Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-08

Tor fires blank Is and overcoats.
OF course the coal and wood dealers are
happy, as they can get rid Of the surplus STOCK
left over by an open winter.
But The farmers who are raising cotton and
corn, they watch these cold nights with sad
faces, and expect every morning to find frost
on their growing crops
The smallpox still holds its grip, and every
day or two few new cases are sent out to the
hospital. but the newspapers and the Officials
are quiet, and no excitement prevails when new
cases spring UP.
Real estate Is about the Hveliest thing in the
market, and new real estate offices are being
opened every few days Competition aud daily
auction sales make the boom "a thing of booty
and jaw forever" The market is full of fine
residences, gilt edge building lots, factory
sites, ETC., etc.
There is another boom here that have failed
TO notce-that in truck" farming Atlanta i5
now environed by small veget able farms and
dairy enterprises Every morning a swarm of
milkmen and vegeta BILE peddlerS scst tier about
the city, and no family Is obliged to send to the
stores for eggs, butter, chickens, milk and early
vegetables
and this suggests the subject of establishing
central city ma ket, which is periodically dis
cussed here, but always without results At
lanta has not been trained TO market habits,
has grown up full of small groceries and me It
stands, and with vege aole peddlers bringing
their products to theiE customers doors. Ii is
this fact that has prevented us from having a
central market, and will also defer the enter
prise for the present at least.
This has been a week of accidents. Shootings
and hangings. The most import ant case is that
of DR.. Alex. Fox. the Russian, or rushing, Opt
clan, wei known in Savannah and florida. and
who was never suspected Of being dangerous
man. But he came back from Augusta mad,
and undertook to SETTLE an old difficulty with
hsara Oh I'D
hit wide of the II ark, and Pickert escaped,
while Fox went to jail. Public sympathy is
rather on Pickert's side. and the irate optician
will probably fiud that his plan for settling
business difficulties is not strictly legal III its
operations.
MINOR TOPICS.
Things are in great confusion around the
State 1reasurers Office Just now. new and
thoroughly burglar proof safe is being put inte
the vault, which aI4o has safety lock door
thereafter the States money will be.doubly
safe from rats, fire and burglars.
Visitors from abroad have long expressed
surprise at the Sha bby and unattracLive Gp
pearance of our fsmous Ponce de Leon Spring.
The owner, however has resisted all attempts
at improvement by interested parties, hut no "
yields to the outside pressure, and Messrs
Peters & Culpepper secure long lease there
by. An elegant hotel and other desirable i'm
provements are now promised US for next
season. Visitors from abroad, as well as our
people, will hail these promised changes aud
improvements with much pleasure.
great deal is said in the papers about
Georgia gold, silver, coal, iron and other mit es,
yet we have within our borders a mine that
promises to bring wealth TO our golfers. re-
fer to the paint mine near Augusta, which is
being ope, ated By the Georgia Paint Company,
of that CITY of which DIR D. B. Plumb, late of
Atlanta, is the efficient and energet.c President
The Georgia Red or Metallic Paint" and
Golden Ochre" from this mine have already
become famous all over the country, and Presi
dent Plumb has just shipped thirty tons to
sInI Ills OnlO VInHna
manager this industry will prove a mine Of
slth to our State.
The removal of the headquarters of the
Southern Baptist Home Missionary Society
from Marion Alabama, to Atlanta, and the
election of r v. ]. T. Tichnor. D. d of Auburn.
Alabama, to succeed Rev DR. McIhtosh a. It's
Secretary, makes our city the centre of smother
great religious and educational enterprise. and
brings to us one of Alabamas most emin mt
dvneS and successful educators. Rev. Dr.
Tichnor hes been President of the Alabama
Agricultural and Mechanical College for abour
ten years, and his removal to Atlanta will
nrove quite loss to that institution. Atlanta
heartily welcomes this eminent divine within
ner borders, where he will find a new and
broader field of usefulness
While there have been, here and there
throughout all parts of the country, some fail
ures IN preparing ensilage for cattle. the gene
raj verd ct Is in favor OF this new method of
preserving fodder in a green and fresh state
silo must be properly constructed, the fod-
der put into 1t in systematic mann ar. and the
closing and weighing of it very carefully don =
These three things are absolutely necessary to
SUCCESS in any experiments tn 1t look to secur-
ing enSilage that can be safely fed to live OcK
The second sio at the Exposltirn groun Is was
opened l. st week and was found in q mu h
better conditit than the one opened several
months ago. The enslage has BEEN tested and
f"Un1 sweet and paatable, aud the system is
II W officially indorsed by Commissioner Hen
derson.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The suggestion that a good man ought to be
elected President OF the Senate because Mr.
stephens, if elected Governor. may die. is
unnecessary. Past experience has shown the
Importance (even with healthy man like
Garfield at the head OF the ticket of having
the right man in the second place. Death,
have earned from long observation, generally
spares the feeble AM sickly for many years
while the strong and he 4lthy fall suddenly all
around them. This fact, so often lost sight Of
is worthy Of more than passing thought.
'WaiJiDg for dead mems shoes is often a
very wearyiDg and prolonged vigil.
here is no hope that any other candidate
before the Democratic State Convention will
oe able to supplant Mr.. Stephens. Though q
section Of the young Democracy are pushing
the cl inns of Speaker Bac n with much ze /
and some success. yet he will find st Ong oppo-
sitiOn from various quarters. should his sup
porters and those Of Afr. stephens lock horns"
in the convention, and a prolonged struggle
green pastures on the banks Of the Ch alta
hoochee at Co umbus, will be put on the track
Even Mr. stephens defeat does not mean the
nomination of Mr.. Bacon.
So much l state from observations taken in
this vicinity and pref y well substantiatei by
reports from other parts OF the State. AS to
Speaker Bacon, know of no put lie man in all
my long career as a correspondent in Congress
and state Legislatures who has displayed such
patient and laborious fidelity TO his duties.
For twelve years he has been in the Georgia
General Assembly, much Of the time as
Speaker of the House, and yet he has been
absent but tI0O days rom his post during all
that time, once on account OF his own illness
and egain bee auSe OF the sickness of his wife.
In these days of congressional and legislative
absenteeism such a record should be emblaz-
oned in letters Of gold upon the States coat of
arms. Speaker Bacon deserves all the honors
Georgia can bestow upon public servant so
faithful for years in one laborious Office.
FUNDS IN THE STATE TREASURY
Some OF the newspapers are complaining that
Treasurer Speer has too much idle money In
the State Treasury vaults. This is a mistake.
He holds very little cash that Is not already
appropriated, and some items that look like
hard cash are simply bonds. The public
should remember that the Treasurer Is the
States banker. He holds her FUNDS and she
checks on him as she needs money to pay her
debts and meet her appropriations. II be-
com IS his duty therefore, as prudent banker
and W Sc financier, to he prepared for any and
ali demands upon him in that direction.
For ex mple. to day he NAV have on hand
$4,000 0, ana the public will think this amount
is lying idle /" the vaults of the Treasury And
yet to morrow an appropriation OF Sl50OOO
may be called for in behalf of the Insane Asy-
lum as per action of last General Assembly, or
a claim for interest may be presented thus, in
forty-eight hours or less, reducing the amount
on hand to very Insignificant sum The tact
is, as was state during toe lass session OF the
Legislature, the State has no large surp us on
hand in ready cash. Treasurer Speer is care
ful, shrewd and able 1nancier, and as good
Treasurer as Georgia could ask for, and the
public may rest assured That he Will lose no
safe and proper opportunity to promote the
financial interests Of the State. His record so
far is one that reflects only lustre upon his ad-
ministration Of affairs.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HANGINGs.
The execution of Moon and Hanvey, at Car
rol ton, was to have been in private, but the
iail arrangements were too small for that pur-
DO e, and SO they were hung in public. This
has cau-ed some unfavorable comments on the
action of the Judge and Sheriff, but / think
without good reason. have witnessed num-
ber of hangings in Georgia and Alabama dur
log the past dozen years, all OF which were
priv -te. yet only one-in the fine ia yard at
Montgomery, Ala. was really worthy of the
name No Sheriff In a small tOen can resist
the pressure of persons anxious to witness the
sad spectacle. and crowd gets into the inclo-
sure under one pretext or another, while out
side the throng Of spectators witness the scet q
from trees, fences, housetops CF other conven-
lent lookouts Allthings considered, believe
there is less OF decentralization and iDiurV To a
community in a square out and out pubIie exc
cutton. What we most need, both in private
aud public executions, is humane gallows and
an experienced hangman. The law has 70
right 70 abuse murderer In the mode Of his
with proper regard for his sufferiDSs or the
feelings of the more humane spectators. We
need more hangtngs, but they should be better
conducted.