Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-11
CAUGHT BY A NICKNAME

III Is popularity of military men that
they have familiar nicknames. we have
"Stonewall'' Jackson, "Tige" Anderson
"Baldy' Smith, ''Pete" Longstreet. G.Jeb,'
stuart, Barney Finegan, and others.
And that is the reason got caught. Twas
| once making tour of Florida, and every
| where L went l heard of Gen. Barney
Flnegan, the commander OF the Confede-
| rates at the battle of Ocean Pond. and
then successful orange grove proprietor
at Fort Reid.
After visiting Maitland and Fort Reid
wrote letter for the MORNING NEWS
descriptive of the country, and alluded in
complimentary terms to Gen. Barney
tlnegan's grove. DIR. Spence carried me
into Sanford to mail the letter, but we
visited the Journal office before going to
the post office. There saw a-large poster
with the name of Joseph Finegan. Presi-
dent OF the Orange County Fair. / asked
II ne was brother Of General sEBarney',
flnegan, when Spence of the Journal edi-
tors burst into hearty laugh. AS soon
as discovered the joke opened the letter
and substituted ''JOseph" for Barney"
ana thereby saved myself from the expo-
sure that is now made of my Ignorance of
the real name of General Einegan.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
have nothing of a political character
to put in this letter, as nv special teIe.
grams Will give you the news in advance
of the mail.
Heavy and frequent rain and thunder
storms, with the present steady rain, in
dlcate another freshet near at hand
governor Brown has not deposited his
$oO,OO0 worth of bonds in the State Treas
ury. He paid them over to Major Lamar
Cobb, the Treasurer of the State Univer-
sIty, who simply placed them in the Treas
ury vault for safe keeping. They have
not yet been presented to the Governor for
redemption.
A man who does not own a patent for a
car-coupler is as lonesome in Atlanta as
real estate agent. There is cry from
all parts of the land for a car-cOuDler. and
yet no greatinventive genius seems anx-
lous to supply this ''lOng felt WANT
through, the generosity of Col. L. p.
Grant, Northern man who has grown up
with Atlanta's expansion, we are to have
a city park. Its improvement will be
slow, but | think it will be made attrac-
tive in time.
The last newspaper venture in this city,
where new journals are constantly SPRING
ing into feeble and temporary existence.
is the Peoples AdUOcdte, neatly printed
weekly devoted to religion, morality and
temperance. Mr. j. G. ThroWe mconducts
the latter department with his usual en-
ergy and success.
Carelessness Is not confined to ignorant
people. l have just received letter from
the dead letter office at Washington, which
reached that office March 9th, from Or
lando, Fla, and dated February 9TH. 1t
was written to me by a distinguished au-
thor, poet and preacher, yet he mailed it
without putting on a stamp.
Now, word as to the ridiculous post |
office system by which that letter finally |
reached me. The postmaster at Orlando |
sent 1t to the dead letter office, although it |
would have cost the government less to |
have sent it here to me. Then clerk at
the dead letter office sent me postal card
notification, which caused ane to send
three cents to the dead letter office. for
which the letter was put in printed en-
velope and forwarded to me. Thus two
months time was lost and the govern
ment put to useless trouble and expense.
CHATHAM,