Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-24

blphtheria, sore eyes OF the worst kind, and
ehicken-pox are prevailing in Monroe, the for
mer to an alarming extent, according to the
Walton Nei5s and Vidette.
There are 177,OOO white and f4s.OOO colored
voters in Georgia
Inc hockmart rioters we're tried last week
and twenty Of them were sent to the peniten-
tiary for tEelve months.
- Atlanta POst-AppeGI: "Tracklaying on the
georgia Pacific Railroad reached Temple for
merry known as Ringers Cross Road, at three
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. The company is
organizing It's forces for work on this end so
thAt Work VIII be done at once between BiF-
mlngnam and Admission, and fifty miles COM
pieOeo from Colum rus, Mississippi, this way
=, Cartersville american. THE negro Marion
roster. VINO was sentenced for twelve II Onths
70 the chain gang, at the last term of our Su-
perlor Court, was killed on the Cherokee Rail
ROAD near Deaton's station by the cars. He
was caught and dragged under the engine
ABOUT hundred yards and was found terribly
maugied 10 a stock gap. He lived an hour and
was able to speak, but could not tell how he
was caught
The sandersville Mercury speaks in the fol-
lowing cOmplime mary terms of the DAILY and
WEEKLY NEWS: The DAILY is full of news
aoiy edited, and every way reliable: il Is a
grand paper, and is excelled by none-in fact
" stands at the head Of Georgia journals. The
WEEKLY IN point Of literary merit Is the best
IN the South, and well deserves the immen e
patronage It receives; its popularity is due to
the enterprise Of its able and public-spirlted
proprietor"
Macon Telegraph: I'VE have it from an un-
official source that the shops or the East Ten
nessee NiF inia and Georgia Railroad will be
located in Macon. We are not in position to
state 1t authoTiJativeiv, but we have reason to
be ieve that the officials have decided to place
them here. This will be hailed with pleasure
oy our citizens, who have never lost an Op-
rtunlty TO give the road every aid in their
power The Mayor and Council have long
since rendered the use Of all the grounds neces
sary for the shops"
Sore eyes are epidemic in Forsyth No age,
sex or condition is spared Little children suf
Ter very much, and grown people may be seen
going around with blue Spectacles on. The
Coffee County Gazette gives the following
remedies. successfully used in that county,
where the epidemic Opthalmia prevails: Put
lard IN them, put blue stone in them, blister
your neck. put SAT- IN them, put tea leaves IN
them, pOuitice your face, put grape vines in
them, put eggs and alum in them, scald your
feet Put laudanum in them, put tallOw in
them blister your spine take salts, battle your
head in cold water, wear green spectacles, and
lie four days in a dark room with mustard
pOultice to your legs"
The Augusta Chronicle met several gentle
men in its rounds Tuesday morning 70 whom 1t
discoursed upon the subject of the projected
road through the upper counties, to ElbeTton.
Mr.. ". N. Mercier was decidedly Of the opinion
that the read would be built Lincoln county,
satisfied, from the canvass now being made in
Ebert, that it would bring in S25,O0O more.
Wilkesand Columbia would each give $500
and this would make about 100000 subscribed
in the country. Now. Augusta should give at
least S500-O In a few weeks cotton will be
coming in lively, and business men would all
feel more in the humOr for subscribing. No
canvass had yet been made Of the town. but at
the right time il would be done.
The following complimentary notice of the
-avanuah EEKLY News, which We find in the
Butler Herald, is appreciated: The Savannah
WEEKLY NEws is in many repects the most ex-
cellent journal published in the South. AS to
typographical neatneSS clearneSS OF print, and
size Of sheet, it Is perfect IN every respect,
while its political, local, Ii erary and general
intelligence is not to be eXcelled. giving as il
does all the important news of Georgia, FlOri-
da, Alabama and the surrounding States.
There are employed many of the best writers
/ of Georgia, whose interesting stories have
charmed the world 1t is in fact the cheapest
newspaper for the money to be found. We
would be pFOud to see the Savannah NEWS ex-
tenSively circulated in this section, more es-
peciallY among our farmers, as IL Is especially
adapted to their wants.
Atameeting Of the local trustees of the Mid
die Georgia College at Milledgeville last
Wednesday. Mr. Benjamin Nicely was unari-
mously recommended to the trustees OF the
State University for President OF the Middle
Georgia Military and Agricultural College. Mr..
NeeIs is Superintendent of Public Schools in
Augusta and enjoys a hlgh reputation sS a
successful educator, He was selected by DR.
orr to be Professor Of Mathematics ia the
Teachers Institute, now In session in Milledge-
vile. The great interest manifested in his
work, his energy, fine social qualities. and his
successful career in his chosen profession,
pointed to him a suit able man to fill the va
cAncy in the college. The action OF the local
board will doubtless receive the approval of
the University Board, and Mr.. Neely will be-
come the President of the college. The eXer-
cises Of this institution will be resumed on the
18th of September
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mission to the Brush Electric Light Company
to plant their poles in the thoroughfares of
the city, under the following conditions: The
poles TO be neatly painted before being put
up, and to be put up and maintained under the
direction of the City E" "gineeT. Street Commit
tee, treet Commissioners and City Attorney,
and all sidewalks disturbed TO be repl ced as
found. The wires and apparatus to be put up
according to the rules adopted by the National
Board of Underwriters, and in case the wires
or apparatus should become dangerous. or be
Judged so by the city, to be made safe or taken
down The city reserve the right to use the
poles for fire alarm wires, should they need
them, and 20 be subject to all ordinances con
trolling poles containing wires IN the city. The
poles are to be put on the opposite side Of
the street from other wire; the poles to be the
same height as telephone and telegraph poles.
At meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mobile and Girard Railroad. held in Columbus
on Monday last, the following resolutions
upon the death of Colonel VIM. NJ Wadley
were adopted: 'ReSOtced In the death of w.
M Wadley he railroad interest Of this State
and of the whole South, has received a blow
from which it will be hard to recover Faith
ful to his trust in all things, will find it diff
cult {, supply his place. En- owed with n
executive capacity far above all men we have
ever known, we felt he was the right man in
the right place He never resOrted to double
dealing or doubtful words: as a man without
disguise he relied upon the strength of his pc
sitfon for his arguments. Plain, straighttOr-
ward aud honest in all things he won the re-
speet of every community in which his lot was
cast. His ideas were not bounded by the roads
over which he presided, but he looked upon
the railroad interest as a system. In his views
Re took in the AT antlc ard Pacific cOsst There
was nothing narrow in the man. He held every
portion of the country In his mental grasp
RESOLVED, That while we bow in reverence to
the afiiic Jion, we trust that the same Provi-
Cence that inflicted the blow. will in good time
give US President worthy to be his successor;
nut we repeat, his place viii be hard to fill.
Resolved, That a copy or these resolutions b
transmitted TO the bsreaved aud sOTroW-strick-
en- family"
Waynesboro Gazette: st always gives US
pleasure to note the enterprise of the people
and improvements in any part OF Burke cOun-
The improvement of Perkins Junction, which
only a few years ago was a mere railroad
station The improvement there is great
here are two stores (Nir. Perkins doing large
business), telegraph and express offices, and
carriage and b acSsmith shop There are some
eight or ten neat cottage residences, and all
taken together, Perkins Junction begins 10
assume quite a villsge appearance. AT this
point the railroad of Perkins & Brother forms
a junction with the Augusta and Savannah
Railroad. This road belongs to the firm of
Perkins & Brother. and is thirteen miles long.
and leads to the little saw mill village of Lor-
cite in Scriven county, where these
gentlemen have extensive steam saw
mills and over it is shipped many
hundreds OF thousands of feet
OF lumber, shingles, laths, etc, to Augusta,
Savannah and other points. The people all
along the railroad from above Perkins juno
ton TO below Lawt onviile, who live within
shipping reach Of the railroad, have abandoned
cotton planting to some extent in favor of
melons. and the present year shipped enough
melons TO net $1,000 Lands which three
wears ago would not have sold for 81 50. we are
told. cannot be bought to-day for S25 per acre.
The area of the melon crop will be largely in
creased next year. The sensation in the vi
cinity of the junction just now is the planting
of Irish potatoes to ship to Northern and West
ern markets during the spring ana early sum-
mer If the boom keeps up 10 the present
height there will be large crops or the vegeta-
bic planted in that vicinity. These people are
Industrious, energetic and enterprlslng, ana
deserve success, at least"