Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-17
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
LOCAL, GENERAL, PERSONAL,
AND POLITICAL.

Fears for the FruIt-A Missing Auction
eer-A Hint to Truck Farmers-Vacan
cies in the Executive Ohice-Governol
stephens and the Two-Thirds Rule
GeOrgia's Senators.
ATLANTA, March l5.-The fragments O
Virgins storm have passed away. and we ar,
having mild but variable weather-occasional
rain and dampness. Fruit growers are fear.
ful that sudden and severe freeze NAV fol.
low one OF these light rains and destroy OF
greatly damage the fruit prospects At pres.
ent the thees are full of blooms, and every
thing favorable to big yields.
Politically the sky is clear and no storms in
sight or storm signals anticipated. Governor
Boynton has so quickly and thoroughly
adapted himself to the duties of his new
position, and makes such a favorable impress
sion upon all who meet him, either socially or
officially, that his nomination is not unlikely.
In business circles there is also considerable
quiet, but the opening to-day of the Geor gia
| Pacific Railroad to Admission. Ala, is looked
! to give revival to Atlanta trade and open up
to our merchants new field of great import
/ ance.
PERSONAL MENTION.
| Atlanta gains most desirable family by
the appointment of ex- Congressman Emory
| Speer to be United States District Attorney.
| decessor, Judge John S. Bigby, will continue
! the practice of law in Atlanta, but his family
| viii remain at Newman.
Great pleasure is felt here in anticipating
! the presence OF the beloved Bishop Whipple,
/ OF Minnesota, at st. Luke's Cathedral on
Easter sunday in the morning, Bishop Beck
! with being at st. Philips Church at that
| hour.
! Mr.. Frank A. Burr, the somewhat notorious
| war correspondent, whose supposed interview
! with General Johnston is still remembered,
| has been prancing over old battleGelds re-
Gently, and in flaming head lines promised
/ sketch of the battle OF Franklin, in which
| ''eight Confederate brigadiers'' were killed.
| As only ire such were killed in that bloody
struggle, Mr. Burr clearly proves his mGtness
| to write "histOry."
Not long ago one IN. Quad" came rowing
over the old Southern battlefelds, and his war
| 'history' (?l was quite as reliable. He visited
the Mcpherson Memorial" and wrote it up
! as a tall granite shaft. Yet it is huge black
cannon, which rises grimly from a low granite
socket. Thus the people of the North are
furnished with historical sketches of the
South. One day in a city, few drinks and
half dozen cigars, and the result is war
| sketch.
HOTEL GOSSIP.
The friends of the late John E. Poole, for
merly Of Savannah, will be glad to know that
his heirs have been paid the amount due from
the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit Association,
OF which he was a member.
savannah IS moving in the right direction in
the matter of a new hotel. have heard thou
sands of visitors in Florida express the wish
that Savannah had large elegant and well.
appointed hotel for winter visitors. II is the
one thing needful that your beautiful Forest
City" lacks.
1t is a singular fact that Gov. Boynton's
room at the Kimball House IS Senator Hills
old office, corner of Wall and Pryor streets,
and was occupied by Speaker Bacon during
the last campaign. Both Gov. Colquitt and
Gov. Stephens occupied the room on the 0pnn-
site corner, Decatur and Pryor streets, during
their campaigns.
In the recent Markham House injunction
case. appealed from Judge Hammond, the SUI
preme Court held that the law as to landlords
and tenants Is not flexible, and admits of no
indlarubber expansion. The landlord may
promise to repair the hotel, and fail to DO so.
Yet the tenant must pay his rent or go out,
There Is no set on in the matter.
MILITARY PARAGRAPHS.
The appointment of Albert s. Hightower,
of Georgia, as a cadet, has been officially an
nounced at West Point Military Academy.
Capt. G. W. Williams, of the Quartermas-
ter's Department, who married Gen. Cor
dOn's niece in Atlanta, has been transferred
from Fort Brown TO Fort Davis, in Texas.
Col. Charles 4. Reynolds, of the Quarter
masters Department in Atlanta. has gone to
Bainbridge, Ga, and Fort Clinch, Fla. to at
tend to transportation of heavy ordnance.
Several lots of land near this city were Of
fered for sale to the Secretary of War for the
proposed new barracks, but he has declined TO
purchase at present, as Congress failed to
make the necessary appropriation for the
work.
The Army and Macy Register, of Washing
ton, says: Savannah, Ca, never fails to
properly celebrate the birthday of George
Washington and Robert f. Lee. She turns
out regiment and a battalion of infantry. q
splendid cavalry corps, and the venerable
Chatham Artillery, with the gums Washing
ton presented the company. Savannah has
more West Point graduate generals and
"crack' military commands than any other
ti tiai. !" '''0 SOUTH '"e Is 00'i f'en and mar
MINOR TOPICS.
The item copied in the NEWS about Young
Ben Hill was purely sensational. Ii
IS true that he has trouble with his
throat, but he uses no writing pad. II is
evident, think, that he has failed cOnsidera-
bly, In health since his fathers death, and that
his future has lost much of its anticipated
brilliancy.
Visitors who had much to do with the Di
rector Generals Office during the late Atlanta
Exposition, win remember a sandy COM
pleXioned young man who was somewhat con-
spicuous in that department. His name was
George W. Sullivan, and he came here for
that special purpose. But when the Expos-
tion closed he CONCLUDED 10 stay here, and
opened an auction store near the KimbaI
House. He had many customers and appear-
ed to pc dong good business vet he sudden
~ Skipped" the town and left his customers,
for whom he sold goods, some 81 500 short He
kept bad company.
Atlanta reioieea with exceeding joy to see
the old negro roOkeries next to Hunt, Rankin
Y Lamar's corner, on Decatur street, torn
down to make way for an elegant new block
of brick stores. This has been for years one of
the worst localities in the city, and the clear
ing out OF couple Of hpndrea negro loafors
will give respectahility to the whole neigh
bQrhoQd: We need a similar movement at
other points in the city.
Macon Is to have a ''loating' MILL Well
she won't have it long, unless she is more for
tunate than Atlanta. A few years ago Col
Geo. W. Adair helped an inventor to put up a
FLOATING" mill out at the ChattahOochee river
frQSlpt that tndy ba mil
and contents away down the river, and rumor
Gays 1t IS now used as steamboat freight
house at ApalaehicOla, Fla. Macon need not
be AFRAID Of any competition on the part of
Atlanta, as we have no more money to invest
in floating mills, especially the Kind that
float away. ' 80
Considerable fun is being made of the Mont
gomery lAla.) AdreettseF because 1t stated
that eX-GOy. James johnson was dead. | can
somewhat relieve the AdcertiseP from its bur-
den OF criticism. Not two weeks ago dis
tingnlshed Georgian, an historical writer and
prominent State official, said to me: ~ think
l have never caught you in an error in your
that was. and he replied: ''You state that
ex-GOv. Joseph f. Brown is the dividing line
between the dead and living Governors OF
Georgia. You have overlooked the fact that
Gov James johnson is dead" ! tried in vain
to convince my learned friend that he was
mistaken, but he insisted on an appeai to Gov,
Johnson son to settle the question, Now /
respectfully submit that q newspaper editor In
HINT TO NEW TRUCK FARMERS.
While rejoice 10 see the farmers giving
more attention to small farms and diversified
crops, especially s'truek" farming / w0uld
caution them about being too sanguine at the
start, as sore disappointment on the very
threshold of an enterprise is sometimes fatal
to all future success.
Almost any farmer can raise watermelons
and truck" and peaches and grapes.
but not half who engage in these
branches OF farming and fruit culture know
how to ship, when to ship and where to shin |
for steady market Il once wrote an entire
letter on this subject to the NEWS, from FIori- |
ia, In regard to orange growing). ".--
remember this: The reqNe successful |
orange, strawberry, watermelon, peach, !
Thoroughly understands how to properly ga |
theF, pack, ship and sell his products. Now /
kindly and modestly HUT to the thousands |
who are suddenly rushing into this new In |
part of the subject al Once-delay viii be dan
gerouS.
PROPOSED SCHOOL LEGISLATION.
Hon. g. j. Orr, LID, has, in his official |
position of State School Commissioner
strained every nerve in his efforts to secure 80 !
increase ia the school fund Of the state, and /
thereby give the various counties better and
more continuous public school privileges
various bills have been put before the Gen
eral Assembly, but many members have on
posed them, in whole, or in part, from differ
ent standpoints of observation Commis
sioner Orr has, therefore, gone before the
people OF many c0untes--and. will visit Others
before the July session--addressinQ them nnon
the Importance ofthese measures
he has. also issued circulars on the subject.
one OF which contains a valuable tabulated !
of what each county ear saliI "a ifs |
education fund by the lAlba naw nending.
rake chatham a. aa example,: She now has
eiosAsa " hy tAx o. one tenth OF one per cent.