Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-17

elections with tWO-Qolaf DIS
:, Fo-77rJ .-Iobbvists" are called Par
Iiamentarv lawyers. Wonder if the TEL
re,y who succeed 500 out of COngrt -
man r. John Ellis would be called Par
Hameutsry lawyer in England:
II f. said tI.at Blaine Is a Presidential
candidate. and it is said he Is not. Blaine
himself saws nothing. II he sees "A i'lr
chance Of getting the nomination tits pro
hable that he will be heard from mighty
quick.
The novelty Of the thing having worn
oH. the str0ug-minded women Of Boston
are not So anxious 10 vote this year a
last. only forty OF them up to the pres
emit time have asked b DE assessed for
poll tax.
Ead-. Shin railway scheme seems 70 be
more popular in England than IN TINS
country. The scheme is calculated to all
sorl a vast amount Of cash Perhaps In
glishmen hope To swap their Confederate
bonds for stock i'm IT,
cotton picking in that section. says the
Americas Republican, Is not as big
question this season as it has been. Here
fofor- there was "a scramble for pickers al
the bigh price Of 30 cents per 100, but now
labor is plentiful at 40 cents per 100
There seems to be little doubt that an
effort will DE made next winter to get
Congress to adopt the postal telegraph
system. The system works well in Eu-
rome. and there appears to be no reason
why il wouldn't work well In this cOun-
try.
A Boston journal suggests that If poly
,,amv cannot be checked in Utah, let
T-tab be broken in fragments and the
pieces given to adjoining governments.
The adjoining governments, probably, can
deal with polygamy in fragments success
fully.
CAR Dageat. well known New York
politician. Iikens Dorsey to human
iackaI. Ii is evident that the party
leaders do not intend to let Dorsey run
the machine in the next national cam
paign. He will he allowed to look after
his steers for awhile.
The Kew West Ne,rs boists the names
of David =. Walker, Jr., for Governor, and
George w. Allen for Lieutenant Governor
of Florida. to which the Tallahassee
F79rifiqa responds: The ticket suits us
very we'll: it is about the easiest for us to
beat that could be framed
The life of the average Texan would be
comparatively happy if it were not for the
book. tombstone and lightning rod agents.
These agents are so I.JmerOus and per-
sistent that the Galveston NetrS remarks;
eff the children Of Israel had taken this
role Pharaoh would not have opposed
their departure from Egypt
The Middle Florida Fruit and Vegetable
Growers Association viii hold its next
annual session at Tallahassee, beginning
on Tuesday next. the DIST inst. 1t Is
expected 10 be the largest and most IN
teresting meeting ever held by the assocIa-
ton, and much valuable information Will
be elected concerning the agricultural
progress of the State.
John W. Mackey. the California mil
UOnaire. nut half a million dollars III the
Postal Telegraph Company last Tuesday
and was made one Of the directors. 1t Is
SAID that Mr.. Mackey was not Influenced
10 make this investment by the troubles
IN the Western Union Company, but
made it because he believed it would pay.
The company is bound to be powerful
rival Of the Western Union.
Judge Duyars sample Of goldbearins
quartz. discovered on the SOpchoppy
river in Wakulla county, Fla has been
compared with a splendid specimen from
California. and pronounced by Tallahas-
seeans as the richer Of the two. 1t Will
be new thing under the sun TO find
rich gold mine in the low flat lands Of the
Florida coast. but we hope the Judges
ind may prove a regular bonanza.
Grading has commenced at Tallahassee
ON the Townsville and Tallahassee Rail
road with the prospect of an early large
increase Of force, but the company has
not vet decided the knotty question as to
which Of the three lines surveyed between
the two cities it will adopt. Mr.. Page
seems 10 have baffied all attempts to dis
cover which route will be chosen, and SO
successfully as to raise a doubt whether
he Will adopt either.
A patriotic member of the next House
says that rs soon as Congress assemblies he
proposes to offer a resolution making it
penal offeuse for any Congressman or g0T-
eminent Official to use a telegraph frank.
It is not improbable that the resolution
will never be heard Of after it is intro
duced. If there is one thing more than
another that a very large proportion of
Congressman don't like 10 do, it is to pay
telegraph tolls. 1t is, perhaps, safe to say
that two-thirds OF them use dead-head
franks.
The bit OF secret Mexican history which
Dr. De Meza, at one time private secre-
tary to General santa Anna, and now a
resident Of Washington. furnished the
Washington Post few days ago, reads
ike a romance. The doctor says that
arrangements had been made for the abdi-
cation Of Macmillan as Emperor and
the establishment Of the republic with
Maximilian as President and Santa Anna
as COmmander-in-chiefO Of the army, when
santa Anna and the doctor were arrested /
bv the United States authorities and the
scheme frustrated
Colonel Hawkins, Of Sumter county,
"a fights cotton caterpillars with
.raanic. He makes a preparation by
mixing and boiling one pound Of arsenic J
with two pounds Of common salt in five /
Gallons Of water for one hour. He then I
s,Ids IN wafer what was lost in steam by I
f,oilin0. OF this mixture he pOurs one /
Quart into forty gallons OF water, and /
sprinkIes the cotton plants with it by /
means Of a pump and hose from a barrel /
on a wagon. The cost is set down at two
and a half cents per acre, and the Colonel
thinks it the cheapest known method Of
destroying the pest.
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