The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-20


| change 1t is required that each county
alliance assemble themselves together and
elect two delegates TO represent each organ
| lZad county, and ench county having as
many as four sub-alliances shall elect one
delegate; said delegates shall constitute a
constitutional convention. which will meet
in the hall of the general assembly, in the
city OF Atlanta, on June "a, 1883, at 10
O'Clock a. m.
Button Weekly Springs: ]. M. Bryan,
who lives about two miles west of Button,
has lost about fifty chickens this year, and
for some time he was unable to account for
for their rapid and mysterious disappear
ance. One night last week he 'set" for the
thief and found it TO be pole cat, which
was promptly dispatched. In looking
around he found his catship's den in hol
low log, and his surprise may be imagined
when he found twelve half grown chickens
deposited therein in space so small that
no human being coild have packed the same
number in it, There were also -four dozen
eggs slowed away in rows of a half dozen
| each. The strange part of this story, and
which. by the way, may lead to an i'm
portant scientific discovery, is that although
it is known that some Of the chickens had
been there more than two weeks, no sign
of decomposition was noticed. 1t is sup
posed that the peculiar musk, or scent,
from putrefaction.
Augusta Euening Nei0s: The suggestion
of the Planters hotel site as the proper one
for grand hotel not only meets with pOpu-
lar approval, but it stands the best chance
of practical success. The present owners of
the Planters are gentlemen of wealth, most
of them being northern capitalists, and
when they find out that Augusta is grow
ing into great city, and is able to support
md hoet . to
forest to erect here the finest hotel in the
south. The location is exactly right, the
space large enough, and the fact that the
hotel is surrounded by open streets o three
sides is a special advantage. The Planters
could be modernized at no great expense.
but it is hoped that the present owners will
still further add to the popularity of their
property and to the reputation of the town,
by erecting a modern palace hotel Mr..
Camp has brought the Planters back to its
old STYLE and it will be the fashionable
headquarters. By all means let the new
hotel be located where there Is already such
promising foundation.
The Georgia Midland railroad returned
its property for taxation Monday. The re-
turns were sent back by the comptroller
general for the reason that the valuation is
too low. The total valuation is S642 95S.
Itincludes 25 acres of land, So, 900; bridges,
D.,
z engines, $26, 900; 121 freight cars, $31, 900; ,
10 passenger cars, 1922, 900, and 100 miles of
track, $500. 900. Only five engines were re-
turned last year and they were valued at
S23, 500. The same number of freight cars
were returned last year. They were valued
at 1900 less this time. The same number
of miles of track is returned this year, val
ued at the same figure as last year Last
year the road was allowed to make its re-
tsRVsp 49, Ian lat 49, Z
new road and had no connections, bat with
the distinct understanding that higher
valuation would be placed upon its prop
erty this year. If the officers of the Geor-
gia Midland refuse to change the valuation
the comptroler-ge general will assess the
property. Then the matter will be sub
United TO arbitration.
The Fulton county confederate veterans
association met in Atlanta, Monday night
1t was stated that tne visit of ex-President
Davis to Atlanta in May, 1886, led to the
organization of the association and that it
was eminently proper that some action
should be taken looking to the election of
| Mr.. Davis as an honorary member, when
| the following resolutions were adopted
That the Hon. jefferson Davis be elected
| an honorary member of this association,
| and that the secretary notify him of his
| election. That the association present him
president expressive of our unchanging de-
| votion to him and the cause he loved so
| dearly, and when called hence by divine
| authority to a better home that he will be-
| queath this badge to the daughter of the
confederacy to be kept by her as an herr
loom from the soldiers who were ever con-
| slant to the principles of the old south "
| The badge, in size and form, is similar to
| the badge Of the association, except that it
| is fas Of Cf oil 10
exquisitey finished. On the bar are the
words Confederate Veterans Asssocia-
tion.n On one side of the suspended TRAN
| gle are the letters IF. G. A" and the words
ain memoriamn beneath, and on the other
side appear the words, Jefferson Davis,
President, C. S. A." From the bar hangs a
| tiny gold-plated pendant, representing the
| coat-of-arms of Georgia. The badge is a
beauty. 1t was sent to Mr.. Davis Tuesday.
Atlanta Capitol: Sam Whitsitt is the
| Atlanta boy who u ed to get goods by tele-
phone. That is he would go to telephone
and call up large dry goods house and
order a bill of goods for some prominent
man. He would meet the delivery wagon
| within q square of the house and take the
| goods, telling the driver he would deliver
them las he was going on home.n Whitsitt
was arrested for this theft, but his shrewd,
| silver-tongued lawyer cleared the widows
erring son on writ of lunacy, and the SEN
sation he created in the telephone line was
soon forgotten. The next time public at
| tention was directed toward the wild boy
was when he held up his hand at the
recruiting rendezvous of the United States
army on North Pryor street, and took the
oath of allegiance for five years to Uncle
Sam. He had not been at the rendezvous
long before he was sent to Jefferson barrcks,
near st. Louis. He deserted from there,
and the next time he is heard of he is in
Little Rock. Ark. driving street car. A
few weeks afterward he turns upln Atlanta
and while here he goes down to the office AZ
deserter and surrenders. Not long after.
ward he was returned to jefferson barracks
court martialed and sentenced to serve fouI
years in the military prison at Leaven
worth, Kan, for desertion. This time he
is heard from in st. Louis He met one of
the Georgia attendants at the st. Louis
democratic convention, and informed him
that he had skipped from the Leav enwortt
prison and was going west. The Georgian
naturally felt sorry for the boy, and gave
him financial assistance to escape from St
Louis. The boy sent his regards by the
Georgian TO his widowed mother, and she
was very much gratifed to know that her
boy is free once more.