Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-12

affair, but it was all on tho part OF the lit
Tie king snake in literally making the big
moccasin crawl inside of him.
jackson Herald: Notice has been given
that the Mayors election will be contest
ed. Ii it were not contested the two can
didates would not have the privilege OF
coming before the people as before, for
another candidate is ready 10 enter the
race If the matter is left to the voters.
| Many Of the good citizens hope to settle
| the matter without an appeal to the
voters. If contested, the probability Is
that number of the voters Will be so eX-
posed as TO subject them to prosecution
for voting in former elections. The cleo
! tion referred to is the municipal election
in Jefferson last Tuesday. The fight was
between James +. Randolph and J. P.
| Pendergrass, candidates for Mayor, and
resulted in tie vote. Monday night the
| friends of the candidates were at work
late, and as soon as the polls were open
! Tuesday they were ready with squads OF
voters to rush at once to the polls. The
election will be contested on the ground
OF illegal voting.
The Fulton Cotton Mill Company, OF
| Atlanta, are arranging to extend their
already large building to twice it's pres
ent size, and when this Is done that
building will cover more dirt than any
other one establishment or building in
the State OF Georgia. The work will soon
begin and will furnish employment for a
number of hands for long time. The
cost of the extension will reach several
thousand dollars and will cover exactly
as much ground as the present building
| does-about one acre-and the building
will be erected on the same plan as the
present one. 1t will cover about two
acres of ground, and furnish employ
ment to about thousand hands when
! complete. AT present there are only
about three hundred hands employed at
this mill, but they only manufacture
plain white goods, and when the extern
sion is finished the company proposes
making all kinds of checks and jeans.
Atlanta contractors will do the work,
and the company Will use Georgia ma
terial as much as possible, but it will be
| several months before the building will
be finished.
The failure of Rev. DIR. T. Dewitt Tai
mage to attend the recent Bethany CEN
tennlal was the cause of great disap-
poIntment. A letter has just been re-
ceived from him, in which he says: 81.
D. Smith-Dear Sir: Your letter reached
me weeks after the centennial of Bethany
had been celebrated. But all my time
was engaged 80 that ! could not have
come. / cannot tell how much l would
have enjoyed being present. The oppor-
tunity of seeing the place of Uncle Sam
uePs labors-the nearness to the late
home of my lamented friend, Gov. Steph-
ems, and the privilege of meeting SO many
good people OF the South would have been
q great gladness to me. Many thanks tor
your letter and all the encouraging words
you write. In some way convey to the
sold Bethany church my high apprecia-
ton of their invitation. The name of
Samuel X. Talmage, in all branches OF
our family stands for everything good,
gracious and glorious. That old race Of
ministers! What noble men they were;
exemplinoations OF the gospel they
preached. Now enthroned! May we
be faithful until we meet themW
Friday was pay day with the police de-
partment of Atlanta, and, as usual, the
knights of the club drew their wealth.
and in consequence were orce more made
happy. The monthly pay roll of the At
lanta police force amounts to about $42,-
900. There are forty-nine privates, a
chief. four captains, two station house
| keepers, one sergeant and two special
officers who do duty at the cemetery. The
pay of the chief is 1925 per month, the
captains $75, the station house keepers
and sergeants 81 % per day, and the
patrolmen 50 per day. When of duty by
reason OF sickness or from any other
cause other than being detailed for
special business, the men are not paid
for the time that they lose. Un-
| like the police regulations in most
cities, the men are allowed no turloughs.
| The force is elected every two years by
the Board OF Police Commissioners. AS
the board is remodeled from time to time
| by the retirement of commissioners and
the election of new members, the force is
greatly changed at every election, as
almost every new commissioner has some
friend to put on. The summer uniforms
of the men cost about $25, and the winter
suits, including Overcoats, strike the
pockets OF the patrolmen to the tune OF
$50. When one OF the members loses time
| by reason of sickness, and it Is known
that the absent member is in need of
financial help, fund for his relief is
raised by the members, all of them sub
scribing to it as literally as they feel
able.
Speaking Of the we'll of boiling water
at Macon, described in yesterdays NEWS,
the Macon Telegraph says: Local geol-
ogists, who have studied the formation of
the earth upon which the city is built,
are unanimous in the opinion that there
| is a large strata of granite running across
the city from east TO vest, and that its
line begins at the city hall and ends at the
city bridge. People who have noticed the
lodges of rock just below the bridge and
observed the ulTeCtlOn OIL inc granite
veins are in accord with the biologists.
1t ls also asserted that a large subterra-
mean stream flows nearly parallel with
the strata of granite, and the numerous
springs which supply the water works
are supplied by this stream. The well of
Hays Il Mansfield is supplied by a
| branch, which runs on the property
leased, and it Is said that the foun-
tain head OF the branch Is also
fed by this stream. In this way a
| gentleman accounted yesterday for the
singular phenomenon. He thought that
the granite strata received its heat from
the causes, volcanic or otherwise, which
led 10 the earthquake. Said he: 1--WE all
! know that the drust of earth is thin, and
like other substances is liable to expan-
sion more or less by heat. The recent
earthquake was no more than the expan-
sion OF the earth crust by an eXtraordi-
nary fame, producing great throb from
the heart OF the mundane sphere. This
throb opened up many assures in the earth.
opening only on the interior, ana these
allowed the extreme heat to pervade the
earth and to heat the granite strata. The
waves OF heat from the granite have Just
| reached this subterranean stream, and
the branch which feeds the we'll being
loose and unconfined, 10 more susceptible
TO the heat, and thus the water was made
too hot To be used"
FLORIDA.