Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-11


the present knee deep mud has aroused our
citizens to the absolute necessity for some per-
nlGnent improvement in our main streets A
start will certainly be made in this direction,
although it may not accomplish great things
at first
AS predicted some weeks ago. Col VIM. B
Rochester. of New York has been promoted
| to the position of Paymaster General of the
| United States army, with the rank of Briga lier
| General He has been serving at Newport
| KY, barracks as Chief Paymaster of the de-
| partment of the South for several years past
| Gen. Rochester is related by marriage to Mrs.
| Col. c. w. Anderson and Mrs. DIR. 4chley of
| Savannah, and many friends in Georgia will be
glad to hear Of his justly deserved promotion
/ as he Is not only an accomplished and expert
| enced officer, but Christian gentleman of
high character and great popularity.
There was needless excitement at DeGive's
| Opera House last night growing out of an
alarm OF fire, as the building where the fire
started was half a mile away from the spot
Mr.. Booth came TO the footlights and appealed
to the audience not to become panic stricken,
and Mayor English also added q word of ex-
hortation in the same direction which averted
panic 1t seems strange that an audience
can be so easily aroused by an alarm of fire out
on the street, when panic is liable to prove
fatal to life and limb.
MINOR TOPICS.
intended 10 allude to the six or eight divorce
suits in Atlanta, but see that Savannah has
four such cases in court this week. 1t seems
to be growing evil that needs restraining.
NJ DTuLuOJ, SOn Oh colonel
Arnoldus Y. Brumby of this city, one of the
old graduates Of the West Point Military
Academy, has been ordered to duty on the
jamestown.
A few weeks ago I Igave in my correspondence
the law against pointing deadly weapon at a
person In fun, or under the impression that it
was not loaded. Yet l sec that this wise and
needed law Is not being enforced. A case of
killing recently occurred near Dawson, and no
report has been published that the case was
Judicially acted upon Of course some one
will have TO be made an example of or the law
is dead letter.
The benefactions of Mr.. George L Seney to
Georgia edrc c+tional ins itutions has this local
significance; The great-grandfather of Mr.. Sc
ney was Commodore James Nicholson, of the
United States navy, one Of whose dsughters
married Hon. William Few, who was United
States Senator from Georgia. The relationship
is good way of, it is true. but it is never too
late 70 90 good, even in the fourth or fifth gen
Grafton.
There is a renewal of the fight between Far
row and Clarke as to the Collectorship of this
district. The fact is there are too few offices
for the Republicans, and the "outs" are always
after the ''ins." This is one of the great draw
backs to the Liberal movement. The Re
and give up paying offices to Democrats and
Independents, no matter how liberal they may
be in their political movements
Gen. Longstreet's prolonged absence at
Washington is evidence that he is not very sue
cessful in harmonizug conflicting views and
interests and creating 'happy family of Lib
eral politicians in Georgia. His only hope of
success lies in being able to give each convert
an office and still have enough left for his own
par y.
Congressman Carpenter has introduced q
bill mo. 272) in the House that may prove of
some interest to some OF the readers of the
MORNING NEWS 1t provides that the benefit of
the provisions of the acts IF Congress approx d
February IA, 1871, and March g. 1878 be. and
they are hereby, extended to embrace all sol
d1ers engaged in any of the Indian wars in
cluding the Cherokee removal and the Black
Hawk war, prior to 1870; and that the widows
OF deceased soldiers shall be entitled to receive
the same pensions their husbands, If living
would be entitled to receive, provided they
were the wives or widows of such soldiers on
the 18th dav of February, 1871.
About a year ago had occasion to show that
the neICIy invented Mechanical Telegraph
was simply the old Balm process of a quarter
of a century ago. And now it is ANNOUNCED
that wonderful device for printing telegraph
has been invented, somewhat similar to a tvpe-
writer. This. no doubt, is but rehash of the
old House Printing Telegraph" that flourish
ed at the same time the "Bain Electric Tele-
graph" was in vogue. AS private secretary of
the late Hon. f. o. j. Smith, one of the owners
OF the Morse patent, examined and exposed
both systems as arrangements upon the Morse
patent. Neither OF them can now be revived
with any hops of a permanent success. I refer
to this because see the matter mentioned In
the MORNING NEWS editorial columns
PERSONAL MENTION.
The Athens Banner says we shall miss Hon.
Herbert Fielder during the coming political
campaign But we shall have Judge James s
Hook left to enlighten us upon public questions
of great interesF.
Atlanta loses a most excellent citizen and
skilled architect in the removal of Mr. W Fl
Perkins, OF the hrm of Parkins & Bruce, to his
farm near Cuthbert. But he has left his genius
indelibly stamped upon our city in the splendid
editices-hotels and other public buildings
designed by him.
The report that General Montgomery G.
Uvh hO hao met hnara -
ter g neral of the army, is to return TO Geor-
ga," is absurd. He Is simply a native of Geor-
ga, having been born in Augusta during a
visit of his parents to this State His grand
father was President Of FRANKLIN College at
Athens for about ten years, but General Meigs
has never been resident of this State
The death OF Hon. Isaiah A. Wilson Of Union
springs: Ala. at the Insane Asylum. is great
loss to his Family, his native State and his
adopted State. He was born in Talbot county,
Ga, but won his honors in Alabama where he
was Mayor OF Union Springs, Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department Colonel of the Second
Regiment. State Senator and Master of the
Grand Lodge of Masons. He was an able law
yer and most genial gentleman.
JOURNALISTIC JoTTINGs.
Colonel A. L. Harris is now editing the
Critic political campaign weekly paper
Mr. W. G WILDLY has become managing
editor OF the Southern World an elegant illus,
trsted agricultural weekly.
The Constitution having purchased the
graph has removed to the corner of Broad and
Hunter streets
The Post-AppeaI did not get the Franklin
Printing House as expected the Harrisons not |
being able to move until April Mr.. Thornton
is looking for more central and commodious
location In order to improve his daily.
1t is gratifying 70 hear the compliments paid |
the Southern Fdrnler's Monthly, of Savannah, |
by prominent egricuturists. The February |
number comes to hand with a fine table of |
contents, and keeps up its growing p pularity |
In this section. AS the MORNING NEWS was |
the pioneer in giving the farmers q really first |
class agricultural publication, they feel that it
should be literally sustained in the enterprise. |
AFEMALE SHOEMAKER.
Atlanta can boast of a genuine curiosity--a |
live female shOemaker-young. pretty and in |
dustrious. Having occasion to send nv little |
nephew with pair Of boots to be mended he |
surprised mo on his return by remarkin9 that |
'she" sid @ and so about the boots | then |
learned foe We first time that we had in our |
ne1ghborh&Rd young girl under twenty years |
or age to Slaughter of a shoemaker, who daily |
works at e trade herself, not only mending, |
but mahAzg in good style both boots and shoes. |
For sevGk& years past she has been thus en- |
gagged, aa8 has won the respect aud patronage |
OF q large aircle Of appreciative families
Female earberS are not new thing, but / |
maker, especially one that was young aud |
pretty. And yet 1 see no reason whv the
daughter of a shoemaker might not be his |
assistant in his daily labor. There certainly
more degrading to a woman than working in a
cotton factory, tending store or making paper
boxes in a box factory. Our Atlanta female
has thus far reflected honor upon
her calling and made her industry a credit to
her sex.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Lieutenant Frank de L Carringtop, Of the
First Infantry, is in Washington, D. c., on
leave Of absence, and will probably visit reIa.
tives In Savannah and Milledgeville before
to the far West
The mud piles on Marietta street shoveled I'D
for removal look like small-sized mountains
Atlanta Is making vigorous effort to get out
Of the mud, where she has been knee-deep for
the past month The city fathers are waking
up Of late.
Rev. Frank L. DUPONT. of Hopkinsville. XIV.
who attempted suicide is still in charge of the
police. His statement that he intended to kill
himself, in order that his life insurance money
might go to his family. has caused public atten-
ton to be directed to that important question.
and may lead insurance companies to enact a
su eide clause
The Exposition Cotton Factory is almost an
assured fact, an organization having been
made and agcommittee appointed to consult
Mr.. John Hill, the accomplished engineer Of |
the Eagle and Phenix Factory, in Coumbus,
who is also making plans for the gpeat King
Mills. IN Augusta. Atlanta will have three cot.
ION factories before the year closes,