The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-27

| rowing he noticed the rising river, and
I I linking Of the craft which j. being built
for the trip down to Hawkinsville, be pulled
down % the park property. The fiat was
about 70 be Whshet away, and 1t was then
swinging around in the stream in a dan
gerOus manner. The Librarian landed aud,
/ coming up u the city, secured ropes and
| assistance. He returned to the scene and,
after some hard work for an hour or more,
/ lsshed the craft 70 one Of the bridge piers
| When this was done be returned from his
| afternoon trip Considerably fatigued
In abou. two weeks United States E1gi-
neer Cooper will begin the survey Of the
| Ocmulgee at Macon and continue 10 the
| mouth. He will obtain all the particulars
about depth, current, slope, etc. The sur
! vey will take about two months, and then
/ about three months will be required 70 get
| mis- report ready for congress. The object
/ OF the survey is 70 ascertain the value of
/ the river to the country, ia commercial
/ sense; and Congressman BlOu Of the
/ Sixth district viii as for a. appropriation
/ 70 make Il navigable AMI put IN good coa-
! dition from Macon to the sea. The amount
| asked for the first year VIII be $50 600.
| A few days ago, while riding on an East
! Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia train be-
/ tween Macon aud Alta IA, Hiss Daisy Tis0n
/ OF Brunswick narrowly escaped being seri-
! ously injured. Miss Tlson was on her way
! to Atlanta. She occupied a seat next 10
window Sitting by her was II On. j. L.
Hardeman OF Macon. As the train neared
| Locust Grove, a small station, a negro. who
wa standing near the track, threw rock
at the cars. The missile struck the window
| near which Miss TisOn was sitting, went
through, and Inflicted a wound upon her
! head. Fortunately, the winddw glass was
thick, 50 that the rocks course was impedei.
Triangular block, on upper Broad street.,
one Of the most dliapi iaJed and unsight!y
localities in Columbus is 70 be entirely re-
modelled and improved at an expense Of
several thousand dollars, the work 10 begin
Immediately. Most of the es.a.e upon
which the present dwellings on this block
are built belongs to Capt John H. Bass and
A Solomon. Capt. Bass is about 10 clear
the Broad street side for the purpose of
erecting a large handsome two-story resi-
dence, and Mr.. Solomon viii build a resi-
delce and store where the Broda buildings
now stand. He will occupy both residence
and store himself The Brown factory. in
the same neighborhood, is also TO be co..
siderably enlarged and improved. The
machinery opacity will be materially in
creased on account Of the continued growth
Of the business.
There was a strike in the office Of the
Columbus EUening Ledger Saturday. On
every day except Saturday the Ledger is
an afternoon paper 1t does not send out
an issue on Saturday, but appears in an
enlarged form ON Sunday morning. The
Sunday paper therefore, carries a larger
amount OF reading matter than usual and
the strike, coming very UNEXPECTEDLY, oc-
casloned some Inconvenience in the Office
The proprietors, however, showed them
selves equal TO the emergency. The differ
ence grew out of the employment Of two
members OF the proprietOr's family in the
composing room, who are not members OF
the union. The utmost good feeling exists
between the prOprietOrs OF the paper and
the men VINO were forced to leave their
cases, each fully understanding the others
position in the matter.
Ben J. Ford, of the East Tennessee. Vir-
GINA and Georgia freight department in
brunswick, has received a letter
from his uncle at Isabella, in which
an interesting proposition is made. The
gentleman writes that there is a room in
his residence in, which it is impossible to
spend the night. MANY have entered its
| portals 70 pass the night in sweet repose,
| only to be awakened during the wee smai
| hours by mysterious noises, the letter con-
t1nues. Il have tried to sleep there myself.
and although | don'C think it haunted, the
noises rout me before | am IN there two
hours" The letter concludes by inviting
and see If be can remain all night in it
without being badly frightened Mr.. Ford
expects 10 leave next week.
Dahlonega reports that the mining ONT
look Is bright and Frightening There has
been no time during the past two months
| that her hotels have not had among their
| guests gentlemen from the north and west
| looking over the gold and iron fields. A
! ut. Louis syndicate recently purchased a
| body Of 5000 acres of magnetic iron ore
land ABOUT three miles west of Dahlonega.
| Their purpose IS to develop the mines ana
thereby force the building of a railroad.
The investigation made tefore they pur-
chased, anu this investigation was made
| with pick and shovel and not with new
| tangled indicators, showed three distinct
| veins OF the purest magnetic ore the mar
rowest being feet in width. All of the
| veins gradually widen as depth is attainei 1.
This iron industry is thought TO be the big
| geSt kind Of a thing, and will doubtless
revolutionize that part of the moral vine
yard.
The city of Atlanta was sued Saturday for
| $4,000 damage. William n Rawson is tine
plaintiff. The bill recltes: Ga Aug. Il
Rawson was Convicted before Judge Ander-
son OF being drunk on the streets. He was
fined 50 10 for the oifense. In spite of his
protests and pleadings for a little delay Sc
that the money could arrive to pay the fine
he was taken TO the stockade in the Blacb
Maria. en- minutes after he was taker
away from the station house the money tt
pay the fine arrived. He was not released
but taken to the stockade and kept there all
the afternoon. The following morning he
was shackled ana chained to lot of other
convicts, and at night was driven through
the streets in charge Of a guard. Durino
the night he was confined in the stockade
and of that the bill says "he was comDelle1
to lie down in a filthy guard room and
sleep on damp and vermin covered blankets
this said stockade being living shame and
blot upon civilization, ana wholly unfit
even for the punishment and conviction OF
feions convicted of grave crimes. SO filthy
and vermin-covered became the clothes OF
the plaintiff during his confinement in the
Sc d stOckade from contact and contamina.
ton there, that when his release was made
he was compelled to abandon and destroy
the same" 1t Is claimed that the condition
of the stockade was well known to The
authorities, ana could have been prevented
The bill was filed in the city court.
FLORIDA
The Quincy State Bank is now in work
ing order
j. J. Blount & Co. of Fort Myers mr.
chased the other day 635 alligator hides
Q. A. Davis has received the appointment
as postmaster at Tavares and is getting W
his bond.