Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-16

IiiaJoEitleS imam Speer does his; 800 that Can
dler is elected. The bets are open to the san
g1lne Speer men at the Banner TVafc6TlGa
Office. ''''''N'''
=. Saturday night last Mr. D. W. Jeter. who
hves@on the line Of Pulaski and Doolv had his
il, gln mouse entirely destroyed by fire, together
with about twenty bales of cotton, two gins
ana quantity OF cotton seed.
Friday morning early. at Augusta Mrs.
Monlka Myers fell dead at the bottom of the
staircase at the residence Of Mr.. Jos. A Martin,
on the corner OF Fenwick and Mcintosh streets
Sne had Just started from her room to attend
mass at St Patrick's Church, and fell with a
sudden attack Of heart disease.
After the 23d OF this month the mail service
between Macon and Brunswick along the line
OF the East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
Railroad will extend to Holston, Ocmulgee, Ice
berg, Indian Spring. Jackson. Locust ISrove.
McDonough. StOckbridge and Atlanta This
VIII be an increase OF eighty eight miles in that
service.
John PassmOre, q colored resident Of La
etrange, and whose business was that of max
ing boards. left Hogansville on Thursday last,
on LOOT, oy way OF the railroad, for LaGrange.
A rev miles this side Of Hogansville the engi-
neer OF the up passenger train saw a man sit
tlng on the track, but thinking, Of course that
ne would get cut of the way. did not slow
the train. But the man did not move from his
position, and the consequence was the terrible
managing OF his body by the locomotive.
Ihe people" are very sensitive in times of
political excitement. Some of the citizens of
nave Ldhbu OuHUSe IN LHHG HON. sea
porn Reese, at the gathering at that place
Few days ago where the honorable gentleman
made aspeech, did not eat dinner at the public
table" The facts are that Mr.. Reese was a
guest of DR.. Casey, who was from IN health
unable to stand around the table, and upon his
lnVlt alton Mr.. Reese his guest, dined with him
West Point Enterprise: 'Our little city is
on a boom. Very nearly all her private resi-
licences are occupied. and still demand for
houses. Business is good, and our public
schools are attracted families from the coun-
rs Our stores are full of fine goods and the
merchants seem to keep busy. We have a
good town If our people only recognized it,
and little effort would place US high up
gia."
Washington Gazette: "Oats are being shipped
from here in large quantities. OF course this
means more revenue for our country than is
produced by the cotton industry, and it means
TOO, that the farmers are realizing a better
profit on the labor and cost of raising oats than
raising cotton exclusively. Besides these large
shipments there are plenty OF oats still left in
the country for consumption. Proflting by
the happy experience Of this year a very large
area has already been sown in this grain and
before the sowing is over there win be as
much, If not more, land in oats the coming
year than was the present"
Thomasville Times: ''Mr D. B. Paxton, moth
ing daunted by his recent losses by the storm,
has gone energetically TO work among the
great pine forests in Colquitt He purchased
recently six thousand ceres Of turpentine tim
Der in COlquitt and the upper edge Of Thomas.
He has laid off a village just over the Colquitt
line, christening it Rose Hill-a very pretty
name. He is building a substantial bridge
across Little OchlockOnee, and will open a first
class road to the railroad. A large number OF
hands are now employed in cutting boxes"
EatOnton Chronicle: "a white man named
Laramour, charged with burglary. broke iail
and escaped on Thursday morning last. This
man. beyond all doubt. was guilty of the
CT me charged, and yet we are glad he escaped.
We are not glad to see a criminal escape
justice. but because we hope this will teach
the county officials lesson which they have
refused to learn for forty years This jail is a
shame TO our county. It is unsafe, unhealthy,
and-hlthy beyond expression, and has been so
almost so long that the memory of man run
meth not to the contrary Every grand jury
tmpaneled pronounce 1t unsafe and disgrace
ful, and still it holds its own
Sylvania Teieph0Re: ION Tuesday night last
about eleven o'clock, as Sheriff R. T. Mills
vas returning from trip in the lower part OF
the county, he was attacked and
by some unknown negro. The would be sssas-
! sin had taken his position in the branch Just
! below T. W. Oliver, ira, residence on the
public road leading from Sylvania to Mr. David
Lees, and as Mr.. Mills crossed the branch fired
at him, so close that his coat was scorched by
the fire from the pistol At the report and
flash from the pistol the horse he was riding
dashed of, and a second shot was fired at him,
the ball whizzing close by his head. Neither
shot took effect owing to the extreme dark
ness, perhaps"
the Constitution, declines to be candidate
for the Mayoralty Of Atlanta at the ensuing
municipal election. He says: "In declining
to comply with the wishes of my friends, 1t
may be thought by some that am Indifferent
10 the welfare Of our city. len only offer
against such an assumption the fact that have
been trying for years, as a private citizen, by
different means to forward the interests of the
city, and think 1 see my way in the future to be
Of more service than ever before. Whilst this
expression Of confidence has brought embar-
rassment to me, it is not the embarrassment
that brings pain. 1t only strengthens my graft
tude toward our bg-hearted city, and impels
ME 10 renew my pledges to studyf41d work for
the good of Atlanta with all the means in my
power as private citizen"
A movement is on foot to establish through
out Putnam county a good system of public
schools. The proposition, which meets the ap-
prOval of many Of the intelligent citizens of
the county, is to proceed according to article
section ". of the constitution Of the State,
which says: Authority may be granted to
cOunti=s. upon the recommendation of two
grand juries, and to municipal corporations,
upon the recommendation Of the corporate
authority, to establish and maintain public
schools within their respective limits, by local
taxation but such local laws shall take
effect until the same shall have been submitted
to a vote Of the qualified voters in each county
or municipal corporation, and approved by a
two-thirds vote of persons qualified to vote at
such election /; and the General Assembly may
prescribe who shall vote on such questions"