Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-01


Journalistic MOvements-New Pa
pers-PersOnal Mention Senator
HIPS Cancer Again-Disturbin
school Exercises Final Para
graphs.
ATLANTA, January 30-The first month of the
new year is about to ''go OUT on cold wave,
after having fioated along during nearly all its
existence in the mud and water of Atlanta s
awful streets.
Cold weather is bad enough, but we can't
keep it on hand. One or two days, and then
there is a sudden change back to rain or damp.
foggy weather. famous London fog would
hide its head in shame at sight of a genuine
Atlanta fog.
Yesterday it cleared off cold, but this morn
ing lively snow storm. with chilling wind,
set in, and has kept on thinning out until at
this writing NOON it is more of a wet hail
storm, with tendency to milder weather and
another three or four days of rain.
The railroads are already demoraliZed by the
rains and high water. and our fast mails and
important mails are daily delayed. not to speak
of the danger to life and the destruction of
property. Senator Browns train crossed a
bridge in Tennessee saturday, and ten min
utes later the bridge was swept away by the
rushing waters of the swollen river.
A long suffering public will deeply regret to
learn that u. NJ" the philosopher. was here a
few days ago. AS his former visit, some ten
years previous prevented him from dead
beating" successfully this time, he passed at
once to newer and more inviting fields. He is
a first class ID. b. and the veil has been
pretty well lifted from his operations.
After many financial conflicts and host of
legal contests, the old Atlanta Rolling Mill,
now the Georgia Iron Works. is to be sold-that
is, what there is left from the fire that de-
stroyed the main building. The location is a
good one, and. sold to a strong company the
mill could be rebuilt and made profitable nu-
less the boom in the iron trade suffers another
set back
There will be large sale of real estate in the
very heart of the city on March 9TH, at which
time the Centennial Block" and adjoining
property at Whitehall street crossing will be
sold at auction by the executors of the late
William Kidd, who came to Atlanta a poor
workingmaD, and died worth several hundred
thousand dollars leaving no kindred here
Madison Davis, The Surveyor of this Port %,
seems to have had better luck than Pledger
and other OF the prominent colored politicians
of the State. He beat several white men in Sc
curing his present easy berth. and now that
There is prospect that the office and port will
both be abolished as useless expense to the
government, he slips in ahead of Pledger and
Byrdie and all other candidates, and gobbes
up the Athens post office, which he considers a
more permanent and profitable position.
local GOSSIP.
The Atlanta street car stables, recently burn
ed, are being rebuilt in a more substantial and
much hadsomer style.
Workmen are also busily engaged on the
burnt district. corner of Alabama and Pryor
Streets and will soon have the debris cleared
away, and everything ready for new brick
blocks.
The Southwestern Railroad tax cases as was
expected, reached a verdict on Saturday after
noon unPavorable to the Central Railroad
Jurles generally consider railroads fat subjects
Tor verd'ctS OF this kind. The case, however,
will go to the Supreme Court again
BradstreetS Commercial Agency, under the
efficient superintendency of Mr. Henry c.
Leonard, is all right again, having an entirely
new new outfit from New, York, and is reporting
failures just as though it had never been ut
terry destroyed by fire. Nearly all the other
sufferers are re-established in ne quarters
The fail"re of A G. & B. +. Wyly promised
at one time to create a sens ito in the courts
but friends of the unfortunate firm succeeded
In securing a compromise. and when the credi-
tors met for consultation at the Markham
House on Saturday, all parties interested &C
cepted the recommendation of the assignee
President Crane, of the Board of Trade to tab
thirty cents on the dollar in final SetF' . --0
Dr. " Ta'iaferro and DR. ] p I,ogan of
this city, have returneH from a visit TO tbeir
TIa on sroves O at Maitland, in Orange county,
+ Ia anc SO well pleased were they with the
rspia increase in population, and the vaIue of
real estate, that thay made additional invest
fnentS fl mere, thus showing their faith in the
mt in oil
estate are concs rned - = 0''-
mere are two prominent Democrats in Geor.
ga VINO are anxious to be Governor and who
INV INV I.ey canhCt secure nomination in the
oohyenSloh. one OF them says he is too poor to
make the race as an Independent vet he will
support Felton'S new departure He lives in
augusta. Inc other Democrat lives in Attain
ia AMI SAYS he has the money for the cam
pay paisn ana proposes to run for Governor inde-
penuent OF any convention of either party
inc Nevada trophy" offered for the best
sSore st MADE ey any company or battery in
the army, has just been awarded to bat.
tery n, OF the Third Artillery. now
in Fort Barrancas, at Pensacola FIU FL"
me total score was 1929 or 92.2 per cent
Ior thlrty-one men. Captain Lewis Smith. of
LUIS battery, is native of Ireland, and rose
oil. IIonl tIe RANKS. he should be proud to COM
mand the champion rifle shot company of the
army, considering the high character of the
scores maze by the army in previous contests
IL mas become settled fact that the cele-
ordteu Jersey cattle are the best imported ami
mals for North Georgia. Colonel Richard
refers, at his fine stock farm in Calhoun
and Judge j. L. Hopkins. at his home in Edge
Wood, nave demonstrated this fact by large
ana successful investments. Some cattle have
oled, out In the main the animals have thrived
We'll "Oarboy." the splendid young bull i'm
ported by Judge Hopkins, and which died
few months ago, has been replaced bv the
Marquis of Butte" a newly imnortad and
valuable animal
MINOR TOPICS.
Atlanta has wonderfully recuperative lie
nent. when firm fails or retires from busi-
ness another one stands ready to come in and
take its place ~
Chairman Fl. l. Kimball, of the Executive
committee, calls an annusl meeting of the
shareholders of the late Exposition on st. Val
ent!ne's day Perhaps their valentine will be a
dlYldend-perhaps not.
Mail rObberieS are becoming unusuelIv MI
merous just now. and Inspector Frey. Of the
postal service, is kept quite busy In the long
run, no matter how or where the stealing is
zone, ne SAYS he IS bound to catch the thief
Inc insurance agents in Atlanta intimate
that they will be compelled to increase fhe
fa.es of insurance unless prompt action is
taken to secure a better and more efficient
water works system and paid Ere depart
Atlanta is gust now filling up with mules
ana horses, large arrivals being dsily added to
the stocks on hand at the varioEs stabIes
dealers IN Savannah and that section will find
IL good time to secure a supply
Inc herdlc war has ceased in st Louis and
the vehicles are running all right, but Allan
ga 8 one solitary herdic was hung up long ago
after being about Seven davs' wonder II
wanted something softer than our hard paved
streets to run on
Horace Bradley, who made the elegant de-
sign for the Cotton Exposition Certificate of
Merit is busy filing them out It is a hio iob
as nearly every exhibitor is to get one, The
design is quite elaborate and the certificate
Is prototype OF the original drawing, an en-
ttTbly new UnlDg IN the South.
After the usual amount of legal consulta-
tlon, etc, the conflict between the Alexander
helrs has been amicahly arranged and the
land on which the Mcpherson Barracks were
situated is again advertised for sale February
ItN, ana VIII probable be purchased by the
same parties who recently bid in the govern
ment buildings located thereon.
Terra 0Lbd says the MORNING NEWS is worth
ABOUT halr a cent pound in Georgia, but it
orlDss ten cents pound in Northern
sugar stores. once investigated this matter,
and when English imported terra alba sold for
two cents a pound in New York and white
with sugar by candy manufacturers, and, no
doubt, it was also sold in sugar for other pur.
poses.
l am glad that Senator Brown wrote that
frank and manly letter to Col. Estill, defining
his position politically, because a prominent
Republican, an ex member Of Congress, had
assured me that they were confident that
Senator Brown would give them his influence
] also knew that other leaders in the movement
had been In consultation with Senator brown
and the inference was that they were seeking
laid and comfort" Many persons were as,
sured that the mission was not vain one But
the Senator has promptly and effectualIy
crushed out any suspicious which were created
by those parties, and set himself sqltGrelu he.
fore the people as Democrat
It is to be hoped that the Legislature of Iowa
VIII be sustained in its action against free
passes on railroads, and that the Legislature of
New York viii keep up the agitation of the
subject until it follows the example OF Iowa
The new constitution of Alabama prohibits the
free pass system to public officials, and other
States are seeing the necessity for similar
action. can testify that the evil has become SO
great in Georgia that it demoralizes and de-