Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-04


v- s+euhens wound up his campaign Mon
4.- rf,tr at Augusta by a speech at the The
- ~ and with a rousing demonstration on the
--.r ~ th. Richmond organized Democracy
.,.rs p9rs today the great COmmOner will
--..ive rhe hearty Endorsement Of the people
u the Empire state
.-... new sbuetzenwOrth at Augusta was
s----,Iv lpsued on Mondsy night by grand
srs--a-i1n. fireworks and a ball. Tickets
.fa.a.ssion were free and the occasion was
mt marred in the ightest periicu
The educational interests Of g. orgia are just
--qrr a boom. Thescho lls generally through
ont the state have resumed their fall session.
,-4tbs number of pupils enrolled are greater
r-sn in preceding years.
1rIv four members OF the last State Senate
have been ren0minated, namely, President
B.,8t.n. and Senators J. G. Parks, ". P. Price
and ~ Meldrim. This i. an unprecedented
fsr- lu the history OF the Senate
Ir HsrtweI Superior Court last week negro
rss tried for killing his wife and sent to the
peu.rsuuary for life.
The public schools OF Ebert county are in
f5urshiug condition, and eighty teachers are
engaged ip the noble work
R1ckdale county. which has been considered
5n.of the strongholis Of Gartrell, will give
A II stephens a good majority.
The maricus Recorder thinks that the cot
ton receipts this season at that point will be
over thirty thousand bales
Hon W T.. saddler. an old, respected end
h7u0red citizen Of Lee county. died on Friday
last He represented his county in the Legis-
Iaturs far several years.
here IS a gentleman living near Fort Valley
who is seventy-fOur years old, aud has never
taken chew OF tobacco or smoked a cigar
during his long life Though rich he says he
vas always too poor to indulge in such luxu-
ries.
The Fort Valley Mirror and Advertiser says
dphtheria is prevailing 20 an alarming extent
10 the community.
Itis estimated that twenty thousand people
viii attend the circus at Rome.
An old sinner in Athers ia a hard case. Heis
s1tyr1ree years old, and has never been to
church but twice in his life-once when he was
chrstened and once when he was married.
A military company is soon to be organized
iu BuilOch county. The roster now contairs
thirty names, and a meeting has been called at
statesboro to complete the organization.
The WaynesbOro jail was broken on Thursday
night last and five of the seven prisoners con
fined therein made their escape They bored
and crt through the building with tools fur
nishsd by outside parties, made ropes Of their
blankets, end made good their exit before any
alarm had been given.
senOia has received up TO date upwards OF
SO bales Of cotton.
Marion county viii give the Democratic
nominees a tremendous victory, SAYS the
Argus
The Henri County Weekly has been Eemovei
and Will hereafter be published at McDonough
The Southern Car Works, of Knoxville,
Tenn, with a capacity Of turning out ten box
cars per day. have just completed an order for
two hundred for the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad. and are now building
sixty stock cars for the same road.
The price Of gas in Atlanta has been reduced
twenty per cent.
On Saturday last the Republicans Of Wash
ington county nominated two colored men to
represent Washington county in the Legisla
ture.
Mr. Richard Stranges residence, near Oco-
nee, was burned on Thursday morning last.
Nothing was saved. but it was insured for
s25l0 In the Southern Home Insurance Com
pany.
Iattnall county has provisions enough within
her borders 20 supply the demand of her peo-
PIE to- the next twelve months
Cochrsn Banner: "Jochran. with a popuIa.
uon of about fifteen hundred souls, with three
first class schools three harmonious churches,
good society. and scarcely a dissipated man in
Fu fa "a uoIn fo for
those who wish 10 live in a healthy town, in
order q educate their children or to engage in
business.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger learns
OF murder committed at Surrency, No 6. on
tne Macon aud Brunswick Railroad, about
ninety miles from Macon, on the morning OF
Saturday last From what We can learn, a
short time ago negro saloon at Surrency was
torn down by some person or persons I'M
AnoFu. negro named Jim BuZzArd accused
Ar % ) Oherman, partner in McDonough's
Steam saw-mill, OF being connected with the
sfai They had some hot words during
which Jim gathered a slab OF wood and struck
4r pierman, who afterwards procured a
shotgun aud. killed him. No COrOner's iuQuest
y As held nor has any arrest been made. What
,A- authorities viii do in the matter remains to
b. seen.
Atlanta Constitution. THE Railroad Com
mission met yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock
WIN full board present The question before
le .le ooafu was relative to the making OF con
l road and the stations on its branches or
leased lines In other words, it is a virtual
elleoIlatlOn, as Tar as rates are concerned, of
iaLrosd and the otter railroads which it |
4-snt eventually own or operate. The Central |
h'irOad. Southwestern Railroad. Savannah
1rtn and North Alabama. and the upson
ouuty Railroads aud the branches cr leased |
mes Of anv Of these, are. for the purposes Of |
IAnsp 1rtation, made a continuous line The /
sane IS the case in regard to the Richmond and |
Ian7l. e. the Lawrenceville. the Hartwell the i
hoswel. and the ElbertOu Railroads. the GeOr- |
Ea Pacific and the Northeastern Railroad /
me East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor- |
ga aud the Savannah Florida /
~ Western are made different systems. thus /
nsAlus four different systems" for these four /
So railroad lines The effect Of these circu-
a - VII. o6 far reaching Ig will do away with 4
~ I.le CON -iuation Of locals now used by each OF 4
-.sr l.lle rent systems to increase the rates i
u ,sLs-Ntel the stations on their leased lines and 4
.-.fe ll ile main lines. IL will make lower /
80 - 20 slmost all stations in Georgia. The i
irr-s5l per cent. Increase IN cotton is still al
ese- as Wei as the twenty per cent. addi-
s-A on fertilizers Lumber has been put /
---l 20 tWeuty per cent below class p. Of L
afl rates on all railroads in the State.
- afe other reductions and changes which /
'A- 0e seen by perusal of the circulars"