Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-08
ATLANTA JOTTINGS.
TAKEN DOWN DURING A THREE
DAYS STEADY RAIN.

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TAKEN DOWN DURING A THREE
DAYS STEADY RAIN.
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stephens Proclamation.
ATLANTA, Jan. 6.--Last year, lust about this
time, the rainy season set in, and we had weeks
of rain, fog and mud, with hardly sunny tlay
In which to recall the delightful weather OF
the exposition months.
For three days and nights we have had an
almost ceaseless fall of rain, part of the time
coming down IN torrents. OF course outdoor
work Is suspended, the poor are suffering, ana
all branches of trade are dull
As TO our streets and sidewalks they are
swimming IN mud and Slush and small pOnds
wrecked delivery wagons and draws, mired
sehool children and overfowed easements are
the order of the day, and the city authorities
get stream of sharp criticism
But IL don't do any good to complain, for the
EVIL grows worse every year. Already there
are nearly thirty suits against the city for
damages growing out of poor streets and side
walks, and the present rainy spell will no
doubt produce new CROP
And IN the midst of all this comes a return
OF lhe small- poX Scourge, which is striking ont
right and left into the white and negro pOpu-
latlon. Without proper or adequate hospital
accommodations, the disease Is steadily
spreading.
The greatest activity lust now is in nolitieal
circles. The action of the grand jury yester-
day was like thunderbolt from a clear sky.
ana the Leading gamblers and ward politicians
crowded the street corners in earnest consul
tation. DR.. Holiday and Mr. McAfee. candi-
daths for Clerk of Court and Sheriff. propose
to contest, and, while neither may secure
once, on tney VIII Dfeak up by exposure in court
outrageous franns hat avI,+
mitted here in our elections. 1t is impossible
evils.
MINOR TOPICS.
One-only one-of our horde Of live real es-
tate agents offers for sale over one hundred
houses, prices ranging from 5000 to ST., 600. He
presents trent list quite as large and
varied.
Horsford's Almanac for 1888 puts Atlanta's
population at "a 1893, Augusta's at % O23 and
Savannah's at 30,6S1, all of which are too low
by several thousand. | see by the last Savan-
nah City Directory that your population is
given at 40,491.
Captain Edward Cox mas concluded IN do
business in Atlanta for the present. He is
dealing in mules and horses at Frank Redd's
stable, that gentleman having been his warm
est and most steadfast friend through all his
trouble, and also generous friend to his fam
lily in their times of trouble
The report that General Wheeler was un-
seated by Col. VIM. NJ. Lowe, who died before
ne took the seat, is incorrect. Lowe was in
Congress for some time before he died Judge
Smith, who unseated General Shelley of Ala
bama, Is the one who died before taking the
cupies.
do not understand that the report of the
city sexton gives the whole number of deaths
IN Atlanta, but those of persons buried at
oakland Cemetery-Whites $50, and colored
294. Some of these may have died elsewhere.
while great many who died here were car
rled away for burial. What we need is a cor
a fnH ST nflRN f..fN1
Nothing less will settle the question of NOR
tality.
In no city in the whole country is there such
q lack Of official system in public matters. |
DOUBT II II is possible to procure really reli-
able record of births, marriages and deaths in
this city, or OF new buildings erected or other
similar statistics. Our Board of Trade exists
mostly in name, and financial and cotton sta
tistics are nearly as faulty. We need more
reliable and systematic methods, and the
sooner the better.
Here we have big overgrown town, no
market, no cotton exchange, no proper cham
Der OF commerce, no good system of streets
and sewers, no department Of reliable statis-
tics. And yet our population is increasing,
our schools overrun with new pupils, our
manufacturing interests expanding, new rail-
roads coming into our city, and real estate
agents on boom. Shall we ever become a
city in the true sense?
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.
Rev. DIR. Potter, of the Wesleyan Christian
a AdUOcdte, compliments the new editor of the
Knoxville Chronicle because that paDer ia
hereafter to publish no scandals, and be a
pure family journal.
nThe old story of new morning daily. with
plenty of money and brains, is again being
heard on our street corners. | have NOT for
gotten how badly | was fooled by prominent
gentlemen here who most S0LenagaIv asserted
that their arrangements were made to start a
new morning and new evening paper and
| need not hesitate to state the fact in nv
letters. snail never be as big fool again.
have TaaY
that we shall have for some time to come.
LITERARY GOSSIP.
Wilkie Collins gave us the ssWomap in
White" then Rev. DIR. A. G. Haygood added
"Our Brother i'll Black and now q Mission
airy to the Indians proposes to offer to the
reading public Our Brother in Red" / am
afraid the woman in White" and stOur
Brother in Black" are more read than the
proposed sour Brother in Red'' will be.
The Rev. I'll. {. Hornady, d. D., in writing
OF trip from Atlanta to Marietta, in 1886
says he found newsboy on the train selling
papers, magazines and novels, conspicuous
among which were .'Major Jones' Courtship'
and E'Maior Jones' Travels and EeThe CbroT
icles of Pineville," all from the gifted nen Of
the lamented Col. VIM. T. Thompson But
the plous doctor was on his way to the Geor-
gia Baptist Convention, and he rebuked the
newsboy for selling such ''trash." This led a
quiet young man to remark: "Mister if it is
good books you want, have them" He was
selling the publications of the American Tract
Call' and ''Baxter's Saints Rest" to offset
Major Jones' novels.
MILITARY PERSONALS.
The Dayton Journal is in error as to
General r. p. Alexander. He was Chief of
Artillery to General Longstreet not General
Lee, whose Chief of Artillery was General
Mm; n. Pendleton, now known as Rev, DIR.
Pendleton, of Lexington, Va.
Captain Marshall T. Rolk the defaultine
and absconding Treasurer of Tennessee, is a
native OF North Carolina, and graduated
from West Point Military Academy in 1880
He was Lieutenant in the Second Infantry.
and Aide to Generals Twiggs and Harney. but
resigned from the army in 1856.
Colonel Paul j; Quattlebaum, who died in
Columbus few days since, was born in South
Carolina, and graduated, with Generals E. p
Alexander and Robert II. Anderson, at West
Point in 1857. He was Lieutenant in the
Ninth infantry, and resigned in 1861 to iOin
the Confederacy, in which he served as an
artillery officer. He was civil engineer on
the river improvements at Columbus for
nearly eight years.
see that the press is again discussing the
promotion of Sheridan to Sherman;s rank
whenever that officer retires. 1t is not a
question whether Sheridan Jumped" any
body to get his present position. The Presi-
dent has recently Jumped y a good many OFF,
GERS to high positions, and there is nothing to
prevent him from jumping" Hancock or
schoneid over sheridan to be General of the
him the commander of the army. That duty
comes by another and special appointment Of
the President, given and revoked at pleasure.
and not fixed by law.
GEORGIA AT BOSTON.
During the session of the General Assembly
in December. committee was here from Bos,
ton in the interest Of the New England MANN
factufers and Mechanics Institute of that city
which desires to have Georgia and the other
Southern States properly represented at the
next annual exposition of the institute,
made q 20 l.
preston upon the Governor, the Senate and
the House Of Representatives, but there were
grave reasons why no appropriation could he
voted IN the interest of the proposed renresan-
tation of Georgia's mineral, AGRICULTURAL and
mechanical products. A resolution, however.
was passed authorizing the Governor to take
the matter IN hand and do the best he could.
Under this resolution Governor SteDhens has
Issued his proclamation, which / mail YOU for
the NEWS, IN which he fully and clearly sets
forth the matter, and calls upon our neonIe
who are interested to give the subject their
careful attention and liberal support Judge
Henderson. Of the Agricultural Department.
is IN charge Of the movemont and will renIy
to all inquiries. ! shall have more Ia say on
the subject in future letters,
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Our new city officials are talking abont moro
policemen, more schools, market and less
of street crossings by freight
trains. 1t is to be hoped that ii ia NOT mewa
talk of the 'snew broomn order. ssF
1t Is to be hoped, also, that the new and on.
ergetlc President OF the Central Railroad will
make some change in the manner in which
tIAlHs are CROWDED into the depot here, SO that
passengers can have some rights that baooscsa
express and mail trucks will be obliged f9 Te
spect. SFA'- %" W re-
The friends of Cal. 7 NJ Pan i, ca,-o,,,.ot