Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-16

peuchaat for whisky and fighting, and is Just
such an elephant on the hands of the police
and Recorder that there is no way apparent
by which he can be disposed Of. He cannot
be made 10 understand anything, is too badly
afflicted to be made to work, and too obstre-
porous to be sent to the hospital, and there
fore the question is what can be done with
him. II any first class debating society wants
question that will make hair turn gray, let
them tackle this one."
Atlanta Constitution: 'sWe learn that the
Richmond and Danvile Railroad has bought
the bulk Of the Rolling Mill bonds, which will
naturally give them control of the site of the
old Rolling Mill. They bought the $4,000
BONDS belonging to the Citizens Bank, so it is
said, al 225s cents on the dollar, about $4,000
worth from General Gordon at the same figure,
and about So, goo from the State Road at about
the same. This gives them certainly about
Sl6s, COO Of the whole issue Of 10000, and they
may have the balance. at 3216 cents. the bonds
will cost about Ss5,CO0 There would be about
S25,OJO worth OF property besides the land,
making the lane twenty-five acres in ALL cost
about SIS. .0C0 net This is not an extravagant
price If the Richmond and Danville Company
gets possession OF this place, it will undOubted-
ly locate its shops and depot there. We un-
derstand that Mr.. Grant Wilkins representa-
company that wished to buy the site of the
Rolling Mill and what is on it for the purpose
OF re establishing rolling mill there"
Atlanta POst-Appedl: "A swindler lately
succeed ed in victimZ ng large number of the
poorer class Cf people in Atlanta ana left with
but the fellows good faith seems never to have
been suspected until the non performance Of
his speciOus promises aroused the attention of
his dupfS lie is described as a Well-dreSSed
thick-set man, OF good presence and facile
talker. The story he told was this: He was
employed ar twelve dollars eek, expenses
and a commission Of five per cent. by Anson.
White & Co, of New York, to distribute new
manufacture Of furniture 10 the South. By the
payment Of one dollar any ordinary article of
household furniture could he procured by one
person in each locality. This would serve, in
itself, an advertisement for the goods and
repay the generous distributors. The visits
we're made to the houses Of working people,
white aud c0iOred. when the husbands were
not Likely to be at home, The wife or mother,
as the case happened. was told not to let the
husband or son know anything about the mat
ter, but surprise them with the new furniture "
The swindler has since been seen in Marietta
working his game.
Macon TelegrdDh: "The rain played havoc
with the new road. Back Of Ellis factory the
dirt was washed from under the track, by rea-
son of ths water flowing from an old well on
the factory side which weakened the embank-
ment. An engine lef5 the supply yard at 5
o'clock yesterday morning for a trip to the
front, but as it reached this weak
point, the engineer. Mr.. Fred Bruner,
felt his engine sinking, and would
have tcppled right over into the river had he
not had the presence of mind to give the en-
CINE all the steam. he. with 1ve or six others,
jumped on, leaving several others on, and
when the engine had gone about a hundred
yards one of the track bosses stopped it. The
track was sunken about three feer, which
showed what a narrow escape the men had.
One Of the negroes who fell Of had his hip
sprained, and Mr.. Henry Eckman had his leg
skinned up little. Hands were put upon the
break, and by 10 o'clock the track was all
| right. About three miles out the track for
| forty yasdS was washed away. The rains
were very heavy, and as the track was not
| settled the damage was easily made. These
breaks wi l not occur when the main line is
| la d. The track near the river is merely tenn
porary, the main line being entirely out of
reach OF any injury by floods"
The report of the Treasurer OF the Cotton
/ Exposition will not be made for some time vet,
/ owing TO the fact that one or two claims are
| to be settled in the courts. They are, however,
i small claims, and all told do not aggregate
/ more than two or three thousand dollars SO
that it is now possible to see almost exactly to
/ what degree the Exposition was a financial
suecess. Mr.. Samuel Inman, the Treasure T,
whose interest in the Exposition, and whose
/ enthusiasm over il always kept apace with a
caretu management of the finances, has given
/ the Constitution some hgureS which, while
i not absolutely accurate, are so nearly so that
/ when the final report is made they will not
j vary to any material extent The capital stock,
/ or in other words, the subscriptions amounted
/ to coo. the gate money to $4,000, and
| the privileges, entry fees and other
| sources OF income, including the sale of the
buildings, amounted to from s5s,O GOO to so 600
| The sale OF the buildings and other
/ property at the close of the Exposition netred
/ S<fsUUJ- Inc lOIhl FecelplS OF the EApOsitlOh
1 from every source may therefore be put down
i at t263, COZ in round figures. The disbursements
/ amounted TO S260OO0. 1t may be said that this
| will leave about three thousand dollars to be
i returned to the stock subscribers At an ordi-
| naryg ance IL must appear that the Exposition
cost its projectors and friends a cCol hundred
thousand dollars It must be remembered,
/ however, that of this amount about one-third
was subscribed by railroads, and for which the
returns were ample in the form of advertising
the resources OF the lines subscribing the seve-
/ raj amounts. OF the cities subscribing, the
| lead was taken by New York with a subScrip-
/ ton OF about twenty thousand dollars. Her
/ railroads subscribed an additional ten thou
sand. Cincinnati came next with s., 800. and
the other important subscriptions were: Balti
more, $3.50; Philadelphia, $4,000: Boston,
| New Orleans, g, 900. Savannah did not sub
scribe ans thing. The Treasurer's report. when
| it is made, will present many facts Of interest,
| and it will be eagerly sought for"