Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-30
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
SUICIDAL ATTEMPTS GREATLY
ON THE INCREASE.

AN'ii0' HcNcI, NIlHeSseu so quiet an
election before. Even the COW question
failed to get up any excitement, and the
COW law was adopted by a small ma
jority. This was owing, in fact, to the
unlawful closing of some of the polls Tor
dinner, which prevented many COW law
men from voting.
The appearance of so many fire-red
parasols and dresses ON our streets of
late makes the COW law almost a neccs-
sity, otherwise many infuriated COWS
might do serious damage to ladies aI-
preaching them with fire-red parasols un-
furled.
new suicidal mania has broken out
here, hut mp to date no WOuld-be suicide
has succeeded in shuffing off the mortal
coil. In city so large as Atlanta, and
so full of unemployed, dissipated and dis
appointed people, suicides must he eX-
pected.
Prof. and Madame Schultze. the we'll
known music teachers who came here
| from savannah several years ago and es-
tablished the Southern Musical COnserva-
. tory, are about to leave us. They are
superior artists, but competition here is
| too lively for their high standard of art
Their little son, AmedeO, has become a
wonderful Violinist within the past two
years.
The Atlanta Society for the Prevention
| of Cruelty to Animals always makes Il
| good show in the newspapers and in
! speeches at meetings which nobody at
tends. The fact is there is no society, so
far as active organization is concerned,
| and no work done in the interest of hui
| manity. We want a live society. an efli-
| clent Secretary, and money in the treasury
to secure more work and less talk. This
| is practical suggestion.
EnN 81
senator Hill left a son named Charley.
who not only strikingly resembles him i'm
ms features, but possesses much of his
fathers intellectual power. A rich wife
and love of ease, however, have kept
him in the back ground. But the recent
throat trouble of his brother, Solicitor
General B. ii. Hill, Jr.. has brought him
into favorable notice. He has attended to .
his.brother's business in the Fulton Su-
/ perlor Court, and won many high cOmpIi-
ments for the able manner in which he
/ conducted the prosecution in several inn
portant cases. Mr.. Hill resides mostlyon
! his plantation near Albany, but Atlanta
claims him as one of her sons.
MINOR TOPICS.
Some few years ago l wrote a letter to
the MORNING News entitled ''Wadlev's |
| Iron Wedge" in which | reviewed the
impregnable position of the Central Rail
| road. l referred to the Montgomery. /
| Ala, outlet, the. Albany connection with
the Albany and Brunswick Railroad and
! the proposed extension from CarrOlltOn to |
! Chattanooga. If it be true that the Cen /
/ tral has leased the line from Albany to |
! Brunswick, and the CarrOllton extension /
| is now being inaugurated, il will not be /
! long before the Central can run through !
trains from Chattanooga to Savannah or /
Brunswick. Col. Wadley is dead, but his /
Iron Wedge" survives, and will accom-
plish its mission in due time.
Too much cannot be said in praise of |
our revived military on Memorial dav, for
they not only turned out in full force. but
made very fine appearance. The Gate
| City Guards, under Capt. Harry jackson.
never appeared better, while Capt. John
Milledge won high praise for his gallant
Governors Horse Guards. The knights
Templar, mounted, acted as guard of hon
or and made a fine display. Major VIM
ID. Luckie, in full Knight Templar uni
fOrm made a very handsome and efficient
Chief Marshal, ably assisted by Mr. NJ. +.
AmorOus, formerly of Savannah.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hender-
son will receive from Tennessee for dis
tributiOn on Monday million silk worm
eggs, but would caution the ineXperi-
enced and enthusiastic against rushing
thOughtlessly into the silk culture boom.
Where one person succeeds twenty-fOur
fail. Only perseVering, Woodworking.
SGllS1Dle people nave any business TO !
take SILK culture in the South. 1t re-
quires great patience, constant Watchful-
ness, and very sanguine expectation to
WIN fnal and permanent success.
Our Atlanta gas war promises to be
very lively, as the city own large block
of stock in the old company, the Superin-
tendent is a member Of the Board of AL
dermen, and other of it's officials are in the
Council. The new company is cham
piOned by Col. +. +. Ho@e an able law
yer, n member of the General Assembly
and the editor of the JOUlUdi. He is as
good as dozen men in some respects. and
will make the fight lively while it lasts,
although it is a very unequal contest.
The city and the Council members own
too much stock in the old gas company to
cheerfully allow Il rival the privilege of
laying pipes in the streets.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Atlanta will not be behind any city i'm
Georgia in paying deserved tribute in
the way Of monumental hOnOrs. to thea
late Col. VIM. NJ. Wadley. We rejoice to |
know that his last resting place at Boil
ingbrOkc, the home he so much loved for
It's rural attractions, is to be given
tomb Of solid granite. Nothing could
better perpetuate the sOlid and rugged
elements OF the character that made him
proof against all worldly allurements-a
man steadtast in the performance of duty,
in his manners, yet kind Of heart and
true as steel. What an example of pa
tient industry, frugal living commend
able ambition, answering integrity and
faithful service his life presents to the
young men of the present day, A tomb
OF granite, and monument Of the same
enduring material, should keep his life
and character ever in remembrance
There is strong opposition to the resig- /
nation of Major Campbell Wallace from
the Railroad Commission. He is the only
practical railroad man in the Organiza-
ton, and TO this fact may be attributed
the success that has attended the labors
of the commission and the high reputation
it has attained abroad. No man in Geor-
gla is more thoroughly respected for his
sterling Integrity, his high Christian char
aoter, his kindness and generosity of
heart, and his faithful and unwearied
attention to every public trust committed
TO his care. 1t is true that Major Wallace
is getting old in years, and perhaps some
what more in body, but his mind is as
vigorous and his heart as young as ever,
and he can give the State several years
more Of valuable and much needed service
in the commission
am glad to see the press of Georgia
paying due tribute to Col. Charles C.
Jones, of Augusta. Such an orator. scholar
and Christian gentleman in New York or
Massachusetts, would be the pride and
glory of his people, It Ia said that he re-
sembles Edward Everett in his style of or
atory, but this is true only in part. | knew
Mr. Everett well and heard him often. and
think Col. Jones much the better orator.
lie certainly avoids the mechanical move
ments and gestures that maffed the elo-
quence and dictiun of the great Massachu-
setts orator. With the advantages that
Mr.. Everett had, Col. Jones would stand .
above him as one of the most nerfect ora
tors in America. IIiS style, however. does |
not suit the masses, hence he loses the
general applause that should follow his 5
grand public efforts, ;
SUITS FOR RAILROAD INJURIES.
The past season has been prolific of
railway accidents, and the court docksts :
are full of cases in which fathers mothers :
wives or children are seeking to recover
damages Some of these claims are inst
While others have no good fOundatio1 io ,
law or fact. But lawyers take such cases
without cost 70 theif clients.
Ihefe seems TO be quite a difference ;
between some Macon and Atlanta law
yers. Col. l.. n. Whittle. one of Ge0roia,s
most venerable and honored lawyers. and
a cltiZen whose hand and heart are never ,
lrresponsiYe to the appeals of charity or .
the demands of public progress, collects
$4,000 for Macon Clergyman, injured I'm
rallroad Aceident, and does not CHARGE
a eent. He looks to higher and better '
reward in the hereafter.
On the other hand, Colonel Georoe g.
Fry, OF Atlanta, lawyer and a member