probably growing faster. and in a
| more substantial manner, than ever before IN
/ her history as city. In addition TO hundreds
of small houses, many elegant residences ana
| large manufacturing enterprises are being
| erected. The outlook is remarkably good.
| Hon. John H. James proposes to make big
| Improvement in his central property, which
| runs from the Whitehall Street Railroad cross
| ing to Alabama street. and down that street
| to the Merchants Bank: Plans are being
| made for an elegant hotel building, four or five
| stories high to cover this entire square A
wide verandah will be extended around the
whole front, and make fine promenade;
And in the midst of all this rapid and won
| derful growth the ''Great Developer" of At
| lanta in the past, Mr.. H. l. k1mball, sells his
| residence here and packs up for speedy re-
moval to New York His last grand project,
| the Exposition was the straw that broke the
| camels back But for s. NJ. 1nman and others
who came to the rescue, he would have
swamped the enterprise before 1t opened to
While il cannot be cenied that Mr.. KimbaII
| is a great protector, he has never yet started
an enterprise that did not tdtt IN his hands
| Other men may have come to the rescue ana
| finally made the project a success but the
original stockholders never failed to lose their
all This is true of his Brunswick and Albany
Railroad, his H. I. Kimball House, his Opera
House, his Oglethorpe Park, his cotton factory
| and his great Cotton Exposition. Financially
| he made a failure Of all of these projects, AS
| he does not know the value nf money, and has
| no idea Of correct business principles
The contest over new city park location
| still continues, and has become personal as
we'll as lively. 1t now looks as though the city
will be able to get location any where without
cost. as the park would enhance the value OF
adjoining property. Perhaps we snail nave
three parks in the end, and then all sections of
the city will be satisfied. The more the mer-
rier, and the sooner the better.
MINOR TOPICS.
The thanks of your correspondent are due
Congressman Black and Wheeler and Paymas
ter General Rochester for Congressional and
Your able editorial on the anti-Chinese bill
in Congress meets a hearty approval from our
best citizens. who fully sustain Senator Brown
in his just and manly opposition to the impoltic
measure.
desire again to notify the press that they
are mistaken in reporting Belle Boyd as being
| in Corsicana, Texas. The genuine Belle Boyd
resides in Baltimore, while shameless I'M
postor is humbugging the patriotic people Of
Texas, as she tried TO humbug the people Of
Georgia and Florida few years ago.
l,rNwr
knows, who has travelled on the Air Line Rail
road has just returned from Hernando
county, Florida, where he has invested in
orange grove property, and where he proposed
to fix up a comfortable home for the old
lady, cousin" John is good citizen any
where, and fernando county is to be congrat-
ulated on his location there of a winter home
A distinguished gentleman, who has been In
Washington and New York, tells me that there
is a strong undercurrent in favor OF Senator
Joseph E. Brown for President His record In
Congress is considered remarkable for good
sense. sound judgement and strong intellectu-
atty Although Southern man he has now the
confidence and esteem sof the North and West
The readers of the MORNING NEWS are
familiar with the poem, in imitation of Wilde's
Summer Rose" commencing my life is like
a shattered wreck" Yet 1t appears as original
in the Dramatic Md0azipe, Of New York with
this Introduction: written by a United States
navy officer, and presented to the Dramatic
Magazine by VIM. II. Leake, to whom it was
given in MS but never published 1t tells its own
story" Yes, and Mr. Leake tells a big story
| when he says this poem was never published"
before. Ihave dozen copies OF it clipped
from newspapers years ago.
Great sympathy is felt for Mr.. Frank Mills
and Mr.. Willie Mills. of the Atlanta post office,
on account of the arrest of their son and
brother Tommie Mills, for robbing letters.
Mr. Mills and his sons have long been connect
ed with the office, and are among the most ex-
pert and experienced postal clerks in the SER
vice Tommie is the youngest, and owing to
his good nature he easily fell a prey to bad as
sociations, aud wine and women caused his
ruin. Having known him intimately in the
newspaper business as boy, can testify to
his former good character and rare efficiency.
His fall is a sad blow to a most excellent
family.
After w H. Howard's arrest came the ar
rest of Tommie Mills, and then Immediately
followed the arrest of Chas. IL. Hananford, a
letter carrier. Two clerks and one carrier now
under arrest for rObbing letters, and in each
case wine and women was the cause or the sad
downfall. And yet Atlanta has scores Of young
men equally guilty. who are robbing their en-
ployers in order to indulge in similar vile as
Socia-tions.
POLITICAL MATTERS
Mr.. Henry W. Grady is carefully nursing q
smallsized homemade boom for Congressman
at large from Georgia. The press will hardly
Judge H. X McCay is strongly backed for the
new Judgeship of the United States Court, but
if Judge Erskine goes to Savannah It Is believed
Colonel James Atkins will come to Atlanta as
his successor.
AS The Federal offices are disposed Of the
Liberal independent Republican movement
grows more monotonous, and disappointed
office seekers slowly sulk to the rear A prom
inent gentleman remarked that the coalition
had been too much FELTON, by aspiring candi-
dates
Strong efforts are to be made to, consolidate
the negro vote in the interest of the L. /. R.
movement, but fear it will prove a vain task
Gen. Gartrell has already secured the supported
several leading negro politicians, and they will
rally to his standard a good following from
their race.
The Markham House call for June conven
tion to nominate State ticket does not meet
the hearty approval that was anticipated by
the few choice souls who incubated the stir
ring" address to the dear people Of Georgia In
the interest of the proposed convention. 1t |
will be a very peculiar gathering.
APPEARANCE OF SMALLPOX.
Atlanta has finally got a genuine case Of |
small poX, and, unfortunately, it came to light |
in central and well known spot, just in the /
rear of the notorious Willingham building, on |
Decatur and Ivy streets. AS soon as the real |
character Of the disease was known-which |
was forty-eight hours after first notice-the |
sanitary authorities took prompt action in the |
matter, and the negro girl was removed yester- |
day afternoon to the pest house, and a police |
guard placed around the old house in Ivy street.
Last night the City Council ordered the build |
ing to be destroyed, and to-day it will be de- |
mOlished. much TO the joy of all good citizens. |
The whole row of shanties are q disgrace to /
Atlanta, and ought long ago to have been de- |
for the dirtiest and worst negroes in the city,
it is safe to predict that the foul disease will
spread among those who came in contact with |
the case referred to above. Still the sanitary |
authorities have taken good grip on the sur |
roundings, and may be able to confine the |
spread to a narrow circle. It is to be hoped /
that such will prove true and our city be /
spared an epidemic of this terrible disease.
MILITARY GOSSIP.
Capt. Selden A. Day, Of the Fifth Artillery, |
lately stationed in Atlanta. has nearly COM
pleted new system of "I1lfdntrg Tactics"
which will soon be published, and probably |
supersede ''Upt0n's Tactics" as the latter are |
to be set aside.
The following is the official list of cadets ap- |
Point Military Academy David K. Twiggs, |
nephew of the late General d. E. Twiggs, r. |
II. She field, James II. McRae. Willis G. Davis, /
Sidney T. Wingfeld.
There does not appear to be any great op- |
position to the Senate Military Committee's |
bill to repeal the section of the Revised Statutes
which prohibit the appointment Of any person |
served IN the naval, military or civil depart
ments of the late C3nfed crate States
Senator Jones, of Florida, is to b+ a member |
Of the Examining Board at the Navel Academy |
at Annapolis, an Senator Lamar Missis- |
sippi will be IL ember of the Examining Board !
pointment OF the President of the Senate.
& FINAL PARAGRAPHS
1.-THE. Right Rev. H NJ. Turner, DID LID
a Bishop Of the African Methodist Episcopal |
Church, and well known in Savannah is an |
nounced as a leading spirit in the proposed |
negro convention in Macon.
The relatives and friends in Savannah of |
Mrs. Charles Howard Williams of this city the |
lovely and accomplished wife of the editor of |
fha 1O9gG GrrDaf ha Sos,