Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-30


In July, and he their work before
the end of Au, The new assessments,
however, are not made known until near
the close of the year. 1t has suddenly
been discovered that the assessments for
the year 1887 had been increased over
Sc, 000, 900, or from 100000 to $50, 000,-
600, in round numbers.
REASsEssMENT.
The General Assembly. which has lust
adjourned. after much wrangling very re-
luctantly passed an act granting a reas-
sessment of the property in the city that
had been DESTROYED or damaged by the
earthquake and also an extension of the
time Tor paying the taxes. This resssess-
meni, however, only applies to State and
county and not municipal taxation. The
property owners, however, seemed to have
labored under the very natural impress
sion that the city would certainly grant
them proportionate relief. They were
suddenly awakened TO the fact yesterday
morning that so far from this being
the case the assessments had been
raised all along the line, save in
a few favored official instances. at rates
ranging from 10 to 100 per cent. ,andEfound
that their municipal taxes instead of
being lowered as had been generally sup
posed would be considerably increased,
A storm was the natural consequence
Indignation meetings were held and for
the past two days the air has been thick
with imprecations, protests and maledic-
tions. SO great was the storm that the CITY
Council at its meeting last night took the
committee to task and directed 1t TO review
their assessments at once and report to
an extra meeting to be held on the night
of Dec. 80.
SALARIES TO BE CUT.
p11ff ha 10 har
are aroused and announce their intention
TO have the affairs of the city conducted
on an earthquake basis. At the recent
session of the Legislature an act was
passed making a horizontal reduction of
salaries of the county officials OF about Is
per cent. Most OF the officials of the city
are well-tO-do men, who hold fat offices
and get munificent salaries. AS an in
stance, it may be mentioned that the
clerk in one Of the departments
has a large furniture store and
owns q block Of real estate
on King street. Other city officials are
equally solid and most of them obtained
relief from the earthquake fund. Under
the circumstances the taxpayers natur-
ally think that these officials should he
made to bear portion of the burden, and
a demand will be made at the NJ KIT meet
ING of Council for a general reduction of
sdldTies Vi IEOln I'd W OU per cent. in case
the demand Is refused by Council there
will probably be mass meeting. which
will adopt resolutions inviting the city
fathers to step down and out.
MISS ALEXANDER's MARRIAGE.
At Columbia, the capital of the State. a
social event of more than ordinary inter-
est occurred last night. This was the
marriage of Mr.. John Rose FIchlen, of
New Orleans, to Miss Bessie Mason Alex
aDder, daughter of Gen. K. p. Alexander.
The ceremony took place in Trinity
Church in the presence OF large number
of invited guests. The church was hand
somely decorated. A number of palmetto
trees from North Island, the former home
of the bride, formed part of the adorn-
ment. The Rev. H. o. Judd performed
the marriage ceremony. There were six
bridesmaids and six groomsmeu. After
the marriage very handsome reception
was given at the residence of Maj. W. III.
Gibbes. 1t was attended by large num-
Der OF the members of Columbia society,
besides many from distant points. A spe-
cial train from Augusta brought many
friends of the BRIDES family to Columbia.
SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMES.
A dispatch from Greenville announces
the death OF Hughes, who was Shot near
there Christmas day by r. I'll. Jacobs, his
landlord, in dispute about a burning
fence. The Coroner's jury has found
verdict of murder.
The same dispatch says that United
States Deputy Marshal Elford, while rid
ing alone on Fort Clancy mountain, was
shot in the back by moonshiners. His
wound is slight.