Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-06
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
LOCAL, PERSONAL AND POLTTT-
CAL MATTERS.

Weather and Elections-8Iinor Topics
Local GOssip-The SMALLPOX Spread
ing-JudiciaI Paragraphs--Army and
Navy Items-Personal Mention-Sing-
ing Sherman into the Presidency.
ATLANTA, Jan. 4.-The candidates had a
good day for work yesterday, and with fine
carriages and plenty of whisky and good
supply Of money big vote was polled. The
''old ticket" as it is called, was reelected,
the negroes, as usual, bossing the job. The
"Arcadian" candidates who refused to hire
carriages and furnish money and whisky got
badly 'left,'' as the persuasive" plan is the
only one that suits the ''brother in black
After the polls closed light rain began to
fall, and later on it became heavier. Allnight
we had heavy rainfall, but this morning it
held up for couple of hours. Then a steady
rain set in again and is still falling, with a
good prospect for its continuance all day. OF
cou rse our already almost impossible streets
are to-day in much worse condition.
MINOR TOPICS.
We have lawyers in Atlanta with a ten
thousand dollars q year practice who are will
| year Superior Court Judgeshp. And vet we
are told that the salaries are too low.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boddie, mother of Mrs. J. w .
Murphey, OF this city, who died on Saturday
| afternoon last at her daughters residence,
was the widow of gallant Confederate SOL
dier who fell in the bloody battle of Griswold-
| vile in 1854.
Atlanta still wears the belt as the champion
suicide city OF Georgia. In addition to the
suicide OF young Harden, on Saturday night,
we have the attempted suicide of young Lowe
last night. In nearly every case the circum-
stances and causes are different.
Our stock of literary and musical societies
has rather run out, and we have only a few
second-class ones left. Perhaps the best and
most efficient is the 'Hubner Club" of which
! Mr.. Charles w. Hubner, our poet-essayIst is
| the patron saint. On Christmas he generously
presented each member with a handsome
volume OF his Poems and Essays"
The latest sensation here is a isChicago mar
| ket, where fresh Chicago meats are served
| out daily to customers. Of course it is we'll
patronlzed just now, being a new thing, but /
| hardly think permanent trade can be built
sufficiently large to keep line of refrigerator
cars on the road between the two cities.
THE SMALLPOX.
| The Post-AppeGt of this morning utters q
solemn protest against the reckless manner in
which small poX patients are carried through
! the streets in open day, thus exposing hun
dreds OF sunsuspecting citizens. The white
| case on Hunter street is near a public school,
and the young lady exposed large circle Of
! friends.
Gov. Stephens is being importuned by several
counties to furnish vaccine virus, as the law
provides, as scattered cases are appearing ali
| over the upper part of the State, as well as in
| Southwest Georgia.
JUDICIAL PARAGRAPHS.
! The Supreme Court has adjourned to next
| Monday. when the Brunswick Circuit will be
/ concluded and the Eastern Circuit taken up
! Hon. Samuel Hall, of Macon, will take his
seat on the Supreme bench next Monday, vice
! Justice A. M. Speer, whose term expired with
Judge II. X. McCay, of the United States
| Court, has been doing large amount of work
| and will take short rest. Judge Settle, Of
| Jacksonville, Fla, will be here next week and
4 preside in cases in which Judge McCaV is dis
| qualified.
One of these cases is the Atlanta Steam Cot
| ton Factory sale, which is to be confirmed or
| set aside. Judge McCay was counsel in an old
! case against the factory. This is the second
! sale under order of the court, yet hear of no
second attempt to be made to set it aside.
! The serenity of the fertilizer market was
! stirred up last week by an attempt of j. W.
| Harle, prominent cotton and fertilizer bro
ker, to enjoin the Rasin Fertilizer Company,
| of Baltimore, from selling certain brands of
| fertilizers in this section. Judge w. X. Ham
mond, of the Superior Court, however, de-
clined to grant the injunction.
ARMY AND NAVY ITEMS.
Surgeon Alfred NJ. Owen, U, S. Navy hay
ing been acquitted by the court martial, has
returned with his family to Pensacola Navy
Yard, and to active duty there.
Captain Chas. W. Williams, of the Quarter
masters department, U. ). A., has leave Of
absence from Fort Brown, Texas, for one
month. Captain w, married General Cor
don's niece in Atlanta.
i u. A.
| is ordered from Fort Brooke, at Tampa, 70
Key West, Fla, there to remain on duty until
| relieved.
The proposed amendment to the army bill
which reduces pay of certain retired officers-if
passed-will affect Gen. John B. Mcintosh, of
| Florida, who lost leg in battle, and Col. John
r. Lewis (brevet Brigadier GeneraD, now re-
siding in Atlanta, who lost an arm. The for
mer will be reduced to pay of Colonel and the
| latter to that of Major.
The following described tracts of l. nd on the
1 1nrsf1 do CT nso1Ir I....
II. j. Hunt, United States Army, as perma-
nently set apart as military reservations: l.
At st. Georges Sound (West Pass, the whole
of Flag island, and small island southwest
of the pass or entrance. 2 At Tampa Bay,
the whole of Mullet island, all of Egmont
island except fifteen acres for lighthouse at
north end. 3. At Charlotte Harbor, the south
end of Gasparilla island, for two miles from
its southern extremity, the north end of Cayo
Costa or Boca Grande island, for two miles
from its northern extremity.
PERSONAL MENTION.
MY esteemed friend, Mr. William H. Moore,
of the Augusta Eceniag Neqos, has favored me
with handsome New Years card. May he
live long and get married soon.
Hon. w. II. II. ('Buck'' lTerrell, Of Indiana,
who was First Assistant Postmaster General
under the Hon. John j. Cresswell, of Mary
land, is spending some time in Atlanta with
his brother, L. NJ. Terrell, Esq, OF the postal
service, on account of feeble health.
The friends of General Joseph Wheeler, who
is native of Auguata, Ca, will be glad to
know that he is reelected to the vacancy
caused by death of Hon. William NJ. Lowe in
Congress. By the death of Smith and Lowe,
and the return of Generals Shelley and
Wheeler, the Alabama delegation resumed it's
original status.
President W. G. Raoul, of the Central Raj =
road, would be highly hattered to hear the
many good things that are being said about
him and his recent victory. Oneof the oldest,
ablest and most respected ex-Presidents of
railroads, in speaking of the election, said: II
look upon Captain Raoul as one Of the safest
and most intelligent railroad men in the
South"
Another member OF the Raoul family has
also had extra good luck. He was attorney
for Mrs. Myra Gaines in her famous New Or
leans suits, but she objected to paying him his
fee, as she thought it too high. The Judge OF
the Equity Court, however, did not agree
with her, so attorney Raoul gets his $4,000
fee.
SINGING HIM INTO THE PRESIDENCY.
"Gath," with his usual accuracy, suggests
that General sherman might be sung into the
Presidency by such army songs as ''Iumpsey
Rumpsey, See Tecumseh," and 'Marching
Now, there happens to be no such song as
the former, hut there is a song called ''Sher-
mans Rummers," and the chorus of the last
verse is as follows:
''Take a drink, boys! never wink, bows!
How do you think, boys! that's fortnight
Rumpsey dumpsey! old Tecumsehl
Bully boy! with glass eye"
1t is extremely doubtful if General Sher-
man, granting that he has Presidential aspira-
tiOn, would care to conduct his canvass with
q song, the first verse Of which commences
thusly;
"Come, rag, tag and bobtail, each jolly old
hummer,
And take a French horn of the spirits we
love;
For we feel that we're some, tho the season
amt summer,
We're wise as the serpent, and meek as the
dove"
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Atlanta is preparing to give the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union Convention a
hearty reception next week Our leading
ministers and temperance officials win par
ticipate.
The Great Western Canal Company, OF this
city, keeps itself before an unsuspeofing pub
at which the little handful of officials probably
re aect themselves to empty offices.
A quiet wedding took place here Yesterday
at the residence of the brides father, pr
William King, of the Comptroller Generals
office, by which Miss Gussie King one of
Georgia's most lovely and amiable daughters.
became Mrs. William NJ. Howard, of Lexina,
ton.
Captain John A. Grant, formerly General
Superintendent of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, is now Vice President and chief en-
gineer OF the New Orleans and MississiDpi
Valley Railway, and has just eornpleted n
thorough inspection of the entire line which
will soon be completed.
Colonel William Preston ,Johnson now
President of the State University at Baton
ing little story, "Azreel and the Three Broth
ers." which is being greatly admired in onr
best literary circles here. The purnoea al fhe
story is to show that Death h Iiat such a
dreaded monster as Tn@ny claim, and that we
90 wen 10 go eneerfully when he calls us