Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xa,7ys OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

,ov,ort of the Agricultural Department
the Past Notwithstanding Mountain
- Affected by the Earuhq uak g
sbocks-Birds That Injure the Fruit
crops.
GEORGIA.
Governor Mcdaniel has just appointed
the following solicitors of county courts {:
p q Jordan. solicitor of the County Court
Of Pulaski county, to I'LL the unexpred
torrn of j. B. Mitchell, resigned, and j &.
II McLarty, solicitor of the County
Court of Douglas county, vice W. l.. Rob-
erts, resigned.
At Atlanta tomorrow night, Capt.
F. Burke, of the Gate City
Guard, will inspect the Georgia Cadets,
the Governors Volunteers and the Full
ton Guards, the three leading cOlored
companies of Atlanta. The inspection
has been ordered by AdJutant General
Stephens, and will be thorough and COM
plete in every particular.
When the great shake occurred last
week, several Tallulah people concluded
that Sinking mountain was the prime
csuse of the trouble, or at least had
shared in the general settlement of pom
derous matter. A large party headed by
Or. Charlie Long, formerly of Athens,
~
the mountain had collapsed. So far as
could be seen this great mass sat in its
socket like floating gasometer; settling
towards the bottom, but evidently upon
stable adjustment for the present.
A revival meeting OF the Christian
church, which holds its meetings at Ring
GOLD Lodge, Spalding county, was started
last Sunday and ended Friday night, re-
shifting in tp Give additions to the church.
twas conducted by Rev. Harrison Jones,
assisted by Rev. Mr.. Moody, of Harrison
county. This church is in tiourishing
condition, and is now raising subscrip-
tIons to erect a church building on the
Lodge grounds. Five hundred dollars
has been raised. which will be sufficient
to commence with, though $1,000 Will be
necessary to finish and furnish it IN the
style contemplated.
DR.. Marion, official ornithologist OF the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture at Washington, has written Judge
Cunningham, President of the Georgia
State Fruit Growers Association, re-
questlng Information as to what birds
are known to iniure fruits. He asks:
Whist kinds of fruits are most injured by
them, and how extensive have been the
losses incurred? Members OF the asso-
citation having knowledge on the subject
Will confer favor ny duuTessIuR o. -.
McCandless, Secretary, at McDonough,
Ca, or John D. Cunningham, President,
Atlanta, Ca, giving all the inform alton
they have regarding this subject, so that
it can be forwarded to DR.. Marion, at
Washington, next week.
The Agricultural Department has CON-
pleted the compilation of the reports re-
ceived from its corps of crop reporters
throughout the State, and the copy is now
in the hands of the printer. The report
indicates general improvement during
the month of August in all craps. The
following is the condition and prospect
shown as compared with an average OF
the past five years: Cotton 81 per cent,
corn 80, rice 50, sngarcane 90, sorghum 50,
field peas Sc, chufas 90, sweet potatoes "a,
tobacco 81, melons 80; number OF stock
hogs as compared with last year SS, con-
ditiOn of stock hogs 90. The productive
average yield per acre of tobacco in Sec
tons planted is $40 pounds. The net
profit of melons when grown for market
is placed at an average of $29 Ga per acre.
The report issued Aug. placed cotton at
70, corn So, rice SO, sweet potatoes "a,
sugarcane 81, tobacco SO. melons IA.