Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-23

heLheS' Aer dress caught before she was
aware OF 1t, and her cries of distress soon
brought her father to the rescue. He see
ing tub OF water at the well. already
uraWn up and convenient, hastily picked
II up to put out the flames that had almost
completely enveloped his child. In the
eager ehOrthe dashed the contents at the
names and completely missed his aim,
none OF the water falling upon her. Her
lather then tore her clothing away, but it
! was too late, the flesh was already fear
iully burned, and death ensued in a few
! hours.
At Tuesday nights meeting of the
Macon City Council DR.. J. f. Blackshear
addressed the council on the question of
| sewerage, and gave the result of his
recent visit to Savannah, during which he
| made thorough examination of the sys-
TEN employed by that city. He took occa-
sion to say that George +. Warning, the
sanitary engineer who planned the system
used by the city of Memphis, was at
present in Savannah, and suggested that
Macon take measures to have him come
there and consult with the proper authori-
ties with regard to the cost etc, of a sys-
tenn of small sewerage for the city of
Macon. Alderman Johnson offered a
motion embodying this idea, and suggest
ing that the MayOrOpen correspondence
with man to that effect. 1t was so ordered.
Wiley Jones and wife rent the National
and Southern Hotels at Macon. The
! former is rented from J. G. McBurney, of
Atlanta, and the latter from j. 5. Schotield.
some time ago Mr.. SchOheld remodeled
the dinlng-rOOm of the National. This
hotel fronts on Fourth street and extends
back in the rear of the Southern. An
alleyway divides them. To obtain more
light and gain greater convenience in
passing from one hotel to the other, Mr..
Jones cut hole in the dining-room, con-
Meeting it with the alley. Mr.. Schofield
opposed this proceeding, claiming that he,
as the pOssessor of the Southern Hotel,
owned the wall through which the door
was cut. Tuesday, to restrain Mr.. Jones
from using the doorway, an injunction
was filed by Mr.. Schofeld through his
attorneys. Should the case be decided in
favor OF Mr.. SchOfeld, the authority will
doubtless be given him to close other
doors and windows on the same side, thus
involving the value of this important
| property.
Robert Ozburn, an Atlanta young man,
who was attacked by consumption two or
three years ago, and who seemed to stand
at deaths door for months, has been al
most completely restored to health, and
attributes his cure to faith and prayer.
A few days ago a company of Christian
ladies were in his room, on Forsyth street,
and were advising With him about his
condition. One asked if he could believe
God was able and willing to restore him
to health. He answered in the aflirma-
tive. An earnest prayer, in which Mr..
Ozburn and all present Joined, was offered
for the invalid. When the prayer was
finished, and all arose from their knees,
Mr.. Ozburn felt the disease that was fast
destroying his physical frame immedi-
/ ately depart. swelling and soreness
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| healed, and he arose from the bed where
he had lain for many a day and walked
across the room. Since then he has been
rapidly gaining strength.
Augusta Chronicles: The Chronicle had
the pleasure on Tuesday of exchanging
! greetings with His Excelency, Hugh S.
Thompson, Governor of South
Carolina, who was on his re-
turn from a visit to the Worlds
Exposition at New Orleans. Gov. ThOmp-
son is one Of the most charming men in
! public or private life in this country.
His unsought promotion from the desk of
Principal of the Columbia Male Academy
! first to the State superintendent of
| Schools, and subsequently to the Execu-
tive chair of his State, was a marked and
| deserved recognition of sterling worth in
citizen who has ever been true to right.
! it is a fact in the history of Democratic
been charged that trickery has ever found
place in the nominating conventions of
the party, or that any State official-ex-
ecutiVe, Judicial or legislative-has been
guilty of corrupt practices. That is, in
deed, splendid record, to the making of
which no man has contributed more than
Gov. Thompson.
A trip made Tuesday by a telegram
and Messenger reporter to the Osier
willow farm of l. G. Plant, mile below
Macon, presented a surprise. In a
building on the premises were a number
of negro women and boys at work strip
ping the bark and leaves from the willow
switches. This is the first cutting OF the
crop of two years growth, and the yield
viii be about two or three tons. These
switches are from four to seven feet long.
and are cut and placed in bundles like
sheaves of wheat. They are then taken
to the stripping building and placed in a
vat filled with water. The large ends
are then placed in a peculiar little
machine which loOsens the bark for
couple of inches. Passing along on the
table they are placed one by one
in the shippers, a little machine. the
invention of Mr.. Plant, and
with pair of pliers are pulled through
with one jerk. This process takes off all
the bark and leaves. The switches are
passing them through the hand. They
are then bundled and laid away to dry.
The little cOntrivance used for stripping
performs its work admirably. Mr.. Plant
sent to Switzerland and to the willow
farms in the North and West for ma
chimes, but all were crude and worked
unsatisfactory. He set about and soon
made one for the purpose which does its
work rapidly and effectually. All the
leaves and bark are dried and baled, and
command price of % cents per pound.
They are used for a certain kind of medi-
cine. Mr.. Plant has 100000 willows
now growing on his farm. He has
within the past week set out $4,000,
and they are growing finely. He
will set out his entire levee with them,
and will then have sixty acres IN willows
alone. A ton TO the acre is the average
yield, and the willows when shipped dried
command 5000 per ton in dozen markets.
In three years all he has set out now will
be high enough to cut. In addition to will
lows, Mr.. Plant utiiiZes nearly every inch
Of his magnificent farm. His corn is Just
under the ground, his oats planted IN Oc-
tOber are in fine condition, and he has a
patch Of rye that presents a beautiful
sight. This patch WAS planted especially
for l.. Merkel, a Macon baker, VINO will
this year bake bread from the -ield. The
willow farm is success throughout, and