The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12

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| been granted at a recent meeting of the
board OF directors. the mills capacity will
be increased threefold, giving employment
to n large force Of men.
The two pauper homes of Scriven, with
their twenty-five acres OF land each, and
all Of the furniture, were sold at public out
cry last Tuesday and Wednesday. Capt.
Potter bought the colOred home for $21l,
The other was bid in by the county at 1925,
but we learn that Mr.. r. r. Bazemore has
taken it from the commissioners at that
price.
W. B. Warren Of McRae left that place
some time in October with a twO-horse
wagon filed with goods for sale He left
his wife and children there, with the ex-
ppctatiOn of returning in a few weeks His
wife has heard nothing from him since he
left. She is very anxious about him, and
fears something serious may lave happened
to him.
Several business changes have occurred
at Washington during the past week. Pa
rantha q Hill have purchased the stock Of
7. e. Fortson, except the clothing. These
gentlemen will occupy the store at present
occupied by Mr. FortsOn. JACOBS az Morris
have purchased the clothing in the stock of
7. e. Fortson. Mr.. Manassa has purchased
the business Of A. Jacobs,
Rome had last spring a chance of having
furnace built Propositions had been
made TO northern capitalists Offering GER
tain Inducements to them to build furnace
there. The northern capitalists did not ac-
cept the proposition, and shortly afterward
one of Rome's successful business men
offered to take the proposition and build the
furnace. But for some reason the PROPOSE
ton was not accepted.
Joe Scollay of Newton sent up TO Albany,
Wednesday, two bales of cotton. The
wagon also brought up six dressed hogs
Perched upon the cotton bales was a negro
woman smoking a pipe The wagon and
contents were placed in lifts wagon yard
at night. The cotton caught fire, presuma-
BY from spark from the negroes Pipe.
Nearly all the cotton was destroyed, and
the hogs were thoroughly roasted.
AT Macon, at an early hour Thursday
morning, j. G. Perry of Barnesville, who
has been visiting his brother at Mrs Tru-
mans, No 764 Fourth street, awoke to find
his clothes stolen from his room during the
night. He had hung them on the foot of
the bed, close to a window. No clue could
be had as to the parties who committed the
theft About three weeks ago the dining
room was robbed and a lot Of provisions
carried Off.
Marietta Journal One Of the best testi-
monlals of Marietta's healthy climate is in
the restoration TO health of the wasted
cheeks and emaciated form of the consump-
tive. We know Of instances where this is
the case. These unfortunate people came
to Marietta and began to take proper outs.
door exercise, and, by drinking warm sweet
milk and mutton suet to supply the tissues,
they soon had the pleasure of seeing
'Rlchard himself again.
Rev. +. E. Story was in Perry Monday
and Tuesday arranging for a final settle
ment of his business as tax collector of
Houston county. lie has collected and paid
to the county treasurer S13, 800 IS, and to
the state 80, 59S 20. OF the amount credited
TO the state the school commissioner of the
county has received So, 179. Mr.. Story
says the digest calls for about 81, 900 more
IN taxes, and he confidently expects that
fully $4,000 of that amount will be col
lected.
The biggest transaction in the history of
Vienna has just been consummated ID, b.
Leonard, the oldestand largest merchant in
the county, has sold out his entire mercan-
tile interest, consisting of storehouse, stock
aud adjoining town lots, to Mayer, Watts
assume charge at once. Mr.. Leonard, who
Is fixture of Vienna and who is very
wealthy, will give his attention to his real
estate interests and, rumor says, will soon
build an elegant brick building and engage
In the banking business.
1t ia surprising to note how rapidly that
portion of Pryor street, just beyond the
city limits of Atlanta, has been built up
since the establishm Mt of the dummy line
on that street. The houses are all neat
residences, and are all occupied. Sixteen
new houses are in the course of erection.
The cause of this activity on Pryor street
may be readily seen. The owners of these
houses do not pay any of the city taxes,
while ON the other hand they enjoy the
comfort OF using che water works. and as
the dummy line runs in front OF their doors
they can reach the heart of the city in a
very few minutes.
No applicants viii be received at the
Neurological school after to-day DR..
Hopkins says that applications are pouring
IN daily. About month ago it was de-
clded TO admit no more students this term.
but the requests were SO numerous and so
urgent that it was decided to admit about
twenty new students. The doors were
thrown open to applicants when the exer-
cises were resumed after the holidays, but
they close to-day. A new term begins in
Fe'ruary, and DR.. Hopkins wishes it dis
tinctly understood that no new students
VIII be admitted in February. There are
now about 40 to 145 students in attend
ance.
The man who built the first rolling mill
in the United States is in Atlanta. In 1926
Maj. Walton built at Bunton, N. j., the
first rolling mill in operation in this coun-
try. DE was then a young man. having
been born on the Isle of Man in 1908, and
had just finished his apprenticeship in New
York. In the same year he built at Pump
ton, Y. j., the first blast furnace, which is
still there. In 1927 Maj. Walton also built
at Luckige, N. Y, the first mill for manu-
featuring implements and articles sold in
hardware stores. The major has been in
tho iron business ever since be was IA,
except such times as he was fighting In
dams, Mexicans, and the federal soldiers
The story of the life of Aunt Sara Bggs,
who died at the age of 81 in Talbot county
the other day, is an interesting one. @
was born in jefferson county in 1902, and
married Rev. Joseph E. Bggs IN 1923. The
couple lived together for fifty years, when
the husband died. During that entire time
not single death occurred either in the
family or among the slaves Mrs Birgs
was the mother of eleven children, ten OF
whom survive her--fve sons and five daugh-
ters, and not widow or widower among
them. They have fitty-four children, and
their children have about fifty children, so
that at the time OF her death Aunt Bigys
left about 1870 descendants and in the ten
families Of her children christianity blooms
and fiourishes.
Eardeman and Nottingham have boon
employed by the Howard estate and
appointed by Gov. Gordon 10 help in the
prosecution OF the Voolfolk case before the
supreme court, whore argument for a mo-