Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-27

How the Great Irish Agitator's Brother
Bought His Georgia Estate.

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WASHINGTON, April 26.-I notice in the
| News a short reference to John H. Par
| nell-brOther to the Irish agitator-and
| his peach farm near West Point. Ga. 1t
may be of interest to know how ParnelI
came to settle where he is now doing so
well. At home in Ireland he was not
| thought to be of much account as man
who. would get along in this world. He
was, in fact, regarded as a little queer, or,
as we elegantly term it on this side of the
water, cranky. He was given
$4,000 out of the Parnell patrI-
m0ny, when he thought he would come
to America. He came and went South
After looking around for awhile he con-
cluded that peaches were the thing. He
went to West Point, Ga, having carefully
mapped it out that near there was the
best place to locate to grow the luscious
fruit. Knocking around West Point he
learned that Mr.. Huguely's place was for
sale. He walked out to it, distance of
about seven miles, arriving just after
dusk. He went in. He said to Mr. HUI
guely that he heard the farm was for sale.
Huguely said it was.
Il would like to look at it, said Par
nell.
"You had better wait until morning."
replied Mr.. Huguely, ''you can see
nothing tonight"
Il can see all want to- was the reply.
They walked out. The residence is situ-
ated on high hill. 1t overlooks the out
lying acres and is very pretty. Parnell
looked at the outhOuses and took a short
turn around in the dark. They returned
to the house.
Il want to buy the place. How much do
you ask for it:'' he inquired. Mr.. Huguely
named the price.
II will take it,
"But," said the owner, ~ don't know
you. must have references"
Il have got no references. | have rot
the money however. and will pay it right
now.''
The bargain was closed, and the prop
erty the next day transferred. The farm
was worn out. Gullies had tracked them
selves over it. 1t was only in patches
that the land was good. 1t was all, how.
ever, lit for what Parnell wanted. 1t
would grow peaches, and has done so to
the great pecuniary benefit of the present
owner. he sends the first peaches to the
New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore and
other Northern markets, and gets big
prices for them. Two years ago he real
lied most handsomely upon his crop. DR..
ii. ii. Cary, Of LAGRANGE, is also sue
cessful peach grower. There is a rivalry
grow the earliest peaches. Parnell always
beats him, however.
The largest single mail that is trans
ported in the United States is not mail
from or to New York or any other COM
mercial centre. 1t is foreign mail. There
is seml-mOnthly mail between England
the Sandwich Islands and Australia. It
lands at New York and is transported by
the United States post office authorities to
San Francisco, and vice versa. 1t is the
largest mail ever seen in this country. 1t
is made up i'll large tarpaulin bags,
and is shipped through without any delay
that is avoidabIe. The interests existing
between England, the Sandwich Islands
and Australia, judging from the bulk of
mail, must be very great indeed. Particu-
lar pains are taken by our postal authOri-
ties to see that this mail is not tampered
with or delayed while it is making its
tranScOntinentaI trip
On and after June 1st next the stations
OF the life saving service will be designa- |
ted and known by names and not by num- |
bers, as at present. There are no life saw |
ing stations on the Georgia coast. The |
following will be the names of the sta |
tlons ON F1orida's coast line: Station 1. |
fifteen miles north of Indian river.
will be known as ''Indian River;'' Station !
:, north side of Saint Lucie Inlet, will be |
known as "Gibert's Bar" Station 8,
southern end of Lake Worth, will be |
known as "Orange Groves" Station 4,
seven miles north of New river inlet. will /
be known as Fort Lauderdale,' and Sta |
tion ., SIX miles north of Boca Rattones, |
will be known as "Biscayne Bay"
"Ihat muchly written of animal, the /
government, is,'' said Assistant United |
states Treasurer Graves to-day, s'the |
cause of most of the cases of very badly |
m9tllated currency which comes in for
redemption" He then went on
10 explain. More money is chewed
mutilated in any other way except by |
actual wear. The goat, i'll addition to his
love Tor circus posters, tomato can labels |
and old pants, has a prediction for green |
backs. The color perhaps attracts his
eye. However that may be, if garment
containing legal tenders is laid down any-
Where that he can get at it the goat will !
soon be nibbling the wealth. He is gen
orally caught in time to save the pieces,
otherwise he is killed and the mangled
monetary remains recovered before they
are digested. The drunken man comes
next to the goat in his destruction of money.
There are almost innumerable cases ON
record i'll the Treasury Department
where men who have been out with the
boys send i'll halfburnt note to be re- !
deemed. 1t is generally the same old
story. While elevated, they, to show their |
disregard for money, have lighted ciga-
rettes with one of Uncle Sam's bills. Feel |
ing sorry the next morning, they make |
aftidavits of the facts, and sending on the
unburnt portion of the bill get a new note. |
The next bill destroyer is the Irishman |
with his dudeen. The Irishman has a
natural desire to keep his dudeen lit. The !
result is numerous Instances where he |
has put the lighted pipe in his pocket |
along with his money, The notes take !
fire. and are partly burnt. Woman
ranks next to the Irishman. She has an
innate and un-Overcomeable desire to put
money in all sorts OF corners. She fire. |
quently cleans out those corners and
throws the cleanings, of which the money
forms part, into the fire. She discovers
what she has done just in time to save
some of the fragments. Many other agen- |
cles produce mutilated currency, but |
these are the. leading four. They are
known so to be, because before any note
is redeemed the sender must file an affida- |
Wit giving all the particulars of the mutt
latiOn. POTOMAC.
THE MORGAN LINE PROPERTY.