Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-20

about as much on his shoulders as one man
ought to have but he seems to stand it all
without any great effort He is General Man
ager Of AS miles OF railway in actual opera
til n. and, besides. is buil ing two extensions,
one from Live Oak to ROwlaDd's Bluff and the
other from Bainbridge to Chattahoochle, and
in addition TO these has fled an application FOR
charter for a road fro n Chaitahoochte TO
Rio Carrabelle, on James Island. IN Florida.
With all this on his shoulders, he yet finds
time to remember the interests Of Thomas
Vi le. or which, we think, our people will have
ample evidence in the near future"
Fort Valley Mirror: "On Friday evening
last about sundown a difficulty arose between
Masters Claude James and bert Persons,
and after the quarrelling had gone
to some extent, Ma-ter Lewis
cBrother9 Brown took it up as the
saving goes A fight ensued berween Claude
James and Brown. during which Claude
stabbed Brother with a knife directly over
the heart but as the wound was not very
deep one it is not considered dangerous"
atlanta Constitution: THE Ordinaries OF
quite a number of the counties Of the State,
under a misapprehension Of the law. have
written the Governor for supplies Of vaccine
matter r use in view Of the near approach OF
the scourge The Governor writes them that
it is only IN the case Of an epidemic that he IS
authorized to distribute he lymph. and nat ne
has instructed the State vaccine agent to have
ready large quantity that is fresh and good.
so that in case the smallpox makes serious
aFEAsk upon tue STATE We may DC Ic1Dg 10
commence a stubborn fight"
New York correspondence Philadelphia Led
ger. ''The fai ure Of A C. & B. f. WYily & 20 !,
wholesale grOceTs at Atlanta. Ga. has caused
much surprise among the New York creditors,
as r. was an old established house. hRvirg been
in business over twenty years. with a very
high standing in the trade and with the banks,
both here and in Atlanta They had gOo1
trade. and the business amounted to about
10000 annually. The failure is attributed
10 inability to make collections on account OF
the short cotton crop. the firm having mede
large advances to farmers and general traders,
and much had TO be extended and carried
over The liabilities are about Sl50,0O0; the
assets are nominally 10000. OF the liabilities
$1,000 are due in this city"
H W G., in the Atlanta Constitution: ''No
where have 1 seen such Wastefulness as in the
pine forests OF Georgia Coming along the lines
# the Macon and Brunswick and Savannah,
Florida and Western Roads. it was almost i'm
possible to find a forest that was untouch' d.
There were miles after miles Of trees boxed
for turpentine or cut for timber. Georgia now
exports 5000 0001 feet Of lumber annually.
This lumber goes to every port of the world
from Brazil to New Brunswick. and from Al
giers to Germany. The getting of this lumber
strips about ct, 900 acres of land annually. Il
is safe 10 estimate that half as much more
timber is destroyed or wasted by the turpen
tire men. II viii be seen, therefore, that We
are getting away with our pine forests very
swiftly. There is a practically exhsustles s
| reserve Of cypress timber that will be trencheC
upon as soon as the pine barrens are denuded
In the meantime it will pay some Georglf
state man to look into the forestry question
| and propose some law that will protect oul
| timber