Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-26

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NE"s, feb- a; Mr.. ). j. Wall has erected at
tnls place line saw mill, with houses as
dwellings for his many employees. ami ,,ro-
eeeded 70 erect a Catholic church on FriiIav
req ~ Bishop Gross. Of Savannah, arrived
mere, accompanied bV Rev C. e. Prstndarorsst
former pastor Of st. Patrickis Church Sayan
nan. Ihe Bishop preached on Saturday
IioInlhg AT O'Clock and celebrated mass On
99.uuu4y morning the Bishop and Father
AfSh'!ergast celebrated mass, and at IL
O'Clock administered the sacrament of con-
hfnatlOn 10 IL persons. On Sunday evening
ne HellNered a telling discourse on the iucar-
nation and most Holy Trinity, and left Ms
Monday morning at o'clock folIovved bv tho
prayers and good wishes of all those that had
lhe gooa fortune tJ hear him. He was the
guest OF Mr.. Wall.
Albany }elcs: The melon growers Of this
Sectlon haa meeting in Quitman early in
january as our readers well remember At
lAdt meeting a resolution was passed cOm-
milung those who were in attendance to the
policy OF reducing last years watermelon
acreage fully 90 per cent. in this years plant
ing IL was generally understood that this
po.cY would be urged on all the melon
s.oWeFs Of the section; The object, of course.
was TO reduce the yield, improve the oualitv
OF tne melons and secure better prices We
are advised, from most reliable sources that
the resol utlon has had the very opposite effect
from what was Intended. There NAV he ex-
ceptlOns, and doubtless there are but we are
informed that, instead of cutting dOWn the
acreage % per cent, in quite a number OF
MlaI IL was last year It Is a shOrt-sig GIFTED
business By increasing the acreage there
may be large increase in the number grown
but TINS viii be more than Offset by deprecia-
tl0n IN quality and prices. If disaster should
attenu the programme, the prOpriety of find
ln& some scape- goat, other than the railroads.
VIII suggest itself to reasonable men.
David Glenn, Of Haralson county, aged 70.
charged with Illicit whisky dlstilling. died in
the Atlanta jaIl Monday. His death Is thus
uescrlned+ His imprisonment soon began u
tell upon hlm and about two weeks ago he
contracted the measles. At first his illness
was not severe, but about the middle of last
week the disease took an alarming turn. ami
the unfortunate young man continued to
grow worse until O'Clock Sunday morning.
When ne uleu. His death was witnessed hv
half dozen prisoners who, like himself was
deprived OF the presence of relatives and
friends The scene, as the young mans life
went out. was touching. Lying upon a pallet
on prison hoOr, surrounded by half dozen
men was the dying man. His parched lips
rcd, sunkel eyes and grOans aWOke feeling
OF the deepest pity IN the watchers heart. buJ
they we're unable TO sOOthe mis- fears. His calls
for his mother. far away in the mountain
home, dreaming Of her boy, were unans wered.
His death was a relief TO those present, for
only after death did he cease to call lOudl IN
and plteously for those at home Early yes
terday morning Glenn's parents were not fled
OF MS death. They at once instructed the jail
officials to bury the body IN Atlanta.
Atlanta Constitution: Last night the last
Of the record of the dOing5 of Gen. James
LOngstreet as United States Marshal was
signed up 10y the clerk and forwarded 10
Washington City for inspection in the Comp
lruiler s department. These papers have
reference 70 the executions that have been
ln the MarshaFs hands and have been pre-
Jared leisuTely since Gen. LOngstreet went
out. The Comptroller requires that the Mar
shdl. before final settlement Of his accounts,
shall forward the certificate OF the clerk that
an papers Issued nave been properly returned
anu all moneys accounted for. As is well
a,
| AT asnIngtOn have never vet settled their
accounts The General Will not 20 to Wash
/ ingt0n Tor settlement under the present ad-
miulstrdtlOu, but viii trust his interests with
the Democrats. Gen. LOngstreet claims that
there ls due MN the gross amount of S2O, ,O0u OF
perhaps little more. Only about $l,S0O OF
Si.55O 0I TINS, however. belongs TO the General,
tue p1iahcc being uue 10y MN to the deputy
marshals- IL Is thought Of these accounts, ag-
-FeEAllns %z9.uUl, about $1,000 Will be dis
allowed, and that the deputies Will receive
lheT accounts less that amount. Ii is not
known what viii be done with the accounts
oI CRAWFORD and Robinson, who were arr, ST.
CT. charged with crOOkedness. Crawford ran
away and Robinson was convicted. The ac-
counts OF both have been held up.
The Louisville Netrs, speaking Of the triaiof
Miss lYey for the murder Of j. 4. McCaulev
SAYS: IL seems that our county Is destined 10
suuer Tor the crimes Of the citizens of other
counties. Seven or eight years ago man
came 10 this county from Scriyen. aud after
being here only about "a month, he killed
stephens. at " aulCV- IEat case took q
Two thousand dollars out of our treasury. SIX
or seven years ago the COrnwell murder was
commltteu 10y parties who lived IN another
county. aud it is estimated that that case cost
cur county about $1,000. And now comes the
McCauley case. IN which both, the defendant
aud the party killed, were citizens of another
county. How much it will cost the county we
kuJW not but we imagine that before the
case Il ended a considerable amount OF money
VIII have been drawn from the treasury.
Jefferson county, II seems, would be better OF
If the law required every county to try and
loot the bills Oi IT'S own law breakers. We
have noticed that n our people want to do
anything bad. they generally stay at home and
do it. They don't ecOnOmise by going into
another county and commit the crime and
throw the burden on that county. SO it would
seem that our citizens who break the law are
not well versed IN the science OF political
economy.
Cherokee Adcdnce: On last Monday we
were shown a nice lot Of mineral specimens
by Mr.. VI. q. Donaldson, of this place, which
he has from time to time picked up in the
county. He has for the past two years or
longer been getting up specimens Of the min
erals of the county and sending them to Prof
GlaZer, of Pennsylvania, and others. This
lot Is to be sent to the New Orleans EXpOsi-
JiOn, and there put on the tables as exhibit
specimens were the following: Silver lead
and gold from vein that runs through or
near the lots of John Evans; silver, lead ad
gaiena from lot owned by q. W. HunnIcutt
and :. X. Dickson; copper and gold from
lot OF John X. Moore; very fine speci-
men of rich ore from lots of Joseph
Donaldson; topaz and crystallized
quartz from lots of W. p. Anderson:
crystalized quartz with gold, from lots of VIM.
Gunter. Thomas PeardOn. Col. sharp and
VIM. McCanless, which they intend opening
up soon; staurOlite. from lot of W. J. Ingram;
rutile and mica imbedded together. from lots
about three miles northeast of Ball Ground,
and many others The above Will give an idea
Of the vastness, quality and extent of the
minerals of this county, and serves to show
that IL is not merely in one district, but al
over the entire county. Among the speci-
mems was marble shaped stone, resembling
amarantar. which Mr.. Donaldson thinks was
an old Indian relic, but which may indeed
turn out to be a rich find upon being more
closely examined and analyzed. There is no
end to the rich deposits OF mineral I'm Cher0-
kee.
FLORIDA