The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-03

VI fA@Ga ildll- NlE4AE Llr fitAAAAAA 70
| l,o20. OF this number SSl were city cases,
and the remaining IA We're state cases.
! This Is the largest record Il the history OF
Atlanta, and Is larger in PROPORTION to the
population tcan the record Of any city IN
the United States The majority If the
| cases were FOR drunk aud disO-derly con-
duct, and, withsl, not half Of this class OF
| laW-breakers in the city were aPlreEended.
Hon. J. c. Chew Of Burke ha5 Introduced
| in the legislature bill 70 establish a uni
| form system of ballots at all elections in
this state The bill provides that there
shall b only one form and style of ballot to
he voted on or counted; that only legal bal
| lots 70 be a pleca Of plain white paper. q
inches long and 3 inches wide, upon which
| there shall he written and partly printed in
| black ink the names and offices, and there
| shall be distinguishing mark or device Of
| any character upon the ballot. Any man
| ager that shall knowingly receive ami count
| a ballot not IN conformity with the re-
| quirements Of this act shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanOr and punished as provided in
| section 43l0 Of the code.
Capt. Corput Of Cave Spring continues
| to make large shipments Of UeGches to New
| York, shipping from 100 70 $50 crates per
day. There ia about bushel ina crate AMI
the lowest they have ever melted him per
crate was 20 cents, which was among his
first shipping Hisreturns last week showed
net profit of nearly s. per crate The
fruit is fine, and he has shipped up to date
about 800 crates. He has 300 bushels
ready 10 ship. The only thing that stops him
Is wet weather, they as must be dry when
packed. lie has begun to snip grapes aud
has shipped forty crates up to date. His
freight blil with the express company is
frequently over 500 per day. He viii use
this season $1,000 worth Of crates.
Seaborn K Halstead, living few miles
from E!laYlile, comes 10 the front with a
new freak Of nature In boring a well be
struck an underground current of air. The
air PUSHES up through the well as if pro
PEELED by some tremendous subterranean
bellows making a roaring noise that can be
heard some distance. Some Of the boys
lifted guanO funnel over the mouth Of the
well and then placed a bottle over it, The
air rushing into the bottle made noise not
unlike locomotive whistle, ard could be
heard all over the place. One Of his neigh
bos, Mrs. Clark Robinson, has a similar
well. No reason has been assigned for the
phenomena. Notwithstanding their blow
ing proclivities, these wells furnish an in
exhaustible supply of pure water.
"R. A. j." writing to the Atlanta
Journal from Palmetto, saws: VIM
II. Steed, Familiarity known as
Dock Steed, three miles west
OF Palmetto, Ga, has perhaps the oldest
can OF peaches in the state. The can is Of
the gum" variety, and was filled in
August, 1870. 1t is therefore nineteen wears
old. 1t Is in perfect state of preservation.
Dock says it Is his intention TO keep il until
it is of age. Dock has also doubtless the
oldest cooking stove that has seen regular
service in the state 1t has been in use
since November, lS69-nearly twenty years
ago Judging from the splendid dinner his
three charming daughters gave me a few
days ago, it is still in good condition. and
bids fair to be doing excellent service
twenty years yet to come. 1t IS the "Loval
stove aud right loyalty has it done its
work.
SO far as anyone knows it is now six
days since Voolfolk, the Bibb county muir
derer, has eaten anything, and he still in
sists that he will not eat unless the county
furnishes his meals from a restaurant DR..
Worsham, the county physician, called to see
voolfolk and says he Voolfolk seems to be
III too good condition not to have tasted food
in the length of time mentioned Voolfolk
Is little thinner than usual, but otherwise
seems to be his natural self Wednesday
Jailer Birdsong carried Voolfolk a little
rice and gravy and biscuit, thinking Tn at
would be sufficient for a mans empty
stomach of six days. Voolfolk became
very indignant and told the jaler that il
he would get him cup more of rice and
four biscuits he would eat The taller told
him to eat what he had first and he would
then bring some more. Voolfolk then de-
cned to eat at all.
The bill is already drawn up and ready
to be introduced by Mr.. West of Haber-
sham, to incorporate the town of Demorest,
in Habersham county. And "A provision of
that bill is that women shall be eligible to
vote and hold Office. 1.-THE town y said Mr.
West, lis to be built by north
western capital, and in a few years
is bound to be one of the most
important in its section of the state. 1t is
to be mainly manufacturing town, but Il
lot of time and money will be- spent in de-
veloping the really valuable mineral re-
sources of that immediate vicinity A
great many Of the workmen come with
their families from the northwest, and it is
bound to be big town. The idea Is simply
to put the town and great business enter
prises on,a high moral basis. Women can
handle this prohibition question a great
deal better than men, and the town
is to be free from deadbeats and loafers 1t
is to be strictly prohibition town, and a
moral, model town in every respect The
first mayor and council are to be men, and
after that all women. The town is four
miles from GAINESVILLE, the county seat 1t
is on the Blue Ridge and Atlantic railroad.
1t is just four miles from Cornelia, on the
Richmond and Danville.n
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