Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-05

| great man! people nave JrleQ the expert
ment of raising silk worms without sue
cess. Commissioner Henderson, however,
has eXerted himself to get the eggs dis
tributed before they hatched on his hands.
Atlanta, in a small way. is beginning to
| feel the effects of trades unions and
! strikes, and | predict more serious results
! from these sources in the not far distant
future. Following the strike OF the union
printers came one of the union walters,
| who sought to dictate to hotel prOprie-
| tor how he should manage his business
affairs.
| The Governors Horse Guards are giving
great deal of time to drilling, and as
soon as they get their handsome uniforms
they will be '.just splendid" The Gate
City Guard are also drilling sharply with
view to go to Nashville and beat the
famous Chickasaw Guards.
Atlanta now has police force as hand
omely dressed as any in the United
States. How long this can be said will
depend upon the care with which the
members treasure their new uniforms
| The officers wear shoulder straps, and
| look very much like officers of the regular
army. Our force has improved in many
| respects for several years past, and Com
missioner Fox aims at still greater i'm
prOvement in the future.
We have had several important meet
| ings of late which failed for want of a
| better attendance. The fruit raisers failed
to come to time some two weeks ago, and
yesterday the Jersey cattle breeders met
the same fate. / see, also, that the truck
farmers don't gather for consultation as
they ought to do to secure united action.
Georgia is rapidly coming to the front
in truck farming, fruit culture and Jersey
| breeding, not to speak of other profitable
enterprises. Now, unless the men en-
gagged i'll these industries are willing to
give little time TO occasional conference
meetings, at which steps can be taken to
protect their rights and promote their in
terests, failure will come to many who
otherwise might WIN success.
MINOR TOPICS.
Some time ago l referred to the fact that
few public men of any State were natives
| thereof Texas offers a striking example
in her General Assembly. There are only
twelve natives of the State in a member
ship of one hundred and six.
The Carver-BOgardus shooting contests
have ended. Carver won two out Of three
live pigeon matches and nineteen out of
twenty-five clay pigeon contests, with
| three ties, which gave BOgardus only
three victories. The clay pigeon total
scores were, Carver 5,227 and Bogardus
2,103. Carver twice broke one hundred
without a miss, while BOgardus never
made over ninety-nine-and that only
once. Carver now challenges the world.
including the Savannah BULBS eve cham
piOns.
The cOlOred military gathering has been
changed back to Atlanta. and CaDtain
Moses ii. Bently is hard at work raising
money to entertain visiting companies
and make the affair a success. The Cap
tain says he expects Savannah company
to carry of the prize at the drill. Capt
l.. NJ. Pleasant and the commander of
the Chatham Light Infantry have been
added to the committee of arrangements.
The gathering will be the first week in
June.
We have been having an epidemic of
small fires-sOme days as many as three
but our paid fire department has prevent
ed any great loss of property where water
could be had for the engines. Several
stores and dwellings beyond the water
pipe lines have, however, been DESTROYED.
The Roman Catholic Church and the
Franklin Steam Printing House narrowly
escaped destruction. Fires started in
wooden partitions to which book shelves
were attached in each instance, and but
for timely alarm and the prompt action
of the tremen, we should have had two
big fires. More care should be exercised
in regard to wooden partitions near stove
pipes, as they are seldom perfectly safe
from fire.
Our epidemic of picnics was nipped in !
the bud by heavy rain Monday night and
a bad day Tuesday. With renewal of
sunshine has come a batch of picnics in
all directions, as the public schools are
having a holiday week, and the children
want to enjoy it to the best advantage for
recreation and amusement. Our nu-
merous railroads offer every facility for
half dozen picnic excursions day, and
there is no lack of attractive resorts to
eXcurt to for fun and frolic.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Mrs. Governor BOynton will not occupy,
ever for day, the Executive Mansion.
Carpenters and painters are hard at work
making much needed repairs, and putting
it i'll order for Mrs. Governor Mcdaniel, |
who will preside over its affairs in a man |
ner calculated to win the approval of all |
sensible people, as she Is a modest, meri- |
tOriOus, hOme-loving woman.
In a previous letter / announced that ,
the marriage of Governor BOYntOn would |
take place about the time of Governor |
McDaniePs Inauguration, and that he |
would take bridal trip to the Southern |
Baptist Convention at Waco, Texas. This /
was the intention, but a change of the |
programme was found necessary. Cover !
nor Boynton will resume his former posi- |
tion as President of the Senate, and as |
that body will be in session at the time Of |
the assembling of the Southern Baptist /
Convention, next week, he could not be in |
both places. This accounts for his earlier |
marriage. The bridal receptions will be /
over before that time, and the Governor /
will be able to give his undivided atten- |
tion to public matters. The report that |
this is his first marriage is an error, He |
has two sons lone of which is married, /
and has been widOwer several years.
PERSONAL, MENTION.
Judge II. B. Tompkins has rented an
elegant residence ON Peachtree street, |
and his charming wife has added another /
attractive home to the many that line that /
fashionable thOroughfare,
Bishop George +, Pierce has been spend-
ing some little time in Atlanta, and he is
deeply interested in the revival meetings
that the Bishop is not in good health and
that his years would be prolonged by
complete relief from official duties. He
needs rest, rest, rest.
DIR. W. +. Carver, now the champion
wing shot of the world, has astOnished
the sporting journals by his advocacy of
the suppression of pigeon shooting, on
the ground that the newly invented ''clay
pigeon" will answer every purpose, and
save thousands Of innocent birds from
needless suffering. DIR. Carver IS not, in
any sense, professional" as he never
smokes, drinks or cOuntenances unmanIv
practices.
Judge George Hillyer has resumed the
practice of law with his brsther Hon.
Henry Hillyer, and opens up iE the most
elegant law offices in Atlanta. Few law,
yers have been more successful at the bar
or on the bench, for which service they
were thoroughly trained by a distin-
guished father, Judge Junius Hillyer.
who still makes his headquarters at their
office.
The rumnred resignation OF Major
Campbell Wallace from the Railroad Com
mission has brought number of candi-
dates into the field. Prominent among
them is Col. Geo. w. Adams, of Forsyth,
veteran railroad official and man OF
sturdy principles. His last service was
as superintendent of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, and he is thoroughly
posted in the conduct Of railroad affairs,
The same is also true of Major W. j.
Houston. of Decatur, late of the Richmond
and Danyille Railroad, and one of the
most popular men IN railroad circles. He
had no little to do with the framing of the
present commission law, and was strongly