Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-18

tee stateu thal lhey had seen Perkins run
II rom cat frequently. a cat was found in
the room where Perkins died, and one wit
ness asserted. most positively, that Perkins
nad been scared TO death by a cat. Dr. BOr-
ing was unable TO atvise the jury until after
making a post mOrtem. The jury then re-
turned verdict Of death from congestion of
the lungs. %
- Ihe first annual meeting Of the Young
li EarIers, Club OF the southern States will be
neid at the club house Of the HOltOn. Georgia
Farmers Club, on Saturday. Nav 2 and an
eHorl VIII be made TO make ii the LARGEST nd
most interesting convention Of the Kind ever
held IN the state. Delegates will be welcomed
anu entertained by the members Of the HoIton
club. and II Is lnsinuated that an old-fash-
ioneu barbecue and basket dinner on the
famous Ocmuigee are already on the rro
gramme. Addresses will he made bv rneern
Der7 OF the club as announcer below: Ala
Damd-J. 4. Richardson, on 'sRoOk Farmino -
a7 pTacticed by him. Arkansas-John Karr.
on How to Secure To the Producer the Profits
OF the Farm FlOrida-William b. Schrader
I diversified Agriculture for Young Farmers =
Deorgia-N. +. Harris, Technical Educa.
tlOn as applied 10 farm machinery" Ken
tucky-Aiexander McCIintOck. aNntiTe
grasses and hOme-raised live stock the basis oi
successful agriculture. LOuislana-T A.
flanagan, The value Of education TO the pro-
Kresslve farmer" Mississippl-W. H. Wor-
thingtOn, The mission Of the acricultur9l
press North COrOlna-J. II. Wilson. - he
study oi scientific fertilization" south Caro-
lina-B- L. Iillman, "SOme OF the elements Of
intensive farming" Tennessee-S. W. War
nell. "IiOW TO interest young men in farm
ing Ie1as-J. +. Fuller, The necessity for
VVIsanilatl9n and cooperation Of farmers. -
Virginia.. Brad Beverly, THE outlook for
young farmers business meeting will be
helu Al the conclusion OF this programme at
which officers Will be elected for the coming
year, including vice president and three
members Of the executive committee from
each Oi l. states above mentioned.
Macon Telegraph ant Messenger: Tom Bur-
,i ,,g{ es.Ine n saturday night and related the
IqllOWing Tor a fact: Ihe other day Miss Lulu
hurst was on Conductor Allie Shelman's
tram, and on the tram was a man who had
attended Miss Lulu's performance in Eufaula
the night before, and who was exceedingly
skeptcai. He said he was satisfied that the
secret OF her performances was simply muscu-
lar power. and that she was fortunate enough
10 possess Just little more muscular strength
lhan an ordinary man. As none Of his fel low
passengers were able to give any lucid ey-
planatiOn Of the wonderful Georgia girls
powers, the Euiaula man had the best OF the
argument until Conductor Shcllman came
HlonE- Inc subject was again brought up,
ana the clever prince Of the bell line said :
i can prove 10 YOU beyond all question
mat u Is no! muscular power, but personal
magnetism" "PersOnal magnetism be
blOwed, remarked the Eufaula man. "Well,"
continued the conductor, 1--WE are now climb
ing the hill az Hatcher's station. the steepest
grade on the road. just bsfOre We reached
the hill told the engineer to shut OF all
steam. and reverse his engine. | then re-
quested Miss Lulu 10 place her hands on The
lack OF the seat Ia front Of her. She aid so,
anu she is carrying as up the hill well a.
the engine could. Come back and see for
y0ureeli.' The Eufaula man never doubted
- hat the conductor said, but il was a long
time before he could make out what personal
magnetism really meant. He was silent all
The way 10 Macon, and wore the air of q man
VINO had got the worst OF an argument, and
was convinced against his VIII.
Griffin Nelcs; Nat Angevine. agent of d.
Wing Co.'S fruit evapOratOrs at Griffin. ar
rived IN the city on Tuesday. II 1ud," he
said, ''that the season Is fully a month later
than last year. and may be more than that
AT no place did 1 find any peach trees in
bloom except below New Orleans. / left
snow and two or three feet of ice-a canal
frozen sOlid-and expected to fluid i. warm
and vegetation advanced down here but il q
not 50. As far south as Cincinnati the streams
were frozen solid. while even down through
Kentucky and tennessee there was much
snow ana Ice. In Southern Alabama the
Terms nave been frozen by the severe winter.
Last year | arrived in Griffin on Feb. : and
found English peas SIN to eight inches high and
now they are nor up. An this L am glad TO
see, iOr 10 shows that the fruit season Is fully
a month late, and should be glad If it were
month later before warm weather sets in
ms would insure the peach crop against any
possible loss By frost. / think the DrOsDpcts
are favorable now for a big crop of peaches
ana believe they Will continue so. " hat did
we do lass year: Wen, We bought 4OO0
bushels OF green fruit. for which we paid %
cents DusheI Tor clings ana 30 cents for free
stones As only small portion was tree
stones, this made the average price about 20
cents For the construction of evapOrators.
labor, fruit, etc, MessTs, Wing paid out In
Grlhn very nearly even $500. This
was with SIX evapOratOrs and was -OnIy an
experiment for the first year. We could have
run twelve eyapOratOrs Just as well, but not
having anything upon which to base Just
estimate OF the amount of fruit IN the coun-
try, we were afraid to put up that manv al
though We wished we had before the season
was over. II the prospects continue as good
as they now are, the company will add four
more evapOrat0rs 10 their Griffin establish
ment- making ten IN all "a bushel of green
peaches makes an average of eight pounds OF
eyaDOrated fruit. so that we made ll2,O00
pounds. The ruling price is about "a cents
per pound. The home mars ct, perhaps, has
not been as good as usual this winter, but
considerable quantity of dried fruit has been
bought for export"
In the Atlanta City Council Monday night a
petition was presented asking that the bonds
men OF Mr. ~ His Biggers late City Clerk Of
Atlanta, be relieved from the payment to the
city Of S35,1l5 lost in the Citizens Bank. The
petition was by Mrs. Biggers. the administra-
triX on the estate, and the bOndsmen, and
was accompanied by a petition OF large
number Of citizens requesting that the action
be taken. The matter was referred TO the
city attorney and the committee OF Council
on contested claims and litigation, and will
come up for action by the Council on the frat
Monday in April. The circumstances uader
which his loss occurred were as follows: In
July, 1879, Willis K. Biggers was elected
city came into his hands deposited them in
the name of W. K. BIggers, City Clerk, =" in the
CiIizens' Bank, tue cashier Of the
bank being then Chairman of
the Finance Committee of Council. From
time to time checks were drawn bv Biggers
on this account and paid over to the Treasurer,
who gave receipts therefor. No checks were
ever drawn against this deposit except those
paid 10 the Treasurer. The last check drawn
was on Dec. 81. 1850, for 81, ,l40, for which the
Treasurer duly receipted. In Jan. 1851, Big
gers was granted three months leave OF alb
sence for the purpose Of going to Florida to re-
cuperate, II possible. his failing health. He
returned March .. 1851, his furlOugh not hav-
ing expired, and being very weak from
travelling did not hasten IN making his
quarterly report OF April ], which had he
done. the money TO his credit in the bank IS
clerk would have been transferred by check
to the credit Of the Treasurer in the same bank.
On the morning of April IL, 1871. the
Citizens Bank closed its doors. causing i'm
mense losses. not Olly in the city. but to the
state Of Georgia and large number Of the
business men of the city. II has been held by
the CITY Attorney that the estate Of Biggers
and the property Of his bOndsmen are liable
for the loss thus incurred; while on the other
hand the opinion has been given by some of
the ablest lawyers that the bond was only
good rs against the principal and sureties in
the case OF fraud or misapprnpriation of the
city's funds by the clerk, and that they should
not be held for a loss occurring from deposit
ing the funds.