Savannah morning news., 1886-06-18

1Ied at Atlanta Wednesday at Mrs. c. W.
nammond's boarding house. Mrs. Tay-
iOr was stranger in Atlanta. Friday
last l she reached the city en- route from
riorlda, where she has been passing the
winter, and was too sick to continue her
trip' one went to Mrs. Hammond's,
wnere sDe was given every possible at
Sehtion. Ever since Sunday she predicted
ner death, but declined to allow telegrams
10 ne'sen1 to her friends. She requested
MRS Hammond to have her body sent
nome for burial. After her death tele-
grams were sent to her friends. and that
nlghI an answer was received instructing
MRS. hammond to forward the body. The
remains LETT on the Western and Atlantic
passenger train Wednesday night. Mrs i.
IaYlor was about 80 years OF age.
a one-legged ex-COnfederate, Henry G.
Brown, OF Carroll county, called at the
executive office at Atlanta Wednesday.
and made his application for the first
allowance under the act of the Legislature
/ Sappropriatlng money to supply artificial
AihDs TO MANNED Con 'ederates. He made
application IN 1888 for the second allow
ance, and received it. 1t seems that he
was away from the State IN 1879, when
tne act was passed, and did not return
Clil the following year. He made no ap-
pl1cation for the first three wears, as he
NAA ASt hhON uG WAS GubiJl6Q 10 IL. lie
stated at the department Wednesday that
he had read the opinion of the Attorney
Generafshowing that he was clearly en-
Titled to the first allowance. His appli-
cation was properly made out, and he
drew his 500 from the Treasury and de-
parted happy.
Tim Barnard, soliciting freight agent of
tne East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, will leave Atlanta in few DAYS
Tor South Georgia for the purposeof work
ing up the watermelon interests in that
portion of the State. He says that the
acreage Of watermelons planted this year
shows large increase oyer last year, and
that the stand and prospects never looked
better. The road that he represents, he
says, will give fine facilities to shippers
and everything possible will be done to in
sure rapid transit. He thinks that the
Georgia crop will be running to the West
very soon, as shippers are already asking
for cars. The first car load of melons of
the season passed through Atlanta Tues
day, being shipped from Quitman to Gin
cinnati. Soliciting Freight Agent Wilkes.
OF the Georgia road, also anticipates a
large watermelon business on his line.
He says that there are 1000 acres planted
In WeIermelons on the line of the South
Carolina road.
Comptroller Wright had before him
Wednesday President W. b. johnson, of
toe Cotton States Life Insurance Com
pany, of Macon, which failed some months
ago through the mismanagement OF Secre-
tary q. S.OBear. Under the State law the
company had to deposit 500, 900 and secu-
rifles of face value of $l03, 900, and the pre-
sent market value of these securities
is Sl20,00O, which are now in
the hands of the State. Among the
securities are $21,500 Georgia per
CENTS, maturing July 1. The
object Of the visit of President Johnson
was to get control of these matured bonds
and substitute Central railroad deben-
lures Comptroller Wright refused, but
agreed to accept any State bond or first
mortgage railroad bond of equal vatue
with Georgia bonds. The company has
been buying up policies whenever it could,
and 1t is for this that il is anxious to get
control of these matured bonds. The
matter has been before the courts and
public for months past, and this latest
step will be of interest to the policy hold
ers scattered all over Georgia and Caro-
lima.